This program is 28 minutes long
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(State Department: John McWethy) Announcement by Secretary of State James Baker that the United States will host an international conference to coordinate massive financial aid to the USSR featured. [At Princeton University, BAKER - says the disoriented Soviet people must see that reformers can deliver; says United States defense budget must be used to destroy Soviet nuclear weapons.] The burden that war or anarchy in a fragmented USSR would have on the West outlined.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Statement from Harvard economist Jeffrey Sachs on how much aid the Russian republic would need to convert to a free market economy cited.
(Moscow: John Donvan) Views of President Mikhail Gorbachev and Russian President Boris Yeltsin on the course of events in the USSR featured; scenes shown of Yeltsin with the leader of Moldavia drumming up support for the commonwealth of independent states; details given of Yeltsin's outline for the future commonwealth. [GORBACHEV - (thru translator) says he will resign if the commonwealth comes into being.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk reported naming himself commander-in-chief of the Soviet forces based in his republic.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Debate in USSR over the future of former East German leader Erich Honecker, who fled to USSR last March, reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Retail price and wholesale price figures for the month cited.
(Washington: Stephen Aug) Impact of the recession on manufacturers because of falling demand and prices examined; two cases cited. [Computer store manager John DIAMOND - talks about the industry.] [Wine Reserve's Barry HERBST - talks about consumers and wine prices.]
#132639
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Brian Rooney) Drive-in pawnshops in which people can pawn their cars for cash featured; scenes shown from Beverly Hills, California. [MAN, Collateral Lender, Incorporated, Tal SHMARGAL, Autopawn United States of America South Brad CAREY, BORROWER - comment on the system.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Secret-ballot election of Ron Carey as head of the Teamsters reported; scenes shown. Government said accusing union of having a pact with the mob.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Signing of nonaggression pact between North and South Korea reported; scenes shown of ceremonies in Seoul, South Korea.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Recommendation by American Health Care Systems that medical coverage for the poor be expanded reported. Suggestions for how additional Medicaid coverage could be financed mentioned.
#132646
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Warren, Michigan: Chris Bury) Employees who are locked into their jobs because of company health insurance benefits featured; various sides of the story portrayed. [Worker Pat DAVIS - says she feels trapped.] [Gift shop owner John JENNA - says he cannot offer hospital plans to his workers.] [Laid-off worker Barbara UNKALA - depicts her insurance plight.] Some large companies, like Chrysler Corp., noted joining labor in calling for national health insurance. [Chrysler Corporation Walter MAHER - says we need a national policy.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: George Strait) Announcement of new government standards for eye exams that are not checking carefully enough for glaucoma reported. [Assistant Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. James MASON - says tonometry test is not enough.] Exam suggestions from National Eye Institution noted. [Ophthalmologist Dr. Frank SHERMAN - comments.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Comment by Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan on the numbers of teenage girls having babies reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Announcement by pro football player Dexter Manley that he is quitting after failing a drug test reported; scenes shown from Tampa, Florida.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Results presented of ABC News/"Washington Post" poll survey on the worries of Americans as campaign '92 opens; people's views of: America's problems and directions, who is to blame, President Bush's policies and other issues outlined on screen. [In New York, Jack PRIESS, Vic DiGRAVIO; in Indiana, Toni KOHLMEYER; in Alabama, Pat WENCK; in West Virginia, Lee Ann BURDETTE; in California, Oliver JOHNSON - express their views on the issues.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Lighting of the national Christmas tree by President Bush and five of the former American hostages in Lebanon reported; scenes shown of Bush trying to get the switch to work.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Mammoth, Arizona: Charles Murphy) Ranching in the new West featured; scenes shown of Arizona ranchers using an ultra-light plane and a helicopter to herd their cattle. [Ranchers Virgil and Gary MERCER - comment.]
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