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(Studio: Ed Bradley) Report introduced.
(New York: Ray Brady) Drop in last month's leading economic indicators and rise in unemployment claims reported pointing to recession; details given; Persian Gulf crisis and taxes mentioned. [Economists Richard HOEY and Maury HARRIS, job HUNTER, Computerland United States of America president Ed ANDERSON - comment on forecast.]
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(Studio: Ed Bradley) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Bob Schieffer) Continued scrambling between negotiators for President Bush and Congress to produce budget deficit reduction deal reported; automatic spending cuts detailed; scenes shown of demonstrations against cuts. [Representatives Newt GINGRICH, John KASICH, Charles SCHUMER, Dana ROHRABACHER - comment on possibility that Congress will vote against plan that includes cuts in both capital gains tax and social security benefits.] [Representative Thomas FOLEY, Senator Bob DOLE - comment on negotiations.]
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(Studio: Ed Bradley) Report introduced.
(White House: Lesley Stahl) Meeting between President Bush and Emir of Kuwait Sheik Jaber al-Ahmed al-Sabah reported; White House opinion on use of military examined; National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft quoted regarding Iraqi threat to cut food rations for foreigners. [BUSH - makes speech on freeing Kuwait from Iraq.] Emir's description of Iraqi atrocities detailed; Bush noted considering another UN resolution; administration's evidence of meetings between Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and terrorists mentioned.
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(Studio: Ed Bradley) Grenade explosion in former French colony of Djibouti, now hosting French forces, examined; suspicion of pro-Iraqi guerrillas noted.
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(Studio: Ed Bradley) Anti-American demonstrations in Iran reported; scenes shown; Iranian government noted condemning Iraqi aggression while also calling for United States forces to withdraw.
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(Studio: Ed Bradley) Report introduced.
(Cincinnati: Edie Magnus) Judge David Albanese reported hearing opening arguments in Cincinnati, Ohio, obscenity trial; details given of charges against Contemporary Arts Center for exhibition of late Robert Mapplethorpe's photography. [Art critic Hilton KRAMER, attorney Floyd ABRAMS - comment.] [Prosecutor Frank PROUTY, defense attorney Louis SIRKIN - address court.] Obscenity tests outlined on screen. [Boston museum director David ROSS - comments on Boston Mapplethorpe display.]
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(Studio: Ed Bradley) Death in New York of political strategist and former basketball commissioner Larry O'Brien reported; career detailed; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Ed Bradley) Arrival in United States of Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu noted; support under pressure for United Nations campaign against Iraq and dispatch of unarmed troops to Persian Gulf reported; scenes shown from NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) protest in Washington outside Japanese embassy against racist remarks made by justice minister. [In taped interview, KAIFU - (thru translator) talks about continued restriction of Japanese military and Japan's actions in Persian Gulf crisis; comments on racist remarks.] Report introduced.
(Tokyo: Bill Whitaker) Controversy over Japanese military deployment to Middle East featured; scenes shown from Asaka, Japan, military parade; World War II brutality mentioned. [National Defense Academy Mashashi NISHIHARA, military analyst Motofumi ASAI, Philippines senator Teofisto GUINGONA - comment.]
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(Studio: Ed Bradley) Report introduced.
(New York: Richard Threlkeld) President Bush and other heads of state reported meeting Sunday at United Nations World Summit for Children in New York; high United States infant mortality rate due to poor prenatal care and drug use examined; scenes shown from hospital. [Children's Defense Fund president Marian Wright EDELMAN - says only we and South Africa do not provide health coverage.] [Dr. Randolph COHEN - comments.] Findings of White House study on infant mortality outlined on screen.
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