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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Paris, France: Dan Rather) Econ. summit in Paris, France, featured; details given of conf.'s decisions about aid to Poland and Hungary and possible freeze on trade with China, PR. [President BUSH - says there will be unanimity.] Scenes shown illustration lifestyle of city. Report introduced.
(Paris, France: Wyatt Andrews) Attitude of summit conference reviewed; conf.'s support of Bush's approach to aid to E. Europe reported [BUSH, Secretary of State James BAKER - comment.] Mikhail Gorbachev's letter to summit conf. noted; response of French President Francois Mitterrand quoted. Issue of events in China noted. [Prime Min. Margaret THATCHER - comments on summit.]
(Paris, France: Dan Rather) Issue of Thatcher's criticism of French Revolution &resulting response from her French hosts reported; scenes shown.
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(Paris, France: Dan Rather) Growing popularity of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Europe noted. Report introduced.
(Paris, France: Ray Brady) Gorbachev's push for trade relations with West, especially West Germany and US, featured; details given of Germany's incr. sales to USSR ; scenes shown of Gorbachev in public. [Soviet expert Martin McCALLEY - says Western allies are not supposed to sell advanced tech. to USSR .] Issue of American trade restrictions on Soviet goods examined. [US busman. Charles HUGEL, West German busman. Reiner ROLAND - discuss US-USSR trade.]
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(Paris, France: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Paris, France: Tom Fenton) Presence of tourists in Paris, France, during the last days of the bicentennial celebrations featured; scenes shown from streets of Paris. [TOURIST - comments.] [French journalist Jean LESIEUR - discusses bickering among Parisians over bicentennial.] [Several American TOURISTS - comment.] Fireworks display shown.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer; Paris, France: Dan Rather) Analysis given of what President Bush and his delegation wanted from, and got out of, the economy summit; various issues reviewed; Prime Min. Margaret Thatcher mentioned. White House chief of staff John Sununu's stmts. about a so-called "Bush Doctrine" examined.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Palmdale, California: David Martin) Cancellation of planned flight of Stealth bomber reported; scenes shown of plane on runway in Palmdale, California, and of landing of small private plane nearby. [Air Force spokesperson Colonel Doug. KENNETT - explains why planned flight of plane was halted.] Criticism by Congress of cost of Stealth development noted. [Representative Les ASPIN, Secretary of Defense Dick CHENEY - talk about future of Stealth program.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Miami, Florida: Juan Vasquez) Updating of story of Thomas Root, whose plane crashed after flying from Washington, DC to the Bahamas while Root was unconscious from bullet wound, featured. [NTSB spokesperson Andrew ALSTON - says Root does not remember being shot.] [Wife Kathy ROOT, brother West Todd ROOT - say Root does not remember what happened.] Questions about Root's background noted. [Radio Bus. Report Jim CARNEGIE - talks about Root's business] Root's role with Sonrise Mgt. Services, Incorporated, detailed. [North Carolina secretary of state Rufus EDMISTEN - talks about investigation of company] Photos of plane shown.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Coal miners strike in Siberia, USSR , reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Tokyo, Japan: Bill Whitaker) Attendance of Japanese Prime Min. Sosuke Uno at economy summit in France featured; details given of his political problems at home. [Pol. scientist Rei SHIRATORI - says trip is like a vacation for him.] Uno's relations at summit with world leaders, like French President Francois Mitterrand and President Bush, reviewed; scenes shown. [Japanese scholar Gregory CLARK - talks about Uno.] Pol. campaign video of Uno, the family man, shown. [Columnist Mitsuko SHIMOURA, CLARK - comment on Uno's pol. future.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Efforts by Chinese government to isolate nation from outside reports about suppression of pro-demo. protesters reported; details given of ban on sale of foreign news pubs.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Plans to launch space shuttle Columbia next month previewed; scenes shown from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) New ethics law that prevents government workers from taking jobs in private sector in areas in which they worked for federal government featured; details given of impact of legislature on NASA, which has seen several key execs. leave. [NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) administration Richard TRULY - says senior people have left NASA.] [NASA's Robert ALLER - says new law is vague.] [NASA's William BALLHAUS - comments.] [Representative Barney FRANK - comments on new law.] [Brookings Institution's Lawrence KORB - talks about to whom law applies.] Impact of ethics law on critical government areas detailed. [Center for Strategic Studies River James WOOLSEY - says government will have difficulties in areas of scientific and technical products and undertakings.]
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