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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Bob Zelnick) Dismissal of Air Force Chief of Staff Michael Dugan by Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney because of his suggestion that Air Force could bomb Iraq into submission by killing Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his family featured; details given of Dugan's comments in "Washington Post" story. [CHENEY - says senior officials must be discreet.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Firing of chief of naval operations in 1949 by President Harry Truman recalled. Truman's celebrated firing of General Douglas MacArthur in 1951 mentioned.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Saudi-Kuwait border: Bill Redeker) Implications of Iraq's decision to open Kuwaiti border examined; scenes shown from border crossing. [Three Kuwaiti REFUGEES - comment.] Concern that Iraq may try to infiltrate spies into Saudi Arabia at border noted. [Eastern province vice governor Prince FAHD bin Salman - says entry needs verification.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Vote by European Community to expel Iraqi military attaches in response to Iraqi violations of European embassies in Kuwait reported; scenes shown from Brussels, Belgium, meeting. Release in Baghdad of three French nationals noted; scenes shown. President Mikhail Gorbachev reported meeting with foreign minister of Saudi Arabia to restore diplomatic relations after a break of 50 years. Pentagon's review given of statistics on naval blockade against Iraq.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Increase in oil prices noted.
(New York: Bob Jamieson) Ripple effect of Persian Gulf crisis on oil industry examined; details given of sudden exports of American oil to Europe. [Shearson Lehman Brothers London Peter GIGNOUX - cites gasoline prices in Europe.] [Senator Joseph LIEBERMAN - criticizes oil companies.] Oil industry's response noted. [Citizen Action Edwin ROTHSCHILD - says supply is needed here.] Warning from Energy Department that exports may lead to higher gasoline prices here mentioned.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) General Motors Corporation and UAW (United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America) reported reaching a preliminary agreement on a labor contract. "Stock Market Report".
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bill Greenwood) Reaction of National Academy of Sciences to proposal by Agriculture Department that responsibility for inspecting beef be further shifted from federal government to the industry featured; scenes shown; details given of suggestions in academy's report. [Government Accountability Project Thomas DEVINE - comments.] [Agriculture Department Lester CRAWFORD - comments on the inspection system.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Continued fuel leak on space shuttle Columbia reported preventing tomorrow's scheduled launch.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: John Martin) Controversy over use by Secretary of Veterans Affairs Ed Derwinski of term "wetbacks," which Hispanics consider a racial slur, examined. [National Council of La Raza president Raul YZAGUIRRE - calls it insensitive.] [DERWINSKI - calls his comment dumb.] Derwinski penchant for nicknaming his female staffers discussed; scenes shown from his office. [Program assistant Mary Jo MUNNELLY - comments.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) House of Representatives reported voting to establish a monument to the Indians who wiped out General George Armstrong Custer at the Little Big Horn River in Montana in 1876.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Tim O'Brien) Senate committee confirmation hearings on nomination of David Souter to the Supreme Court featured; scenes shown from session. [SOUTER - responds to questions on flag burning, death penalty, Miranda decision.] [Senator Dennis DeCONCINI - praises Souter's knowledge.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Decision by United States Attorney not to retry Washington Mayor Marion Barry on drug and conspiracy charges reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Public statement from Philippines President Corazon Aquino that it is time for United States military forces to begin withdrawing reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Johannesburg: Don Kladstrup) Violence in South Africa featured; various scenes shown to illustrate this black-on-black violence and its aftermath. [Witch DOCTOR - says the signs are bad for the future.] [Two black MEN, South African Council of Churches Reverend Frank CHIKANE - comment on the situation.] Extent of tribal and ethnic rivalries reviewed. [Political analyst professor Robert SCHRIRE - says power struggle part has been submerged by poverty.] Government security measures aimed at crushing the violence cited; scenes shown of violence between blacks and police. [Nelson MANDELA - talks about war.] Mandela said blaming ultra conservative whites for instigating violence so that the government can be replaced by one that is more right-wing.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) President Mikhail Gorbachev reported calling for national referendum on issue of private ownership of land, a key provision in radical plan for economic reform; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Announcement by Lech Walesa that he will run for office of president of Poland reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Anti-government protest in Timisoara, Romania, reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Saudi Arabia: Chris Bury) American soldiers taking time off in Saudi Arabia featured; scenes shown of American airmen in Saudi shopping mall. [SOLDIER - says there is no night life.] [US Army Sergeant Ed HORN, Army chaplain Captain Chris MOLNAR, newspaper editor Khaled al- MAEENA - comment.]
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