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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Map shown of Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenia, which wish to join the new Soviet commonwealth.
(White House: Brit Hume) Reaction of President Bush to the turmoil in the former Soviet union featured; Bush's telephone calls to Russian President Boris Yeltsin and President Mikhail Gorbachev mentioned. [BUSH - explains who United States is supporting; expresses concern about who controls nuclear weapons.] [Secretary of State James BAKER - comments.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Moscow: John Donvan) Economic conditions in Moscow reviewed; scenes shown of people waiting in food lines and from private markets. [WOMAN - talks about the quality of food.] [Meat store OWNER - says everyone is afraid of the situation.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Scenes shown of people waiting in the Moscow airport.
#132659
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Rise in inflation due to the California whitefly, which destroyed the fruit crop, reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Wichita, Kansas: Brian Rooney) Impact of last year's luxury tax hike on certain industries featured; scenes shown from Wichita, Kansas, small plane manufacturer Beechcraft Corporation [Beechcraft Corporation Jim GREGORY - cites losses.] [Representative Richard ARMEY - notes income tax losses.] [Beechcraft dealer Don BONTA - says tax hurts sales.] [Citizens for Tax Justice Robert McINTYRE - opposes repeal.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Greeley, Colorado: Tom Foreman) The state of rural health care examined; scenes shown from Sunrise Community Health Center, a government- subsidized clinic in rural Greeley, Colorado. [Clinic physician Dr. Kevin WALSH - comments.] [Rural physician Dr. David BAGLEY - wonders who will replace him.] [Patient Judy HERNANDEZ, clinic administrator Ricardo LUCERO - comment on the medical situation.]
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#132664
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Aftermath of a bombing in Craigavon, Northern Ireland, shown.
(Belfast: John Laurence) IRA's stepped-up bombing campaign in its guerrilla war against Britain featured; scenes shown from Belfast, Northern Ireland. [IRA political spokesman Richard McAULEY - talks about tactics.] [At site of recent Belfast bombings, WOMAN - comments.] IRA's loss of political support cited. [Catholic political leader Dr. Joe HENDRON - comments.] Wave of sectarian murders between Protestants and Catholics reviewed. [Northern Ireland police chief Hugh ANNESLEY - talks about the atrocities.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Autopsy report on the death of publisher Robert Maxwell reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Sunday's Democratic televised debate noted. Report introduced.
(New York: Jeff Greenfield) Review of the current Democratic candidates for the '92 presidential election featured; scenes shown from the campaign trail; basic stance of each man outlined. [Jerry BROWN, Governor L. Douglas WILDER, Paul TSONGAS, Senators Bob KERREY, Tom HARKIN, Governor Bill CLINTON - campaign.] Candidacy of Governor Mario Cuomo mentioned.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Newly elected Teamsters union president Ronald Carey profiled; scenes shown. [CAREY - gives his views about the union.] ["The Teamsters" author Steven BRILL - cites significance of Carey's election.] The criminal legacy of Carey's predecessors reviewed. [CAREY - gives speech.] Carey's background reviewed; photos shown; details given of Carey's campaign as a reformer. [CAREY - talks about his campaign and the union.] [BRILL - cites the image of the Teamsters.]
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