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.