CNN NEWSROOM Index: October 1989
CNN NEWSROOM Index: October 1989 10/02/89 Segment 1 Time 2:15 Program Rundown: The first wave of East German refugees began arriving in West Germany yesterday. 10/02/89 Segment 2 Time 3:25 Program Rundown: Chinese in Washington, DC protest as China celebrates its 40th anniversary as a communist state. 10/02/89 Segment 3 Time :15 Program Rundown: Upcoming: Gun Law; CD Encyclopedia 10/02/89 Segment 4 Time :45 Program Rundown: A Florida Gun law punishes the parent if a child shoots another with the parent's gun. 10/02/89 Segment 4 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: The Supreme Court reconvenes to hear issues of abortion and right to die. 10/02/89 Segment 5 Time 3:45 Program Rundown: Michael Winter propagates a self-reliant future for the disabled. 10/02/89 Segment 6 Time 2:25 Program Rundown: An encyclopedia on compact disc with pictures, music, and the spoken and written word is reality, not sci-fi! 10/03/89 Segment 1 Time 2:35 Program Rundown: Thousands of Soviets wait to clear U.S. immigration, and red tape. 10/03/89 Segment 2 Time :50 Program Rundown: East Germans opt for freedom through Czechoslovakia and Poland. 10/03/89 Segment 3 Time :20 Program Rundown: A new Federal Law could impose air pollution restrictions for the nation that model those of California. 10/03/89 Segment 3 Time :30 Program Rundown: Another Colombian drug suspect may face extradition to the U.S. 10/03/89 Segment 3 Time :30 Program Rundown: Police arrest four suspects in the 20 ton cocaine bust in California. 10/03/89 Segment 5 Time 2:15 Program Rundown: A program for youth in San Francisco gives them self esteem and job skills. 10/03/89 Segment 6 Time 7:25 Program Rundown: The turmoil in Northern Ireland is revealed through the eyes of "yesterday's" children. 10/04/89 Segment 1 Time 2:30 Program Rundown: An attempt to oust Gen. Noriega has failed. U.S. claims no involvement. 10/04/89 Segment 2 Time :50 Program Rundown: Panama has been important to the U.S. because of its strategic location -- and the Panama Canal. 10/04/89 Segment 3 Time :15 Program Rundown: Freedom trains taking East Germans to the West may end soon as East Germany tightens its borders. 10/04/89 Segment 3 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: President Mikhail Gorbachev faced his first defeat as lawmakers refuse to ban strikes. 10/04/89 Segment 4 Time 7:00 Program Rundown: The European Economic Community is an economic power that may challenge the infrastructure of world trade. 10/04/89 Segment 5 Time 2:40 Program Rundown: The Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation (HOBY) fosters youth leadership. 10/05/89 Segment 2 Time 2:00 Program Rundown: Over 10,000 East Germans leave Czechoslovakia for freedom in West Germany. 10/05/89 Segment 3 Time :45 Program Rundown: BERLIN: 18 East Germans took refuge in the U.S. Embassy in East Berlin. 10/05/89 Segment 3 Time :45 Program Rundown: POLAND: There's no guarantee of freedom for 400 refugees seeking asylum. 10/05/89 Segment 4 Time 1:15 Program Rundown: AB-1B bomber on a test run made an emergency landing when its nose gear failed to work. 10/05/89 Segment 4 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: General Noriega of Panama is still in power after a failed attempt to oust him. 10/05/89 Segment 5 Time :20 Program Rundown: A look at the world's oldest rocks; more science to come... 10/05/89 Segment 6 Time 3:00 Program Rundown: A computerized data base is saving endangered species in captivity. 10/05/89 Segment 7 Time 2:55 Program Rundown: Rock & roll musicians and fans risk hearing loss from 3 digit decibels. 10/06/89 Segment 2 Time 3:05 Program Rundown: The jury in the Jim Bakker trial found him guilty of all 24 counts of fraud and conspiracy. 10/06/89 Segment 3 Time :30 Program Rundown: Police "bust" a house full of drugs. 10/06/89 Segment 3 Time :40 Program Rundown: Private companies get into the space race. 10/06/89 Segment 3 Time :30 Program Rundown: The Coast Guard makes a big cocaine bust in the Gulf of Mexico. 10/06/89 Segment 4 Time 2:00 Program Rundown: L.A.: The Dalai Lama, winner of the Nobel Peace prize, visits the U.S. 10/06/89 Segment 4 Time 1:30 Program Rundown: PANAMA: Noriega puts pressure on his enemies after the coup attempt. 10/06/89 Segment 5 Time :45 Program Rundown: Look-back: The week's top stories. 10/06/89 Segment 6 Time 2:15 Program Rundown: Cameramen with inexpensive cameras reveal the other side of conflicts. 10/06/89 Segment 7 Time 2:40 Program Rundown: Co-ed cheerleaders get razzed a little, but keep on cheering. 10/09/89 Segment 1 Time 3:35 Program Rundown: East German police employ violence to end demonstrations that began Saturday. 10/09/89 Segment 2 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: HUNGARY: Hungarian legislators voted to dissolve the nation's Communist Party. 10/09/89 Segment 3 Time 1:30 Program Rundown: Marchers demand help from the government for the nation's homeless. 10/09/89 Segment 3 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: Protesters descend on Florida as legislators meet to consider changes in state abortion laws. 10/09/89 Segment 4 Time :45 Program Rundown: Ahead on CNN NEWSROOM ... 10/09/89 Segment 5 Time 3:10 Program Rundown: On-campus day care keeps teen mothers in school. 10/09/89 Segment 6 Time 2:30 Program Rundown: New York's Richard Green High School is the only high school in the U.S. devoted to preparing tomorrow's teachers. 10/10/89 Segment 1 Time 2:45 Program Rundown: Florida is first to reconsider the abortion issue since the Supreme Court ruled states may set limits. 10/10/89 Segment 2 Time :35 Program Rundown: A federal judge listens to activists who claim the Atlantis' payload may present a health threat. 10/10/89 Segment 2 Time :35 Program Rundown: American cancer researchers win the Nobel Prize for work that helps explain how normal cells turn cancerous. 10/10/89 Segment 3 Time :40 Program Rundown: 50,000 march in Leipzig, East Germany, demanding governmental reform. 10/10/89 Segment 4 Time 6:50 Program Rundown: In war-torn El Salvador, the people feel they have lost their self-determination and long for peace. 10/10/89 Segment 5 Time 2:25 Program Rundown: Bi-lingual education is needed by 1.4 million students in the U.S.--controversy surrounds the teaching methodology. 10/11/89 Segment 1 Time 3:00 Program Rundown: Governor Bob Martinez' proposals to limit abortion met defeat in the Florida State Senate Committee. 10/11/89 Segment 2 Time 1:20 Program Rundown: A federal judge ruled that the Atlantis could fly, but a computer glitch has her temporarily grounded. 10/11/89 Segment 2 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: The Soviet press reports the landing of a UFO. 10/11/89 Segment 3 Time :50 Program Rundown: COLOMBIA: Two are killed, 13 bombs explode in the continuing drug war. 10/11/89 Segment 3 Time :50 Program Rundown: PERU: The leaders of Colombia, Bolivia and Peru met to discuss a common problem -- cocaine trafficking. 10/11/89 Segment 4 Time :40 Program Rundown: The Forbes 400 Richest People 10/11/89 Segment 5 Time 2:50 Program Rundown: The "Big Mac" is big business in Moscow. 10/11/89 Segment 6 Time 2:30 Program Rundown: With healthful food choices and nutrition education, Portland's program may become a national model. 10/12/89 Segment 1 Time 2:40 Program Rundown: There are signs that East Germany may be softening its hard line towards reformers. 10/12/89 Segment 2 Time :50 Program Rundown: SOUTH AFRICA: Voicing willingness for racial reform, Pres. De Klerk meets with activist leaders. 10/12/89 Segment 2 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: SWEDEN: The Nobel recipient says the prize is irrelevant to real issues. 10/12/89 Segment 3 Time 1:20 Program Rundown: Florida's legislators say "no" to changing current abortion laws. 10/12/89 Segment 3 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: In Chicago, parent-teacher councils will run the failing school system. 10/12/89 Segment 4 Time 2:45 Program Rundown: Excellent nutrition is a key to fitness and health. 10/12/89 Segment 5 Time 2:55 Program Rundown: Top high school science students participate in a unique D.O.E. program. 10/12/89 Segment 6 Time 1:50 Program Rundown: New England Fall Foliage 10/13/89 Segment 2 Time 2:35 Program Rundown: Computer viruses are here and they could have an adverse effect on your computer's memory. 10/13/89 Segment 3 Time :30 Program Rundown: An Iowa farm family finds the missing fan blade from United Flight 232. 10/13/89 Segment 3 Time :50 Program Rundown: S. Korean students broke into the U.S. ambassador's residence in Seoul; no one was harmed. 10/13/89 Segment 3 Time :30 Program Rundown: Space Shuttle Columbia had a fire on board during its August mission. 10/13/89 Segment 3 Time :30 Program Rundown: The house votes to make flag-burning illegal. 10/13/89 Segment 4 Time 2:25 Program Rundown: The foundation wall of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre has been unearthed in London. 10/13/89 Segment 5 Time :45 Program Rundown: Look back: The week's top stories. 10/13/89 Segment 6 Time 2:00 Program Rundown: Spelling in French is raising a controversy in France -- no one has yet mastered it. 10/13/89 Segment 7 Time 3:20 Program Rundown: Higher education is plagued by everything from unprepared students to not enough students. 10/16/89 Segment 1 Time 2:50 Program Rundown: Hurricane Jerry rushed through Galveston, TX Sunday evening, leaving a trail of destruction. 10/16/89 Segment 2 Time 3:00 Program Rundown: NEWSROOM visits two students who must pick up the pieces of their lives after the devastation of Hurricane Hugo. 10/16/89 Segment 3 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: The countdown is back on for the space shuttle Atlantis. 10/16/89 Segment 3 Time 1:20 Program Rundown: The stock market took another devastating dive almost two years from the date of the last major fall. 10/16/89 Segment 4 Time 2:40 Program Rundown: SOUTH AFRICA: Eight leaders of the anti- apartheid movement are free today. Walter Sisulu presided over the first news conference held by the ANC since it was bann 10/16/89 Segment 5 Time 2:50 Program Rundown: President Bush has ordered a cleaner more efficient fuel be developed by the mid 1990's. 10/17/89 Segment 2 Time 2:30 Program Rundown: CNN NEWSROOM presents a primer on the stock market for people who have never traded stocks. 10/17/89 Segment 3 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: A global meeting of concerned scientists met in Switzerland to propose a ban on ivory and elephant products. 10/17/89 Segment 3 Time :55 Program Rundown: The space shuttle "Atlantis" is set to take off today to launch Galileo. 10/17/89 Segment 4 Time :45 Program Rundown: 120,000 East Germans held a pro-democracy demonstration in Leipzig. 10/17/89 Segment 5 Time 6:45 Program Rundown: Namibia, the world's newest nation, strives to bring its many different factions together as elections near. 10/17/89 Segment 6 Time 2:20 Program Rundown: Back to school after Hurricane Hugo is a trying experience for youth in South Carolina. 10/18/89 Segment 2 Time 4:10 Program Rundown: A major earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay area causing widespread devastation. 10/18/89 Segment 3 Time 2:20 Program Rundown: Eye-witnesses report their experiences and reactions... 10/18/89 Segment 4 Time 4:00 Program Rundown: CNN NEWSROOM'S map reveals the epicenter and surrounding area. Experts comment on this major disaster. 10/18/89 Segment 5 Time 2:35 Program Rundown: California has a history of earthquakes. Scientists have been predicting a major quake within 30 years. 10/18/89 Segment 6 Time :30 Program Rundown: A final report on the damage, fatalities, injuries, and relief information. 10/19/89 Segment 2 Time 3:00 Program Rundown: CNN NEWSROOM takes you to the Marina District, one of the areas hit hardest by the earthquake. 10/19/89 Segment 3 Time 2:50 Program Rundown: CNN's Charles Crawford reports on plate tectonics and the nature of earthquakes. 10/19/89 Segment 5 Time 2:20 Program Rundown: Despite clouds and controversy, the space shuttle "Atlantis" finally lifted off yesterday. 10/19/89 Segment 6 Time 2:00 Program Rundown: After a wait of seven years, a student's experiment is finally launched. 10/19/89 Segment 6 Time :40 Program Rundown: EAST GERMANY: Pres. Erich Honecker of East Germany steps down. 10/19/89 Segment 6 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: HUNGARY: Parliament creates a democratic system and Hungary becomes a republic. 10/20/89 Segment 2 Time 3:30 Program Rundown: The cleanup is underway, people are returning to work...yet many remain homeless and damage tops $5 billion. 10/20/89 Segment 3 Time 2:25 Program Rundown: Despite extensive damage, San Francisco's schools are open for business. 10/20/89 Segment 4 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: Congress says "no" to an amendment to make flag burning illegal. 10/20/89 Segment 4 Time 1:45 Program Rundown: The Atlantis crew conducts experiments on the ozone layer, lightning, and zero gravity . 10/20/89 Segment 5 Time 1:05 Program Rundown: SOVIET UNION Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union fires the "Pravda" editor. Boris Yeltsin claims government agents tried to assassinate him. 10/20/89 Segment 6 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: LOOK BACK: The week's top stories... 10/20/89 Segment 7 Time 3:00 Program Rundown: When disaster strikes, Americans turn to television for information. 10/24/89 Segment 2 Time 2:20 Program Rundown: Yesterday, Hungary formally declared an end to 40 years of Communist rule. 10/24/89 Segment 3 Time :40 Program Rundown: EAST GERMANY: Hundreds of thousands participate in pro-democracy demonstrations; first trade union formed. 10/24/89 Segment 4 Time :30 Program Rundown: Many are injured or missing in a Texas chemical factory explosion. 10/24/89 Segment 4 Time :45 Program Rundown: Mission accomplished: the space shuttle "Atlantis" lands safely. 10/24/89 Segment 4 Time :30 Program Rundown: The U.S. government may send three billion dollars to CA in earthquake relief. 10/24/89 Segment 5 Time 2:25 Program Rundown: Several Armenian youngsters, in San Francisco for medical treatment resulting from an earthquake, experienced another traumatic moment. 10/24/89 Segment 6 Time 7:20 Program Rundown: Conflict resolution as practiced in the world is never easy, but is starting to bring results. 10/25/89 Segment 2 Time 1:35 Program Rundown: Televangelist Jim Bakker was sentenced to 45 years in prison and a half million dollar fine for fraud. 10/25/89 Segment 2 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: Zsa Zsa Gabor was sentenced for striking a police officer. 10/25/89 Segment 3 Time 2:10 Program Rundown: Relief agencies help earthquake victims put their lives back together. 10/25/89 Segment 4 Time :30 Program Rundown: NEW YORK: The United Nations celebrates its 44th anniversary. 10/25/89 Segment 4 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: SOVIET UNION: Soviet leaders agree to dismantle an illegal radar installation in Siberia. 10/25/89 Segment 5 Time :25 Program Rundown: New Cars!....Biz Desk next. 10/25/89 Segment 6 Time 4:20 Program Rundown: The U.A.W. champions a new generation of workers. 10/25/89 Segment 7 Time 2:35 Program Rundown: The Vermont Youth Orchestra requires long hours and dedication from these teen musicians. 10/26/89 Segment 2 Time 2:30 Program Rundown: President Bush presses for a cut in the capital gains tax, but Democratic leaders are not in favor. 10/26/89 Segment 3 Time 1:20 Program Rundown: Anti-drug crusader Father Michael Pfleger starts the first drug testing of elementary school children. 10/26/89 Segment 3 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: Liquification is one reason geologists believe quake damage was so devastating in some areas. 10/26/89 Segment 4 Time 2:55 Program Rundown: CHINA: A series of earthquakes hit the Shan-Zee Province. 10/26/89 Segment 5 Time :25 Program Rundown: COMING UP: SCIENCE DESK: Maple Woes; also...A high school with a green thumb. 10/26/89 Segment 6 Time 2:35 Program Rundown: The Maple trees of New England show signs of decline due to pollution. 10/26/89 Segment 7 Time 3:10 Program Rundown: These students practice what they learn by running a profitable landscape business. 10/27/89 Segment 2 Time 4:05 Program Rundown: Today is hostage Terry Anderson's 42nd birthday as he starts his fifth year in captivity. Prisoners in PA riot, take hostages. 10/27/89 Segment 3 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: COSTA RICA: President Bush is attends the "Hemisphere Summit," a meeting designed to celebrate democracy in the Americas. 10/27/89 Segment 4 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: The President signed a bill to make over $3 billion available to disaster victims. 10/27/89 Segment 4 Time 1:00 Program Rundown: The drug AZT is now available for children with AIDS. 10/27/89 Segment 5 Time 2:50 Program Rundown: Cultural pressures to be thin may be the culprit in the increasing incidence of eating disorders among teens. 10/27/89 Segment 6 Time :50 Program Rundown: LOOK BACK: The week's top stories. 10/27/89 Segment 7 Time 3:35 Program Rundown: The residents of Oakridge, TN were forced to leave in 1942 to make way for a secret project - the atom bomb. 10/30/89 Segment 2 Time 3:15 Program Rundown: Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega announces an end of the cease-fire with the U.S. backed Contras, arousing outrage at the Hemispheric Summit. 10/30/89 Segment 3 Time :40 Program Rundown: The Soviets vow non-interference in Hungary's democratization. Hungary plans to stay in the Soviet alliance. 10/30/89 Segment 4 Time :15 Program Rundown: East Germans demand free elections and the right to travel in outdoor meetings with officials. 10/30/89 Segment 4 Time :30 Program Rundown: In South Africa, the A.F.C. leaders hold a rally to push for change. 10/30/89 Segment 4 Time :30 Program Rundown: The number four man in the Medallin drug cartel, Jose Rafael Abello, is extradited to the U.S. 10/30/89 Segment 5 Time 5:45 Program Rundown: Fusion is the energy source of the future: Plentiful, non-polluting and still on the drawing board. 10/30/89 Segment 6 Time 2:25 Program Rundown: In Richmond, CA, schools offer students a variety of interesting subjects, and the freedom to choose. 10/31/89 Segment 2 Time 2:05 Program Rundown: Soviets demonstrating for a commemoration of the slaughter of millions by Stalin are beaten by riot police. 10/31/89 Segment 3 Time :30 Program Rundown: CHINA: Former President Nixon warns Chinese leaders not to isolate China from the rest of the world. 10/31/89 Segment 3 Time :40 Program Rundown: EAST GERMANY: Demonstrations and demands for free travel continue. 10/31/89 Segment 4 Time :40 Program Rundown: A Kansas City judge's order for higher taxes for education will be contested in the courts. 10/31/89 Segment 4 Time :30 Program Rundown: Four arrested for flag burning on the capitol steps seek a Supreme Court decision in their favor. 10/31/89 Segment 5 Time 6:45 Program Rundown: The U.N. is finding success in its long struggle to end war and restore human dignity in the world. 10/31/89 Segment 6 Time 2:45 Program Rundown: American English as a Second Language is "hot" in the Soviet Union.