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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Amman: Tom Fenton) Iraqi soldiers reported storming French, Canadian and Belgian embassies in Kuwait City, Kuwait, and seizing French citizens; details illustrated on screen. Canadian President Brian Mulroney and Great Britain noted denouncing Iraq's acts and escalating military support to Persian Gulf area. [British defense secretary Tom KING, military analyst Peter HOWARD - comment on British tanks.] [French President Francois MITTERRAND - (thru translator) comments.]
(White House: Lesley Stahl) President Bush reported condemning break-ins. [BUSH - explains prudent response; comments on support for Mitterrand.] United States and Australian warships reported firing warning shots at and boarding an Iraqi tanker in the Gulf of Oman. [BUSH - comments on tanker.] State Department noted calling in Iraqi ambassador for "daily spanking."
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(Studio: Dan Rather) President Bush reported expected to send Saudi Arabian arms sale proposal to Congress soon; details given. Report introduced.
(Dhahran: Bob Simon) Saudi Arabia noted allowing Marine M-60 tanks to practice firing; scenes shown. Saudi Arabian officials reported shutting down troop entertainment featured on CBS earlier this week; scenes shown; statement quoted from General H. Norman Schwarzkopf. [SOLDIER, entertainment volunteer Elaine ARCHER - comment.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Saudi Arabia and USSR said resuming full diplomatic relations; USSR limited support for campaign against Iraq detailed.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Ray Brady) Persian Gulf crisis reported affecting economy; rises in wholesale gasoline and home heating oil prices and drop in retail sales outlined on screen. [Economist Maury HARRIS, economist Mary LAZAR, car SALESMAN - comment.] Possibility of Federal Reserve Board lowering interest rates noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Detroit: Frank Currier) Negotiators for General Motors Corporation and UAW, eager to avoid a strike, reported expected to make agreement before midnight deadline; details given of issues; scenes shown from Detroit, Michigan. [University of California, San Diego, Harley SHAIKEN - comments on Middle East crisis' effect on car sales.] [Autoworker Ray JONES - comments on job security.] GM, Ford and Chrysler profit declines outlined on screen. [GM chief negotiator Alfred WARREN, auto analyst Scott MERLIS - comment.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Orlando: Bruce Hall) Florida's lottery jackpot reported reaching one hundred million dollars; lottery fever featured. [Lottery PLAYERS, player Elizabeth BROCKLY, store CLERK, Florida lottery secretary Rebecca PAUL, lottery winner Voncille SLATER - comment.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(National Insts. of Health: Susan Spencer) Doctors at National Insts. of Health reported performing first-ever gene therapy procedure; details given of procedure to cure young patient's ADA deficiency, which is an immune disorder similar to that of late bubble boy "David". [NIH Dr. West French ANDERSON, NIH Dr. Steven ROSENBERG, similarly afflicted child's mother Sue CUTSHALL - comment.] Possible gene therapy for other genetic diseases and cancer noted; malignant melanoma mentioned as next application. [ANDERSON - comments on social and moral implications.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) FDA (Food and Drug Administration) reported warning consumers to cook eggs thoroughly because of salmonella bacteria risk.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Rita Braver) On day two of Senate confirmation hearings, President Bush's Supreme Court nominee David Souter reported saying he hasn't made decision on Roe versus Wade right to abortion. [SOUTER - says he has no agenda.] [Senator Joseph BIDEN - talks to Souter.] Abortion rights groups' opposition to Souter reported; scenes shown from demonstration. [Planned Parenthood Dr. Kenneth EDELIN, Senator Patrick LEAHY - comment on abortion issue.] [SOUTER - talks about civil rights.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) President Mikhail Gorbachev reported presenting economic reform plan to Soviet parliament; plan noted rejecting Boris Yeltsin's idea of surrendering Kremlin's economic power to republics. Tass report that thieves erased some of government's computer tapes about Chernobyl nuclear disaster detailed.
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(Houston: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Fort Bliss, Texas: Bob McNamara) United States Army Materiel Command civilian Gladys Balogh, grandmother and Army trouble-shooter, featured; scenes shown of 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Bliss, Texas. [BALOGH - comments on work and leaving for Saudi Arabia.]
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