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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Andrea Mitchell) Primaries and "Los Angeles Times- Mirror" poll reported showing voter dissatisfaction with budget negotiations; scenes shown from budget meeting and of federal workers protesting impending layoffs. [Voter Jim BURELL, "Times-Mirror" poll director Donald KELLERMANN, Senator Bob DOLE, Representative Lynn MARTIN, voter Ken DYKES - comment.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Tuesday's primaries for governor in Massachusetts and Oklahoma examined; Boston University president John Silber reported defeating Francis Bellotti in Massachusetts Democratic primary to replace Michael Dukakis. [SILBER - makes statement.] William Weld noted winning against Stephen Pierce in Republican primary; scenes shown from celebration. Report introduced.
(Oklahoma City: Jim Cummins) Oklahoma voters reported approving time limit on serving in state legislature. [Two VOTERS, oil man Lloyd NOBLE, legislator Gene STIPE, legislator Ben BROWN - comment on time limit.] Similar initiatives in California and Colorado noted. [Colorado legislator Terry CONSIDINE - comments.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) In another show of voter frustration, incumbent chief justice of Washington state supreme court reported upset by little-known lawyer Charles JOHNSON; Johnson quoted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) State Department reported announcing last scheduled charter flight out of Iraq and Kuwait; today's flight mentioned. Statement from CIA head on amount of Iraqi oil cut off by embargo reported. Iraq noted seizing assets of all countries joined in economic sanctions. Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Ed Rabel) Effects of embargo examined; Iraq reported rejecting United Nations offer to allow shipments of food and medicine because of distribution requirements. [Hospital WORKER - comments on illnesses among infants.] [Iraqi information minister Latif Nassif JASSEM - (thru translator) comments on United Nations offer.] Iraqi President Saddam Hussein reported offering Iran refined oil in return for food; Iran-Iraq war recalled. [National Defense University Christine HELMS - comments.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Fred Francis) British and French, with lukewarm support from US, reported sponsoring United Nations Security Council air embargo on Iraq; details given. [Military strategist Thomas McNAUGHER - comments.] Pentagon noted saying no aircraft will be shot down; alternatives explained. [British Prime Minister Margaret THATCHER - comments.] Libyan leader Muammar el-Kadhafi reported biggest violator of embargo.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) United States military personnel in Persian Gulf region reported gaining hazardous duty pay. President Bush's San Francisco speech featured. [BUSH - warns Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait.] Saudi Arabia reported granting special permission for United States troops' Rosh Hashanah services. [Desert dispatches hello: Corporal Brown.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Atlanta: Kenley Jones) Black Atlanta businessmen, who help each other through networking, featured; scenes shown from meeting of One Hundred Black Men of Atlanta. [Businessman Don HODGES - comments on atmosphere friendly to blacks.] [Threke BROWN - talks about Atlanta's first black mayor Maynard Jackson.] [BROWN, Howard SPILLER - comment on networking.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Tomorrow's segment previewed.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) National Cancer Institute study reported showing little added cancer risk from living near nuclear plants; details outlined on screen from study of weapons plants including Hanford, WA, and Rocky Flats, Colorado, and power plants; study's shortcomings noted. [American Cancer Society Dr. Clark HEATH, Physicians for Social Responsibility Maureen THORNTON - comment.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Studio: John Chancellor) Need for fast war against Iraq analyzed; comparison to Vietnam war given; Air Force Chief of Staff firing mentioned.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan reported warning Congress that Persian Gulf crisis adds to risk of inflation and recession; Greenspan quoted. "Stock Market Report".
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Mustang, Nebraska: Keith Morrison) Government takeover of Nevada's legal brothel, Mustang Ranch, featured; details given of IRS (Internal Revenue Service) tax debt owed by owner Joe Conforte; scenes shown. [Two EMPLOYEES, owner's bodyguard Roy SLAUGHTER, federal trustee and new madame Jeri COPPA - comment.]
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