This program is 28 minutes long
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Bob Abernethy) Power struggle in the Soviet commonwealth featured; scenes shown of the Ukrainian National Guard in training. Ukraine, Moldavia and Azerbaijan said to fear Russia and want their own armed forces; Russian President Boris Yeltsin's order to move aircraft carrier from Ukraine base to Russian base noted; scenes shown. Ethnic violence in Azerbaijan, withdrawal of Soviet troops from the region detailed; scenes shown of funeral in the largely Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan; map shown locating areas of ethnic hostilities. [ARMENIAN, AZERBAIJANI, editor and scholar Alexander GAGUA - comment on ethnic disputes.] Historical footage shown of Soviet parade.
(Studio: Garrick Utley) Incident in Saint Petersburg, Russia, wherein angry shoppers blocked the city's main boulevard reported; current value of the ruble mentioned. Report introduced.
(Moscow: Veronika Khilchevskaya) Difficulties shopping for food in Moscow featured; market scenes shown. [Scientist and mother Lena PRUTOV - (thru translator) comments on food shopping.]
(Studio: Garrick Utley) Interview held with vice chairman of Goldman Sachs International investment banker Robert Hormats about the unfreezing of Soviet prices this Thursday. [HORMATS - comments on effect of free market, Western assistance needed.]
#579094
(Studio: Garrick Utley) Flooding in Texas and southern California featured; details given; map shown indicating location of Texas flooding; scenes shown from Wharton, Texas, and southern California.
#579095
(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(Corpus Christi, Texas: Jim Miklaszewski) President Bush's hunting trip to Texas featured; scenes shown of animal rights activists protesting. [Fund for Animals Dana FORBES - criticizes Bush's hunting.] Bush reported promising federal aid to help those affected by the upcoming closing of Chase Field Naval Air Station, Texas; scenes shown of Bush at barbecue and drinking beer at honky-tonk. [BUSH - makes speech about Asian markets, protectionism.] Bush's upcoming trip to Japan mentioned.
(Studio: Garrick Utley) Excerpts shown from United States travel industry commercials to air on British television featuring Bush.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Case of six Bronx, NYC, teenagers killed when car driven by 18-year-old Danny Moriarty, who was legally drunk, crashed featured; scenes shown of the accident scene; excerpts shown of local news coverage of the accident. [Five TEENS - comment on accident, drinking.]
(Studio: Garrick Utley) New measures to fight drunk driving in New Hampshire and Michigan mentioned.
#579099
(Studio: Garrick Utley) Final lowering of the USSR flag, former President Mikhail Gorbachev's desire to stay in politics; return of bodies of deceased hostages Marine Colonel William Higgins and CIA official William Buckley to the United States from Lebanon; victory for Islamic fundamentalists in Algerian election; President Bush's naming of Barbara Franklin as Secretary of Commerce; stock market closing at it's highest level ever and weak Christmas sales reported; scenes shown.
#579100
(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(Oceanside, California: George Lewis) Changes in the family of Persian Gulf war veteran Carl Comer featured; scenes shown from Oceanside, California. [Tammy and Carl COMER - talk about this Christmas and last Christmas when Carl was in the Persian Gulf; scenes shown from the war and Comer's homecoming. [During the war, Tammy COMER, children Amanda and Kevin COMER - comment.]
#579103
(Studio: Garrick Utley) Shift in American attitude toward paying off rather than building up debt analyzed.
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