This program is 28 minutes long
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) President Bush shown visiting kindergarten class in Lewiston, ME. Critical statement from Democratic national chairman Ron Brown about Bush's position on education reform noted. Report introduced.
(Dallas: Charles Murphy) School strike in Dallas organized by laid- off teachers and supported by students, who refused to go to classes, featured; scenes shown of confrontation between protesters and police. [Two STUDENTS, school superintendent Marvin EDWARDS - comment.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Upcoming segment on education previewed.
#137168
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Hamlet, North Carolina: Linda Pattillo) Explosion and fire at a food processing plant in Hamlet, North Carolina, featured; scenes shown from site. [Workers Thomas OATES, Brenda BAILEY, Bobby QUICK, Sherman McDONALD - describe what happened when those inside found out the exit doors were locked.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Jim Laurie) Second day of meetings of Congress of People's Deputies to plan a new Soviet union featured; scenes shown. [Russian President Boris YELTSIN - (thru translator) comments.] Statements from Yeltsin and President Mikhail Gorbachev about a new union and each other outlined. [GORBACHEV - (thru translator) defends the presidency.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Plans for Gorbachev and Yeltsin to appear on ABC's town meeting tomorrow night noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Kiev: Jim Bittermann) The future of the link between military political officers and the Communist Party examined; scenes shown from Soviet navy's academy for political officers in Kiev, USSR . [Cadet Max IGERNIK - comments.] [Soviet political officer Lieutenant Colonel Anatoly STEPANOVICH - (thru translator) says President Mikhail Gorbachev is trying to break up the armed forces.] [Cadet Constantine NOVIKOV - (thru translator) comments.] Uncertainty facing young Soviet political officers reiterated.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Opening to journalists of offices of the KGB in Latvia reported; scenes shown from Riga, Latvia, of building's interior.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Another attempt by the European Community to broker a peace in Yugoslavia between Serbia and Croatia noted.
(Vukovar, Yugoslavia: Mike Lee) The fighting by Serbian guerrillas inside Croatia featured; scenes shown from Vukovar, Croatia, Yugoslavia, where ethnic Serbs live among the Croatians. [Serbia militia "COMMANDER Arken" - comments.] [Serb "MIRA" - (thru translator) says Croats are trying to exterminate us.] [Serb "KATRINA" - (thru translator) hopes for better times.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Visit by British Prime Minister John Major to China featured; scenes shown from Beijing, where Major had an exchange with Chinese leader Li Peng about the issue of human rights in China.
#137178
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Collapse of negotiations between Iraq and its Kurdish population reported.
#137182
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Bill Blakemore) View of what a new school to replace the traditional "factory model" schools could be like examined; classroom scenes shown to illustrate cooperative learning, the changing roles of the teacher, the principal, the parent, the test and the new technology. [Improvement of Education Foundation Donna RHODES - explains what teachers will do.] [Carnegie Endowment Ernest BOYER, Education Department Diane RAVITCH - talk about school reform.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Tribute to movie director Frank Capra, who died, given; scenes shown from his classic films "It's a Wonderful Life", "It Happened One Night", "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" and "You Can't Take it With You" and photos shown from his life.
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