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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Peter Van Sant) The new nation of Lithuania featured; scenes shown of Soviet armored vehicles leaving Vilnius, Lithuania, and from ceremonies honoring independence that were led by the Roman Catholic Church and Lithuanian President Vytautas Landsbergis.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Alma-Ata: Tom Fenton) The central Asian Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, which favors keeping close ties to a central authority in Moscow, featured; scenes shown from Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, USSR . [Soviet SOLDIER, WOMAN, MAN - (thru translator) comment.] Role of its president Nursultan Nazarbayev in keeping the union together noted. [Young WOMAN - comments.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Secretary of State James Baker's itinerary for his upcoming trip to the USSR previewed.
(Studio: Bill Plante) The need for the United States to reevaluate its foreign policy with the USSR examined. [Soviet foreign minister Boris PANKIN - (thru translator) talks about Baker's trip.] [On Wednesday, BAKER - says we need to clarify the relationship among the republics and with the center.] [Johns Hopkins University Peter RODMAN - says power remains in the center.] [The Atlantic Council Rozanne RIDGEWAY - says United States must keep the nuclear arsenal under surveillance.]
(Studio: Connie Chung) Interview held with Princeton University's Stephen Cohen reported. [COHEN - analyzes the events in USSR and the future for democracy there; talks about the economy, which faces a hard winter with a distribution system that has broken down; says the central government will wind up controlling the nuclear weapons; mentions President Mikhail Gorbachev and Russian President Boris Yeltsin.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Vote in Yugoslavian republic of Macedonia on issue of independence and break out of further fighting in Croatia reported.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Release of retired Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall from the hospital following pacemaker implant reported.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(White House: Randall Pinkston) This week's Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas previewed. [White House Chief of Staff John SUNUNU - says he will be confirmed.] [On "Face the Nation", Senators Howard METZENBAUM, John DANFORTH - offer differing opinions on Thomas.] People for the American Way noted raising questions about Thomas' travel practices while head of the EEOC.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Announcement by Federal Aviation Administration that it will order restrictions on the use of engine thrust reversers on Boeing 757s reported. Link of thrust reverser problems to crash of Lauda jetliner in Thailand last May recalled.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Tornadoes reported hitting Fort Myers, Florida; scenes shown of actual tornadoes.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Attack on supporters of the Zulu Inkatha party during a rally reported; scenes shown from Thokoza Township, South Africa.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(London: Bill McLaughlin) United Nations Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar's push for a Middle East hostage deal examined; details given of French intelligence report linking Iranian government officials to last month's assassination in Paris of former Iranian prime minister Shahpour Bakhtiar. Radicals' criticism of policies of Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani, who has been urging Lebanese Shiites to release all Western hostages, including Terry Anderson and Terry Waite, noted. [Middle East analyst Baqer MOIN - comments.] Rafsanjani's role in release of hostages Edward Tracy and John McCarthy recalled. Israel's position on hostages mentioned.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) United Nations report on disappearance of world's tropical rain forests reported.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Visit by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to China noted.
(Beijing: Bill Whitaker) Release by China of political prisoner Wuer Haixing following reports from Western visitors that relations with China can only occur with improvements in human rights featured; scenes shown. [Representative Stephen SOLARZ - comments.] Visiting British Prime Minister John Major recalled scolding Premier Li Peng for human rights abuses. [MAJOR - says pressure yields results.] [Foreign ministry spokesman WU Jianmin - (thru translator) responds.] Upcoming trips to China by former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti noted.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Findings by House Banking Committee that the controller of the currency should conduct more thorough banking inspections reported.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Oldest American, Ettie Mae Greene, reported celebrating her 114th birthday; scenes shown of her with extended family.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Fullerton, California: Richard Roth) Simulation of aerial combat by fantasy-for-sale company called Air Combat United States of America featured; scenes shown from Fullerton, California, of World War II fighter pilot father and pilot son John and Branford McAllister competing against each other. [John McALLISTER - comments.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Match point shown from the United States Open tennis tournament where Stefan Edberg defeated Jim Courier.
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