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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Headlines indicating the plight of the economy reviewed.
(Chicago: Bill Greenwood) Unemployment as symbolized by mass applications for a thousand jobs at a new hotel in Chicago featured; scenes shown. [Two JOB SEEKERS, Gloria HORWICH - comment on the job hunt.] The Illinois economy mentioned.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Statement from Vice President Dan Quayle that a "hiring now" sign he saw at a California Burger King indicates an economic turnaround reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(White House: Ann Compton) Campaign stop by President Bush in Atlanta featured; scenes shown of his stop with widow Coretta Scott King at gravesite of Martin Luther King, Junior, and of them singing "We Shall Overcome." "Atlanta Constitution" poll on public confidence in Bush noted. [Daughter Bernice KING - makes speech about the economy.] [BUSH - makes speech about jobs.] [American Society for Training and Development Curtis PLOTT - says there are no jobs.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Lakeland: Mike von Fremd) Overseas market for American used cars examined; scenes shown of cars being loaded on a ship and at car auction. [Car salesman Milos RAJCEVIC - explains popularity of American cars in Britain.] [Two MEN - describe market in Saudi Arabia for Chevrolet Caprices.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) IRA (Irish Republican Army) bomb in Northern Ireland reported killing British construction workers.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Dennis Troute) Admission by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein of military defeat on the first anniversary of the Persian Gulf war featured; his speech today detailed; scenes shown from a comparatively small pro-Hussein demonstration in Baghdad.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Opening by Iraq of their only oil terminal in the Persian Gulf, despite continued United Nations sanctions, reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Jim Laurie) The future of the former Soviet army featured; scenes shown of march by officers to the Kremlin in Moscow amidst protesters defending the old union. The concerns of military officers and the responses to them from chief of staff Marshal Yevgeny Shaposhnikov and Russian President Boris Yeltsin detailed. Need for the commonwealth to reorganize and pacify the military noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Food riot by students in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Karen Burnes) Growing concern about the addictive nature of the tranquilizer Xanax examined. [Two Xanax USERS - comment.] [Cornell Medical Center Dr. Ken ROSENBERG - describes symptoms of Xanax withdrawal.] [Xanax user Lyle JONES - describes his symptoms.] Adverse symptoms of Xanax listed. [Gateway Rehabilitation Center Dr. Neal CAPRETTO - comments.] Response from Upjohn, the drug's manufacturer, noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) 100-year-old movie maker Hal Roach profiled; clips shown from his studio's films, including the comedies of Harold Lloyd, Our Gang, Laurel and Hardy. [ROACH - talks about his films, his start in the movie business and his comedies.] Roach's background reviewed; photos shown.
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