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(Madison Square Garden: Peter Jennings) Rise in Governor Bill Clinton's popularity rating due to the "convention bounce" cited; figures from the latest ABC News/"Washington Post" poll outlined.
(Convention floor: Jeff Greenfield) A "reality check" for Clinton featured; Republican dominance in 21 states, including Ohio, Texas, Florida reviewed. [Consultant Horace BUSBY - comments.] Importance of candidacy of Ross Perot to Clinton's campaign explained.
(Madison Square Garden: Peter Jennings) Statement from Perot adviser former arms control negotiator Paul Nitze that Perot's camp is no longer on the right track in foreign policy reported.
(Dallas: Morton Dean) Ousting of Perot adviser Ed Rollins featured; details given of Perot's clashes with his advisers Rollins and Hamilton Jordan. [ROLLINS - talks about Perot.] [Campaign adviser Tom LUCE - comments.]
(Madison Square Garden: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Convention floor: Lynn Sherr) A view from the convention floor given. [Texas state chairman Robert SLAGLE - predicts that Texans will move from Perot to Clinton.]
(Madison Square Garden: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(On the podium: Jim Wooten; in the skybox: Sam Donaldson) The relationship between Clinton and Governor Mario Cuomo, who will put Clinton's name before the convention, and its importance for Democratic Party unity discussed.
(Madison Square Garden: Peter Jennings, David Brinkley) Absence of any Congressmen at the convention and the CEO mentality of Perot discussed.
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(Madison Square Garden: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: George Strait) Attempt by the American Academy of Pediatrics to set up guidelines for surrogate parenting examined; proposed rights for the surrogate mother outlined. [Mother who used surrogate Fay JOHNSON - says the key is the surrogate's intent.] [Report author Dr. Michael GRODIN, Center for Surrogate Parenting William HANDEL - offer differing opinions on the recommendations.]
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(Madison Square Garden: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Brian Rooney) Fraudulent scheme in California of staging accidents to collect insurance examined; diagram shown of a scripted tractor-trailer truck accident. [State attorney general Dan LUNGREN - comments.]
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(Madison Square Garden: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Reedley, California: Judy Muller) A government regulation that deems some fruit too small to be put on the market examined; scenes shown of good but small fruit that is dumped. [Farmer Dan GERAWAN - says consumers can't buy this perfectly good fruit.] [Agriculture Department Kenneth CLAYTON - lists other options.] [GERAWAN - says let the market decide.]
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(Madison Square Garden: Peter Jennings) Industrial production figures cited. "Stock Market Report".
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(Madison Square Garden: Peter Jennings) Pope John Paul II's colon surgery reported.
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(Madison Square Garden: Peter Jennings) Statement from South African leader Nelson Mandela to the United Nations that the government is using terrorism to block multiracial democracy reported; scenes shown from the UN.
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(Madison Square Garden: Peter Jennings) Breakdown of planned peace talks between the Bosnian foreign minister and the Serbian militia leader reported.
(Belgrade: Mark Litke) Status of the war by Serbs and Croatians against the Moslems of Bosnia-Herzegovina reviewed; scenes shown of anti-war demonstrations in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and of continued fighting in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo and the town of Gorazde, Bosnia. [UN forces commander Major General Lewis MacKENZIE - comments.] [Bosnian UN ambassador Muhamed SACIRBEY - comments.]
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(Madison Square Garden: Peter Jennings) Third report on Bill Clinton's record as governor of Arkansas introduced.
(Green Forest, Arkansas: John Martin) The creation of jobs in Clinton's Arkansas featured; scenes shown from Green Forest, Arkansas, where incentives have attracted business sometimes at the expense of the state's educational and environmental systems. [Tyson poultry worker Bobby FLETCHER - praises his job.] The conflict of educating the children whose numbers increased as businesses, such as Tyson poultry, grew addressed. [School superintendent James JOHNSTON - says state help is needed.] Pollution problem from chicken manure cited as an example. [Poultry worker Jane WALLACE - says she works for Tyson even though they pollute the water.]
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