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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bruce Morton) Growing popularity of surveillance devices examined; details given, scenes shown of various gadgets. [Private investigator Maureen GAWLER - says gadgets deprive people of their right to privacy.] [Surveillance victim Badra PANTH - comments on her husband's wiring of house prior to their divorce.] [Journalist Rudolph BREWINGTON - explains how his wife used spy techniques.] [Representative Don EDWARDS, ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) Janlori GOLDMAN - say privacy must be protected.] Proposed legislation to protect people from these surveillance techniques discussed. [SALESMAN - shows gadgets.] 5:58:20 GOOD NIGHT
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Rumors that USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev is planning to resign noted; CNN's party discussed. Report introduced.
(Moscow: Anthony Mason) Response to Gorbachev rumor discussed; details given; scenes shown of Gorbachev meeting with East German Prime Minister Hans Modrow. Criticism of Gorbachev's handling of crises in Azerbaijan, USSR , and independence movement in Lithuania, USSR , discussed. [Ambassador Yuri DUBININ - says Gorbachev remains in power.] Rumors noted indication of growing tension in USSR .
(Studio: Dan Rather; Moscow: Anthony Mason) Situation that would be created if Gorbachev resigned predicted.
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bill Plante) Secretary of State James Baker reported delaying upcoming meeting with Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze; scenes shown. [BAKER, Senators Robert DOLE, Alfonse D'AMATO - comment on rumor that Mikhail Gorbachev is planning to resign.]
(Studio: Dan Rather) [Princeton University's Stephen COHEN - comments on Gorbachev rumor.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Rita Braver) Former President Ronald Reagan reported ordered by federal judges to turn over his private diaries to John Poindexter's defense attorneys; details given of possible constitutional test of executive privilege during this Iran/Contra trial. Judge Harold Greene quoted on screen regarding Reagan's diaries. [Harvard Law School Laurence TRIBE - comments on situation.] Richard Nixon's use of executive privilege during Watergate case recalled. [Georgetown University Paul ROTHSTEIN - comments on Reagan's options.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bob Schieffer) Congressional response to President Bush's budget examined; details given; scenes shown. [Representatives Lawrence SMITH, Sander LEVIN, Patricia SCHROEDER, Thomas FOLEY, Leon PANETTA, Charles SCHUMER, Jim SLATTERY - criticize budget.] [OMB director Richard DARMAN - ""defends budget.] Democratic budget opponents noted unwilling to cut their pet projects and reduce deficit.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) officials reported examining payload of space shuttle Columbia; details given; scenes shown. Data obtained from experiments noted helping scientists build the space station.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Deborah Potter) Scientific debate regarding safety of fluoride in drinking water reported resuming; details given; scenes shown. [Natural Resources Defense Council Jacqueline WARREN - says fluoride in drinking water is dangerous.] [American Dental Association Dr. Enid NEIDLE - defends use of fluoride.] [EPA Michael COOK - comments on use of fluoride.] Government reported examining question of whether or not amount of fluoride in drinking water should be lowered.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Prison escape in Santiago, Chile, reported; details given; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) East Germany's Communist party reported endorsing idea of German reunification. Arrest of former East German leader Erich Honecker recalled; details given of treason charges levied against him.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(San Francisco: John Blackstone) Earthquake in San Francisco Bay area last year recalled; details given of slow reconstruction of damaged Marina District; scenes shown. [Senator Alan CRANSTON - comments on slowness of federal aid.] [Business owners David and Dennis FLAHERTY, John and Connie HAROLD - comment on waiting for government loans.] [Resident Betty DERODINA - complains about FEMA's slowness.] [FEMA coordinator Tommie HAMMER - defends agency's actions.] Amount of money that has been allocated for earthquake relief noted. [SBA Robert BELLONI - says granting of federal funds is not a simple task.] [Grant recipient Carolyn MERRICK - comments on receiving funds.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Richard Threlkeld) American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T)'s optical computer examined; details given; scenes shown. [Scientist Alan HUANG - explains importance of this computer.] Optical and electronic computers compared. [The Computer Museum Gwen BELL - comments on optical computers.] [Telecommunications analyst Brad PEERY - predicts cost of developing optical technology.]
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