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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(New York: Mike Jensen) Dramatic lowering of the discount rate by the Federal Reserve Board to stimulate the economy featured; details given of the impact of interest cuts on home buying, mortgage refinancing, credit card rates and CD rates. [In Atlanta, John BAUGUS; in Stone Mountain, Georgia, Jose FRENCH; in Washington, DC, Richard BOWSER; in New York, David NEWMAN, Eleanor SHAPIRO - comment.]
(Studio: Irving R. Levine) Chances for a recovery from this recession examined; comparison given of statistics for recessions of 1991 and 1981-82 in areas of interest rates, inflation, unemployment, exports and inventories. [Home buyer Loree CAMPBELL, Pacaero Corp. Charles LOVIN, economist Jeffrey FAUX - comment.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Lisa Myers) Announcement by Governor Mario Cuomo that he will not run for the Democratic presidential nomination featured. [CUOMO - says he has to put New York state first and abandon effort to run.] [Strategist Peter HART - says Cuomo lost his best chance.] [Democratic presidential candidates Governor Bill CLINTON and Senator Bob KERREY; on C-SPAN, President BUSH - talk about Cuomo's decision.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) Charges of a Justice Department coverup in the case of John Demjanjuk, who was convicted in an Israeli court for being the Treblinka concentration camp leader known as Ivan the Terrible, examined; details given of evidence released by the KGB in which former guards identified Ivan Marchenko as the man who ran Treblinka; documents shown. [Chief investigator for Justice Department until 1980 George PARKER - talks about the list of KGB transcripts and about requests from Demjanjuk's defense for such documents.] [Former Demjanjuk lawyer John MARTIN - calls it a coverup.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Johannesburg: Charles McLean) Face-to-face meeting of black and white South African political leaders to discuss a new constitution that would give equal rights to blacks featured; scenes shown. [South African President F.W. De KLERK, African National Congress president Nelson MANDELA - express distrust of each other.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Houston: Robert Bazell) Slow progress in the fight against cancer since the National Cancer Act of 1971 examined. [Leukemia patient Mary SILVA - comments.] [M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Dr. Charles LeMAISTRE - says there has been a revolution in cancer care.] Death rates for cancer victims in 1971 and 1991 compared on graph. [M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Dr. Irwin KRAKOFF - comments.] Use of Taxol to treat breast cancer noted; x-rays shown. [National Cancer Institute Dr. Samuel BRODER - reviews research.] Success against childhood leukemia cited.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Chicago: Mike Boettcher) Impact of the recession on the nation's charities examined; scenes shown of Salvation Army operations in Chicago. [Salvation Army Major Richard VANDERWEELE, Captain Roy ROLLING, Robert COTNER - talk about trying to feed the hungry while receiving less contributions.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Springfield, Massachusetts: Fred Briggs) 100th anniversary of basketball featured; scenes shown from site of Springfield, Massachusetts, YMCA where James Naismith invented a new indoor game; pictures and photos shown. [Sportswriter Leonard LEWIN, Boston Celtics president Red AUERBACH, former Celtics player Bob COUSY - talk about the evolution of the game.] Scenes shown of basketball through the years.
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