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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Reports introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) Report from Vietnam that the remains of Colonel John Robertson, one of the three pilots shown in the mystery photo, is dead and that his remains were turned over to the United States last year featured; photograph shown of several more pictures and letters alleged to be of and from MIAs. [Secretary of Defense Dick CHENEY - cites instances of dummy evidence.] [American Defense Institution retired Captain Eugene McDANIEL - says there are hundreds of prisoners all over Southeast Asia.] [Vietnam ambassador to United Nations NGUYEN Khan - responds.]
(Los Angeles: George Lewis) Story of the MIA (missing in action) families who do not believe the Pentagon's statements about the missing servicemen featured. [Wife Barbara ROBERTSON - talks about being in limbo.] [Robertson's daughter Deborah Robertson BARDSLEY - says she has done series of interviews.] Case of Major Hugh Fanning, whose remains were identified, buried and then exhumed by his wife, detailed. [Wife Kathryn FANNING - criticizes the Marines.] [Forensic anthropologist Sam DUNLAP - says people are being shafted by the government.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Kidnap group Islamic Jihad reported issuing photograph of Lebanon hostage Terry Anderson while warning grave consequences unless Germany releases imprisoned terrorist brothers Mohammed Ali Hamadi and Abbas Ali Hamadi.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Damascus: John Dancy) Meeting of Secretary of State James Baker and Syrian President Hafez al-Assad to discuss Middle East peace talks featured; scenes shown. [BAKER - says he will promote cause of peace; cites United Nations role as observer.] Positions of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, President Bush, Baker and Syria on the role of the United Nations in any peace talks outlined. Increasing pressure on Israelis now that Syria has agreed to sit down with them noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) President Mikhail Gorbachev's day in London following pledges of economic help from the seven industrial nations reported; scenes shown of him with Queen Elizabeth and British Prime Minister John Major. Report introduced.
(Athens: John Cochran) President Bush's visit to Greece after the London economic summit featured; scenes shown of his posing with the G-7 leaders and Gorbachev following completion of the US-USSR nuclear arms treaty. [BUSH - says G-7 agreements will be fleshed out at the summit; talks about "most favored nation" trade status for USSR .] Anti-American protests in Athens, Greece, shown.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Anecdote told about the wife of one foreign minister who called Bush "Geoffrey" at dinner at Buckingham Palace.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Miami: Kenley Jones) Vacation-time crime featured; scenes shown of victims of smash and grab robberies, airport rip-offs and home burglaries in Miami. Police advice on crime prevention outlined. [VICTIM, Miami police department sergeant David RIVERO, Metro-Dade police department Major Kermit RUSSELL, sergeant David EVANS - talk about crime.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Tomorrow's Daily Difference Segment previewed.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Capitol: Henry Champ) Late-night vote in Senate granting members a pay raise featured; scenes shown. [Senator Robert BYRD - comments.] [On radio shows, two CALLERS, Congressional Accountability Project Ralph NADER - complain.] Nader volunteers shown taking used clothing to Senator Robert Dole's office. [Senator Alfonse D'AMATO - opposes raise.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Studio: John Chancellor) Secretary of State James Baker's Middle East peace proposal that has been endorsed by Syria this week examined. The pressure from President Bush on Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir from the United States and from within the Israeli government noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Passage in Senate of bills to impose prison terms on health care workers with AIDS who conceal it from their patients and to ask that states require AIDS testing for doctors, dentists and nurses reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Tokyo: Diana Koricke) Japanese government's financial incentive to encourage people to smoke examined; scenes shown from television ads promoting smoking and of people smoking everywhere. [Anti-smoking leader Bunga KAWATANABE - (thru translator) says it is a government monopoly.] [Two high school KIDS - (thru translator) talk about smoking.]
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