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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Anthony Mason) Agreement by Soviet Asian republics of Kirghizia, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to join the new commonwealth featured; map shown. [Soviet political analyst Sergei PLEKHANOV - says this reassembling was inevitable.] [Soviet defense minister Yevgeny SHAPOSHNIKOV - (thru translator) says a military coup is impossible.] Russian President Boris Yeltsin's government noted preparing for social unrest. [Yeltsin consultant Jeffrey SAChigh school - says success is likely.] [In Moscow food lines, WOMAN - (thru translator) comments.] President Mikhail Gorbachev said expected to resign after his meeting with Secretary of State James Baker.
(Studio: Dan Rather) Representatives Les Aspin and David Nagle reported suggesting to President Bush that United States troops in Europe be used to distribute food supplies to the Soviet people.
(White House: Susan Spencer) Reaction of Bush to the breakup of the USSR featured. [BUSH - explains who United States is supporting; expresses concern about who controls nuclear weapons.] US-led international conference said hoping to coordinate relief efforts. [Political scientist Graham ALLISON - says the breakup is a threat to United States national security.] [BAKER - says he is not alarmed.] Issue of helping the republics disarm nuclear weapons noted. [Representative Lee HAMILTON, Republican presidential candidate Patrick BUCHANAN - say United States cannot afford aid alone.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Non-binding straw poll in Florida and another debate for Democratic presidential candidates reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Atlanta: Erin Hayes) Issue of whether feminist group NOW is a mainstream organization or is directed toward lesbian rights examined. [Georgia's NOW chapter president lesbian Samantha CLARE, New York City NOW chapter head lesbian Melody BAHAN - cite activist role of NOW lesbians.] [NOW president-elect Patricia IRELAND - says she has a husband and a companion.] [Georgia state senator Judy MOYE - gives her view of NOW.] [NOW founder Betty FRIEDAN - talks about NOW's direction.] [IRELAND - backs lesbian agenda.] Possibility of a rift in the feminist movement as campaign '92 moves ahead noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report from panel of economists about the recession and cost of living figures for month cited.
(Studio: Dan Rather, Ray Brady) Impact of likely cuts in interest rates on the consumer discussed; the housing market and tax cuts mentioned.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Martin, Georgia: Doug Tunnell) Loan scams by con artists offering easy money for a fee examined; details given of how telephone scam works. [National Consumers League Linda GOLODNER - comments.] [In Martin, Georgia, scam victims Brenda and Keith CHATHAM - describe what happened.] Better Business Bureau alert quoted; consumer advice scam outlined on screen.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Follow-up given on segment report on accusations that Los Angeles police department allows its dogs to bite suspects; chief Daryl Gates quoted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Explosion at factory in Plymouth, Michigan; report on autopsy of publisher Robert Maxwell's death; report that South African government continued funding the black Inkatha Party; Catholic bishops' call for a church revival in East Europe and better relations with the Russian Orthodox Church and lighting of Olympic torch that will reach Albertville, France, in time for the start of the 1992 Olympic Games reported; scenes shown from Michigan, Spain, South Africa, Vatican City, Athens, Greece.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Hanoi: Bill Whitaker) Changing relations between United States and Vietnam featured; scenes shown from joint Vietnamese-American search for remains of MIA (missing in action) Colonel John Robertson in Cong Hoa, Vietnam. [Search and recovery team leader Major Brenda BRADLEY - comments.] Vietnam's move away from Communism to capitalism noted. [Government economist NGUYEN Xuan Cahn - comments.] [Representative David SKAGGS - talks about United States business interests in Vietnam.] [National League of POW/MIA (missing in action) Families Ann Mills GRIFFIThigh school - opposes ending embargo.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Mark Phillips) Blending of fact and fiction in the movie "JFK" about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy that is based on the claims of then-New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison featured; film clips shown. [Producer Oliver STONE - explains his point of view that there was a coup d'etat; backs Garrison's facts.] [Assassination researcher Harold WEISBERG - calls Stone irresponsible.] Stone's view linking the assassination to the Vietnam war noted. [Journalist/author David HALBERSTAM - responds.] [STONE - talks about the lies from the American government; says "JFK" is only a movie.]
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