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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Jim Laurie) Today's session of the Soviet Congress of People's Deputies featured; scenes shown from meeting led by President Mikhail Gorbachev and Russian President Boris Yeltsin that dealt with issues of central versus republic control. [Soviet Congress deputy Yevgeny MASLENNIKOV, economist Nikolai SCHMELOV, delegate Vitaly KOROTICH - comment.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Rescheduling of ABC's national town meeting with Gorbachev and Yeltsin announced.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Plans for Secretary of State James Baker to visit the Baltics and USSR reported.
(State Department: John McWethy) United States policy toward the post-coup USSR featured. [At press conference, BAKER - says we will deal with reformers wherever we find them; hopes that they end up under one central command authority.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(White House: Brit Hume) television ad by backers of Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas that criticizes three liberals, Senators Edward Kennedy, Joseph Biden and Alan Cranston, examined; ad scenes shown. [President BUSH - calls ad counterproductive.] [Conservative Victory Committee L. Brent BOZELL - defends the campaign.] Willie Horton racial ads shown from the '88 campaign against Michael Dukakis.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Statement from rejected Supreme Court candidate Robert Bork about the politicization of the nomination process recalled.
(New York: Jeff Greenfield) Reactions to the ad examined. [BOZELL - recalls Bork.] [Senator John DANFORTH - talks about the Supreme Court nomination.] [Bush's media adviser Roger AILES - calls ad heavy- handed.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: George Strait) Test that may enable doctors to predict which babies will be premature examined; lots of babies shown. [Mother Debra COLON, Mt. Sinai Medical Center Dr. Charles LOCKWOOD - comment.] Cost of premature deliveries cited.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Death of country singer Dottie West following a car accident in Nashville, Tennessee, reported; scenes shown of her singing.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Ventersdorp: Don Kladstrup) Proposal by South African President F.W. de Klerk of a new constitution that would give blacks the vote featured; tenets of proposal outlined; details given of opposition from both blacks and whites. [African National Congress (ANC) Saki MACOZOMA - comments.] Scenes shown from recent battle between police and conservative whites in Ventersdorp, South Africa. [Two WHITES - predict dire consequences.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Three United States Congressmen visiting China reported having a run-in with police while trying to honor those who died during the pro-democracy movement in 1989 reported; scenes shown from Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Sentencing in Houston of Wanda Holloway for plotting to kill the mother of her daughter's rival for school cheerleader reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Boston: Tim Johnson) The health care system in Germany compared to that in America; cost comparison outlined on screen. [German Wilfred THIELY, health economist Uwa REINHARD - talk about the German system.] The fee system for German doctors explained. [DOCTOR - comments.] [AMA Dr. James TODD - says in the German process the medical profession has a negotiating partnership with the government.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Recent American Agenda segment reporting on doctors with a conflict of interest when they sent patients for tests at centers where they had a financial interest recalled. American Medical Association said warning doctors to tell patients when they have such financial arrangements.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Decision by baseball's statistical committee to remove the asterisk on the home run record of Roger Maris reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Brian Rooney) Reaction in Los Angeles to a book that outlines shortcuts to beat the traffic featured; traffic and shortcut neighborhood scenes shown. ["L.A. Shortcuts" co-authors Brian ROBERTS, Richard SCHWADEL, residents Al DEITSCH, Linda MORREALE - comment.]
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