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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Bob Schieffer) Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan reported warning President Bush and Congress about national debt, inflation and recession. [GREENSPAN - comments on oil price rise due to Persian Gulf crisis; comments on budget negotiations.] [OMB director Richard DARMAN, Representatives Dan BURTON, Tom DeLAY, Melton HANCOCK - comment on budget summit.]
(Studio: Dan Rather, Ray Brady) Evidence of recession and "stagflation" analyzed; details outlined on screen. [GREENSPAN - comments on inflation.] [Economist Irwin KELLNER - comments on recession.] [Economist C. Fred BERGSTEN - comments on detrimental effects of Federal Reserve raising or reducing interest rates.] Gerald Ford mentioned; current and 1970's economies compared.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Susan Spencer) Report from federal Institute of Medicine advocating drug treatment programs on demand examined; details given of funding; President Bush's administration noted continuing to emphasize prosecution. [Phoenix House Dr. Mitch ROSENTHAL - says treatment works.] [Institute of Medicine Lawrence LEWIN, University of Pennsylvania Mark PAULY - comment on benefits outweighing cost.] [National Drug Control Policy Director William BENNETT - comments on funding.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Jacqueline Adams) Private industry reported offering drug detection test to be used in the home; ethical and legal questions examined; scenes shown from commercial for Israeli-developed product Drug Alert. [Mother Lorraine DANIELS, DEMONSTRATOR, two KIDS - advocate test.] [ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) Loren SIEGEL - comments on dangers.] [Mother Sue RUSCHE, Drug Alert Sidney KLEIN - comment.] [Pharmacologist John MORGAN, KID - talk about flaws in design.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Iraqi government reported seizing assets of all countries joined in economic sanctions, matching United States and other nations' seizure of Iraqi assets. Report introduced.
(Saudi Arabia: Scott Pelley) Operation "Desert Shield" accidents examined. First American hit by friendly fire during 82nd Airborne live ammunition training noted. [82nd Airborne Lieutenant Colonel Paul TROTTI - comments.] Plane crashes, including August crash in Germany, detailed; scenes shown. Snake bite poisonings mentioned. [SOLDIER - describes his accident.] [US Marine Corps Colonel Dick WHITE - comments.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) House reported approving defense budget bill; details given of funding for Persian Gulf operation; threat of President Bush's veto explained; Senate version mentioned.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Chartered Iraqi airliner reported flying to London with hundreds more women and children from Iraq; number of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's remaining human shields cited. Report introduced.
(London: Peter Van Sant) Iraqi military occupation of Kuwait City, Kuwait examined; scenes shown from Iraqi television and amateur video. [Three WOMEN - talk about soldiers' thievery.] [WOMAN - describes executions.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) South African President F.W. de Klerk reported appointing legal teams to investigate police role in black factional violence; Nelson Mandela's African National Congress (ANC) noted accusing police of fighting on side of Zulu militants; scenes shown of student protest in Johannesburg.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Deborah Potter) Environmental groups and cancer researchers reported urging government to declare Pacific yew tree a threatened species; details given of ovarian cancer drug Taxol, made from tree's bark; Pacific Northwest battle between loggers and environmentalists over spotted owl recalled. [Cancer patient Marylin HOGE, Environmental Defense Fund Bruce MANHEIM, Johns Hopkins Hospital William McGUIRE, Oregon Lands Coalition Jackie LONG, National Forest Products Association Frank GLADICS - comment.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Federal Appeals Court reported ruling President Bush and Energy Department officials may explore site in Nevada for nuclear waste dumping.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) New York Federal Appeals Court reported upholding government ban on aid to family planning groups abroad if they provide abortion information; Planned Parenthood Federation fight noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Wichita: Bob McNamara) Renewed pride among owners of Hudson cars, partly due to movie "Driving Miss Daisy", featured; scenes shown from car show and movie; historical scenes shown of Amelia EARHART. [OWNERS - comment.]
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