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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Johannesburg, South Africa: Martha Teichner) Anti-apartheid leaders reported breaking ties with activist Winnie Mandela; details given of criminal investigation of her bodyguards' role in murder of black teen Stompie Moeketsi. [Anti-apartheid leader Murphy MOROBE - condemns Mandela's bodyguards.] [Archbishop Desmond TUTU - says controversy has hurt anti-apartheid struggle.] Reaction to Mandela scandal discussed. [Govt. security specialist Craig WILLIAMSON - comments on situation.] Hunger-striking political prisoners in South Africa reported ending their protest after government promised to end their detention without trial; details given, scenes shown. [Prisoners' spokesperson Cheryl CAROLUS - comments on victory.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(DC: Lesley Stahl) President Bush quoted with regard to continuance of aid to rebels in Afghanistan and Nicaragua. [BUSH - says USSR sent military supplies to Kabul, Afghanistan, prior to their final troop withdrawal; comments on Nicaraguan pres. Dan Ortega Saavedra's promise to reform government after Central American leaders agreed that Contra army should be dissolved; defends Attorney General Richard Thornburgh's strategy in Oliver North's Iran/Contra trial to protect classified documents.] Bush's press conference style compared to that of Ronald Reagan. Bush quoted with regard to issue of banning assault weapons. [BUSH - says criminals should be sought, not guns.] Bush quoted with regard to ethics in his admin.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Moscow, USSR : Barry Petersen) USSR general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms examined. [Former Gorbachev aide, Boris YELTSIN - (thru translator) says perestroika is not working.] Sovs. noted losing faith in Gorbachev's vision of future. [Soviet analyst Robert LEGVOLD - comments on Gorbachev's problems.] [MAN -(thru translator) says he hasn't had laundry detergent in mos.] Shortage of food and other essential items noted. [MAN - (thru translator) says during Joseph Stalin's era there were no food shortages.] [Soviet analyst Steve COHEN - comments on foreign and domestic policy.] Conservative opposition to Gorbachev's reforms discussed. [Mag. ed. Vitaly KOROTICH - defends Gorbachev.] Gorbachev quoted with regard to necessity of reform; details given.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) British investigators reported asserting that bomb that caused crash of Pan Am flight 103 in Lockerbie, Scotland, was smuggled on plane in radio cassette player; details given, scenes shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Reports introd.
(London, England: Tom Fenton) Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini recalled ordering Moslems to find and kill Salman Rushdie, author of "The Satanic Verses". British flights to India reported receive bomb threats by group called Iranian Guards. Tehran radio broadcast quoted with regard to bounty for killing Rushdie. [For. secretary Sir Geoffrey HOWE - says no one has right to commit violent acts upon British soil.] Khomeini's actions noted undermining Iran's efforts to improve relations with West [Iranian journalist Hezhir TEIMOURIAN - says Khomeini is losing touch with reality.] Exs. given of Iranian hit squads attacking Moslem dissidents in England in recent years Rushdie noted now in hiding in Great Britain.
(NYC: Betsy Aaron) Sale of "The Satanic Verses" in United States discussed. [Authors Susan SONTAG, William STYRON - express fear with regard to notion of death threats for writing book.] [Association of Muslim Social Scientists spokesperson Syeed SAYYID - says book blasphemes prophet Mohammed.] [Script writer Hanif KUREISHI - says threat will follow Rushdie for remainder of his life.] [SONTAG - worries about intimidation.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) More inferences with regard to personal conduct of Defense Secretary-designate John Tower reported made by ex-Reagan administration aide Ken. Adelman; details given, Adelman quoted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Scientists reported drawing structure of an enzyme that AIDS virus needs to spread its infection; details given. Report introduced.
(NYC: Harold Dow) Rate of AIDS infection among intravenous drug abusers reported decrease in NYC. [Narcotic and Drug Research, Incorporated spokesperson Sam. FRIEDMAN - comments on situation.] Article from "Journal of the American Med. Association" quoted on screen. [Narcotic and Drug Research, Incorporated spokesperson Don DES JARLAIS - comments on spread of AIDS.] More drug abusers noted cleaning their needles with bleach. [Association for Drug Abuse, Prevention and Treatment spokesperson Yolanda SERRANO - disagrees with report in JAMA.] CDC (Centers for Disease Control) study results quoted with regard to spread of AIDS among drug abusers.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles, California: David Dow) Marc Christian, former lover of actor/AIDS victim Rock Hudson, reported suing latter's estate for millions in damages; details and results of trial given. [Christian's attorney Harold RHODEN - comments on Hudson's not telling Christian of his condition until few mos. before his death.] [CHRISTIAN - says AIDS patients have duty to disclose their condition to people at risk.] [Attorney/author Margaret DAVIS, attorney Griffith THOMAS - comment on implications of case.] [National Gay Rights Advocates spokesperson Ben SCHATZ - says award to Christian is excessive.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Frankfort, Kentucky: Christine Negroni) Flooding in Kentucky featured; details given, scenes shown. [WOMAN - comments on situation.] Flooding in Frankfort, Kentucky, discussed. [WOMAN - comments on property damage.] [National Guard spokesperson Don ARMSTRONG - comments on situation.] [Governor Wallace WILKINSON - says more rain is expected.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Wildlife groups reported urging government to ban import of ivory and declare African elephant an endangered species. Report introduced.
(Paris, France: Doug Tunnell) Baby elephant shown recuperating at elephant orphanage in Kenya. Elephant poachers reported slaughtering animals for their ivory. [Envtlist. William CLARKE - says elephants need their tusks; says species will soon be extinct.] Angola ivory traders reported smuggling tusks through South Africa (R); guerrilla leader Jonas Savimbi quoted.
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