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(Studio: Dan Rather; New York: Ray Brady) Iraqi President Saddam Hussein reported threatening to strike Middle East oil fields and Israel if international blockade begins to strangle Iraq; oil market and Wall Street reaction examined; oil reserves noted. [Oil industry analyst Peter BEUTEL, stock market analyst Alan ACKERMAN - comment.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Barry Petersen) USSR parliament reported disagreeing on economic reform plan but giving President Mikhail Gorbachev emergency powers to implement free-market economy; scenes shown of markets and stores. [GORBACHEV - (thru translator) speaks to parliament.] Boris Yeltsin reported saying Gorbachev cannot use emergency powers in Russian republic. [Princeton University Stephen COHEN - comments.] Shoe factory experiment featured; scenes shown. [Factory manager Alexander GReserve Officers' Training CorpsHOV, Factory WORKER - (thru translator) comment.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Bill Plante) At tomorrow's meeting, United Nations Security Council reported expected to impose air embargo and other new sanctions against Iraq; Iraq noted boycotting session. [State Department spokeswoman Margaret TUTWILER - demands release of American hostages in Iraq; comments on not allowing Iraqi United Nations delegation to land personal plane in US.] [French President Francois MITTERRAND - (thru translator) denounces Iraq's takeover of Kuwait.] President Bush noted condemning violence against Arab-Americans. [BUSH - comments on Iraq policy.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Saudi Arabia: Bob Simon) Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's threat to destroy Saudi oil fields featured; two men found cutting Aramco security fence at Ras Tannura, Saudi Arabia, noted leading to expulsion of Jordanian and Yemeni diplomats for spying; scenes shown. [COMMANDER, Marines Commander Lieutenant General Walter BOOMER - comment.] Scenes shown from October 1983 Beirut bombing. [Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Dick WHITE - comments.] [MARINE - explains precautions while in Saudi Arabian cities.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(White House: Wyatt Andrews) President Bush reported meeting with South African President F.W. de Klerk; scenes shown; Nelson Mandela's visit last June mentioned. [BUSH - comments on progress.] [Representative Ronald DELLUMS, TransAfrica executive director Randall ROBINSON - object to visit.] [De KLERK - promises more change.] Sanctions mentioned. ......
(Johannesburg: Richard Wagner) Change and violence in South Africa examined; scenes shown. [Archbishop Desmond TUTU, MANDELA - praise De Klerk.] Government's Operation Iron Fist featured. [Resident Rubin MATSIMEH - talks about fear.] Obstacles to change from radical white right wing and economic problems mentioned. [Political analyst John BARRATT - comments on African National Congress (ANC).] Governments of Johannesburg and Soweto noted taking steps to unite.
(Studio: Dan Rather) South African judge reported freeing Winnie Mandela without bail; charges of kidnapping and assault in connection with 1988 killing detailed.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Government reported launching long-term study of AIDS infection progression in the body; Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan quoted. Report introduced.
(Fort Pierce, Florida: Juan Vasquez) Concern about AIDS transmission from health care professionals examined; two more patients of Florida dentist late David Acer noted testing positive for AIDS. [Patient Kimberly BERGALIS - says she's glad she spoke up.] [National Foundation for Infectious Diseases Dr. Sanford KUVIN, CDC (Centers for Disease Control) Dr. William ROPER - comment on patients' right to know.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Jury selection for Cincinnati, Ohio, art gallery obscenity trial reported; scenes shown from demonstration; details given of charges for displaying late Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Senate reported limiting commercials during children's television programs; details given; expected actions by House and President Bush noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: David Dow) California gubernatorial race between Dianne Feinstein and Pete Wilson featured; scenes shown from campaign speeches and advertising; California's political power noted. [President BUSH - campaigns for Wilson.] [FEINSTEIN - comments on Bush's endorsement of Wilson.] Voter apathy examined. [Political analyst Joe SCOTT - comments.] [WILSON - answers question about taxes.] [Political scientist Sherry Bebitch JEFFE - comments on voter apathy.]
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