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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Goma: Hilary Brown) The humanitarian crisis for the Rwandan refugees in the camps in Zaire featured; scenes shown of Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman John Shalikashvili arriving in Goma, Zaire, with the vice president's wife Tipper Gore. [SHALIKASHVILI - thanks the troops; hopes to disengage the operation soon.] [GORE - talks about the orphans.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Secretary of State Warren Christopher reported visiting the Middle East to further peace.
(Tel Aviv: Dean Reynolds) Peace and violence in the Middle East featured; scenes shown from along the Lebanon-Israel border where Hizballah militiamen and Israeli soldiers exchanged fire and of Christopher meeting with Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and earlier with Israeli officials. [CHRISTOPHER - calls for a peaceful resolution.] The developing peace between Israel and Jordan and the need for peace between Israel and Syria updated. [On phone, Israeli President Ezer WEIZMAN, Jordan's King HUSSEIN - converse.]
(Studio: Carole Simpson) London rally of Islamic activists calling for the destruction of Israel and the establishment of an Islamic superpower reported; scenes shown from London and from Paris after Algerian fundamentalist demanded that France free Moslem militants.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Sarajevo: Tony Birtley) The impact of the split between Serbia and the Bosnian Serbs on war and peace in Bosnia examined; scenes shown from near Pale, Bosnia. [Bosnian Serb leader Radovan KARADZIC - talks about fighting.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Attorney General Janet Reno reported ordering the FBI to investigate the cause of the fire that burned down the Randolph County, Alabama, high school; scenes shown from Wedowee, Alabama, where racial tensions have run high since the principal threatened to cancel the prom if interracial couples attended. Governor Jim Folsom said offering a reward for information on the school fire.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(No location given: George Strait) The opening of the 10th international conference on AIDS featured; scenes shown from Yokohama, Japan, while AIDS statistics and research are reviewed. [International AIDS Society president Dr. Peter PIOT - calls for realism.] [National Insts. of Health Dr. Anthony FAUCI - talks about vaccine research.] [CDC (Centers for Disease Control) Dr. James CURRAN - comments on AIDS in the US.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Washington: Jerry King) The state of the Whitewater investigation examined in light of the appointment of Kenneth Starr as the new special counsel. [On "This Week with David Brinkley", White House counsel Lloyd CUTLER, White House Chief of Staff Leon PANETTA - say the investigation should not be done over.] Letter from conservative Republicans, led by Representative Dan Burton, to the three-judge panel urging Robert Fiske not be reappointed as independent counsel quoted. [Representative Tom FOLEY - comments.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) The investigation of Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy's ties to Tyson Foods, Incorporated, an Arkansas poultry company, reported.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) The firefighters' battle against wildfires in the West updated; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Washington: Jack Smith) The expensive ad campaigns in the fight over competing health care reform plans offered by Representative Richard Gephardt and Senator George Mitchell examined; excerpts shown from the insurance industry's Harry and Louise ads. [On "This Week with David Brinkley", "Advertising Age" Steven COLFORD - says the Harry and Louise ads set the tone.] The Mitchell and Gephardt bills compared. [Senator Phil GRAMM - defends the current system.] [White House Chief of Staff Leon PANETTA - comments.] "Newsweek" poll findings on the public's view of health care reform cited.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Secretary of Labor Robert Reich reported offering to help settle the planned baseball strike; scenes shown. [At a game in Boston's Fenway Park, REICH - suggests the kids send him a note about the strike.] Highlights shown from a baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves and from the women's basketball finals at the Goodwill Games in Russia.
(Saint Petersburg: Donna de Varona) The problems with the Goodwill Games, held this year in Saint Petersburg, Russia, featured; scenes shown from that historic city. [Games' founder Ted TURNER - comments.] [New York Governor Mario CUOMO - looks forward to next years games to be held in New York city.]
(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Chagrin Falls, Ohio: Dick Schaap) Former Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton, who is still in demand in the public eye 10 years later, profiled; scenes shown of her winning vault in the 1984 Olympic Games. [RETTON - recalls her Olympic dream; talks about her acting and actor Matt Dillon.]
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