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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Detroit: Chris Bury) Decision by General Motors Corporation to close plants and lay off employees featured; statistical projections on layoffs and closing of assembly plants and factories outlined on screen. [GM chairman Robert STEMPEL - says a leaner, more efficient General Motors Corporation is coming.] [Shearson-Lehman Joe PHILLIPPI - says General Motors Corporation is being forced to downsize.] Historical film shown of General Motors Corporation assembly line. [University of Michigan David COLE - says GM must do it to survive.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) General Motors Corporation said planning to close either the assembly plant in Arlington, Texas, or in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
(Arlington, Texas: Linda Pattillo) Reaction to news from General Motors Corporation employees in Arlington featured; scenes shown. [Five WORKERS - comment.] Importance of General Motors Corporation plant to local business cited. [Restaurant owner Jack HANNA - comments.] [Plant worker Richard LOUCK - comments.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) President Bush shown in Dallas signing the transportation bill that he hopes will provide "jobs, jobs, jobs."
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Stephen Aug) Warnings from Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan about the recession examined. [Before Congress, GREENSPAN - talks about the economy and recovery.] Administration's quick-fix tax plan mentioned.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Kiev, Ukraine: John McWethy) Final day of Secretary of State James Baker's visit to the Soviet republics featured; scenes shown of his stops in Byelorussia and the Ukraine. [In Ukraine, BAKER - talks about US recognition.] United States positions on Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk and Russian President Boris Yeltsin and the nuclear weapons issue outlined.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Moscow: John Donvan) Need for medical and food aid in the USSR featured; scenes shown from a factory, a hospital, and a junior achievement-style program for students. [Plant MANAGER - (thru translator) says technology is needed.] [USA-Canada Institution Viktor KREMENYUK - cites problem of training USSR in business.] [STUDENT - comments.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Ending of round two of the Middle East peace reported; scenes shown from Washington, DC.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: John Martin) Government crackdown on sale of confidential information by information brokers trafficking in computerized information featured; scenes shown of FBI arrest of IRS claims officer. [Texas information broker George THEODORE - says you cannot hide.] Use of this information detailed. [Representative Robert WISE - comments.] ABC secret videotape of a private investigator explaining his access to FBI information.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Census Bureau statistics on Americans' loss of health insurance during 1990 reported. Federal panel's call for national health insurance for children whose parents have no insurance for them noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Lansing, Michigan: Rebecca Chase) Michigan state government's cutback on welfare assistance examined; case studies cited of people cut off from assistance; scenes shown. [Metal worker with health problems, Louis MOODY, woman Ada PRATER, unemployed Raymond GRAY - talk about their lives.] [Social services director Gerald MILLER - defends state policy.] [Homeless advocate Shirley JOHNS - comments.] [MOODY, PRATER, GRAY - express concerns.] [On local TV, Governor John ENGLER - comments.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Oakland, California: Brian Rooney) Children's images of the recent fires in the hills of Oakland, California, featured; scenes shown of the blaze and of children's drawings of the fires. [Kids Evan BROOKS, Rene NAKAGAWA - describe the fire.] [Teacher Iris POLOS - cites their emotional involvement.]
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