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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Studio: Bill Plante) Government of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein reported threatening embassies in Baghdad, Iraq, that hiding foreigners is offense punishable by death. [Secretary of State James BAKER - comments on announcement.] Western diplomats in Baghdad noted meeting.
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Amman: Anthony Mason) Three Iraqi passenger planes reported landing in Jordan despite United Nations air embargo; scenes shown of British hostages; confusion over embargo examined. [Jordanian information minister Ibrahim IZZEDIN - comments.] [Jordanian economist Fahed FANEK, REFUGEE - comment on humanitarian nature of flights.]
(Baghdad: Betsy Aaron) Roads between Iraq and Jordan reported still open; scenes shown from parade of Jordanian trucks filled with food and from demonstration at United States embassy. [Jordanian organizer Abdul MOHAMMED - denies breaking embargo.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Bob Schieffer) Monday's expected automatic spending cuts to reduce national debt detailed; scenes shown of federal workers protesting furloughs in Seattle and Washington, DC. [National Air Traffic Controllers' Association Jim POOLE - talks about airports losing air traffic controllers.] [Federal Aviation Administration administrator James BUSEY - gives advice to travellers.] [Veterans' Affairs medical director Dr. James HOLSINGER - talks about impact on Veterans Administration hospitals.] [L.A. County public health services Dr. Caswell EVANS - comments on reduced funding for child vaccinations.] [Atlanta Head Start program Dr. Gerald DURLEY - says we'll have to close down.] [Representative Dan ROSTENKOWSKI - makes speech about cuts.]
(Chicago: Wyatt Andrews) President Bush reported blaming Democrats for automatic cuts while campaigning for Republicans. [BUSH - makes speech.] [Representative William GRAY - mentions Bush's tax cut for the rich.] [Representative Thomas FOLEY - comments on partisan politics.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Federal agency figures on August personal income and durable goods cited. Report introduced.
(Studio: Richard Threlkeld) Real estate slump, which is affecting both homeowners and big-time developers like Donald Trump, reported pointing toward recession; details illustrated on screen; scenes shown from suffering areas; previous boom noted. [Greater Hartford Association of Realtors Lynda WILSON, Union Bank Dale HERR, Salomon Brothers David SHULMAN - comment.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Ray Brady) Japanese Matsushita Electric Corporation of America reported trying to buy MCA Entertainment Corporation which owns Universal Pictures; history and current holdings of MCA and Matsushita detailed; scenes shown from movies including "E.T."; other Japanese entertainment acquisitions listed. [Media analyst Ed ATORINO, trade analyst Clyde PRESTOWITZ - comment.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Richard Roth) Motion Picture Association of America reported creating new North Carolina-17 rating to replace X; reasons outlined; scenes shown from movies "Henry and June", about writer Henry Miller, and "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover". [MPAA president Jack VALENTI - makes announcement.] ["Henry and June" director Philip KAUFMAN, Miramax Films Russell SCHWARTZ - comment.] [Film critic Andrew SARRIS, Loews Theatres chairman Alan FRIEDBERG - talk about problems in rating system.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) President Bush reported deciding to sell crude oil from strategic reserve; White House opinion of gas price rise due to Persian Gulf crisis quoted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New Hamburg, Missouri: James Hattori) Light earthquake reported shaking Midwest, triggering attention to prediction of December 3 major earthquake along New Madrid fault; details illustrated on screen. [Three RESIDENTS, seismologist David STEWART - comment.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Census figures on poverty in America cited. "Stock Market Report".
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Eric Engberg) "Boston Herald" sportswriter Lisa Olson's charges of sexual harassment by New England Patriots football team featured; history of this part of equal-rights movement mentioned. [OLSON - describes incident.] [Patriots owner Victor KIAM, (on "Nightwatch") "Boston Herald" sports editor Bob SALES, Patriots running back John STEPHENS - comment.]
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