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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Port-au-Prince: Linda Pattillo) The outbreak of violence during the march on the third anniversary of the coup that ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from power featured; scenes shown from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, of the clash between Aristide supporters and the FRAPE civilian militiamen that resulted in shooting and injury to journalists while the United States military remained uninvolved. [HAITIAN (thru translator), United States military SPOKESMAN - comment.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Northern Haiti: Jim Laurie) The popular uprising taking place in the villages outside the main cities featured; scenes shown from northern Haiti, where the small United States force tries to prevent food riots in this area where revolution is underway. [US SOLDIER - comment.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Stockholm: Garrick Utley) The investigation into why the ferryboat Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea featured; scenes shown of another ferry with bow doors damaged by the stormy seas. [Maritime safety official Bengt Erik STENMARK - cites other cases of bow problems on ferryboats.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Decision by Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf states to ease their boycott of Israel reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: John Cochran) Senate defeat of President Clinton's campaign finance reform bill by filibuster featured. [Senators Bob DOLE, George MITCHELL, Mitch McCONNELL - comment on the bill.] Senate said next considering a bill to curtail gifts to Congress from lobbyists. [Yesterday, Representative John BRYANT - says no to freebies.] Representative Bob Michel noted pointing out the House bill's shortcomings.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Armen Keteyian) Decision by the National Hockey League team owners to delay the season due to a labor dispute with the players examined. [NHL commissioner Gary BETTMAN - says the season will be reconfigured.] [NHL players association Bob GOODENOW - says a lockout has started.] The positions of players and owners on money distribution outlined. ["Toronto Sun" columnist Al STRACHAN - criticizes the owners.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The UAW (United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America) and General Motors Corporation reported reaching a tentative agreement to end the strike in Flint, Michigan. "Stock Market Report".
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(No location given: Tim Johnson) National Insts. of Health study on the best way to handle potential stroke victims outlined; details given of how the study worked and what it concluded. [Potential stroke victim Alvis DARE - wonders about the suggestion of surgery.] [Study director Dr. Zach HALL - talks about the results.] Pictures of narrowed neck arteries that threaten strokes shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(San Francisco: Bob Jamieson) The ambitious proposal by United Airlines to offer Shuttle by United, a regional service to compete with low-fare Southwest Airlines, featured; shuttle ads shown. [Airline industry analyst Kevin MURPHY, Southwest Airlines chairman Herb KELLEHER - cite the low fares, low cost.] [United pilot John SCHMIDT - leads a meeting of other employees.] How the United shuttle system would work detailed. [United WORKERS - comment.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Russian President Boris Yeltsin's failure to come out of his plane during a stopover in Ireland reported; scenes shown from the airport in Shannon, Ireland.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Dr. Guy Theodore, who left his medical practice in the United States to keep his promise to return to Haiti, profiled; scenes shown from his hospital. [THEODORE - talks about serving as a physician in Haiti.] Theodore's background in Haiti and as a practicing physician in the United States reviewed; photos shown. [El Dorado, Arkansas, Dr. Bill SCURLOCK - recalls his mission at Theodore's hospital in Haiti.] The medical problems in Haiti reviewed. [THEODORE - says now there are less deaths.]
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