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(Baghdad: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Bob Schieffer) Conflicting signals in Persian Gulf crisis examined. USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev quoted regarding Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Report introduced.
(State Department: Mark Phillips) For reasons including Iraq's detainment of American diplomat's sons, State Department reported calling in Iraqi ambassador Mohamed Sadiq al-Mashat to announce expulsion of two-thirds of Iraqi embassy personnel; details given. [State Department spokeswoman Margaret TUTWILER - makes announcement.] [MASHAT - protests expulsions.] [TUTWILER - comments on Iraq's detainment.] State Department noted calling in ambassadors from other countries to urge similar actions against Iraq; scenes shown. In Kuwait, United States ambassador Nathaniel Howell and staff reported remaining without outside power or water. United Nations Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar noted heading to Middle East.
(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Kennebunkport: Wyatt Andrews) White House reaction examined. [President BUSH - rejects possibility of negotiation; comments on expulsion of Iraqi embassy staff.] This weekend, United Nations reported approving use of force in trade embargo. [BUSH - comments on Gorbachev's warnings to Saddam Hussein.] Bush reported spending next three days in Washington, DC; scenes shown of Bush's boat breaking down with Canadian President Brian Mulroney aboard. [BUSH - comments on breaking vacation plans.]
(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Dan Rather) New sense of confidence in Baghdad, Iraq, examined; scenes shown of Iraqi photograph opportunities and from televised hostage video. United Nations negotiations reported beginning in Jordan on Thursday. Iraqi ship captains reported under orders not to challenge multinational blockade.
(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: David Martin) Iraqi order not to defy embargo further examined. [BUSH - talks about stopping air shipments to Iraq.] Kuwaiti government in exile reported donating two 747's to help Pentagon carry troops to Saudi Arabia; Qatar noted announcing territory open to allied forces. United States military equipment that is still arriving mentioned.
(Persian Gulf: Doug Tunnell) Multinational naval blockade examined; confusion noted. [HMS York COMMANDER - comments on United Nations Security Council resolution.]
(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Amman: Peter Van Sant) Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's new Iraqi television program, using hostages, featured; television scenes shown.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Saudi Arabia: Bob Simon) Delegation from United States Senate Armed Services Committee reported visiting Saudi Arabia to inspect United States forces; scenes shown. [Senators John WARNER, Bob DOLE, Sam NUNN, Alfonse D'AMATO - comment.] Tank-killer Apache helicopters and Air Force 810 plane featured; Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's strength noted in tanks. [Two PILOTS - comment.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Hollywood: Jerry Bowen) Death of Texas blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan reported; details given of performance in Wisconsin with Eric Clapton and of helicopter crash which also killed three others; scenes shown from past performances. [Blues guitarist Buddy GUY - talks about Vaughan.] [After recovery from drug and alcohol abuse, VAUGHAN - comments on career.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Soweto: Richard Wagner) South African blacks reported boycotting school and work today to bury victims of factional warfare; details given of fighting in townships around Johannesburg and charges that police are inciting violence; scenes shown from Soweto, South Africa. [Archbishop Desmond TUTU - asks stadium crowd to stop slaughter.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) With prospect of war in Persian Gulf lessening, oil and gasoline prices reported falling. "Stock Market Report".
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(New Waverly, Texas: Scott Pelley) Yellow ribbons in New Waverly, Texas, to remember military sons and daughters in Middle East, featured; scenes shown. [RESIDENT, soldiers' fathers E.C. BALLEW, Connie WILSON, Jesse SCHNEIDER, Ray RICE, cafe manager Deborah POOL - comment.]
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