This program is 28 minutes long
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) Results of government's education study examined; data outlined on screen. [Education Secretary Lauro CAVAZOS - deplores quality of United States education.] Samples of students' work quoted on screen. [Test manager Lois ALDRIDGE - comments on ignorance in US.] Test scores of minorities noted still lagging behind those of whites. Government urged to fund more education programs.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Cape Canaveral: Robert Bazell) Mission of shuttle Columbia examined; details given of planned retrieval of space satellite, scenes shown from space.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Andrea Mitchell) Dramatic increase in heating oil prices reported receiving Congressional attention; details given. [PEOPLE - comment on price of heating oil.] [Representatives Matthew RINALDO, Jim COOPER, assistant energy secretary John EASTON - present differing views on issue.] Justice Department's statement quoted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Miami: Ed Rabel) Government attorneys reported urging that Manuel Noriega be transferred to maximum security prison, details given from bond hearing. [Noriega's lawyer Steve KOLLIN - opposes move.] Judge William Hoeveler's statements quoted. (Artist: Shirley Henderson)
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Pentagon's estimate of Panamanian and United States casualties, which resulted from United States invasion, given.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) United States warship reported still off coast of Florida in case it is needed for interdiction purposes in Colombia; details given of Colombian foreign minister's opposition to United States plan.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Moslems in Azerbaijan, USSR , reported demanding free access to their counterparts in Iran; details given of ethnic violence, scenes shown of violence and protests. Report introduced.
(Lithuania: Bob Abernethy) President Mikhail Gorbachev reported planning to visit Lithuania, USSR , in hopes of easing tensions resulting from republic's desire for independence. [Secession leader Algimantas CEKUOLIS - (thru translator) explains secession movement.] Recent political developments in Lithuania reviewed.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Japan reported promising economic aid to Hungary and Poland; details given. Japan noted also asserting that economic sanctions against China, PR, will be lifted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Boston: Fred Briggs) Police in Boston, Massachusetts, reported finding gun that Charles Stuart may have used on his pregnant wife Carol Stuart two months ago; details of case reviewed, scenes shown. [Police diver Paul HARTLEY - comments on finding gun.] Brother Michael Stuart reported suspected of knowing about Stuart's crime. [Carol's brother Carl DiMAITI - comments on his feelings toward Stuart brothers.] Stuart reported suspected of liaison with student Deborah Allen; details given.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) National Urban League reported urging President Bush's administration to spend more money on education and health care for US blacks; details given. Civil rights leader John Jacob quoted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Supreme Court reported throwing out law in Dallas, Texas, which had closed down pornographic movie houses and adult bookstores; details given.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Barbara Bush's inaugural gown reported displayed at Smithsonian Institution; scenes shown. [BUSH - comments on display.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(New York: Michele Gillen) Investigative report examining problem of women who are abused by their spouses and boyfriends noted continuing; details given of abusive males' responses to their own crimes, scenes shown. [MEN - explain their attitudes toward women; say they want to control the women in their lives; say jail and therapy helped them.] One- third of women murdered in United States noted killed by their husbands or boyfriends.
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