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(Pearl Harbor: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Wiesbaden: Tom Aspell) Press conference by freed hostage Terry Anderson to talk about his years of captivity in Lebanon featured; scenes shown of him with his sister Peggy Say in Wiesbaden, Germany. [ANDERSON - breaks down while talking to press; talks about his captivity, his kidnappers, United States policy and the death of fellow hostage William Buckley.] [SAY - comments.]
#579178
(Pearl Harbor: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(West Palm Beach, Florida: Deborah Roberts) Testimony by Senator Edward Kennedy at the rape trial of nephew William Kennedy Smith featured; scenes shown from the courtroom. [KENNEDY - talks about the events of the evening; answers question from prosecutor Moira Lasch.] [Kennedy's son Patrick KENNEDY - testifies about the accuser and Smith's sexual encounter with her.]
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(Pearl Harbor: Tom Brokaw) Unemployment figures cited. Federal Reserve Board noted cutting its interest rates.
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(Pearl Harbor: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Ontario, California: John Cochran) President Bush, the economy and politics featured; scenes shown of Bush touring a flashlight factory in southern California. [BUSH - talks about unemployment figures.] [White House Chief of Staff-designate Samuel SKINNER - admits the economy is stagnating.] [In Congress, Representatives Richard GEPHARDT, Bill ARCHER - bicker about the economy.] Wealthy California Republicans noted meeting with Democratic presidential candidate Governor Bill Clinton to talk about the economy.
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(Pearl Harbor: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Honolulu, Hawaii: George Lewis) The economic boom in tourist-conscious Hawaii examined; scenes shown from Honolulu, Hawaii. [WOMAN, perfume shop manager Kathy SAKAMOTO, state economist Richard JOUN, store manager Mari ROMEO - talk about the Hawaiian economy and the money-spending Japanese tourist.]
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(Pearl Harbor: Tom Brokaw) Family of Clayton Hartwig, sailor killed in the explosion on the USS Iowa, reported filing a lawsuit against NBC for its coverage of the story.
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(Pearl Harbor: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Gila River, Arizona: Gary Matsumoto) Personal remembrances about the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II from reporter and his family featured; photos and film of attack on Pearl Harbor and relocation of Japanese in United States shown. [AUNT - describes what happened when her family was relocated.] [At internment camp site in Gila River, Arizona, FATHER, AUNT - recall events and their meaning.]
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(Pearl Harbor: Tom Brokaw) The legacy of war that began for the US at Pearl Harbor featured; 1940s scenes shown to illustrate the changes that took place in American society. [Veteran Elmer HOLMES - praises the G.I. bill.] [Riveter Betty MURPHY - talks about the role of working women.] Excerpts shown from 1950s television coverage of the Cold War days, including Senator Joseph McCarthy. [Author Studs TERKEL - talks about the Cold War era.] [Historian David McCULLOUGH - says United States history becomes world history at 1945.] Role of blacks during and after the war reviewed. [Former Tuskegee airman pilot Alexander JEFFERSON - talks about the society blacks returned to.] More wartime footage shown.
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(Pearl Harbor: Tom Brokaw) The meaning of Pearl Harbor 50 years later reaffirmed.
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