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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Moscow: John Donvan) The coming of the end of the era of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev featured; scenes shown of last speeches in Parliament and of a meeting in a Moscow hotel of prime ministers of the new commonwealth. Statement from Russian President Boris Yeltsin that a Gorbachev Foundation research center will be set up.
(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Jim Laurie) The Gorbachev era reviewed; scenes shown of cardboard cutout of Gorbachev in Moscow and of Gorbachev over the years. [MAN - (thru translator) talks about Gorbachev.] Yeltsin's embracing of radical reform while Gorbachev lagged behind before and after the August coup recalled.
(Studio: Carole Simpson) Special edition of "PrimeTime Live" on Gorbachev's final hours announced.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Tbilisi, Georgia: Sheilah Kast) Continued rebel effort to oust Georgian President Zviad Gamsakhurdia featured; scenes shown from Tbilisi, Georgia, of attack on his "bunker." [MAN - says it is Putsch, not civil war.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) United Nations reported receiving a letter from President Boris Yeltsin stating that Russia will take over the Soviet seat at the UN; scenes shown of Christmas wreath on the door of the Soviet embassy in Washington.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Commerce Department's durable goods figures cited. "Stock Market Report".
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Ron Claiborne) Failure of government program to give wealthy foreign investors a chance for easier immigration examined; details given of the investor visa requirements. [Former INS commissioner Harold EZELL, immigration lawyer Howard HOM - comment.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Citizenship for 27 children from Haiti who were brought to the United States by their adoptive parents missionaries Dan and Kathy Blackburn reported; scenes shown from Elizabethtown, IN.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Midnight Christmas service in Bethlehem, West Bank, shown.
(Bethlehem: Dean Reynolds) The Christmas season in the West Bank Holy Land featured; scenes shown from Ramallah, West Bank, and Bethlehem, where Christmas is solely for the tourists. [Palestinian peace talks delegate Nabil CASSIS - comments.] [TOURIST - talks about security measures.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Midnight Mass in Vatican City, led by Pope John Paul II, shown.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Charlotte, North Carolina: Rebecca Chase) Policy implemented by Charlotte-based NCNB, soon to become NationsBank, allowing employees to take two hours a week to volunteer at local schools featured; Charlotte, North Carolina, classroom scenes shown. [Employee/volunteer Kathy McLEOD, NCNB chairman Hugh McCOLL, principal Geovinna SIEBERT - comment on the tutorial program.] Company option of "select time," which allows parents to spend more time with their children, explained. [Mother Susan HANCOCK - comments.] [Carnegie Foundation president Dr. Ernest BOYER - talks about employers, parents and children.] [Employee/volunteer Al PARKINSON - comments.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Denver: Tom Foreman) Lessons about economic hard times in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" examined; scenes shown from Denver performance of the play and from a film version. [Actor Tony CHURCH, WOMAN - talk about the relevance of the play to today.] [At Morgan Library in New York City, WOMAN - comments.] [Dickens' scholar Charles PIERCE - cites the play's message of compassion.]
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