This program is 28 minutes long
#577335
(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Ed Rabel) Last charter flight for Americans leaving Iraq featured; scenes shown from Baghdad airport. [WOMAN - describes conditions.] [Britisher Julian McCULLOUGH - says he had not heard this was last flight out.] August 1990 scenes shown from Kuwait.
(Studio: Garrick Utley) Diplomatic events in region reviewed; scenes shown of that last flight arriving in London. Expulsion from Saudi Arabia of diplomats from Iraq, Jordan and Yemen noted. Jordan's King Hussein reported asking Americans to support a negotiated settlement to the gulf crisis. Syrian President Hafez al-Assad's diplomatic visit to ally Iran reported; scenes shown of his arrival in Tehran.
#577337
#577338
(Studio: Garrick Utley) Arrival in Saudi Arabia of thousands of Egyptian troops to join the multinational force shown. Report introduced.
(Saudi Arabia: Rick Davis) Makeup of the multinational force along the Kuwait-Saudi border reviewed; scenes shown of Army's 82nd Airborne Division, which includes two British veterans who are part of an exchange program. [Baz BARDSLEY, second BRITISHER - talk about the 82nd.] [Two SOLDIERS - talk about the veterans.]
#577339
(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(Soweto: Robin Lloyd) South African President F.W. de Klerk's visit to United States previewed; scenes shown. [De KLERK - says we are building a new South Africa.] Scenes shown from Soweto of black protests against government crackdown in Operation Iron Fist. Last month of violence noted destroying the optimism that began de Klerk's presidency and resulted in release of Nelson Mandela. [MANDELA - says there may be war.]
#577340
(Studio: Garrick Utley) Remark by Japanese government official about blacks in United States reported.
#577341
(Studio: Garrick Utley) Russian politician Boris Yeltsin reported hospitalized following automobile accident. RJR company noted shipping more cigarettes to USSR .
#577343
(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bob Kur) Impact of Proposition 48, which sets academic standards for college-bound and college athletes, examined; details given of case of basketball player Curt Smith, recruited by Temple University, but failing to reach NCAA standards. [SMITH - accepts blame.] [Coach John CHANEY - comments.] [Basketball camp academic director Frank DuBOIS - says NCAA has to put bucks into remedial work.] [Northeastern University Richard LAPCHICK - comments.] NCAA noted trying to come up with a test standard that takes different educational backgrounds into account. Most recruits found ineligible under Proposition 48 noted to be black.
#577345
(Studio: Garrick Utley) Forest fires in France reported; scenes shown.
#577346
(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(Folly Beach, SC: Kenley Jones) Celebrations in South Carolina one year after Hurricane Hugo hit featured; scenes shown from Isle of Palms, SC, and Charleston, SC. [Mayor Joe RILEY - talks to crowd.] Issue of reconstruction of beach front homes despite laws against rebuilding in path of future hurricanes examined. [Beach erosion authority Duke University professor Orrin PILKEY - criticizes reconstruction.]
#577347
(Studio: Garrick Utley) Story of Derrin Quinn, who escaped from an Australian prison and was rearrested while visiting a friend in another prison, reported.
#577349
(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(No location given: Stephen Frazier) New homeowner in Cohoes, New York, Dr. Brian McCandless, reported using sheep to "mow" his law; scenes shown. [Mayor Robert SIGNORACI, police officer William DIPPO, animal control warden Barbara GAGNEN, McCANDLESS, NEIGHBOR - comment on presence of sheep.] Historical photograph shown of sheep on White House lawn early this century. Writing of town ordinance to remove sheep explained.
#683684