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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(DC: Andrea Mitchell) Senator Armed Services Committee reported awaiting documents from White House with regard to Defense Secretary-designate John Tower. [Senators Sam NUNN, John WARNER - comment on rumors with regard to Tower's personal behavior and latest FBI report] [Senator Robert DOLE - defends Tower.] Senators Carl Levin, James Exon and Tim. Wirth quoted with regard to nomination
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Consumer prices illustration Stk. Mkt. Report Federal Reserve Bd. chairperson Alan Greenspan quoted with regard to inflation and recession. Report introduced.
(Studio: Mike Jensen) Likelihood of rising inflation rate and recession discussed.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Japan's largest airlines, All Nippon Airways, reported purchasing several Boeing Company 747s; details given.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Representative Lee Hamilton reported testifying at Oliver North's Iran/Contra trial; details given. North's attorney Brendan Sullivan quoted.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Iran's president quoted with regard to death decree upon author Salman Rushdie for writing "The Satanic Verses". Report introduced.
(NYC: Cassandra Clayton) United States authors reported reading excerpts from "The Satanic Verses" in NYC. [Author Robert STONE - reads.] [Author Susan SONTAG - comments on situation.] Writers shown protesting outside Iranian mission to UN. [Author Michael KIMMEL - fears censorship.] B. Dalton and Barnes and Noble booksellers reported announcing they will sell book.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(DC: Jamie Gangel) Supreme Court reported ruling on child abuse case of Joshua DeShaney; details given of his treatment from father and resulting brain damage. [Mother Melody DeSHANEY - says Wisconsin social worker was aware of abuse.] DeShaney's attorney reported asserting that state officials should be held liable for child's condition Chief Justice William Rehnquist's decision and Justice Harry Blackmun's dissenting opinion quoted on screen. [ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) spokesperson John POWELL, Children's Defense Fund spokesperson Jim WEILL - comment on implications of ruling.] Supreme Court noted asserting that child abuse is not a constitutional issue. (Artist: Art Lien)
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Former member of Ku Klux Klan David Duke reported sworn in as Louisiana state legislature; details recalled of his controversial election, scenes shown. President Bush quoted with regard to Duke.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(Miami, Florida: Brian Ross) Mafia and drug prosecutor Richard Gregory featured; details given of his resignation from Justice Department, scenes shown. [GREGORY - describes opposition from State Department when he sought conviction of Panama's Manuel Noriega; says administration thinks that avoiding foreign policy problems is more important than drug war.] Violence directed toward American embassy in Honduras last year after arrest of drug kingpin recalled. [GREGORY - says another arrest in foreign country was stopped as result of Honduras incident.] [Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters Ann UROBLESKI - says drug cartel is more violent and State Department fears for embassy empls.' lives.] Colombian cartel bosses under indictment by Gregory noted openly walking sts. in cities where State Department will not allow American agents to operate. Exs. of State Department-Justice Department problems in drug cases in Bahamas and Panama noted. [GREGORY - comments on situation.] [Noriega's attorney Neal SONNETT - praises Gregory's abilities.] [Senator John KERRY - mourns loss of Gregory; compares war on drugs to Vietnam War.] Gregory quoted with regard to his resignation.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) USSR foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze reported meeting with Israeli foreign min. Moshe Arens and then with PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) leader Yasir Arafat in Cairo, Egypt; details given, scenes shown.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(Studio: John Chancellor) Impact of USSR war in Afghanistan detailed. Reagan administration credited with defeating USSR by providing Afghan rebels with Stinger missiles; details given. New obsolescence of helicopters noted.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) "Working Mother" survey results given with regard to men and amount of housework that they do; details given.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) President Bush's itinerary after visit to Japan discussed; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(Tokyo, Japan: George Lewis) Japanese preparations for burial of late Emperor Hirohito featured; details given, scenes shown. [For. minister protocol spokesperson Chioko TARANISHI, Yoko YAJIMA - comment on appropriate clothes for funeral.] Prime Min. Noboru Takeshita shown inspecting ceremony site. Sec. questions examined. President Bush noted given best hotel suite in Tokyo. [YAJIMA - comments on where Bush will sit at funeral.] [TARANISHI - comments on solemnity of burial.]
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