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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Capitol: Andrea Mitchell) Constitutional amendment banning flag desecration reported beginning approval process; scenes shown of protests involving the flag. [Representatives Don EDWARDS, John CONYERS - talk in subcommittee.] [Representative Pat SCHROEDER - criticizes Republicans.] [Republican Congressional campaign committee Edward ROLLINS - comments.] [Barbara BUSH - says she's with President Bush.] [Former chief justice Warren BURGER - comments.] Analysis given of amendment's future.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Senator David Durenberger reported addressing Senate Ethics Committee in his defense; scenes shown. [DURENBERGER - apologizes.] Recommendations of Ethics Committee special counsel noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Washington Mayor Marion Barry's expected decision against running for reelection reported; plea bargaining in trial noted; details given of charges.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl reported outlining drug crusade. Report introduced.
(Rome: Arthur Kent) Italian government's new strict drug laws reported; details given; scenes shown of Italian and Zurich, Switzerland, drug users. [Italian drug clinic director Vincenzo MUCCELLI - (thru translator) approves of laws.] [Parliament member Carole TARANTELLI - comments on drug problem.] Scenes shown of protesters smoking marijuana.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced. ...... (Washington: Lisa Myers) United States mandatory sentencing for drug crimes examined. [Imprisoned for minor offense, Richard ANDERSON - comments.] [US district judge William SCHWARZER, judge Robert McNICHOLS - comment on injustice of mandatory sentencing.] Judicial circuit's request to change law quoted on screen. [Deputy drug czar Reggie WALTON - defends laws.] [Imprisoned Sylvia JENKINS - comments.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Discussion presented with national drug policy director William Bennett. [BENNETT - defends laws.] Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan's criticism mentioned.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Kremlin's decision to lift economic sanctions against Lithuania reported; Lithuania's slowing down of independence moves noted.
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(London: Tom Pettit) Romanian police reported clearing anti- Communist protesters from city square; attack on police station and television station reported following; details given of President Ion Iliescu's desire to stay in power; scenes shown of police and protesters battling in Bucharest, Romania.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Crews from East and West Germany reported beginning project to destroy Berlin Wall; scenes shown; all restrictions reported ending next month.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Fire on oil tanker Mega Borg reported under control; Coast Guard announcement that oil slick will reach Texas beach noted; details given; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Announcement that savings and loan bailout money will run out before end of year reported; details given; Representative Peter Smith's resolution calling for special prosecutor mentioned.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Studio: John Chancellor) Savings and loan mismanagement's political repercussions analyzed; Representative Peter Smith's resolution mentioned.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Secretary of State James Baker, acting on behalf of President Bush, reported questioning Israel's commitment to peace. [Addressing Congress, BAKER - gives Israel the White House phone number and says PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) must condemn Palestinian attack on beach.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Tokyo: Diana Koricke) Furor in Japan over cabinet minister's proposed solution to declining birth rate featured; details given of his plan to study whether higher education for women affected their fertility. [Legislator Wakako HIRONAKA - says he is not exceptional.] Discrimination against Japanese women in society and business, including limits on access to birth control, noted. [Physician Dr. Yoichiro YANAGITA - talks about contraception.]
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