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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Comment made on aborted preview. Report introduced.
(Tel Aviv: Martin Fletcher) Israel's position on hostages in the Middle East examined. [Sheik Ahmed TAHLIB - (thru translator) says no more hostages will be freed unless Israel frees Sheik Abdul Karim Obeid.] [Israeli government spokesman Avi PAZNER - says we will do our utmost to see that our hostages are liberated.] Swap by Israel of prisoners for hostages in 1985 recalled; scenes shown. Plans by Israeli-backed militia in Lebanon to free Lebanese prisoners noted.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Day of freed American hostage Robert Polhill in Wiesbaden, West Germany reviewed. Syrian radio, which reflects the thinking of President Hafez al-Assad, noted praising President Bush for distancing his administration from policies of Israel. [During debate in Congress over nonbinding resolution to back idea of Jerusalem as capital of Israel, Representatives Eliot ENGEL, James TRAFICANT - offer differing views.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(White House: John Cochran) Decision by President Bush not to decide what to do about trade sanctions against USSR for its blockade of Lithuania examined. [BUSH - explains his position.] American allies and some Eastern European governments noted urging Bush not to do anything that might result in ouster of President Mikhail Gorbachev. [Representative Robert MICHEL - says Poland would be uneasy.] Criticism of Bush's failure to act by Lithuanian President Vytautas Landsbergis outlined on screen. [Columnist Robert NOVAK - says the message to the world is that Bush has given Gorbachev a free hand.] Findings on NBC News/"Wall Street Journal" poll on issue outlined on screen.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Meeting of Chinese Premier Li Peng with President Mikhail Gorbachev to discuss cutting troops along their common borders reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(New York: Mike Jensen) Guilty pleas from former junk bond king Michael Milken featured; details given of charges against him and penalties he faces as outlined by Judge Kimba Wood. [Economist Benjamin STEIN - calls the plea bargain an outrage.] [Milken attorney Arthur LIMAN - reads statement.] [Harvard professor Samuel HAYES - cites Milken's contributions.] [US attorney John CARROLL - says those who commit financial crimes will be punished.] (Artist: Betty Wells)
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Shooting at Atlanta, Georgia, suburban shopping mall reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Cape Canaveral, Florida: Robert Bazell) Blastoff of space shuttle Discovery on its mission to deploy the Hubble Space Telescope featured; scenes shown from countdown and launch. [NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) administrator Admiral Richard TRULY, two SCIENTISTS - comment.] NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) animation shown of how telescope will be set up.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bob Kur) Issue of a "training imbalance" between United States and Japan featured; details given of number of Japanese who come to United States for research, study and training. [National Academy of Sciences president Frank PRESS - says Japanese firms doing business in United States should make a contribution to American universities.] [Harvard University Lewis BRANSCOMB - comments.] Limited opportunities for Americans to study in Japan explained. [MIT's Walter ROSENBLITH - says Japanese society benefits from the present relationship.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Continued hospitalization of actress Elizabeth Taylor reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Managua: Ed Rabel) Opening of a new era for Nicaragua when power will be turned over to the new government of President Violeta Chamorro by the Sandinistas examined. [Daniel ORTEGA - (thru translator) says the challenge will be to restructure the Sandinista front.] [Nicaraguan foreign minister Alejandro BENDA¥A - comments.] [Assistant Secretary of State Bernard ARONSON - comments on lessons for Sandinistas.] Roles for the Sandinistas, the first Nicaraguan government to surrender power at the ballot box, in the new government detailed. [Chamorro chief of staff Antonio LACAYO - talks about the army.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Setting of date by West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and East German leader Lothar de Maiziere for the merging of the economies of East and West Germany reported; scenes shown from their meeting.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Seventy-fifth anniversary of beginning of genocide of Armenians in Turkey just after World War I reported; details given of the opposition of President Bush's administration to Senate's efforts to make this Armenians' Remembrance Day because it might offend our ally, Turkey.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Entrance of Baskin-Robbins into the USSR ice cream market noted. Report introduced.
(Chicago: Mike Leonard) Ice cream advertising by five Chicago aldermen featured; scenes shown from ads. [Ad executive Jan ZECHMAN - comments.] [Alderman Roman PUCINSKI - comments.]
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