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#583013
(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(Tel Aviv: Tom Aspell) Dealings between United States and Israel on the issue of US aid to help settle immigrant Jews from the USSR featured; details given of Israeli reaction to request from President Bush and Secretary of State James Baker that Israel delay its aid request until after the Middle East peace conference. [Minister of health Ehud OLMERT, Knesset member Dedi ZUCKER - offer analyses of the situation.] Huge cost of the influx of Soviet Jews detailed. [Minister of housing Ariel SHARON - says the aid is needed to feed and house hundred of thousands of Jews.] Likelihood of a compromise and the issue of Palestinian participation in a peace conference detailed.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Statement from former Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze about fear of hunger protests this winter in the USSR reported. Report introduced.
(Vilnius, Lithuania: Jim Maceda) The first day of independence in Lithuania featured; scenes shown from Vilnius, Lithuania, of preparations for a feared counterattack from black beret commandos. [GUARD, three LITHUANIANS - (thru translator) comment on independence and the economy.] Lithuania's economic dependence on Moscow detailed.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Announcement that retired Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall has received a pacemaker for his heart reported.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) President Bush's support of Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas quoted.
(Supreme Court: Jamie Gangel) The ambivalence in the black community over Thomas' nomination examined. [Maxima Corporation Joshua SMITH, unemployed black college graduate Shawn HAILEY - offer differing opinions on the struggle blacks' face.] Findings of recent NBC News poll on blacks' support of Thomas outlined on screen. [George Mason University Roger WILKINS - details Thomas' background and his conservative background.]
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(US Capitol: Henry Champ) Issues before the returning Congress reviewed. [Representatives Les ASPIN, David BONIOR, Newt GINGRICH, Senator George MITCHELL - offer views on how to spend or not spend America's money.] Threat to Democratic programs on abortion counseling, civil rights, crime bill and transportation from likely vetoes by President Bush noted.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Statement from Senator Tom Harkin that he has decided to run for the presidency reported; other declared Democrat Paul Tsongas mentioned.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(Studio: Robert Bazell) The issue of health care in urban areas featured; scenes shown from University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, which provides full-service medical care for all, including the poor and the homeless. [Nurse Peggy MOORE - explains what she sees on her job.] [Hospital director Dr. Eric MUNOZ - talks about medical care in the US.] Question raised of whether aggressive hi-tech medical expenditures are the best way to spend cities' money.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Meeting of a European peace conference that is attempting to end the fighting between Serbia and Croatia in Yugoslavia reported; scenes shown from The Hague, Netherlands.
(Zagreb: Charles McLean) Threat of the first war in Europe since the end of World War II featured; scenes shown of fighting in a Croatian village and of the residents of Zagreb, Yugoslavia, practicing civil defense. [Croatian President Franjo TUDJMAN - hopes for international recognition for Croatia.]
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Announcement by the Vatican that it is resuming diplomatic ties with Albania reported.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Defeat of veteran tennis player Jimmy Connors by Jim Courier at the United States Open shown.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(Charles Town, West Virginia: Lucky Severson) Last race of 69-year-old jockey Willie Clark featured; horse racing scenes shown, including his reckless ride last year that drew a suspension. [CLARK - talks about his racing career.] [MAN, jockey Larry REYNOLDS - talk about how Clark rides.] His last race in Charles Town, West Virginia, shown.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Birthday tomorrow for Ettie Mae Greene, the oldest person in this country, who will be 114, reported.
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