This program is 26 minutes long
#339247
(London: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(London: Susan Spencer) Issue of economic help for the USSR from the London economic summit featured; scenes shown of the various G-7 leaders and President Mikhail Gorbachev. [Soviet foreign ministry spokesman Vitaly CHURKIN - talks about movement toward a market economy.] [Secretary of State James BAKER - comments.] Summit communique backing the United States Middle East peace plan, sanctions against Iraq and a United Nations registry for arms sales outlined. [British foreign secretary Douglas HURD - says Iraq should not become a nuclear power.] President Bush shown jogging.
#339248
(London: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Bob Schieffer) Decision by the Senate to delay the confirmation hearings on CIA nominee Robert Gates featured; details recalled of the knowledge of then-CIA director William Casey, Colonel Oliver North and Gates about the funneling of money to the Nicaraguan Contras and of recent Senate testimony by former CIA official Alan Fiers that Gates' CIA underling Clair George also knew. [Senators David BOREN, Frank MURKOWSKI - comment.] [Last week, President BUSH - backs Gates.]
#339249
(London: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Rita Braver) Endorsement of Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas by influential Senator Sam Nunn featured; scenes shown. [NUNN - backs him.] [Representative Barbara BOXER - opposes him on civil rights grounds.] [THOMAS - responds.] [Black MAN, Senator John DANFORTH - back Thomas.]
#339252
(London: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Anthony Mason) Lack of opportunities for Western businesses in USSR examined; scenes shown from Moscow; details given of obstacles to doing business here. [Clothing manufacturing equipment salesman Bill MANGINO - says Soviets have no currency.] [Moscow White and Case attorney Alexander PAPACHRISTOU - says market practices are not understood.] [Emerson Electric Company Gerald CLARKE, Polaroid factory MANAGER, Polaroid Corporation George MARQUART - comment on the Soviet market.]
#339253
(London: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Budapest: Tom Fenton) Business development in Hungary featured; scenes shown from Budapest, Hungary, to illustrate its shift to capitalism. [Former rock star Gabor VASHEZI - talks about business.] [Ford Motor Company's Larry HINKLE - comments.] Opportunities here and in USSR compared. [Financial analyst Tony FEKETE - says USSR must shift quickly.]
#339256
(London: Dan Rather) Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan reported telling Congress that he does not want to change interest rates and commenting on the recovery from recession; scenes shown.
#339257
(London: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Richard Schlesinger) Death of Philadelphia politician Frank Rizzo featured; scenes shown from his political career as police commissioner and mayor. [Aide Tony ZECCA - announces his death.] [In April, RIZZO - comments.] [Family priest Father Francis CASEY - talks about Rizzo.]
#339258
(London: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(San Francisco: John Blackstone) Reaction in budget-troubled California to a tax on snack food and newspapers featured. [State worker Kathie JACOBS - says she needs her check.] [PEOPLE - comment on the snack tax.] [State tax board Jim SPEED - defines the difference between muffins and cupcakes.]
#339260
(London: Dan Rather) Question of whether United States should aid the sinking Soviet economy and President Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms examined; scenes shown of post-World War II Europe aided by United States Marshall Plan and the USSR today. [Senators Daniel Patrick MOYNIHAN, Bill BRADLEY - oppose aid.] [Former Senator Gary HART - says there could be unrest if there is no help.] [Princeton University Stephen COHEN - says we cannot push them away.]
#684511