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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: David Martin) Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney's plan to cut back the B-2 stealth bomber program featured; scenes of B-2 shown; number of jobs in California connected with the B-2 noted. [Senator John SEYMOUR - comments.] [Pentagon spokesman Pete WILLIAMS - explains reasons for cuts].
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Scenes shown of President Bush at Toys R Us in Nara, Japan. Report introduced.
(Tokyo: Bill Whitaker) Bush's and American auto executives' trip to Japan featured; scenes shown of executives and of Bush touring Kyoto, Japan. [Chairman and CEO, Chrysler Corporation Lee IACOCCA; chairman and CEO, Ford Motor Company Harold POLING - comment on Japan-US trade imbalance.] [Business consultant Koichi HORI - talks about American CEOs.] [International business consultant Yukio OKAMOTO - says long-term cooperative spirit is at stake.] Scenes shown of Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady arriving in Tokyo.
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Wyatt Andrews) American dependence on Japanese products featured; Bush administration's penalty levied this summer against Japanese computer screens imported to the United States recalled. [Planar Systems, Incorporated, Jim HURD - comments.] IBM and Apple, who were the biggest importers of the Japanese screens, said to be the ones paying the penalty. [Apple Computer, Incorporated, James BURGER - talks about effect of the penalty on American companies.] [Commerce Department Michael FARREN - talks about interdependence of Japanese products and American business.] Congressional plan to freeze Japanese car imports mentioned; scenes shown of Bush and Barbara Bush arriving in Japan.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(State Department: Bill Plante) Purchase of Soviet military weapons by Iran's fundamentalist rulers featured; scenes shown of Iranians demonstrating; Iran reported trying to obtain Soviet nuclear weapons. [State Department spokeswoman Margaret TUTWILER - talks about Iran's attempt to reestablish its military arsenal, former role of Soviets as Iran arms suppliers, concern about proliferation of arms.] Iranian television excerpt of military equipment shown; military equipment sold to Iran by Soviets last year listed. Soviets reported stating that tactical nuclear weapons have been moved from outlying areas back into the Russian republic.
(Studio: Dan Rather) Iraq noted also expressing interest in the Soviet military hardware.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Arab states reported saying they will return to Washington, DC, for the resumption of the Middle East peace talks now that the United Nations has condemned Israel's plan to deport Palestinian activists.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Shooting down by Yugoslav federal warplane of a helicopter carrying European truce observers over Croatia reported; Yugoslav defense ministry's response noted; scenes shown from Madjarevo, Yugoslavia.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Ruling military council of the former Soviet republic of Georgia reported firing on protesters marching in support of the elected president; scenes shown from Tbilisi, Georgia.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Delta Air Lines plane reported losing an engine on take-off from Dallas-Fort Worth airport today; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Blizzard conditions today in Denver reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Federal health officials' report on the average life expectancy for Americans cited.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Sacramento: John Blackstone) Decreased sales of state lottery tickets featured; scenes shown from Sacramento, California, convenience store; excerpt shown from California, Kentucky, and Oregon lottery television programs, and from Michigan and California television ads. [Store CLERK - comments on lack of sales.] [Commissioner California Lottery Sharon SHARP, gambling law expert I. Nelson ROSE - comment on public's attitude toward lotteries.] California's new scratch card game mentioned. [Superintendent, California public instruction Bill HONIG - talks about message sent by lotteries.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Marseilles: Bill McLaughlin) Growing popularity of French National Front Party's far right Jean-Marie Le Pen featured; scenes of him shown; Le Pen's political message compared to that of US presidential candidate David Duke. Marseille, France, said to have become the biggest African city in Europe. [Le PEN - (thru translator) talks about not allowing foreigners in. ] Excerpt shown of video of Le Pen's followers; opinion polls on French support of Le Pen mentioned.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Chicago: Frank Currier) Junk mail featured; post office scenes shown. [Nine PEOPLE - comment on junk mail.] [New York attorney general Robert ABRAMS - talks about role of computers in junk mail distribution.] [President, Metromail, Jim McQUAID - says there's no ulterior motive for information collection.] [Publisher, "The Privacy Journal" Robert Ellis SMITH - says people should refuse giving phone numbers.] Excerpts shown from Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes and American Family Publishers Sweepstakes commercials; junk mail revolts in south Florida, Boston, and Los Angeles detailed. [Florida attorney general Robert BUTTERWORTH - comments on possible consumer fraud.] [Recycler Bill COURIER - talks about organizations who still send mail to his deceased mother-in-law.]
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