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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Supreme Court: Carl Stern) United States Supreme Court reported ruling against federal law banning flag desecration; details given of ruling and President Bush's call for Constitutional amendment. [BUSH - comments.] [Representative Robert MICHEL - comments on politics.] Case of flag-burner Gregory "Joey" Johnson recalled; Congressional effort to word law to avoid first amendment issues noted. Justices Antonin Scalia and Anthony Kennedy noted joining William Brennan, Thurgood Marshall and Harry Blackmun in statement regarding freedom of expression. [Defendant Shawn EICHMAN - says victory came just in time for flag day.] [American Legion Robert SPANOGLE - says we'll seek amendment.] (Artist: Arthur Lien)
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Process of approving Constitutional amendment detailed. Discussion presented with Senator Bob Dole and Edward Kennedy. [DOLE - comments on exceptions to freedom of speech, cites Gallup poll on amendment.] [KENNEDY - defends first amendment.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Supreme Court ruling on police officers' right to question a person based on an anonymous tip reported; details given. Supreme Court reported also ruling on National Guard training abroad; details given of 1986 states' objection to Central America deployment.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Sentencing of John Poindexter reported; details given of charges, trial and sentencing; scenes shown of Poindexter outside courthouse. Other Iran/Contra figures, Oliver North, Robert McFarlane and Richard Secord, noted not receiving prison sentences.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Burning Norwegian oil tanker Mega Borg reported slipping into water in Gulf of Mexico, off Texas coast; oil spill noted; oil cargo compared to that of Exxon Valdez. Report introduced.
(Galveston: Jim Cummins) Firefighting efforts detailed; scenes shown; Smit International Salvage Company's special equipment flown in from Rotterdam, Netherlands, noted not available in US. [US Coast Guard Rear Admiral William MERLIN - comments on salvage companies who own special equipment.] Concern about tanker sinking noted. [Coast Guard spokesman Todd NELSON - compares possible slick to Houston, Texas, Astrodome.] Oil spill threat to Galveston Bay, Texas, tourism and shrimping industries featured. [Merchant Jim LITTLE - comments on threat.] [Shrimper Joe SCHAAF - says nobody seems to care.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) New round of California anti-smoking advertising aimed at pregnant women and blacks reported; details given of program in which cigarette tax pays for ads; excerpt shown from television commercial.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Commerce Department figures reported showing employment boom in California.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Donald Trump reported gaining debt restructuring help from banks; details given.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(London: Dennis Murphy) Captain Timothy Lancaster reported recovering from being sucked through jet plane's window during sudden decompression on flight from Birmingham, England, to Malaga, Spain; details given of rescue by stewards Nigel Ogden, Simon Rogers and co- pilot Alistair Atcheson; ordeal illustrated on screen; scenes shown of Lancaster in Southampton, England, hospital bed. [British Airways Tony COCKLIN, PASSENGER - describe ordeal.] Lancaster quoted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) United States and Mexico reported saying they will open talks on a free trade agreement; details given.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Lima: Ed Rabel) Alberto Fujimori reported winning Peruvian presidential election; details given of Marxist Shining Path rebellion and economic challenges; scenes shown of victorious Fujimori in Lima, Peru. Reasons for defeat of Mario Vargas Llosa detailed. [FUJIMORI - comments.] Threat of military coup noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) President Mikhail Gorbachev reported agreeing to meeting tomorrow with Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian leaders; details given.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Sentencing of Joseph Fama and Keith Mondello reported in Bensonhurst, NYC, trial for racially motivated murder of Yusuf Hawkins; details given of charges; scenes shown of Hawkins family supporters gathering outside courthouse. [Hawkins' father Moses STEWART - comments on vindication.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Senator David Durenberger reported facing ethics charges tomorrow. Report introduced.
(Capital: Andrea Mitchell) Durenberger's fall from grace featured; scenes shown from Collegeville, Minnesota, Catholic abbey where Durenberger grew up; details given of ethics charges. [Father Hilary THIMMESH - comments on prayer.] [Saint John's University Lee HENLEY - comments on Durenberger's loss of spouse.] [Pranha Press Gary DIAMOND - comments on Durenberger's book promotion.] [In February 1990, DURENBERGER - accepts responsibility.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(New York: Stan Bernard) Children's obsession with electronic Nintendo games featured. [Mother Clair HONING, son Gary HONING - comment on addiction.] [Son Keith HONING - says some games are too violent.] [Rutgers University professor Robert KUBEY - defends games.] Scenes shown from Nintendo competition.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Older generation's obsession with pinball machines noted.