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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bettina Gregory) Decision by the government that genetically altered fruits and vegetables can be marketed without FDA approval featured; scenes shown of a super tomato whose genes have been altered to retard spoilage. [Calgene Fresh president Thomas CHURCHWELL - comments.] [Vice President Dan QUAYLE - says there will not be unnecessary regulation.] [Consumer advocate Jeremy RIFKIN - worries about mutations.] FDA (Food and Drug Administration) said not requiring special labelling for this food.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Bob Jamieson) Biotechnology in agriculture featured. [Calgene Dan WAGSTER - talks about a cotton gene that produces a pest- killing protein.] [Agricultural consultant Richard HERRETT - lauds the administration's ruling.] The market for biotechnology in the drug field recalled.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Tim O'Brien) Ruling by the Supreme Court on states' taxing of mail order businesses examined; details given of case brought by the Quill Corp., a mail order office supply business. Majority opinion of Justice John Paul Stevens noted. [Damark chairman and CEO Mark COHN - opposes state sales tax.] (Artist: Carole Kabrin)
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Cokie Roberts) Debate on a proposed constitutional amendment to balance the budget examined; details given of report from the House Budget Committee. [Representatives Leon PANETTA, Charles STENHOLM - comment.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Existing home sales for the month cited. "Stock Market Report".
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Resignation of Yale University president Benno Schmidt to concentrate on creating a national system of private schools reported. [Note: field report delayed until 5:45:10.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) New policy of President Bush's administration of returning refugees to Haiti noted.
(Miami: Linda Pattillo) Plight of Haitians, who have fled, been forced back and fled again, featured; one man's story cited as an example. [Refugee Duggens LUMA - (thru translator) describes being beaten by Haitian police.] [State Department spokesman Richard BOUCHER - says no repatriated Haitians have been mistreated.] [Refugee lawyer Merrill SMITH - says there is evidence of persecution.] [LUMA - (thru translator) says if he were forced back, he would die.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Statement from Russian President Boris Yeltsin that he will neither run for reelection in 1996 nor quit earlier and decision by Russia and Ukraine to try to divide the Black Sea naval fleet reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Israeli raid on a Hizballah training camp in Lebanon reported; scenes shown from Nabatiyeh, Lebanon.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Death of diplomat Philip Habib, who brought Egypt's Anwar Sadat and Israel's Menachem Begin together to make peace while Jimmy Carter was president, reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Bill Blakemore) Plans for Whittle Communications to organize a national network of private schools featured; details given of the Whittle schools project. [Resigning Yale University president Benno SCHMIDT - says the education problem starts in the elementary school.] [Two EDUCATORS - offer differing opinions on profit-making schools.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Upper Marlboro, MD: Walter Rodgers) Program combining a jail sentence and alcohol treatment for drunk drivers featured; scenes shown from Prince Georges County, MD, as one offender is followed through the system. [Judge Vincent FEMIA (missing in action) - warns DWI offender Robert Honham; praises the program.] [HONHAM, Prince Georges corrections department Samuel SAXTON, Prince Georges public health Dr. Martin WASSERMAN - talk about the jail phase.] Counseling, therapy and hope in phase two of the program outlined; scenes shown from the DWI facility. [DWI treatment director Carol PORTO, drunk driver's victim Bonsell WARD, HONHAM - comment.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Dick Schaap) Olympic gold medalist in swimming Bruce Hayes, who is now admittedly gay, profiled; scenes shown of competitive swimming. [HAYES - talks about being a gay athlete and "coming out."] [New York Aquatics Rick REYNOLDS - talks about Hayes joining this gay swimming team.] [HAYES - talks about the stereotyping facing gays and lesbians.]
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