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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: David Martin) Threat to US-Iraq cease-fire from Iraqi unrest examined; details given of General H. Norman Schwarzkopf's cease- fire conditions; scenes shown of Iraqi dissidents arguing at Beirut, Lebanon, meeting. [In Ottawa, Canada, President BUSH - is concerned about Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's use of helicopters to put down rebellion.] [State Department spokesman Richard BOUCHER, Secretary of Defense Dick CHENEY - comment on unrest.] Pentagon report quoted.
(Ottawa, Canada: Wyatt Andrews) Bush's position on unrest examined; concern about Iranian aggression noted; scenes shown of Bush in Canada, first stop on four-day mission to Western allies. [BUSH - comments.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(State Department: Bill Plante) Secretary of State James Baker's visit with Syrian President Hafez al-Assad to promote talks with Israel reported; scenes shown of visit; American and other hostages in Lebanon mentioned; Israel's occupation of Golan Heights since 1967 mentioned. [London University Eberhard KIENLE - comments.] Administration's opinion of Syrian sponsorship of terrorism and abuse of human rights noted.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Iraq reported returning remains of allied troops. Army ceremony to award Purple Hearts to former POWs Major Rhonda Cornum, Spec. Troy Dunlap, David Lockett and Melissa Rathbun-Nealy reported; scenes shown; sergeant Daniel Stamaris noted unable to attend.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Kuwaiti ambassador to United Nations quoted on cost of Iraqi occupation. Report introduced.
(Kuwait City: Martha Teichner) Emir of Kuwait Sheik Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah's return to his changed country reported; royal family's talks with opposition groups examined; scenes shown of women's protest over government's failure to provide food, water and electricity. [Two WOMEN, pro-democracy leader Hamid al-JOUAN, newspaper columnist Ghanim al- NAJJAR, KUWAITI - comment.] Shooting of Jouan mentioned; scenes shown of Kuwaitis lining up for exit visas.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Jerry Bowen) Settlement between Exxon, Alaska and federal government to avoid criminal trial over Exxon Valdez oil spill examined; details outlined; scenes shown of Prince William Sound, AK, in March 1989 and from Exxon video; concern about future oil drilling noted. [Attorney General Richard THORNBURGH, Governor Walter HICKEL, Exxon chairman Lawrence RAWL, National Audubon Society president Peter BERLE, Sierra Club Rick SUTHERLAND - comment.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Atlanta: Bruce Hall) US-USSR joint space venture examined; scenes shown from Kennedy Space Center, Florida; plans to put cosmonaut aboard space shuttle and send United States astronaut in Soyuz spacecraft to visit Mir Space Station detailed. [Space Policy Institution John LOGSDON, Planetary Society Louis FRIEDMAN - comment.] President Mikhail Gorbachev and President Bush said waiting for right political climate; 1975 Apollo-Soyuz mission recalled; Japanese journalist noted visiting Mir last year.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Stanford: John Blackstone) Congressional hearing on Stanford University's misuse of public funds examined; details given of how sailing yacht and other luxury items were purchased with government research grants; scenes shown of Palo Alto, California, campus. [Representative John DINGELL, Stanford University chemistry professor James COLLMAN, defense contract audit agency Fred NEWTON, Stanford president Donald KENNEDY - comment at hearing.] Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University noted among those likely to be audited.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Baton Rouge: Bruce Morton) Louisiana governor's race featured; former Ku Klux Klan wizard and American Nazi's friend David Duke reported declaring candidacy; Huey Long's politics recalled; scenes shown of Governor Buddy Roemer at celebrity tennis match with Andre Agassi. [In Baton Rouge, LA, DUKE - makes speech.] [ROEMER - announces change to Republican Party.] [Candidate and former governor Edwin EDWARDS, VOTER, "Louisiana Political Review" John MAGINNIS - comment.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Rescue workers reported uncovering bodies of skiers who were killed in avalanche near Golden, British Columbia, Canada; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Ice and snowstorms across Midwest reported; scenes shown of Fairmont, Minnesota.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(New York: Bob Faw) Rick Davey's investigation into 1944 fire that killed 168 people attending Hartford, Connecticut, Ringling Brothers circus featured; Davey said identifying unknown child as Eleanor Cook and finding evidence of arson. [Fire survivor Nicholas JULIANO, DAVEY, Cook's brother Donald COOK, mother Mildred COOK, Connecticut chief medical examiner Dr. H. Wayne CARVER, accused arsonist Robert SEGEE - comment.]
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