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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(White House: Brit Hume) Resignation of White House Chief of Staff John Sununu featured; his letter to President Bush quoted. [SUNUNU - says Bush does not need an extra target during the campaign.] [Senator Robert DOLE - talks about Sununu.] Consideration of Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner as Sununu's successor noted. Sununu's role as a certified conservative in the Bush circle mentioned.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Jeff Greenfield) The role of the Sununu-like figure as chief of staff in any president's circle examined; scenes shown of Jimmy Carter's Bert Lance, Ronald Reagan's Donald Regan. Complaints about Sununu, including his use of government planes for personal travel, that led to his downfall recalled. [On "McLaughlin One on One", SUNUNU - says president ad-libbed suggestion to lower credit card interest rates.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Release of American hostage in Lebanon Alann Steen reported; scenes shown of him in Wiesbaden, Germany.
(Damascus: Charles Glass) Steen's captivity reviewed; scenes shown of Steen in Damascus, Syria. [STEEN - says he is glad to be out; talks about his captivity.] Role of Lebanese Shiite Moslem group Hizballah in the kidnappings and the imminent release of hostage Terry Anderson noted.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Steen's physical condition reported; his wife shown. Just-released hostage Joseph Cicippio's description of his captivity further detailed. Report introduced.
(State Department: John McWethy) Conditions under which the hostages are finally being released reviewed; Israeli noted agreeing to release Lebanese prisoners if the Iranian-backed Hizballah will provide details about Israeli soldiers missing in Lebanon. Iran said promoting release of hostages in order to redevelop economic ties to the West. President Bush's administration reported providing Iran with assets frozen during the takeover of the United States embassy in Tehran in 1979; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Swearing in of Boutros Ghali as the new Secretary General of the United Nations reported; scenes shown of ceremony.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Plea from President Mikhail Gorbachev for the republics to sign a union treaty to prevent the country's disintegration reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Housing sales and leading economic indicators figures cited. "Stock Market Report".
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Dick Schaap) Signing by New York Mets of baseball player Bobby Bonilla featured. [Mets senior executive vice president Frank CASHEN, sports agent Richard MOSS, "Washington Post" Tony KORNHEISER - talk about Bonilla and money.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Paris: Carole Simpson) The French funding of health and welfare programs for families with children examined; scenes shown from Paris; details given of system which results in low rate of children living in poverty. [Federation of French Families president Jacques BICHOT - comments.] [Lebanese immigrant Mona FARRAH - (thru translator) says the help is free.] The comprehensive medical care system that starts with the prenatal period detailed. [Belin Biscuit Company corporate executive Arnaud HAVARD - comments.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Tomorrow's follow-up segment previewed.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(No location given: Mike von Fremd) Question of whether the two commanders at Pearl Harbor, Admiral Husband Kimmel and General Walter Short, were to blame for not being ready for the attack reexamined; scenes shown of Japanese air attack. [Ned KIMMEL, Dean SHORT - talk about the dereliction of duty charges against their fathers.] [In 1944, Husband KIMMEL, Walter SHORT - say they were made scapegoats.] [Admiral William CROWE - hopes the injustice will be corrected.] Letter from the White House to Kimmel quoted. Support for reconsideration of plight of Kimmel and Short noted.
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