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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Miami: Doug Tunnell) Defection of 34 Cubans by helicopter flight to Florida featured; details given; animation shown; scenes shown from Dade County, Florida; excerpts shown of United States Customs videotape of the helicopter in flight and of United States Coast Guard videotape of Cubans on raft. [BOY, WOMAN (thru translator) - comment.] [WOMAN - (thru translator) talks to her relatives on phone.] Record number of Cubans noted fleeing their country in the last year.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) President Bush's administration reported supporting immediate full membership in the IMF and the World Bank for Russia and five other former Soviet republics. Report introduced.
(Moscow: Tom Fenton) Growing concern over Russian President Boris Yeltsin's drastic economic measures featured; scenes shown of shoppers in Moscow; Yeltsin's opponents reported calling on his government to resign. [Russian government adviser Andrei FYODOROV - predicts Yeltsin's resignation, increased inflation.] [TWO SHOPPERS - (thru translator) complain.] Some republics reported issuing coupons to replace rubles; results given of survey on whether Russians believe capitalism will improve their lives.
(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(New York: Regina Blakely) Increase in United States wheat prices due to the demand outpacing the supply featured. [Bakery owner Abram ORWASHER - comments on increase in flour prices.] Role of weather in wheat production noted; United States government reported allowing former Soviet republics to buy almost double the amount of wheat they purchased last year. [SHOPPER - comments.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(New York: Giselle Fernandez) Mass transit fare hikes featured. [Six PEOPLE - comment.] Percentage of American transit systems increasing fares this year cited. [American Public Transit Association Jack GILSTRAP - explains fare hikes.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bruce Morton) Results of survey on teen sexual behavior featured; high school scenes shown. [CDC (Centers for Disease Control) Lloyd KOLBE - talks about dangers of not using condoms.] [AIDS Action Council Carisa CUNNINGHAM - talks about teen ignorance of HIV risk.] Impact of basketball star Earvin "Magic" Johnson's disclosure that he has the HIV virus noted; scenes shown of Johnson playing basketball.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Death of actress Dame Judith Anderson reported; her roles in Shakespeare, "Star Trek" and "Rebecca" mentioned.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) High-speed police chase in Orange County, California, reported; details given; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Presidential candidate David Duke reported on the Massachusetts ballot as an independent party candidate after state Republican party officials refused to put him on the Republican ballot.
(Capitol: Bob Schieffer) Congressional Democrats' criticisms of President Bush as the election year begins featured; scenes shown of Bush arriving in Singapore with Barbara Bush. [Senator Jim SASSER - comments on recession.] [Representative Richard GEPHARDT, Senator Don RIEGLE - comment on US-Japan trade.] [On "Talking with David Frost", BUSH - comments on defense spending reductions.] [Senator George MITCHELL - comments on Bush's reversals.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Tel Aviv: Bob Simon) Israel's deportation of 12 Palestinians from the occupied territories featured; scenes shown from Ramallah, West Bank. [Wife of deportee Khalida JARRAR - comments.] Palestinians reported suspending plans to return to Washington, DC, for the resumption of the Middle East peace talks unless Americans force the Israelis not to proceed with the deportations. [Palestinian representative Hanan ASHRAWI - comments on need for United States intervention.] [State Department spokesman Richard BOUCHER - expresses United States policy on deportations.] October 29, 1991, scenes shown of Israeli funeral. [Israeli defense forces Brigadier General Freddie ZACH - cites reason for deportations.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(London: Martha Teichner) Tapering off of fighting in the Yugoslavian civil war as the latest cease-fire takes effect featured; scenes shown. United Nations special envoy Cyrus Vance reported negotiating the latest cease-fire with the military. [VANCE, Serbian SOLDIER (thru translator) - comment.] United Nations plans to send in peacekeeping troops if the cease-fire holds reported. [Royal Institution of International Affairs Chris CVIIC - comments on the war.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Marietta, Georgia: Jim Stewart) Mandatory mediation for prospective divorcees featured; scenes shown from Cobb County, Georgia, divorce classes. [Prospective divorcees Ulysses and Theresa KNOTT - comment on their son.] [Theresa KNOTT, program administrator Nancy PARKHOUSE, National Center for State Courts Susan KEILITZ - comment on divorce mediation.] [Chief judge, Cobb County Watson WHITE - talks about divorce cases.] Map shown of states requiring mediation in divorce cases.
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