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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Airport collision in Los Angeles noted. Report introduced.
(Saudi Arabia: Morton Dean) Today's status of the gulf war featured; review given of allied planes lost and estimated United States losses; scenes shown from Khafji, Saudi Arabia. [Defense Intelligence Agency Rear Admiral Mike McCONNELL - says Iraqi forces have "hunkered down."] [Three United States gunship CREWMEN - comment on battle.] [Chief of staff general command Major General Robert JOHNSTON - says Iraqi naval forces are now combat ineffective.] Slowing of advance of oil slick in the Persian Gulf noted. [Saudi oil expert Abdullah DABBAGH - estimates when slick will reach desalinization plants.]
(Studio: Carole Simpson) Interception of Iraqi Scud missile fired over Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, by a Patriot shown. Report introduced.
(Tel Aviv: Dean Reynolds) Ninth Scud attack on Israel featured; scenes from West Bank and map shown.
(Studio: Carole Simpson) Allies reported recapturing Umm al Maradim, Kuwait; scenes shown of this island. Report introduced.
(With the 2nd Marine Division near the Kuwait border: Linda Pattillo) The Saudi-Kuwait front featured; night and day scenes shown of Marines on the front line. [United States Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Keith HOLCOMB - describes the confusion of night fighting.] [United States Marine Corps L/Corporal Ancel WILLIS - talks about hitting Iraqi tank.]
(Studio: Carole Simpson) Pictures of damages in Iraq shown. Tomorrow's "This Week with David Brinkley" previewed.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Collision of USAir Flight 1493 and SkyWest commuter plane at Los Angeles International Airport reported; map of USAir route shown.
(Los Angeles: Judy Muller) The day after the collision featured; scenes shown of wreckage on runway. [NTSB James BURNETT - comments.] Diagram shown of collision on Runway 24L. [Survivor Ronald GIVENS - comments.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(White House: Ann Compton) President Bush's plan to give funds directly to governors if states will take over some programs now run by federal government examined; scenes shown from National Governors Association conference; details given of governors' reactions. [In State of the Union address, BUSH - talks about states as innovative laboratories.] [Missouri Governor John ASHCROFT - criticizes federal control.] [Association chairman Governor Booth GARDNER - says "zip, zero, nothing."]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Nationwide rallies in support of United States forces in the Persian Gulf and overseas anti-war demonstrations reported; scenes shown of "living flag" in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and of anti-war march in London, England.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Kansas City: Charles Thomas) Surrender of Army Reserve Captain Yolanda Huet-Vaughn, first female deserter from Operation Desert Storm, featured; scenes shown from Kansas City, Missouri. [HUET-VAUGHN - says Kuwait and Iraq are being levelled.] [David HUET-VAUGHN - supports wife.] [Protester Rosa TOLEDO - criticizes Huet-Vaughn.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Bomb explosion in Larnaca, Cyprus, that may be linked to Persian Gulf war reported.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Paris: Jim Bittermann) Impact of gulf war on Arab minorities in Europe featured; scenes shown from France. [Tunisian "FAISAL"- (thru translator) supports Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.] [Author Gilles KEPEL - analyzes the level of mobilization for Hussein.] Racially motivated attacks against European Arabs reviewed. [Teacher Said BOUKENOUCHE - says Arabs in France need protection.] Choices faced by individual Arabs between the cultures they left behind and their new lives in Europe outlined.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Nelson Mandela reported praising South African President F.W. de Klerk's plans to eliminate the nation's last apartheid laws.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Goldsboro, North Carolina: Ray Gandolf) Patriotic fervor in military town of Goldsboro, North Carolina, which is near Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, examined; scenes shown from the town and of President Bush's visit to the base yesterday. ["Goldsboro News/Argus" Eugene PRICE - comments.] [BUSH - talks to soldiers' families.] [BOY, three WIVES, high school basketball players Kevin GURLEY, Michael COLES - talk about soldier relatives.]
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