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(Studio: Dan Rather) CBS News poll results given with regard to Vice President George Bush, Dan Quayle, Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen. "Washington Post" poll results discussed. Reports introduced
(San Francisco, California: Bill Whitaker) [DUKAKIS - campaigns.] Dukakis' campaign stops in Ohio, Missouri, and California discussed. [BENTSEN - campaigns.] Dukakis campaign strategy outlined.
(Creve Coeur, Missouri: Eric Engberg) [BUSH - campaigns. in Ohio, Missouri, and comments on his energy.] [QUAYLE - campaigns.; mentions President Reagan and Jimmy Carter.] [REAGAN - campaigns. for Bush.] Bush aides quoted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather, Bruce Morton, Bob Schieffer) Poll results and Michael Dukakis' strategy outlined. Vice President George Bush noted confident; Bush aide Lee Atwater quoted. Unreliability of polls noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(NYC: Lesley Stahl) 1968 Democratic Convention and subsequent Republican domination of White House recalled. [Republican political analyst Kevin PHILLIPS - comments on anti- liberalism.] President Reagan noted destroying Franklin D. Roosevelt's Democrat coalition. [American Enterprise Institution spokesperson William SCHNEIDER - comments.] campaigns. of Michael Dukakis and Vice President George Bush outlined. [SCHNEIDER - comments on liberal ideology.] Democrats noted winning local elecs.; details given. [PHILLIPS - comments.] [WOMAN - praises Senator Howard Metzenbaum.] [Ohio Republican spokesperson Robert HUGHES and Democrat pollster Paul MASLIN - comment on Metzenbaum and pols.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) USSR dissident Andrei Sakharov shown visiting US. Sakharov quoted with regard to general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) USSR general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev shown presiding over anniversary of Bolshevik Revolution; details given. USSR 's withdrawal from Afghanistan mentioned. Representatives from United States and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) noted attending ceremony.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Ex-wife and former servants of deceased indicted drug trafficker Colonel Jean-Claude Paul reported arrested for allegedly poisoning Paul's soup; details given.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Earthquake along China, PR-Burma border reported killing hundreds; details given.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Cornell Univ. graduate student Robert Morris, Junior recalled infecting nation's defense and research computer systems with virus last wk. Morris noted telling friends virus was accident.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(NYC: Ray Brady) Incr. number of mergers in United States business discussed. [Antitrust attorney John SHENEFIELD - comments on situation.] Pillsbury, Philip Morris, Kraft, RJR Nabisco noted involved in takeover bids; details given. Sears noted selling Sears Tower in Chicago, Illinois, to prevent hostile takeover. [Wall Street analyst Michael ARONSTEIN - comments on dangers of mergers occurring with borrowed funds.] [Columbia Univ. spokesperson Louis LOWENSTEIN - comments.] Federal Reserve Bd. chairperson Alan Greenspan's letter to Congress with regard to tax laws quoted on screen. [Econ. Pierre RINFRET - comments on mergers.] [Goodyear chairperson Robert MERCER - comments on impact of takeover attempt.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(W. Palm Beach, Florida: Juan Vasquez) 1986 hit and run case recalled in which identity of driver who killed Mark Baltes was kept hidden by attorney Barry Krischer. [KRISCHER - comments on attorney-client confidence.] [Driver William MORSER - explains accident.] [Baltes' attorney Joseph FARISH, victim's mother Mildred BALTES - comment.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Dr. Benjamin Spock reported among those arrested in DC demonstration for homeless; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Mackworth Island, ME: Richard Schlesinger) Controversy on Mackworth Island between dog lovers and administration of school for deaf children featured. Maine Governor Percival Baxter recalled donating island to Maine to be used by dogs and deaf children. [School superintendent Kathleen FRIES - says children can't hear dogs.] [Deaf BOY - (thru translator) says dogs scared him.] [Dog Walkers Association spokesperson Pat NORTON - comments on his rights.] Tentative compromise between dog owners and school officials noted. [Dog owner Bob PETERSON - comments.]
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