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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(White House: Brit Hume) Plans for United States to make a unilateral short- range weapons cutback featured; roles of British Prime Minister John Major and Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney in the background to these changes outlined. [President BUSH - previews his speech.] [Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Colin POWELL - cites downfall of the USSR empire.] [BUSH - says United States strategic defense requirements have changed.] Bush said to urge USSR to make parallel cuts in its arsenal of short- range nuclear weapons.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Bob Zelnick) Soviet response to America's arms reduction proposal examined; scenes shown of President Mikhail Gorbachev with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. [Defense ministry adviser Major General Alexandre VLADIMIROV - (thru translator), US-Canada Institution Sergei ROGOV - comment on plan.] Impact of United States cutbacks on USSR detailed.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Reaction on Capitol Hill reported. [Representative Les ASPIN - says national security interests have changed; outlines likely response in Congress; talks about role for SDI/Star Wars.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Cokie Roberts) Split decision in Senate Judiciary Committee on confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas prior to full Senate vote examined. [Senators Joseph BIDEN, Edward KENNEDY, Orrin HATCH, Dennis DeCONCINI, Hank BROWN - offer differing opinions on Thomas nomination.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Decision by federal judge to resentence former Washington Mayor Marion Barry to jail reported; scenes shown of Barry.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Request from President Bush that people overseeing the nation's banks ease up noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(College Station, Texas: Al Dale) Problems college students have because of the ease with which they can get credit cards examined; campus scenes shown. [Angela HITES, two other STUDENTS, Gary AMARATI - explain ease of getting credit cards.] Role of non-profit Consumer Credit Counseling Service in helping overextended students cited. [Credit counselor Louise ROCHFORD, STUDENT - talk about the problem.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(UN: John McWethy) Ending of standoff between Iraq and United Nations inspectors, who have been detained in a Baghdad parking lot for four days, featured; scenes shown of documents detailing Iraq's nuclear program. [At UN, Iraqi foreign minister Ahmed HUSSEIN - (thru translator) attacks President Bush.] UN's plan for another phase of inspections for Scud missile sites noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Third day of anti-government demonstrations by coal miners in Romania reported; scenes shown from Bucharest, Romania.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Marshfield, Massachusetts: Bob Jamieson) Financing of athletic programs at high schools faced with budget crises through user fees examined; scenes shown from Marshfield High School, in Massachusetts, where students have to pay to play on the football and cheerleading squads. [Three STUDENTS - oppose paying.] [Superintendent William HURLEY, parent Tim CLEARY, coach Lou SILVA - comment.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Leader of National Commission on AIDS Dr. June Osborn profiled; details given of suggestions in committee's report; various scenes shown of AIDS patients. [OSBORN - talks and testifies about AIDS.] [Health and Human Services Department Dr. James MASON - cites report.] [Journalist Randy SHILTS - talks about Osborn's contributions.] Osborn's background reviewed; photos shown. [OSBORN - talks about getting involved with AIDS.]
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