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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Bob Zelnick) Report that the Pentagon will recommend the "don't ask, don't tell" policy favored by Senator Sam Nunn for gays in the military examined; tenets of the policy outlined on screen. [Campaign for Military Service Thomas STODDARD - says this policy perpetuates discrimination.] Statement from homosexual Representative Barney Frank about the policy noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bettina Gregory) Legal challenge from the tobacco industry to the Environmental Protection Agency report on the carcinogenic dangers of secondhand smoke featured; the banning of smoking in more and more places noted. [Philip Morris United States of America Steve PARRISH - says science does not support the claim that smoke is harmful to non-smokers.] [EPA administrator Carol BROWNER - backs Environmental Protection Agency study.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Mogadishu: Ron Allen) The battle in Somalia between the United Nations and warlord General Mohammed Farah Aidid featured; scenes shown of confrontation between United Nations troops and demonstrators. [On Voice of American, AIDID - speaks publicly.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Going into effect tonight of the UN oil embargo against Haiti, where the military rulers are finally talking to exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Statement from Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to the Moslems about partitioning Bosnia reported.
(Sarajevo: Jim Laurie) The war in Bosnia and the prospects for peace featured; scenes shown from the streets of Sarajevo and from the European summit meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, about the future of Bosnia. [British Prime Minister John MAJOR - opposes lifting the arms embargo.] Opposition of Bosnian Moslem President Alija Izetbegovic to further compromise noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Arrival of United States trade representative Mickey Kantor in Japan to talk about free trade reported.
(Tokyo: Bill Redeker) The political crisis in Japan, where 44 members today quit the ruling party, on the eve of Japan's hosting of the economic summit of industrialized nations featured; political scenes shown from Tokyo. The prospects for a coalition between those leaving and the Socialist Party detailed. [MAN - comments.] [Economist Ken COURTIS - says Japan has no government today.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Sheilah Kast) The plight for HUD's mortgage insurance program due to defaulting by apartment house landlords examined; scenes shown from a Chicago building taken over from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development by a non-profit organization. [Travelers and Immigrants Aid Larry PUSATERI, US Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry CISNEROS, Senator John KERRY - comment on the situation.] Probability that US Housing and Urban Development will have to ask Congress for more money noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: John Martin) Government analysis on the spending so far on the supercollider project that has been overseen by the Energy Department examined; examples of waste cited. [Government Oversight Project Danielle BRIAN, deputy project director Richard CURL - offer differing opinions on spending.] [OMB director Leon PANETTA - promises to watch waste.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Decision by the House of Representatives to end funding for the National Endowment for Democracy noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Judy Muller) The legal and ethical battle over a dead man's sperm featured; case in which the late William Kane left his sperm bank deposit to his girlfriend and the opposition of his grown children to it detailed. [Debra HECHT - reads will.] [Medical ethicist Arthur CAPLAN, Kane family lawyer Barbara BAILEY - react to the legal decision.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Detroit: Dick Schaap) Issuing by the Post Office of a stamp honoring heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis featured; boxing film shown. [Joe Louis BARROW, Junior - talks about her father's role as an American hero.] [Postal Service governor LeGree DANIELS - comments.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Death of former First Lady Pat Nixon reported.
(Washington: Jim Wooten) The political careers of Pat and Richard Nixon reviewed; scenes shown from over the years. [Pat NIXON - comments.] Pat's background reviewed; photos shown.
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