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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Developments in Persian Gulf crisis listed; President Bush's response to suggestion of moving naval blockade command to United Nations noted. Report introduced.
(White House: John Cochran) Bush reported returning to Washington for briefings; Jordan's King Hussein noted arriving in Kennebunkport, ME, on Thursday, bringing message from meeting with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein; Jordan said looking for United States economic help to enforce sanctions against Iraq. [BUSH - comments on diplomatic solution; considers closing port of Aqaba, Jordan.] Economic advisers reported briefing Bush on Persian Gulf crisis addition to budget deficit. [BUSH - attacks Congressional Democrats on budget talks.] Democratic response noted.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Troops from Fort Benning, Georgia, and Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, mentioned. Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Fred Francis) Size of United States military operation in Saudi Arabia examined; scenes shown. [SOLDIER - comments on chemical weapons concern.] [SOLDIER - shows high morale.] [SOLDIER - talks about confusion over who in multinational force gives order to shoot.] Naval blockade commanders' lack of precise orders reported; scenes shown of Naval reserve ships ordered out of mothballs in Norfolk, Virginia, of tanks at Fort Stewart, Georgia, and of Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney thanking departing troops in Savannah, Georgia. [CHENEY - answers question of why they are going.] Bush noted visiting Pentagon for military briefing and detailed orders finalizing tomorrow.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Jordan-Iraq border: Dennis Murphy) Importance of road from Aqaba, Jordan, to Baghdad, Iraq, examined; scenes shown of trucks carrying goods across Iraqi border. [Three TRUCKERS - (two through translator) talk about cargoes.] King Hussein reported receiving credentials of new US ambassador, Roger Harrison; scenes shown from palace ceremony. Question of blockading port of Aqaba noted. [King Hussein's brother Crown Prince HASSAN - comments on Western compensation for sanctions against Iraq.] Turkey noted getting two million dollars in aid for sanctions compliance.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Fort Stewart Army officials' shopping spree featured; scenes shown; K Mart shopping list outlined on screen.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(State Department: John Dancy) Plight of foreigners trapped in Kuwait and Iraq examined; scenes shown from Iraq-Jordan border; no Europeans or Americans seen. [President BUSH - comments.] [State Department spokeswoman Margaret TUTWILER - comments on violence against Americans.] Special switchboard for relatives and friends of detainees noted; audio heard from Voice of America broadcast.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw; State Department: John Dancy) At Brussels, Belgium, meeting, European Economic Community, Third World and Eastern European diplomats reported deciding to make joint appeal to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to let citizens go.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Detainees who have escaped on their own noted. Report introduced. ......
(Champaign, Illinois: Fred Briggs) Michael Saba's Coming Home Committee voice of hope to detainees' families featured; details given of Saba's hundred-dollar taxi ride from Baghdad, Iraq, to Jordanian border. [SABA - says border guards asked them to have tea; comments on United States list of priorities.] Photos shown of other detainees, including Rainard Walterscheid and the Kevin Bazner family. [Marjorie WALTERSCHEID, mother Virginia BAZNER, comment on Saba's calls.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) After announcing fare increases because of rising fuel costs, some airlines reported advertising last-minute low fare offers; Amoco oil company reported defending price hikes; excerpts shown from newspaper advertisements. Report introduced.
(New York: Mike Jensen) Ashland Oil's efforts to deal with Persian Gulf crisis featured. Executives noted entertaining Saudi Arabians to get information prior to Iraq invasion of Kuwait; executives in Kentucky reported getting more information from subsidiary in Kuwait. [Ashland Oil chairman John HALL - comments on how they reacted to invasion.] [CONSUMER - complains about prices.] Analysis of costs and prices detailed.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Sources of United States oil imports outlined on screen. "Stock Market Report".
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) California Governor George Deukmejian reported declaring state of emergency in area around Yosemite National Park due to fires; details given of damages; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Chicago Art Institution search for missing Georgia O'Keeffe's "East River from Shelton" reported ending; cost of loss noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Niagara Falls: Deborah Roberts) Controversy over Love Canal neighborhood of Niagara Falls, New York, where homes have been cleaned up and listed for sale, reported; chemical waste seepage, health problems and government buyout recalled; scenes shown from May 1980 and now. [Buyer Shirley EMPSON, former owner Pat BROWN, New York state department of health Peter SLOCUM - comment.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Two businessmen, from Germany and Spain, reported under arrest in Orlando, Florida, for trying to buy missiles for resale to Iraq and Libya; details given of sting by United States Customs agents.
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