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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(DC: John Cochran) United States reported barring PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) leader Yasir Arafat from entering US to speak at UN; statement from Secretary of State George Shultz linking Arafat and PLO to terrorism outlined on screen. Supporters of Israel reported urging Shultz not to give Arafat a visa. [Ex-sen. Arab-American James ABOUREZK - says Shultz has allowed Israeli lobby to dictate United States policy.] Explanation from Shultz that terrorist Abu Abbas, convicted of murdering Leon Klinghoffer, attended PLO conference where Palestine National Council (PNC) adopted a seemingly more moderate policy towards Israel detailed. Opposition of national security advisor Colin Powell to State Department decision to bar Arafat noted. President Reagan's position mentioned.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Contradictory stmts. from Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov and Soviet foreign minister spokesperson about death toll from ethnic unrest in Azerbaijan reported Report introduced.
(Moscow, USSR : Sandy Gilmour) Efforts by Mikhail Gorbachev to handle ethnic nationalism problem in USSR outlined; scenes shown of protest in Tallinn, Estonia. [ESTONIAN - wants sovereignty.] Protests by Lithuanians against proposed constitutional changes and by Latvians for independent noted; scenes shown. Coverage of unrest in Azerbaijan and Armenia by Soviet media discussed; scenes shown from Soviet TV.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Quebec, Canada: CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) reporter Diana Bishop) Impact of last night's earthquake on Canada featured; scenes shown from grocery store surveillance camera. [WOMAN - (thru translator) says she could not sleep.] [At aluminum plant, WORKER - says we were lucky.] [SCIENTIST - says quake was a surprise.]
(Studio: Connie Chung) Reactions of people caught in quake shown. [Montreal TV WEATHERWOMAN, PEOPLE, Boston Celtics radio ANNOUNCER - describe earthquake.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Refusal by President-elect George Bush to answer questions from reporters about his defense strategy or if he intends to name ex-sen. John Tower as Secretary of Defense reported [In ME, BUSH - says he is thinking about fishing.] Bush's planned meeting with Senator Robert Dole mentioned.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(DC: Irving R. Levine) Savings and loan insts. crisis featured; details given of S&L financial losses. [Representative Henry GONZALEZ - calls it an urgent problem.] [FSLIC chairperson Danny WALL, financial consultant Robert LOSEY, ex-OMB director James MILLER - give projections of costs to solve S&L crisis.] Suggested plan by Treasury Department, headed by Nicholas Brady, detailed. [LOSEY, MILLER - comment on Treasury plan.] Wall Street solution of stalling in hope that real estate slump will end explained. [Econ. Irwin KELLNER - talks about need to buy time.] [GONZALEZ - discusses possibility of chaos.] Problems facing Congress and President-elect George Bush noted. [MILLER - says problem is to extricate ourselves from present situation without very high cost.] Contradiction between need for taxpayer money and Bush position on no new taxes reiterated.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) reported waiting to see if Iran will go along with cartel plan to control oil product; details given.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Johannesburg, South Africa: Robin Lloyd) Freeing by South African government of two black political prisoners, who were colleagues of Nelson Mandela, reported; scenes shown from homes of released men, Zephania Mothopeng and Harry Gwala. Mandela's role as symbol of resistance to apartheid state detailed; scenes shown from funeral of six blacks gunned down by white extremist. Resistance by conservative whites to President P.W. Botha's desire to release Mandela examined. [White MAN - says Mandela should have been executed.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Seoul, South Korea: Stephen Frazier) Protesters in Seoul, South Korea, reported rejecting President Roh Tae Woo's call for forgiveness for his predecessor, Chun Doo Hwan; scenes shown from Roh's speech on Korean television and of street unrest. [Opposition leader KIM Dae Jung - comments.] Poll reported showing Korean people want Chun investigated; scenes shown of Chun at remote monastery.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Soyuz rocket carrying team of two Soviet and one French astronauts reported blasting off; scenes shown of French President Francois Mitterrand watching takeoff. Details given of preparations for future flight to Mars.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Pontiac, Michigan: Jennifer McLogan) Vietnamese immigrant Nguyen Ky Han profiled; background given of his emigration from South Vietnam to US. [HAN - explains his dream and his saving of money to open restaurant.] Popularity of Han's restaurant described; details given of Han's rebate plan, scenes shown. [PATRONS - praise Han, his restaurant and profit-sharing plan.]
(Studio: Connie Chung) Han's plans to feed poor people noted.
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