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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(UN: Bill Plante) United Nations Security Council reported voting for air embargo against Iraq; details of enforcement outlined on screen. [Secretary of State James BAKER - addresses United Nations about Iraq.] [Military analyst retired General George CRIST, Iraqi ambassador to United Nations Abdul Amir al-ANBARI - comment on blockade.] [USSR foreign minister Eduard SHEVARDNADZE - (thru translator) suggests United Nations might use force against Iraq.]
(Studio: Dan Rather) Iraq reported putting President Bush on trial for crimes against the world. Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Bert Quint) Iraq's reaction to new United Nations sanctions examined. [Information minister Latif Nassif JASSEM - comments on possibility of war.] Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's statement Sunday about air blockade recalled. [JASSEM - admits blockade is hurting Iraq.]
(Studio: Dan Rather) Shevardnadze's statements to United Nations about possibility of war quoted. Report introduced.
(Pentagon: David Martin) Preparations for war examined. Movement of USS Independence into Persian Gulf as part of Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney's military strategy reported. Iraqi troop buildup illustrated on screen. [Pentagon spokesman Pete WILLIAMS - comments on Iraqi troops.] Defense Department officials reported saying Iraq still getting help from USSR . Marines' problems with Harrier jump jet examined; Northrop Corporation engineer Howard Hyde's criminal conviction for falsifying test results recalled. [Representative Frank HORTON, HYDE - discuss wrongdoing at Government Operations Committee hearing.]
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Saudi Arabia: Scott Pelley) Maintenance problems in Army's Apache combat helicopter, made by McDonnell Douglas, examined; General Accounting Office report findings outlined on screen. [PILOT, former assistant secretary of defense Lawrence KORB - comment on trouble.]
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(State Department: Mark Phillips) Iraqi ambassador Mohamed Sadiq al- Mashat reported delivering Hussein's latest television propaganda for America to State Department; official quoted; details given; scenes shown from tape. [MASHAT - comments.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Representative Bob Michel reported saying President Bush may drop insistence on capital gains tax cut; House Appropriations Committee noted voting to delay October 1 automatic spending cuts; Bush's threat to veto such a bill mentioned.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) United Nations summit for children this weekend previewed. Report introduced.
(New York: Richard Roth) WHO report on increase of AIDS among children, especially in Central and Southern Africa, examined. [WHO Dr. David BRANDLING -BENNETT, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Dr. Arye RUBENSTEIN - comment.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Susan Spencer) United States Surgeon General Antonia Novello's annual report on tobacco examined; excerpts quoted; health risks detailed; recommendation that insurance companies pay for cessation treatment noted; scenes shown from television public service announcement. [Former smoker Mildred PERLMAN, NOVELLO, Office on Smoking and Health Dr. Ronald DAVIS - comment.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Bipartisan commission on health care reported ending study with a call for guaranteed medical coverage; details given of cost; reactions noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Pasadena: David Dow) After months of trouble with space program, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) reported releasing impressive closeups of Venus from Magellan space probe radar mapper; photos and computer-animated video shown. [Magellan scientist James HEAD, project scientist Stephen SAUNDERS - comment.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Release of Environmental Protection Agency fuel efficiency report for 1991 cars examined; details given. Senate bill requiring better fuel efficiency reported stalling today; opposition from industry and President Bush noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Stanislaus River: John Blackstone) Return of white water rafting to Stanislaus River due to California drought featured; fight against New Melones Dam recalled; scenes shown. [Friends of the River Kevin WOLFE, All Outdoors White Water Trips Gregg ARMSTRONG, four RAFTERS - comment.]
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