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(Studio: Harry Smith) Report that United States will formally recognize Russia noted; map shown.
(Moscow: Tom Fenton) Power struggle between two Georgian factions claiming to be the reformers while Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev discussed transference of power featured; scenes shown of actual fighting in Tbilisi, Georgia. [In CBS interview, GORBACHEV - (thru translator) says this transformation will not be easy; talks about Yeltsin.] [In Moscow, WOMAN - (thru translator) says we need food.] [MAN - (thru translator) says politicians can go to hell.]
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(Studio: Harry Smith) Report introduced.
(Studio: Ray Brady) Response of the stock market to the decision by the Federal Reserve Board to lower interest rates examined; details given of how lowered interest rates could stimulate the economy. [In his annual Christmas message, President BUSH - talks about the economy.] The recession and a turnaround discussed.
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(Studio: Harry Smith) Report introduced.
(White House: Susan Spencer) Discovery of the body of Lieutenant Colonel William Higgins, who had been kidnapped in 1988 and later killed in Lebanon, featured; scenes shown of videotape of hanged man. [State Department spokesman Joseph SNYDER - comments.] Statement from his wife Robin Higgins quoted.
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(Studio: Harry Smith) Report introduced.
(San Francisco: John Blackstone) Early release of prisoners from overcrowded jails and prisons on constitutional grounds featured; scenes shown from San Francisco and Houston. [San Francisco sheriff Michael HENNESSEY - says judge decided conditions were unconstitutional.] [San Francisco city attorney Louise RENNE - talks about finances.] [Texas attorney William Bennett TURNER - says early release does not affect crime rate.]
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(Studio: Harry Smith) Charges that Glendale, California, fire official John Orr started fires and wrote a novel about an arsonist reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Harry Smith) Report introduced.
(Dallas: James Hattori) Continued flooding in Texas examined; scenes shown of areas under water. [RESIDENT, state OFFICIAL - comment.]
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(Studio: Harry Smith) Report introduced.
(Tel Aviv: Bob Simon) Reexamination of case of retired auto worker John Demjanjuk, who was convicted in Israel of being "Ivan the Terrible," leader of Treblinka concentration camp that killed Jews in gas chambers during World War II, featured; 1987 trial scenes shown; details given of new evidence from USSR archives. [Demjanjuk's attorney Yoram SHEFTEL - comments.]
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(Studio: Harry Smith) United States support of plan for head of Haiti's Communist Party to take over as prime minister and pave way for the return of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide reported.
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(Studio: Harry Smith) Explosion of IRA (Irish Republican Army) firebombs on British subways; bombing in Hungary of bus carrying Soviet Jews emigrating to Israel; snow and rainfall on the ski course for the winter Olympics in Albertville, France, and derailment of butane fuel-carrying train in Washington state reported; scenes shown from London, Budapest, Hungary, French Alps and Everett, WA.
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(Studio: Harry Smith) Report introduced.
(Staten Island: Bob Faw) Reaction of middle-class America to the homeless problem featured; various scenes shown of the homeless in New York City. [Resident Dorothy FITZPATRICK, WOMAN, state legislator Robert STRANIERI, New York residents Roseanne FRISCIA, Diane ROVELLA, Lorraine SORDS, Harold DONNELLY - defend the middle class against the homeless.] [Sociologist Camilo VAGARO - comments.] [New York homeless program director Willie WASHINGTON - describes how his program works.] [New York City human resources administration's Raymond DIAZ - defends good programs.] Question of whether the rights of homeowners or the homeless should prevail reiterated. [Mayor David DINKINS - talks about the homeless problem.] [Homeless man David TAYLOR - defends his rights.]
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(Studio: Harry Smith) Report introduced.
(Tokyo: Bill Whitaker) Popularity and high cost of golf in Japan featured; scenes shown from Karuizawa, Japan, golf course and other sites to illustrate the nation's golf-mania. [Anti-golf protester Kaoru IWATA - (thru translator) comments.] Growing protests against runaway development noted.
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