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(Studio: Steve Kroft) Report introduced.
(DC: Rita Braver) Developments in Oliver North's trial in Iran/Contra case featured; details given of Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist's decision to put trial on hold until full court can consider Attorney General Richard Thornburgh's request that Supreme Court overrule Judge Gerhard Gesell and independent council Lawrence Walsh and put stricter limits on North's use of classified information [WALSH - says discussions have been going on with Justice Department] Possibility of compromise detailed; resulting confusion of legal maneuvers reiterated.
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(Studio: Steve Kroft) Report introduced.
(Bonn, West Germany: Bill Plante) Nature of Secretary of State James Baker's stop in West Germany reported; details given of growing disagreements between US and West Germany; scenes shown from Baker's meeting with West German official Hans- Dietrich Genscher in Bonn, West Germany. [BAKER - says this is an agenda- setting meeting] Stmt. from West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl about United States call for modernization of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) weaponry recalled; details given of German promise to tighten export laws in wake of West German business involvement in building of Libyan factory that United States says can make chemical weapons. USSR withdrawal from Afghanistan mentioned. Need for decision on NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) weapons emphasized.
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(Studio: Steve Kroft) Report introduced.
(Kennebunkport, ME: Jacqueline Adams) President Bush's position on reassessing US-USSR relations reported; scenes shown of Bush after church service in Kennebunkport, ME. [BUSH - comments.] [Last week, BUSH - comments on American- Soviet relations] Skirmishing in Washington, DC over spending and taxes reported [On ABC News, Representative Dan ROSTENKOWSKI - talks about need for revenues in package] [On "Face the Nation", OMB director Richard DARMAN - says Bush's position on taxes is clear.] Bush's plans to travel country to pitch his budget noted.
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(Studio: Steve Kroft) Ceremonies commemorating Abraham Lincoln's birthday reported; scenes shown from DC.
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(Studio: Steve Kroft) Protest by Moslem extremists in Islamabad, Pakistan, against pub. in United States of novel "Satanic Verses", by Salman Rushdie; details given, scenes shown. India &Pakistan noted banning book.
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(Studio: Steve Kroft) Report introduced.
(Pakistan: Anthony Mason) Mtg. of council of Afghan resistance in hopes of producing government in exile featured; details given of in-fighting among rebel leaders; scenes shown from Islamabad, Pakistan. television address by president Najibullah noted. [Afghan leader Dr. Zabiullah MOJADIDI - says interim government under discussion.] [Afghan leader Hedayat ARSALA - comments on issue.] Stalling of United Nations relief effort reported; details given of UN's inability to find airlines that will make flight to Kabul, Afghanistan. [UN relief agency Prince Sadruddin Aga KHAN -comments.] Likely continuation of war after USSR leaves reviewed.
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(Studio: Steve Kroft) Denial by Israeli cabinet minister of claims by PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) leader Yasir Arafat that Israel is secretly meeting with PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) reported Report introduced.
(Jenin, West Bank: Allen Pizzey) Trend toward economy warfare by Israel against Palestinians in Israeli-occupied territories featured; case of Palestinian Ahmun Derbey, whose house will be demolished by Israelis due to his son's activities in intifada, detailed; scenes shown from Jenin, West Bank. [DERBEY - (thru translator) comments.] Econ. situation in West Bank described; scenes shown from Hebron, West Bank. [PALESTINIAN - comments on situation.] [Pol. scientist professor Yaron EZRACHI - discusses political aspirations of Palestinians.] Emergence of Palestinian Communist party noted. [DERBEY - (thru translator) says it will take him 15 years to rebuild, but "I will live."]
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(Studio: Steve Kroft) Bayer aspirin company's wellness program in Wellsburg, West Virginia, featured; details given of first year of program, scenes shown of one family's role in wellness training. [Erin and Dean ANKRUM - say they seldom thought about health; talk about learning how and what to cook.] Aspects of Bayer program reviewed. [Erin and Dean ANKRUM - talk about their cholesterol levels.] Concern over continued health habits after Bayer leaves town noted. [Public Citizen Health Research Group Dr. Sidney WOLFE - says often its "easy come, easy go."] [Dean ANKRUM - talks about long-term health.]
(Marietta, Georgia: Peter Van Sant) Controversy over testing of school children for cholesterol featured; scenes shown from Battle Creek, Michigan. [LSU med. center Dr. Gerald BERENSON - advocates screening for cholesterol.] Studies reported showing kids eat too much artery-clogging fat. [KIDS - list favorite foods.] [SUNY Brooklyn Medical School Dr. Lawrence FINBERG - says growing children need adequate calories.] [National Heart, Lung and Blood Institution Dr. Basil RIFKIND - warns against creating unneeded anxiety in children.] Early testing and fear noted. [KID - worries about heart attack.] Ways to protect children's hearts reviewed. [In Marietta, Georgia, TEACHER, KID - talk about cholesterol.]
(Studio: Steve Kroft) Preview of next Inside Sunday segment given.
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(Studio: Steve Kroft) Continue of study of heart disease noted. Report introduced.
(Chicago, Illinois: Gary Reaves) One man's fight against companies that pack tropical oils into their products featured; details given, scenes shown. [Heart attack victim and consumer advocate Phil SOKOLOFF - says public is unaware of palm oil and coconut oil and their effect on cholesterol.] [Nutritionist Linda VAN HORNE - talks about saturated fatty acid in palm oil.] Food companies noted substituting vegetable oils due to Sokoloff's ad. campaign against tropical oils. [Keebler Company spokesperson Stuart GREENBLATT - says company responds to consumers.] Malaysia reported launching counter-advertising campaign defending palm oil. [Malaysian ambassador Albert TALALLA - criticizes soybean ind.] [Food industry analyst Phillip LEMPERT - says Sokoloff has no hidden agenda.] [SOKOLOFF - talks about anti-cholesterol campaign]
(Studio: Steve Kroft) Americans' eating habits reviewed.
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(Studio: Steve Kroft) Yacht Thursday's Child reported breaking record for sailing around Cape Horn from New York to California; scenes shown from bay under San Francisco, California's Golden Gate Bridge.
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(Studio: Steve Kroft) Report introduced.
(Moscow, USSR : Jan Charlton) Opening of Jewish cultural center in Moscow reported; details given, scenes shown. [Nobel prize winner Elie WIESEL - says he is grateful for this gift.] [Reading message from Secretary of State James Baker, United States ambassador to USSR Jack MATLOCK - comments on Jewish culture.] Impact of Joseph Stalin's days of terror on Jewish culture recalled; scenes shown from Soviet premiere of Holocaust documentary "Genocide". Rebirth of Jewish culture following Mikhail Gorbachev's promised new tolerance reported; exs. cited. [MAN - (thru translator) says we feel more relaxed and free.] [Simon Wiesenthal Center director Rabbi Marvin HIER - says we must be cautious.] Contd. emigration of Soviet Jews noted.
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