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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Chris Bury) Issue of Governor Bill Clinton's selection of a running mate featured; leading candidates Senators Harris Wofford, Bob Kerrey, Albert Gore and Bob Graham and Representative Lee Hamilton mentioned. [Candidate screener Warren CHRISTOPHER, CLINTON - refuse to comment.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Jim Wooten) Clinton's selection process reviewed; possible candidates who were eliminated named. Reasons why Gore is the smart-money choice cited.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: John McWethy) Charges that President Bush allowed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to use money from the United States grain credit program to build nuclear weapons examined. [Last week, BUSH - denies it.] Representative Henry Gonzalez said claiming CIA documents prove Bush is lying. [GONZALEZ - says secret report indicates BNL loans funded Iraqi missile and biological and chemical programs.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Indictment of the former ambassador to Bahrain Sam Zakhem and two other men on charges of keeping money gotten from Kuwait to organize a public relations campaign against Iraq reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Munich: Brit Hume) Statement from the economic summit nations about the fighting in Sarajevo in what used to be Yugoslavia featured; scenes shown from Munich, Germany, of President Bush jogging and at today's summit session. [German foreign minister Klaus KINKEL - (thru translator) says United Nations may have to use military means to achieve its humanitarian goals.] [Secretary of State James BAKER - responds to questions about leadership and Bush's imprint on the Yugoslavian declaration.] Reasons why the United States is not leading on the Yugoslavian issue explained.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Heavy fighting in Yugoslavia reviewed.
(Sarajevo: Sheila MacVicar) Trading of human assets between the Bosnians and Serbs as part of the madness of Sarajevo featured; scenes shown from the parking lot of the United Nations headquarters where prisoners were exchanged. [Bosnian Fuad BEGOVEC, Nanuna PASTIC, Vefbiar BASHIR - (thru translator) worry about their relatives taken by the Serbs.] [UN commander Major General Lewis MacKENZIE - comments.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Fleeing of refugees from Yugoslavia noted; scenes shown from Hungary. Arrival of Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who seeks aid from the West, at the Munich summit reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bettina Gregory) The consumer problem of telephone fraud examined; details given of how telemarketing scams work. [Phone fraud victim "STEVE", National Consumers League Linda GOLODNER - comment.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Warning from the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) about the medical dangers of the antihistamine drug Seldane reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Outbreak in New York City of violence during a march to protest a neighborhood police shooting reported; scenes shown from Washington Heights, Manhattan, NYC.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Ken Kashiwahara) The legacy of 1930s-style programs and the economic problems of today featured; footage shown from the Great Depression, when President Franklin Roosevelt set up government-created jobs through the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). [Two MEN - recall the 1930s.] [Historian William LEUCHTENBURG, WPA women's projects director Dorothy NYSWANDER, WPA worker Roosevelt SANDS - recall the days of the WPA.] The concept of replacing the welfare system with public service jobs as a solution to problems of the economy and the inner city outlined. [Senator David BOREN - comments.] The economic differences between 1935 and 1992 reviewed. [Political scientist Lawrence MEAD - talks about the work ethic.] [U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Jack KEMP - comments.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Tomorrow's segment previewed.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Armen Keteyian) Lawsuit filed by baseball's Chicago Cubs against commissioner Fay Vincent and his decision to realign the National League examined. [Four FANS - comment.] [Attorney Bob COSTELLO - criticizes Vincent.]
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