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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(White House: John Cochran) President Bush's address to joint session of Congress and television audience tonight previewed. [BUSH - talks about US-USSR mutual understanding on Persian Gulf crisis.] Bush's aides noted suggesting future US-USSR cooperation on Pakistan, India, Cambodia, Afghanistan and Mideast trouble. [Sunday on "Meet the Press", National Security Adviser Brent SCOWCROFT - comments on past policy of excluding USSR from Middle East.] Mikhail Gorbachev's proposal for peace conference with Arabs and Israelis noted. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater quoted on screen about Bush's taped message to Iraqi people; Bush's goal of restoring Kuwaiti royal family to power mentioned. [Representative Sander LEVIN - talks about Mideast and budget deficit crises.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Andrea Mitchell) Progress on budget deal examined; details given of tax and spending cut proposals; scenes shown from senior citizen demonstration in Chicago, Illinois, August 1989 over catastrophic insurance plan. [Senator Robert BYRD, Representative Newt GINGRICH, Senator Pete DOMENICI - comment on negotiations.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw; White House: John Cochran; Capitol Hill: Andrea Mitchell) Bush's standing in polls noted reflecting approval of foreign policy, not economic skill. Possibility of budget compromise by end of week considered.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) State Department reported saying Cuba and Romania signing oil delivery deals with Iraq while some Eastern European countries maintaining military contracts. Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Fred Francis) Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney reported warning of Iraqi terrorism threats; Arabic foreign nationals working in Saudi Arabia mentioned. [State Department spokesman Richard BOUCHER - comments on threats.] State Department noted still listing new ally Syria as supporting terrorism.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Bob Abernethy) President Mikhail Gorbachev and Russian republic Supreme Soviet reported endorsing Stanislav Shatalin's 500-day economic plan; details given of plan. [GORBACHEV - says impressed with plan.] Boris Yeltsin quoted regarding impossibility of compromise. [Translator Valeria SHISHMARIOVA - comments on economic trouble.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Opening of two Moscow Pizza Huts reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Peruvian Boeing 727 plane reported going down in Atlantic Ocean off Newfoundland, Canada.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) More violence between rival black factions around Johannesburg, South Africa, reported; scenes shown; Nelson Mandela noted saying government's failure to stop fighting may affect peace talks.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Heavy rainfall in South Korea reported; scenes shown of flooding; South Korean President Roh Tae Woo quoted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Near Fort Stewart, Georgia: Brad Willis) Economic strain for families of service personnel deployed in Saudi Arabia examined; Morero family featured. [While moving family to cheaper home, Josie MORERO, Army Major Dennis SAILOR, Senator John GLENN - comment on food allotments.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) [Desert dispatches hello.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Irving R. Levine) United States Comptroller General Charles Bowsher reported warning that some of biggest commercial banks and FDIC are in troubles similar to those of savings and loan industry; details given. [BOWSHER - testifies.] [Senator Jake GARN, bank analyst Gerrard CASSIDY - comment.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Primary election day in ten states reported; impeached former Arizona Governor Evan Mecham, Minnesota Governor Rudy Perpich, former Mecham appointee Mike Hatch and District of Columbia's Jesse Jackson mentioned.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Walla Walla, WA: Bob Dotson) Barber and former criminal Bob Stanfil's rehabilitation program at Washington State Penitentiary featured; scenes shown from College Place, WA, and prison barber school. [STANFIL, former cellmate Dave SIMMONS, customer and former victim John WHITLAND - comment.]
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