This program is 28 minutes long
#155108
(Studio: Catherine Crier) Report introduced.
(Kibumba, Zaire: Sheila MacVicar) The plight of the Rwandan refugees featured; scenes shown of the arrival of United States relief planes and from a camp in Kibumba, Zaire, hit by diseases borne by bad water. [Operation Support Hope commander Lieutenant General Daniel SCHROEDER - comments on the mission.] [Oxfam Ian BRAY - calls it a death camp; says water tankers are needed and could be flown in. ]
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(Studio: Catherine Crier) Report introduced.
(Falls Church, Virginia: Lisa Stark) The reaction to the murder of Dr. John Britton and his bodyguard by anti-abortion activist Paul Hill featured; scenes shown from Hill's court hearing and from Falls Church, Virginia, where an arsonist tried to burn down an abortion clinic. [Victim's daughter Patricia COLEMAN - cites threats.] [Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agent Patrick HYNES, clinic WORKER - address the arson.] Abortion rights advocates reported demanding protection from the Justice Department.
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(Studio: Catherine Crier) Report introduced.
(Independence, Missouri: Jackie Judd) Campaigning by the Clintons for health care reform as the time for Congressional legislation nears featured; scenes shown from Independence, Missouri. [President CLINTON - says let's finish Harry Truman's fight.] [OPPONENT - comments.] [Vice President Al GORE - criticizes Senator Bob Dole's health care plan.] [DOLE - responds.]
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(Studio: Catherine Crier) Continuing forest fires in the Pacific West reported; scenes shown from near Chelan, WA; death of two firefighters in a plane crash near Missoula, MT, noted.
#155114
(Studio: Catherine Crier) Judge Lance Ito reported releasing previously secret grand jury transcripts in the O.J. Simpson murder case.
(Los Angeles: Gary Shepard) Transcript accounts of the relationship between O.J. Simpson and his wife Nicole Brown Simpson examined; O.J.'s comments on the relationship of his ex-wife and her one-time boyfriend restaurateur Keith Zlomsowitch and on questions asked by detective Philip Vannatter about O.J.'s injury quoted. [Legal expert Peter ARENELLA - links testimony to motive.]
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(Studio: Catherine Crier) Secretary of State Warren Christopher and his allied counterparts reported agreeing to step up sanctions against Bosnia's Serbs; scenes shown from Geneva.
(Sarajevo: Tony Birtley) The resumption of fighting on the ground in Sarajevo featured; scenes shown of the wounded, the presence of the UN and the defiant Serbs. [Sarajevo resident Nermina KURSPHAHIC - comments.] Map shown of areas under fire. [Serb officer Drazenko DUKANOVIC - talks war.]
#155118
(Studio: Catherine Crier) Report introduced.
(Port-au-Prince: Ron Claiborne) The growing isolation of Haiti due to international sanctions featured; scenes shown of the last Air France flight out of Haiti and from the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to illustrate the impact of the embargo on the people. [US embassy spokesman Stanley SCHRAGER - comments.] United Nations Security Council noted expected to approve the use of all necessary means to restore exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power and the possible ordering of an invasion by President Clinton mentioned.
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(Studio: Catherine Crier) Report introduced.
(Studio: Dick Schaap) Highlights shown from Hall of Fame ceremonies for football player Tony Dorsett and others, an exhibition football game and from a baseball game between the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians. Baltimore Orioles player Cal Ripken, Junior, who will soon play his 2,000th consecutive game, profiled; game scenes shown. [RIPKEN - talks about baseball and the streak.] The impending baseball players' strike mentioned.
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(Studio: Catherine Crier) Report introduced.
(Washington: Jim Angle) The exploding popularity of in-line skating and the injuries resulting from the sport dubbed rollerblading featured; scenes shown of skaters across the nation. [Rollerblade marketing director Matt MAJKA - says brakes are needed.] [Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Matthew GAVIN, Consumer Products Safety Commission Ann BROWN, skater Toby HEFFERMAN - talk about injuries and safety.]
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