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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(White House: Jim Wooten) President Clinton's agenda for 1994 featured; the status of domestic matters, including welfare reform, the crime bill, the politics of an election year with big governors races in California, Texas and Florida updated. [CLINTON - talks about health care reform.] Foreign policy issues like the future of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and the war in Bosnia mentioned.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Jim Angle) The coming changes in taxes for wealthier taxpayers examined; tax rate increases for higher incomes and for the retired cited. [Ernst and Young William BRENNAN, Morgan Stanley chief economist Stephen ROACH - talk about the economics of tax rates.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Attempt by Federated Department Stores to gain control of Macy's reported. "Stock Market Report".
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report that a deal may be reached for inspections of North Korea's nuclear facilities outlined.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Bob Zelnick) Meeting at the White House to discuss the secret radiation experiments on humans during the 1950s through the 1970s featured; details given of government-sponsored tests at Cincinnati General Hospital beginning in the 1960s. [Representative Edward MARKEY - comments.] [University of Cincinnati radiology Dr. Bernard ARON - defends the patient care.] The Pentagon's support of radiation experiments on human subjects recalled.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) French government reported considering making it illegal for doctors to help women have babies after their child-bearing years.
(London: Richard Gizbert) The medical ethical debate over using eggs from aborted fetuses for transplants for infertile women examined. [Parliamentary health committee Roger SIMS, fertility specialist Flora GOLDHILL, medical ethicist Raanan GILLON - offer views on the potential for abuse.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The latest Serb shelling of residential areas of Sarajevo reported; scenes shown from the streets.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Crash of a passenger plane near Irkutsk, Russia, reported; map shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Mexico City: Brian Rooney) The economically rooted Mayan Indian peasant revolt in southern Mexico featured; scenes shown of government soldiers and the rebels in this poor rural area of Mexico. Today's response from Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Gary, IN: Erin Hayes) The shocking murder rate in Gary, IN, examined as an example of the growing concern in America about crime; scenes shown. [Mayor Thomas BARNES, Lake County prosecutor Bernard CARTER - cite reasons for record murder rates.] [Detroit Mayor Dennis ARCHER, New York City Mayor Rudolph GIULIANI, Pittsburgh Mayor Tom MURPHY - speak out against crime.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Judy Muller) Americans' perception about crime that is being fed by graphic news coverage of crime stories while statistics indicate a drop in crime featured. [On the street, five PEOPLE - comment.] [Psychologist Stuart FISCHOFF - says crime has become more random.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Associated Press report that President Clinton's administration wants to dramatically raise the cost of gun dealer licensing.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The weekly look at how the government spends taxpayers' money introduced.
(Washington: John Martin) The amount of money that could be saved if paper dollars were replaced by metal coins examined; the failure of the Susan B. Anthony dollar in 1979 reviewed. [US Mint deputy director Eugene ESSNER - cites the opposition to change.] [Representative Jim KOLBE - backs coin concept.]
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