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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(State Department: Bill Plante) State Department reported saying that if Iraqi President Saddam Hussein releases hostages as planned, US diplomats will leave Kuwait embassy; plight of diplomats detailed. [State Department spokeswoman Margaret TUTWILER - makes statement.] [On November 1, President BUSH - comments.] [Representative Les ASPIN - says negotiations are going on publicly.] Plane for British hostages said denied landing rights in Baghdad.
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Allen Pizzey) Iraqi parliament reported approving hostage release; hostages' celebration featured; scenes shown from hostage hotel and from national assembly. [HOSTAGE, William GINN, Charles KEEGAN, Australian hostage Andrew PEAKE - comment.] Americans hiding in Kuwait mentioned; scenes shown. [US charge d'affaires Joseph WILSON - comments.]
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced. ......
(Saudi Arabia: David Martin) Continued military buildup among both Iraqi and United States forces reported; United States strategy against expected Iraqi obstacles examined; scenes shown of Marines training in Saudi Arabian desert. [Battalion commander Lieutenant Colonel Jim MATTIS - comments.]
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Doerun, Georgia: Erin Hayes) Hardships for National Guard communities featured; scenes shown from small towns. [Guardsman-rancher Phil REED, guardsman-teacher Jerry WILLIAMS, guardsman-sheriff's deputy Jeff HUNTER - comment.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Labor Department's November unemployment figures cited. Report introduced.
(New York: Richard Threlkeld) Charges that government is undercounting nation's jobless and poor examined; details given of outdated measuring systems; Urban Institution estimate of nation's homeless cited; scenes shown from Chicago's Duncan YMCA and from 1950's "Harvest of Shame". [Single mother Teresa LLOYD, United States Congress Joint Economic Committee Patricia RUGGLES, Labor Research Association Greg TARPINIAN, unemployed MAN, Representative Tony HALL - comment.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Southwest Bank of Saint Louis, Missouri, and other small banks reported announcing cut in prime lending rate.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Announcement of National Insts. of Health opinion on safety of milk reported; controversy over use of genetically engineered growth hormone to increase cows' production noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir reported arriving in United States for talks with Jewish organizations and President Bush. Report introduced.
(Jerusalem: Martha Teichner) Israeli Army reported enforcing curfew in Israeli-occupied territories on third anniversary of the Palestinian uprising; recent radicalization of intifada outlined; influence of Temple Mount killings and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein noted; both sides said wanting to achieve separation; scenes shown. [Palestinian professor Saeb ERAKAT, political scientist Eli REKHESS, journalist Zeev CHAFETS, Israeli defense minister Moshe ARENS - comment.] Israeli opposition to Middle East peace conference mentioned.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Telescopes aboard space shuttle Columbia reported working again; scenes shown of astronaut with floating necktie.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Jailing of "Corpus Christi-Caller Times" reporter Libby Averyt reported; details given of refusal to reveal content of conversations with murder defendant; judge quoted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(San Francisco: John Blackstone) Appearance of Virgin Mary at Catholic church in tiny Colfax, California, featured; scientific explanation given; scenes shown of crowds and phenomenon. [Four BELIEVERS, physicist and debunker Al RHOMBERG, retired religious professor Gerald LARUE, Sacramento Diocese Bishop Francis QUINN - comment.]
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