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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Jim Hickey) Announcement by new Soviet State Council of the independence of the Baltic republics featured; scenes shown. [WOMAN, former Lithuanian deputy Algimantas CEKUOLIS - comment on sovereignty.] Issue raised of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from the Baltics. [Foreign ministry spokesman Vitaly CHURKIN - comments.] Statement from the president of Estonia that it will move toward a market economy quoted. Russian republic lawmakers said approving decision of voters of Leningrad, USSR , to rename the city Saint Petersburg, USSR .
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Jim Laurie) Reaction of Soviet citizens to broadcasting of a "town meeting" on United States television in which President Mikhail Gorbachev and Russian President Boris Yeltsin answered questions from Americans featured; scenes shown from train station in Kiev, USSR . [Two Soviet VIEWERS - (thru translator) talk about the two men and the Soviet economy.] [From Saint George's Hall in Moscow, YELTSIN, GORBACHEV - (thru translator) answer questions about the economy, their relationship and the failure of the Communist model.] Their comments on dissidents and religion noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The family of Oleg Gordievsky, a Soviet double agent who defected to Britain in 1985, reported allowed to join him; scenes shown of the arrival of his wife and two daughters in London. British Prime Minister John Major quoted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Monthly unemployment figures cited.
(New York: Stephen Aug) Fate of workers whose employment benefits are running out examined; statistics cited. [Former art collection supervisor Lois WAGNER - comments.] [Before Joint Economic Committee, unemployed mechanic Robert SIMPSON - says he would like to talk to President Bush.] [Center for Budget and Policy Priorities Issac SHAPIRO - cites the lack of federal aid.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Statement from Democratic leaders that they will try to push legislation through Congress to extend jobless benefits reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(San Francisco: Ken Kashiwahara) Impact of state budget cutbacks on university systems, such as that in California, where there are too many students and too few classes, examined; campus scenes shown. [STUDENTS - comment.] [California University chancellor Barry MUNITZ - talks about education.] [Association of State Universities James APPLEBERRY - talks cost.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) President Bush reported asking Congress to put off dealing with request from Israel for new financial help in the form of loan guarantees.
(State Department: John McWethy) Bush, Israeli aid and the Middle East peace conference featured; details given of Bush's hopes to placate Arabs, who are furious about Israel's continued building of settlements on occupied land, so that the peace conference can go on. [BUSH - says this is not the time for a debate.] Reaction of Israel's supporters in Congress noted. [Representative Mel LEVINE - says United States cannot break its word.] Secretary of State James Baker noted headed for the region to nail down plans for the peace conference.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: John Martin) Indictment of Clair George, who then ran the CIA's covert operations, on charges in the Iran/Contra case featured; details given of allegation that George lied to investigators about what the CIA knew of Oliver North's operations to sell arms to Iran and supply arms to the Nicaraguan Contras. Roles of pilot Eugene Hasenfus, CIA task force director Alan Fiers, CIA director William Casey and deputy director Robert Gates and George reviewed. [GEORGE - reads statement.] Gates noted now seeking confirmation as the new CIA director.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Announcement by Lotus Development Corp. computer company that it will offer partners of its homosexual employees the same benefits offered to spouses of married workers reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Chicago: Dick Schaap) Return of baseball player Bo Jackson, who had been out with a hip injury sustained while playing football, to the major leagues featured; scenes shown of him batting and running with the Chicago White Sox. [JACKSON - talks about his comeback.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Author and education activist Jonathan Kozol, who has written another book about education, "Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools", profiled; scenes shown to illustrate the condition of schools in East Saint Louis, Illinois. [KOZOL - talks about education, the problems for kids in East Saint Louis; recalls his first teaching job; reviews the reactions to his books.] [East Saint Louis high school senior Candiss SAIN - comments.] Kozol's background reviewed; photos shown. Kozol's first book, "Death at an Early Age", cited. [Doctor turned school superintendent Dr. Gerald KOHN - talks about inequities in education.]
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