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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Jonathan Sanders) Plan for the USSR to become the commonwealth on December 31 when the USSR flag will be lowered from the Kremlin featured; scenes shown of meeting between President Mikhail Gorbachev and Western scholars. Closed meeting between Gorbachev and Russian President Boris Yeltsin during which they agreed that the old Soviet government would cease operation by year's end reported. [Gorbachev spokesman Andrei GRACHEV - comments on Gorbachev's plans.] Scenes shown of Secretary of State James Baker arriving in Bishkek, Kirghizia, and at press conference with Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev; Nazarbayev reported telling Baker that Kazakhstan will keep nuclear weapons if Russia does. [YELTSIN - makes speech about hard times ahead.] Yeltsin's plans to make a quick trip to Italy noted.
(Studio: Dan Rather) Crumbling of Gorbachev's power base featured; scenes shown of Gorbachev on August 21; influence of the coup attempt on the USSR 's transformation noted; scenes shown of coup resisters, of Gorbachev with Western leaders; Gorbachev's role in history noted.
(Studio: Dan Rather) President Bush reported saying he still plans to host an international conference next month to consider coordinating aid to the Soviet people; French President Francois Mitterrand's statement about the conference noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(White House: Susan Spencer) White House acknowledgement of the recession featured. [On November 8, President BUSH - denies recession.] White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater quoted on the recession. [BUSH - comments on polls.] November and 1991 statistics on housing starts and White House push for another interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve noted. [Economist Allen SINAI - says economy is going nowhere.] [White House Chief of Staff Samuel SKINNER - says there's no quick fix.] Bush's signing of the transportation bill tomorrow mentioned; discussion held about when Bush will do something about the economy.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Arlington, Texas: James Hattori) Tomorrow's announcement by General Motors Corporation of plans to cut its losses featured; scenes shown from General Motors Corporation plant in Arlington, Texas, which may be closed. [Two plant WORKERS - comment on whether plant will be closed.] [UAW Local 276 Mike SEILER - comments on being in vulnerable position.] Details given of union proposal designed to keep plant open. [Plant WORKER - talks about union proposal.] Wages of assembly line workers noted. [Plant WORKER - says she needs to work.] [K Mart manager John PICKERT - expresses support for plant workers.] [Store CLERK - talks about business from General Motors Corporation workers.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Amtrak passenger train derailment near Jacksonville, Florida, reported; details given; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Rita Braver) Debate over whether police should engage in high-speed pursuits featured; Washington, DC, pursuit where bystander 4-year-old Elena Puerta was killed and her 14-year-old brother was injured recalled; photos shown. [MAN - comments.] Movie clip and Willoughby, Ohio, police tape of high-speed chases shown; fatalities from police pursuits, banning of high-speed pursuits in Baltimore, Maryland, reported. [Baltimore police spokesman Dennis HILL - comments on Baltimore policy.] [National Association of Chiefs of Police Gerald ARENBERG - defends high-speed pursuits.] [WOMAN - comments on her mother's death.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Prosecution reported resting its case in the drug trafficking trial of Manuel Noriega in Miami.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Pentagon sending of more Marine troops to the Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; United States appeals court decision to send refugees back to Haiti; European Community's formal recognition of Yugoslavian breakaway republics of Croatia and Slovenia; explosion at TRW automobile air bag factory in Romeo, Michigan; results of study on the benefits of walking reported; scenes shown from Guantanamo Bay, Belgium, Romeo, and New York City.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Studio: Edie Magnus) Prophylactic mastectomy as a means of preventing breast cancer featured. [Katherine DELICARPINI - talks about her family history of breast cancer, her prophylactic mastectomy.] Incidence, death rates and risk factors of breast cancer listed. [Memorial Sloan-Kettering Dr. Patrick BORGEN, psychiatrist Mary Jane MASSEY - comment on prophylactic mastectomy.] [University of Wisconsin- Madison Dr. Paul CARBONE - says prophylactic mastectomy is mutilating and unnecessary.] Reliance of most high-risk women on early detection noted. [Eileen DEBEESIS - comments on her choice not to have prophylactic mastectomy.] Potential use of breast cancer treatment drug tamoxifen to prevent the disease noted. [WOMAN - comments on her use of tamoxifen.] Tomorrow's segment on cancer previewed. Discussion held about number of woman who opt for prophylactic mastectomy.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: David Dow) Charity crunch caused by the increase in needy Americans featured. [Unemployed Cass KENDRICK - talks about needy families.] Salvation Army report on holiday giving cited. [Salvation Army Russell PRINCE - comments on not having enough resources.] [Los Angeles police department sergeant Bob KELLAR - comments on clothing giveaway.] [Unemployed Robert BARON - comments on Los Angeles mission.] [Formerly unemployed Kimberly WEST - comments on the unemployed.]
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