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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Army reported taking over Tiananmen Sq. in Beijing, China, PR, site of student protests; details given of capture of CBS reporter Richard Roth and his cameraman Derek Williams. Report introduced.
(Beijing, China, PR: John Sheahan) Audio report on events in Beijing where soldiers are shooting at people featured; scenes shown of earlier nonviolent mtgs. between army and people; photos shown of armed troops entering city. Accts. of casualties reviewed.
(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Beijing, China, PR: Richard Roth) Live audio description of confrontation between students and soldiers in Beijing reported; photos shown. Later report describing authorities coming for reporter and Williams given.
(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Update on what happened to Roth and Williams reported
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Kennebunkport, ME: Wyatt Andrews) Written response by vacationing President Bush to events in China quoted. [Secretary of State James BAKER - says army of the Chinese people should not be used to suppress people.] Bush's earlier role in building relationship between United States and China while envoy there recalled.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Reaction of Chinese students in United States to events in China reported; details given, scenes shown of rally in Pasadena, California.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Discussion of events in China with expert from Brookings Institution given. [Harry HARDING - says Chinese government resorted to force because other tactics failed and that hard-liners have likely taken control in government; discusses what may take place next in China; reviews demands of Chinese protesters.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Reports on Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini's failing health detailed.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Warsaw, Poland: Bert Quint) Elecs. in Poland in which opposition cands. from Solidarity are running against Communist party candidate reported; details given of sale of state-owned Lenin shipyard to American ints.; Solidarity leader Lech Walesa and Communist party leader Wojciech Jaruzelski mentioned. [Solidarity cand. Janusz ONYSZKIEWICZ -discusses the opposition.] Scenes shown from campaign and of song from French singer Yves Montand.
(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Chicago, Illinois: Christine Negroni) Absentee voting by Polish nationals in United States featured; details given, scenes shown from Chicago, Illinois. [MAN - says they are free elecs.] [Polish national Kazimierz MASIAK - says we support those in Poland.] [Chicago Polish Cnsl. spokesperson Jerzy BOROWIEC - says changes in USSR and Poland influence each other.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Pol. victory for Mikhail Gorbachev when Evgeny Primakov was elected chairperson of chamber on Sup. Soviet reported Report introduced.
(Moscow, USSR : Jan Charlton) Parliamentary delegates from USSR featured; scenes shown of members touring Moscow. [MAN - (thru translator) says now we are permitted to say things.] Live coverage of parliament shown from Soviet TV. [Princeton Univ.'s Stephen COHEN - talks about Gorbachev's democratization.] [Soviet DELEGATE - (thru translator) explains what his voters want.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Oil spill in Denver, Colorado, from Amoco pipeline reported; details given of danger of spill to fish in Yampa River
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Bombing of Pan Am flight 103 in December that resulted in crash of plane in Lockerbie, Scotland, recalled. Report introduced.
(Lockerbie, Scotland: Anthony Mason) Makeup Christmas party for children of Lockerbie featured; details given of negative reaction to party from victims' families; scenes shown. [14 year-old boy from New Jersey, Ed BLAUS - comments.] [Pan Am widow Elizabeth DELUDE-DIX - calls party tasteless.] [Community leader Tom CARSON - responds.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Events in Beijing, China, PR, reviewed. [Consultant Bette Bao LORD - calls events tragic; discusses democrat feelings in China; predicts "Chinese holocaust."]
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