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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Yesterday's Senate hearings testimony by former Nixon aide James Schlesinger that there may have been MIAs left behind in Southeast Asia noted.
(Washington: James Walker) Today's testimony by Henry Kissinger featured; Vietnam era scenes shown. [KISSINGER - calls the allegation that servicemen were knowingly left behind a lie; challenges Schlesinger's testimony.] [Senator John KERRY, KISSINGER - exchange views on the war.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Bob Jamieson) Reaction to Kissinger's testimony featured; scenes shown from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. [Three PEOPLE - comment.] [National League of Families Ann Mills GRIFFIThigh school - says the MIA (missing in action) issues was not pursued in the 1970s.] [Daughter of MIA (missing in action) Air Force Colonel John Robertson, Deborah Robertson BARDSLEY, son of MIA (missing in action) Albro Lundy, Junior, Albro LUNDY III - comment.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Campaigning by Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton in East Lansing, Michigan, on the day the first debate was to have been held while President Bush campaigned in Tulsa, Oklahoma noted. Update given on the status of the debates. [On "This Morning", Ross PEROT - says he made a mistake in pulling out of the presidential race.] Campaign Focus segment introduced.
(Dallas: Morton Dean) Perot's political operation featured; scenes shown from Perot headquarters. [Perot volunteer Margaret WHITE - comments.] [Bush-Quayle Texas chairman Jim OBERWETTER - says Perot is klutzing up the system now.] Question of which way the Perot support will cut whether or not he reenters the race or not noted. [Former Perot pollster Frank LUNTZ - comments on the margin.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Monthly figures for housing starts cited. "Stock Market Report".
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Bill Greenwood) Vote by Congress to reimpose federal controls on the cable television industry featured; details given of the debate between consumer groups and the cable industry over costs; television ads from both sides shown. [Viewers Dorie and David GLASS - complain about cable prices.] President Bush reported set to veto the bill.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Federal appeals court reported overturning Louisiana's tough abortion law.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Diane Sawyer) Charging in Massachusetts of a former Roman Catholic priest, James Porter, with child abuse featured. [Grown victim Frank FITZPATRICK - comments.] Audiotape exchange of conversation between Porter and Fitzpatrick played. Porter shown confronting reporters in Minnesota last July. [Sex abuse victim Peter CALDERONE - speaks for justice.] (Artist: Vera Nikiforov)
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Legal settlement in a Florida baby swap case reported; scenes shown of the people involved.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Crittenden County, Arkansas: Rebecca Chase) The question of what the two presidential candidates, President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton, have done to help poor children examined; scenes shown from Crittenden County, Arkansas, where infant health care and preschool education are looked at to compare their positions on the issues. [BUSH - cites immunization and WIC funding.] [Pediatric nurse Vickie VON BACHMAN - backs WIC.] [In the past and on the campaign trail, CLINTON - comments.] [BUSH - backs Head Start.] [Head Start teacher Maggie PRATER - comments.] [CLINTON - comments on early education.] The records of both men on these two issues reviewed.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Tomorrow's segment announced.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Jeff Greenfield) Handling of Vice President Dan Quayle on the season premiere of "Murphy Brown" featured; clips from show shown while Quayle watched with a group of single parents. ["Wall Street Journal" Dorothy RABINOWITZ - says this was a chance for Hollywood to express its wrath for the Republicans.] [QUAYLE - hopes Hollywood will now reflect our values better.]
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