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#130939
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Chicago: Brit Hume) Possibility that an agreement may be reached on the capital gains tax that is holding up budget negotiations featured; scenes shown from meeting. [Senator Robert DOLE - says President Bush may look at alternatives.] [BUSH - talks about "growth."] [Campaigning in Ohio, BUSH - says the hang-up is with the Democrats, not capital gains.] [In Democratic response Senator George MITCHELL - comments.]
#130940
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Secretary of State James Baker reported stating Iraq has demanded a list of those taking refuge in the US embassy in Baghdad. Clarification given of United Nations air embargo against Iraq; scenes shown of plane in Amman, Jordan. Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Jim Hickey) Propaganda parade in Iraq featured; scenes shown of "controlled photograph exercise" of relief truck sent to Iraq by Palestinians. [Relief worker Abdul MOHAMMED - comments.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Announcement by Iraq of further food rationing reported.
#130941
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Fort Pope, LA: Bob Zelnick) Questions about battle capabilities of M-1 tanks being sent to Persian Gulf area featured; scenes shown of tank in the field. [Defense Forecasts, Incorporated, Barry BLECHMAN - says tank would be a sitting duck if it ran out of gas.] Problems in fueling thirsty M-1 tanks that have to be pulled out of combat for refueling detailed.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report given that carrier USS Independence will be sent in to the Persian Gulf itself.
#130942
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Announcement from Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney that 40,000 United States troops will be withdrawn from Europe reported.
#130945
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: George Strait) Proposal from National Academy of Sciences on nutrition labelling of foods featured. [National Academy of Sciences Richard MERRILL - lists food items that have to be labelled.] Criticism of proposal to label food on restaurant menus noted. [National Restaurant Association Jeffrey PRINCE, industry analyst Richard FRANK - comment on labelling issues.]
#130946
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Findings of new government study on education reported.
#130947
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: John McKenzie) Proposal by New York City school chancellor Joseph Fernandez that condoms be given to all high school students featured; various school scenes shown. [FERNANDEZ - talks about city's AIDS crisis.] Opposition to plan by Catholic Church noted. [Monsignor John WOOSLEY - comments on implications of dispensing contraceptives.] [FERNANDEZ, two STUDENTS - comment.]
#130948
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Personal income statistics for month cited. "Stock Market Report".
#130949
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Announcement by White House that it will conduct a 5 million barrel sale of oil from reserves to test the system reported.
#130950
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Denial by a Soviet defense minister that military is plotting a coup against President Mikhail Gorbachev's government reported; scenes shown. Freedom of religion noted finally law of the land in USSR .
#130952
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Statement from the Motion Picture Association of America that North Carolina-17 will replace X rating in movie-rating system reported.
#130953
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Boston: Joe Bergantino) Charges by female reporter for the "Boston Herald" that players from New England Patriots pro football team sexually harassed her examined; scenes shown. [Lisa OLSON - describes players' statements to her.] Statement and later apology from team owner Victor Kiam quoted. [Player Robert PERRYMAN - comments.] [OLSON - responds.] [Association for Women in Sports Media Christine BRENNAN - comments.] NOW noted asking consumers to consider this incident before buying Kiam's Remington products.
#130954
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Announcement by "New York Times" that "By Way of Deception", book about Israeli Secret Service, the Mossad, is now the best selling non-fiction book reported; Israel's efforts to keep book from being published in United States recalled.
#130956
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Purposes of the United Nations World Summit for Children stated. Report introduced.
(Jackson, Mississippi: Carole Simpson) Plight of children living in poverty in United States examined; scenes shown from rural Mississippi to illustrate the conditions under which some children live in America. [Mother Betty SMITH - says she has to ask for food.] National statistics on infant mortality and children's health problems outlined on screen. [Jackson- Hinds Health Center director Dr. Aaron SHIRLEY - comments on this tragedy.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Tomorrow's follow-up segment previewed.
#130958
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(At the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul: Jed Duvall) Gargoyles on the nearly completed National Cathedral in Washington, DC, featured; scenes shown of sculptors' figures honoring those who paid for them. [Sculptor Vince PALUMBO - comments.]
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