This program is 26 minutes long
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Reports introduced.
(White House: Wyatt Andrews) Issue of education in America examined; scenes shown of President Bush shown visiting kindergarten class in Maine. [Democratic national chairman Ron BROWN - criticizes Bush on education.] [In speech, BUSH - says kids watch too much TV.] Democrats' hope that crisis in education can become a campaign '92 issue noted.
(Washington: Mark Phillips) Schools, budgets and teacher cutbacks featured; scenes shown from demonstration in Dallas over firing of teachers. [California superintendent of schools Bill HONIG, Association of School Administrators Richard MILLER, American Federation of Teachers Bela ROSENBERG - talk about financing education.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Anthony Mason) New atmosphere in Soviet schools featured; classroom scenes shown. [Chief English teacher Valentina MIKNAYVICH - (thru translator) addresses students.] [Four STUDENTS - talk about the coup and what they believe in. ]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Jonathan Sanders) Attempts by President Mikhail Gorbachev and Russian President Boris Yeltsin to develop a transitional government for a new Soviet union featured; scenes shown from Moscow. [People's Deputies Nikolai SHCHERBAKOV, Vitaly KOROTICH, Soviet analyst Roald SAGDEYEV - comment.] [YELTSIN - (thru translator) talks about Gorbachev.] Issue of the Soviet nuclear arsenal raised.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Atlanta: Erin Hayes) Fire at a chicken processing plant in Hamlet, North Carolina, featured; scenes shown from site. [Five WORKERS - describe what happened.] Reports that fire exits were blocked and that plant was never inspected noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Opening of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega's trial noted. Report introduced.
(Panama: Doug Tunnell) Panama as a major crossroads in the cocaine trade examined; scenes shown of a cocaine burning. [Panama's second vice president Guillermo FORD, former security minister Ricardo ARIAS CALDERON, security minister Rodrigo ALEMAN - talk about the difficulties in combatting the drug smugglers.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report from the Agriculture Department on the best way to ease the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Findings of study on the link between lymph cancer and lawn chemicals containing 2, 4-D reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Dallas: Scott Pelley) Link between lung cancer and fiberglass used for insulation in homes and offices examined. [Mt. Sinai School of Medicine Dr. Irving SELIKOFF - compares fiberglass and asbestos fibers.] [University of Minnesota Dr. Ian GREAVES, Thermal Insulation Manufacturers Association Frank RAUSCHER, SELIKOFF - talk about the safety issue.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Former California governor Jerry Brown reported launching bid for '92 Democratic nomination.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Tribute to movie director Frank Capra, who just died, featured; clips from several of his pictures, including "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" and "It's a Wonderful Life", shown. [CAPRA - talks about the movies, actor Jimmy Stewart and coming to America as a boy.] [STEWART - talks about Capra.]
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