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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Nicaragua's president Dan. Ortega reported revoking cease-fire agreement with Contras. Report introduced.
(Managua, Nicaragua: Ed Rabel) Ortega's reasons for revoking cease-fire examined. [ORTEGA - (thru translator) threatens to cancel upcoming elecs.] [During Monday's interview, ORTEGA - (thru translator) promises to hold elecs.] [For. minister spokesperson Alejandro BENDANA - says if elecs. are cancelled it will be President Bush's fault.] [Opposition leader Alfredo CESAR - says Ortega is looking for reason to cancel elecs.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(DC: John Cochran) Bush's response to Ortega's actions examined. [Earlier in Costa Rica, BUSH - warns Ortega not to cancel cease-fire.] [Contra leader Adolfo CALERO - says Contras have not attacked villages.] Prospect of renewed aid to Contras discussed. [Representative Thomas FOLEY - comments.] [American Conservative Union spokesperson Dan. CASEY - comments on aid to Contras and elecs.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Site of upcoming mtgs. between President Bush and USSR general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev reported off coast of Malta; details given.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) E. German leader Egon Krenz reported meeting with USSR general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow, USSR ; details given, scenes shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) More E. German refugees reported flocking to West German embassy in Prague, Czechoslovakia; details given, scenes shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Polish government reported ordering price increases for election and gas; details given of effort to solve economy problems there.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(London, England: Peter Kent) Pan Am reported subpoenaing several government agencies for documents proving that they had been warned of terrorist threats prior to explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland; details given, scenes shown from crash site. Actions of West German airport security staff noted also under investigation. [Victim's mother Eleanor HUDSON - comments.] [Victims of Pan Am flight spokesperson Bert AMMERMAN - comments on implications of case.] [State Department spokesperson Richard BOUCHER - says agency never received warnings with regard to terrorist threat to Flight 103.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Earthquake reported off coast of Japan; details given.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Saint Joseph, Minnesota: Dan Molina) 11-yr.-old Jacob Wetterling reported kidnapped at gunpoint by man in Saint Joseph, Minnesota; details given of kidnapping and effort to find boy, scenes shown. [Bro. Trevor WETTERLING, parents Jerry and Patricia WETTERLING - comment.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Jessica McClure, child rescued from well in Midland, Texas, in 1987, reported attending ceremony at White House; details recalled from rescue; scenes shown of McClure with President Bush. [BUSH - comments.] Bush noted presenting community service award to town of Sioux City, Iowa, for its handling of United Airlines crash there last summer.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Colombian officials quoted with regard to increase in drug shipments; details recalled from government crackdown upon drug cartel.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Series focusing upon struggle against drugs in Charlotte, North Carolina, reported continuing; recovering addict and high school student Jay Roberts featured; scenes shown. [ROBERTS - describes his addiction and expensive treatment program.] [Parents Hart and Alice ROBERTS - comment on situation.] Roberts' grades noted high because he is not.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Reporter Andrea Mitchell's findings with regard to Congress's defense budget given; Stealth bomber and SDI/Star Wars programs discussed.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Govt. reported unable to sell any more United States Savings Bonds due to debt ceiling; details given of Congress's failure to pass extension.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Senator reported completing bill that will make reparations to Japanese-Americans who were interned during World War II; details given.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Studio: John Chancellor) Ronald Reagan's activities in Japan analyzed; Reagan's comments with regard to Japanese acquisition of Columbia Pictures quoted. Japanese sex and corruption scandals discussed.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) "Los Angeles Herald Examiner" reported closing down its pub.; details given.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Deadwood, SD: Roger O'Neil) Gambling reported effort to revive Deadwood, SD, town famous for being place where "Wild Bill" Hickok was murdered. [Resident Lou KEEHN, bar owner John GABLE, Mayor Bruce OBERLANDER, Reverend Ken. BROWN - comment.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Fate of Jack McCall, man who killed Hickok, noted.
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