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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(White House: Brit Hume) Meeting of President Bush and Congress to discuss disaster relief funding for Hurricane Andrew in Florida featured. [BUSH - outlines needs.] [Senator J. Bennett JOHNSTON, Governor Lawton CHILES - comment on the funding.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Tent cities in Florida shown.
(Cutler Ridge, Florida: Linda Pattillo) The high price of alternative housing for displaced Floridians featured; scenes shown from Cutler Ridge, Florida. [Apartment seeker Maritza FERNANDEZ, real estate agent Maryann MARIAH, WOMAN - cite the higher rents now.] Suggestion from some that price gouging on rents be made illegal noted.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(At the Everglades National Park: Barry Serafin) Impact of the storm on the environmentally sensitive Everglades National Park, Florida, featured; scenes shown of the park's damages. [Park superintendent Richard RING - talks about the wildlife.] Concern that downed trees will be replaced by imports, like the pepper tree and the melaleuca, that do not maintain the park's ecosystem, outlined.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Primary elections at makeshift polling places reported; scenes shown from Leisure City, Florida.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Standings of President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton in the latest ABC News/"Washington Post" poll outlined; scenes shown of Bush campaigning in Washington, DC, before the B'nai B'rith and of Clinton campaigning in Portland, OR. Vice President Dan Quayle's criticism of the Democrats' views on taxes mentioned.
(New York: Jeff Greenfield) Question of the campaigns' use of tax figures that are questionable and misleading examined. [BUSH - says Clinton raised taxes 128 times.] [QUAYLE - says Clinton will raise taxes.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Statement from doctors at the University of Pittsburgh that they will continue to do more baboon liver transplants despite the death of the first human recipient reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Decline in accidental deaths of Americans reported.
#143790
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(King William's Town, South Africa: John Laurence) Aftermath of the South Africa massacre in the black-ruled territory of Ciskei featured; scenes shown of yesterday's shootings of African National Congress (ANC) demonstrators. [In Ciskei, ANC president Nelson MANDELA - comments on the killing of the unarmed; tells crowd that we are dealing with criminals.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Attack on a United Nations convoy in Sarajevo reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Approval in Japan of the sending of Japanese troops as part of a United Nations force in Cambodia reported.
#143795
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(No location given: Bill Blakemore) The search for a national testing system in American education examined; classroom scenes shown; details given of the testing approach devised by the New Standards Project. [Fourth GRADERS, English teachers Karla McBRIDE, Ann STURM, New Standards Project Lauren RESNICK, math test developer Phil DARO - comment on alternatives to multiple choice testing.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Austin: Charles Murphy) The war between the states of New Mexico and Texas over who makes the better chili featured; scenes shown from Hatch, New Mexico, and Austin, Texas. [Chili grower Jim LYTLE, chili retailer Jo LYTLE, Texas chili grower Whit PINNELL, WOMAN - talk about chili peppers.]
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