This program is 28 minutes long
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NOTE: TIME NUMERALS REPRESENT SECONDS INTO BROADCAST, NOT CLOCK TIME, SINCE TELECAST ORIGINATED IN WASHINGTON, DC.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Resumption of heavy fighting in Georgia reported. The nuclear arsenal in what was the Soviet Union detailed. [On CNN, Secretary of Defense Dick CHENEY - says more weapons are still being added.] Report introduced.
(Moscow: Jonathan Sanders) The changing economy in Russia featured; scenes shown from Moscow of relief supplies that just arrived and from a trading bazaar under construction. [Four MUSCOVITES - (thru translator) comment on economic conditions.]
(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Kiev: Tom Fenton) Efforts by new Ukrainian government to stave off economic disaster featured; scenes shown from Kiev, Ukraine. [Two UKRAINIANS (first through translator) - talk about the economy.] [Ukrainian President Leonid KRAVCHUK - (thru translator) talks about ration coupons.]
(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Jim Stewart) Theft of relief supplies sent from United States to the new Russian republics before they get distributed to the people examined. [CHENEY - says the system is corrupt.] [On December 14, Russian ambassador Viktor KOMPLEKTOV - lists the people's needs.] [Heritage Foundation Leon ARON, CHENEY - comment on the system.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Return to United States of remains of CIA station chief William Buckley, who was kidnapped and killed in Lebanon, reported.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Beeville, Texas: Randall Pinkston) President Bush's quail hunting trip to Beeville, Texas, featured; scenes shown of protests by animal rights activists and from a community barbecue and a dance hall. [BUSH - talks about economic development.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Plans for President Bush to appear as spokesman for American tourism in ads to be shown on British TV reported; one United States Travel Coalition ad shown.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(New York: Regina Blakely) Impact of the recession on the movie industry examined; film clips shown from "The Last Boy Scout" and "Hook". ["Variety" Mike FLEMING - comments.] [In video stores, three CUSTOMERS - complain about cost of a movie.] [Producer/director Irwin WINKLER - comments.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Announcement of layoffs at American Airlines reported.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) The current different kind of a recession featured; details given of its impact on the white-collar sector. [Economist David JONES - talks about recovery prospects.] [On December 18, Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan GREENSPAN - cites a "deep-seated concern."] [Economic Policy Institution Jeff FAUX, Brookings Institution Charles SCHULTZE, JONES - describe the recession and what consumers and government must do for long-term benefits.] The difficulty of finding short-term solutions that won't make the problem worse noted.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Success of Islamic fundamentalists in Algeria's first free parliamentary election reported.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Fighting in Yugoslavia between the breakaway republic of Croatia and the Serbian-dominated army reported; scenes shown from Karlovac, Croatia.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Commentary introduced.
(Studio: Bruce Morton) Reasons for the failure of Soviet Communism examined; various scenes shown to illustrate the history of the USSR and its leaders.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Selection of media mogul Ted Turner as "Time" magazine's Man of the Year reported.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Hagerstown, Maryland: Mark Phillips) Medical research into the causes of, and treatment for, winter depression, or seasonal affective disorder (SAD), featured. [Hagerstown, Maryland, Mayor Steven SAGER - lists his medical symptoms for the winter.] [National Institute of Mental Health Dr. Norman ROSENTHAL - lists SAD symptoms.] Treatment of SAD through use of intense light to stimulate nervous energy to the brain detailed. [The Sunbox Company Neal OWENS, SAGER - comment.]
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