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(Saudi Arabia: Dan Rather) Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz reported meeting with USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow; scenes shown. Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Doug Tunnel) Update given on situation in Baghdad, Iraq. In statement broadcast on Iraqi television, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein reported calling on Arabs and Moslems (including those in Saudi Arabia) to disregard embargo; food shortages noted; scenes shown of food lines. Handful of Americans noted allowed to leave today.
(State Department: Bill Plante) Some American women and children reported arriving back in United States today; scenes shown from Newark, New Jersey, press conference. President Bush reported telephoning United States ambassador to Kuwait W. Nathaniel Howell, praising efforts; administration's reaction to Hussein's televised message noted. [Egyptian ambassador to United States El Sayed el REEDY - comments on Hussein's message.] Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, meeting in London, reported agreeing that Persian Gulf states should help bear cost of operation; scenes shown. [BRADY - comments on embargo.] [Secretary of State James BAKER - suggests regional security structure for future.] Unconfirmed report of American shot by Iraqi troops noted.
(Saudi Arabia: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Jordan: Tom Fenton) Conditions awaiting refugees reaching Jordan from Iraq and Kuwait examined; scenes shown from refugee camp (named). [Dr. Khaled Abu-Halineh, REFUGEE - complain of shortages.] [KHALED - asks for help.]
(Saudi Arabia: Dan Rather) United States Army's M-1 tanks, now deployed in Saudi Arabia, featured; scenes shown of Bedouins herding cattle next to US Army's 24th Mechanized Infantry division; Iraq's Soviet-made T-72 tank mentioned. [Two SOLDIERS - talks about the tank.] [COMMANDER - hopes we don't fight.]
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(New York: Bob Schieffer) President Bush reported speaking to Congress next Tuesday about Persian Gulf crisis, after Helsinki, Finland, summit with USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev; CBS news coverage of speech noted. Report introduced.
(Moscow: Barry Petersen) Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz reported meeting with USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow; scenes shown of American senators visiting Gorbachev in Moscow. [Senator Bob DOLE - hopes Aziz brings message for Bush.] Gorbachev noted expected to use summit for arms treaties, which are needed to cut military spending.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) United States Navy reported releasing seized Iraqi freighter; details given.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Kennedy Space Center: Bruce Hall) NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) officials reported postponing launch of space shuttle Columbia again due to new fuel leak; details given of earlier problems; scenes shown from Kennedy Space Center; next month's European Ulysses mission mentioned. [Space Policy Institution John LOGSDON - comments on NASA's image.] [PERSON - talks about politics.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Release of government study on acid rain reported; environmental groups noted questioning findings.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Bruce Morton) Question of whether heritage should be taught in public schools examined; scenes shown of Los Angeles, California, elementary school where kids speak twenty-six languages. [Los Angeles assistant superintendent Barbara SMITH, Portland, OR, school superintendent Matthew PROPHET, teachers Bill LEISHAN and Elaine SEVEY, recent Harvard graduate Fidel VARGAS - comment.] [California school superintendent Bill HONIG, education historian Diane RAVITCH - talk about dangers of too much pluralism.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Pete Sampras of California reported defeating Ivan Lendl to advance to semi-finals in United States Open; scenes shown from New York City.
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(Saudi Arabia: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Saudi Arabia: Bob Simon) Saudi Arabia's determination to resist cultural change featured; details given of restrictions on women's freedoms; scenes shown from Jidda, Saudi Arabia. [Dr. Asma al-DABBA, WOMAN, newspaper editor Khaled al-MAEENA and WIFE - comment on culture.] Saudi political tradition detailed; scenes shown of men petitioning prince. [Prince Fahd Bin SALMAN - talks about political system.]
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