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(London: Peter Jennings) Arrival of President Mikhail Gorbachev in London noted. Report introduced.
(London: Brit Hume) G-7's response to what President Bush and Secretary of State James Baker are calling a breakthrough in the Middle East featured; scenes shown from conference; details given of summit leaders' agreements about the Middle East and about getting Iraq to destroy its weapons of mass destruction. [British foreign secretary Douglas HURD - comments on Israeli settlements in the occupied territory.] Scenes shown of Bush joking with Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers, of summit leaders posing with Queen Elizabeth and of Buckingham Palace laser light show.
(London: Peter Jennings) Soviet officials' predictions that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein would survive another attack and that the Kurds now oppose military action against him reported.
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(London: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Jim Wooten) Decision by the Senate to delay the confirmation hearings on CIA nominee Robert Gates featured; details given of Senate Intelligence Committee's decision to subpoena CIA official Alan Fiers, who has pleaded guilty to misleading Congress on the Iran/Contra scandal, and CIA executive Clair George. [Senators David BOREN, Frank MURKOWSKI - comment.] [On Friday, BUSH - backs Gates.]
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(London: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(London: Jim Laurie) President Mikhail Gorbachev's wish list to be presented to the London economic summit featured; details given of his concept of a mixed economy. [Deputy prime minister Vladimir SCHERBAKOV - (thru translator) talks about possibility of a more radical program.]
(London: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Bob Jamieson) Problems for Western companies that are trying to invest in Soviet oil industry examined; scenes shown from Kazakhstan; details given of bureaucratic tie-up that Chevron is facing. [Oil adviser Matthew SAGERS - says the question is who is in charge.] Soviet petroleum industry's need for outside investment noted. [Former CIA analyst Bob EBEL - talks about the collapse of the Soviet oil industry.] [Amoco's Robert BLANTON - says there are no contractual laws in USSR .]
(London: Peter Jennings) The Soviet view of the Chevron deal given. Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Bob Zelnick) Issue of the security of Soviet nuclear weapons in case of political instability in the republics there examined; weapons scenes shown. [Carnegie Endowment Dimitri SIMES - talks about short-range weapons.]
(London: Peter Jennings) Possibility of a summit between Gorbachev and President Bush mentioned.
(London: Barrie Dunsmore) Issue of the arms treaty deadlock examined. [Secretary of State James BAKER - comments on the treaty and on the possibility that Bush and Gorbachev can close the deal.]
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(London: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Stephen Aug) The recession and recovery featured. [In Congressional testimony, Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan GREENSPAN - talks about the economy.]
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(London: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Beverly Hills, California: Gary Shepard) Impact of the recession on Beverly Hills, California, featured; city scenes shown. [Store owner Fred HAYMAN, chamber of commerce Murray FISCHER, pawnbroker Tal SHMARGAL, Mayor Vicki REYNOLDS - comment.]
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(London: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(No location given: Ned Potter) Death of Philadelphia politician Frank Rizzo reported; photos and film shown from his police and mayoral career. [RIZZO - comments.] [Recall leader Richard CHAPMAN - talks about corruption in Rizzo's regime.] [Two PHILADELPHIANS - react to his death.]
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(London: Peter Jennings) Toxic spill at California's largest reservoir when a train carrying weed killer derailed reported; scenes shown from Dunsmuir, California.
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(London: Peter Jennings) Postal Service reported wanting rate increase to 30-cent stamp.
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(London: Peter Jennings) Statements from influential Soviet officials about United States response to the rate of economic reform in the USSR detailed. President Mikhail Gorbachev's meeting tomorrow with the seven industrial leaders announced.
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