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#150618
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Portland: Bob Jamieson) Admission by figure skater Tonya Harding that she learned about the attack against rival Nancy Kerrigan and did not tell the authorities featured; scenes shown of ex-husband Jeff Gillooly, who is close to a plea bargain with the authorities. [HARDING - says she had no prior knowledge, but failed to report what she later knew; wants the opportunity to perform at the Olympics.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Colorado Spring: Armen Keteyian) Setting up by the United States Figure Skating Association of a committee to decide about Harding's Olympic eligibility examined; scenes shown of Harding at skating practice. [USFSA Jerry LACE, hearing panel chairman William HYBL, ABC Sports Donna DeVARONA - comment on the Harding issue.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Statement from Kerrigan's coach noted.
#150621
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: John Cochran) Recommendation from the Senate that the arms embargo against the former Yugoslavia and the trade embargo against Vietnam be lifted examined. [Senators Joseph BIDEN, Bob DOLE, Harry REID, Daniel Patrick MOYNIHAN - comment on the war in Bosnia.] The pressure on President Clinton to reopen trade with Vietnam noted. [Senators John KERRY, Robert SMITH - comment on Vietnam.]
#150622
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Cokie Roberts) Announcement by Iran/Contra figure Oliver North that he is running for the Senate seat from Virginia against Charles Robb featured; scenes shown of North while his political maneuvers are reviewed. [Senator John WARNER - comments.] [On "Larry King Live", NORTH - defends his motives.] [Two VOTERS - react to North and Iran/Contra.]
#150625
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Visit by Vice President Al Gore to a Washington, DC, school where shots were fired yesterday reported; scenes shown. [Two STUDENTS - worry about fear at school.]
(Saint John, IN: Kathy Wolff) The reaction in the town of Saint John, IN, to 17-year-old Steven File, accused of murdering a teenage girl, featured; scenes shown. [Two RESIDENTS; at town meeting, police department Chief Joseph GUZIK; RESIDENT - talk about the issue.]
#150626
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Michigan judge reported throwing out two more cases of assisted suicide filed against Dr. Jack Kevorkian.
#150627
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Jackson, Mississippi: Al Dale) The third trial of white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith, charged with the 1963 murder of civil right leader Medgar Evers, featured; artist sketches shown while the testimony of widow Myrlie Evers in the Jackson, Mississippi, courtroom is quoted. [After testifying, EVERS - comments.]
#150630
(Studio: Peter Jennings) President Clinton's approval of an experimental welfare program in Florida noted.
(No location given: Rebecca Chase) A business-like approach to the welfare system examined; scenes shown from New York state of the private company America Works, which emphasizes getting the people placed in jobs. [America Works Peter COVE, Lee BOWES - talk about the approach of America Works.] [Former welfare recipient Ketty ANDRADE - talks about working.] Policymakers' views of the success of America Works in keeping people in jobs and saving taxpayer dollars noted. [Governor Mario CUOMO - comments.]
#150631
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Recall of Chrysler Jeep Cherokees with defective steering columns reported.
#150633
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Death of silent movies star Esther Ralston reported; scenes shown.
#150635
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Sardis, Alabama: Linda Pattillo) Offers of help for the school in Sardis, Alabama, which has only outmoded educational material, featured; scenes shown from inside the dilapidated school. [Shiloh School principal Jesse TODD - comments.] The overall school problems in the state of Alabama reviewed. [Third grader Latoya BOLDEN - hopes President Clinton will visit.]
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