This program is 28 minutes long
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(White House: Brit Hume) Pressure on President Bush to do something about the economy featured; scenes shown from his meeting with real estate executives. [BUSH - talks about implementing existing programs.] [After the meeting, Mortgage Bankers Association Angelo MOZILO, International Council of Shopping Centers Malcolm RILEY - offer views on the economy.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Fort Wayne, IN: Jim Wooten) Visit to conservative area of northeastern Indiana to see how support for Bush is holding up as the economy slides featured; scenes shown of Vice President Dan Quayle's successor Representative Jill Long greeting the folk in Kendallville, IN. [Newspaper editor Terry HOUSEHOLDER, Fort Wayne, IN, worker Ken HUCHEN, two WOMEN - comment on conditions.] [LONG - says leadership is needed.]
#132779
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Purchasing agents index and construction spending figures cited. "Stock Market Report".
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Release from Lebanon of American hostage Joseph Cicippio reported; scenes shown of him in Wiesbaden, Germany.
(Damascus: Charles Glass) Cicippio's captivity featured; scenes shown of him in Damascus, Syria. [CICIPPIO - says he saw no news in five years and was moved frequently; hopes to return to American University in Beirut.] Role of United Nations hostage mediator Giandomenico Picco in getting hostages released reviewed; scenes shown of recently released hostages. Remaining hostages Alann Steen and Terry Anderson mentioned.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Reaction of Cicippio's family to his release reported; scenes shown from Norristown, Pennsylvania, of signs marking the number of days the hostages were held.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Members of Palestinian and Syrian delegations reported flying to Washington for next round of Middle East peace talks.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) New rules to protect health care workers from blood that may be contaminated by AIDS outlined.
#132787
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(West Palm Beach, Florida: Mark Potter) Beginning of rape trial for William Kennedy Smith in West Palm Beach, Florida, featured; scenes shown from courtroom; issues raised in court today reviewed. [Prosecutor Ellen ROBERTS, defense attorney Roy BLACK - address the court.]
#132788
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Lincoln County, Georgia: Linda Pattillo) High cost of justice for rural Lincoln County, Georgia, which is responsible for the cost of the murder retrial of Johnny Dee Jones, featured; scenes shown from county where the commissioners were arrested for refusing to pay the bill of Jones' lawyer. [County commissioners Walker NORMAN, Welcome MASON - comment.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Vote for independence in the Soviet republic of the Ukraine and the question of United States recognition noted.
(Kiev: John Donvan) Importance of the Ukraine for the future of a new Soviet union as President Mikhail Gorbachev has lost control of the national budget examined; scenes shown from high school in Kiev, Ukraine. [US ambassador Robert STRAUSS - says the Russian republic now controls the pocketbook.] Extent of the central government's financial problems and the plight of Soviet soldiers stranded in the Ukraine outlined.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Beginning of a of week-long look at the legacy of Pearl Harbor on the 50th anniversary of the attack introduced.
(Pearl Harbor: Ken Kashiwahara) The emotional legacy of the bombing of Pearl Harbor featured; scenes shown of recreation of the attack and from 1941. [Pearl Harbor Survivors Association Gerald GLAUBITZ - says he can't forgive.] [Honolulu Mayor Frank FASI - calls for an apology.] Sensitive issues raised of apologies, of possible blaming of Japanese- Americans and of impact any Japan bashing might have on tourism in Hawaii. [Japanese-American Citizens League William KANEKO - comments.] [Third- generation Japanese-American Bruce YAMASHITA - describes racist treatment in the Marines.] [Hawaii Governor John WAIHEE - comments.] [World War II vet Disk FISKE - says anger needs to be put to rest.]
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