This program is 26 minutes long
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Bill Plante) President Mikhail Gorbachev's announcement to pull Soviet troops out of Cuba featured; historical and current scenes shown. [GORBACHEV - (thru translator) comments on pullout.] [President BUSH - comments.] Relationship between United States aid to USSR and Soviet pullout mentioned.
(Studio: Dan Rather) Failed Bay of Pigs invasion and Cuban missile crisis recalled; historical film shown. [In 1961, October 1962, President John F. KENNEDY - says we won't abandon Cuba; comments on missile crisis.]
(Miami: Juan Vasquez) Reaction of Cuban exiles in Miami to news of Soviet pullout featured; scenes shown. [Two EXILES (thru translator), Radio Mambi general editor Thomas REGALADO - comment.] [Miami MAN - says pullout means no more Fidel Castro.] Castro's staying power in Cuba noted.
#340186
(Studio: Dan Rather) USSR 's appeal to European Community for food reported.
#340187
(Studio: Dan Rather) President Bush's promise to aid the now independent Baltics economies reported.
#340188
(Studio: Dan Rather) Release of photograph of British hostage Jack Mann in Lebanon shown. Report introduced.
(Israeli-Lebanese border: Bob Simon) Acceleration of Middle East hostage negotiations featured. Israeli release of Shiite hostages and of the bodies of Shiite fighters reported; scenes shown. Israel's demand for news on its missing POWs and receipt of word that one prisoners of war is dead mentioned; photograph shown. [Israeli hostage negotiator Uri LUBRANI - says he hopes Israeli release will enhance chances of release for Western hostages.] United Nations Secretary General Perez de Cuellar's meeting in Tehran, Iran, with Iranian officials reported; scenes shown.
#340191
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Rita Braver) Focus on abortion and civil rights issues during Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas' second day of Senate confirmation hearings featured; scenes shown. [Senator Howard METZENBAUM - questions Thomas about abortion issue.] [THOMAS - refuses to comment on abortion; comments on affirmative action.] [Senator Arlen SPECTER - questions Thomas about affirmative action issue.]
#340192
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Eric Engberg) Former First American Bank chairman Clark Clifford's and his partner Robert Altman's testimony before Congress on their involvement in the BCCI scandal featured; scenes shown. [CLIFFORD - says he was deceived.] BCCI's control of First American mentioned. [Representatives Toby ROTH, Charles SCHUMER - say they don't believe Clifford.] Possible criminal investigation of Clifford and Altman mentioned.
#340193
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Mark Phillips) Public Voice for Food and Health Policy's report on children's diets featured; scenes shown. [Public Voice's Ellen HAAS, Patricia McGrath MORRIS - comment.] Excess fat and cholesterol in government-subsidized school lunch program reported. [Agriculture Secretary Edward MADIGAN - comments.] Impact of advertising on children's eating habits examined; excerpts from food commercials shown.
#340196
(Studio: Dan Rather) Crash of a Continental express commuter plane near Eagle Lake, Texas, today featured; scenes shown. Plane compared to the one whose crash resulted in the death of former Senator John Tower last April.
#340197
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Richard Schlesinger) Violent behavior of athletes and the public's perception of it featured; scenes shown of examples of sports violence. Boxer Mike Tyson's rape charge mentioned. [TYSON - says he is innocent.] [Sports columnist Robert LIPSYTE, author Myriam MIEDZIAN, "Boxing Illustrated" Burt SUGAR - comment.]
#340199
(Studio: Dan Rather)
(Galena, Illinois: Frank Currier) American trend toward downshifting from high-powered city life to more relaxed small town life featured; scenes shown. [Former surgeon Dr. Nobel HENDRICKS, former missile guidance system troubleshooter Joanne EHRENSON - comment on their career changes.] Use of downshifting in advertising mentioned; excerpt from commercial shown. [Executive vice president, Foote, Cone and Belding Dan FOX - comments.] [Former New York City executive Karen GLANCE - says downshifting is not as simple as some might think.]
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