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#156227
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: John McWethy) Negligent homicide charges against a key figures involved in the friendly fire downing of two United States helicopters in Iraq featured; plane videotapes shown. [Pentagon spokesman Colonel Douglas KENNETT - confirms the possible sentence for squadron commander Lieutenant Colonel Randy May.] [July 13, Secretary of Defense William PERRY - says the AWACs did not operate properly.]
#156228
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Another warning from the United States to military rulers in Haiti reported.
(Washington: Barrie Dunsmore) The military planning for a possible invasion of Haiti featured; map shown of Caribbean mini-states willing to take part in a multinational invasion force led by the US.
#156231
(Studio: Peter Jennings) California Governor Pete Wilson shown signing a one-strike law against predatory child molesters; the Polly Klaas abduction and murder mentioned.
#156232
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Waupaca, WI: Ron Claiborne) The hunt for missing 12-year-old Cora Jones in central Wisconsin featured; scenes shown. [Parents Tom and Vicki JONES, volunteer Chris BALKEVICH, Waupaca County sheriff William MORK - worry about Cora.]
#156233
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(No location given: Bill Blakemore) The monitoring of children on school buses by means of video cameras examined; scenes shown of the little black boxes on the buses. [Transportation superintendent Gregory SACCO, two DRIVERS, two STUDENTS, PARENT, Buffalo Grove, Illinois, school official Richard STEUBER, George Washington University professor Jonathan TURLEY - offer views on the buscams.]
#156234
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Announcement of job cutbacks and store closings by KMart reported. "Stock Market Report".
#156237
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Bill Redeker) The prosecution's consideration of dropping Dr. Irwin Goldin as a witness in the O.J. Simpson murder trial featured. [In July preliminary hearings, GOLDIN - testifies uncertainly.] Suggestion from Simpson's lawyer that a second assailant must have taken part in the crimes quoted while the police and prosecution deny looking for anyone else. O.J. said also agreeing to turn over guardianship of his children to his slain wife's parents.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) President Clinton reported awarding the annual all-America cities awards; two winning cities named.
#156239
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(No location given: Jeff Greenfield) New speech by former Vice President and '96 Republican candidate Dan Quayle about family values featured. [In 1992, QUAYLE - speaks against the values in "Murphy Brown".] [In San Francisco, QUAYLE - targets the values of the 1960s; jokes about the news media.] Findings on ABC News/"Washington Post" poll on Americans' view of Quayle's qualifications to be president cited.
#156240
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Ceremonies in Berlin marking the final withdrawal of allied troops shown; German Chancellor Helmut Kohl quoted.
#156241
(Studio: Peter Jennings) A bitter day at the United Nations population conference to deal with the world population explosion reported; scenes shown from Cairo, Egypt, where the talks have bogged down over the morality of contraception and abortion.
#156242
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(No location given: Beth Nissen) Mexico as a model for population control examined; scenes shown from Juarez, Mexico, including an actual birth! [Mexican federation of health and community development Guadelupe de la VEGA - says people lack information and need help.] Wide-ranging family planning programs throughout Mexico described. [Student Erica RODRIGUEZ - (thru translator) talks about choice.] [Juarez businesswoman Francisca CASARES - (thru translator) likes her independence.]
#156244
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The status of the baseball strike updated.
(Colorado Springs: Tom Foreman) The hot tub at the Colorado Sky Sox minor league baseball park visited; scenes shown from Colorado Springs, Colorado. [Pitcher Steve ALLEN - describes a hot tub incident.] [FAN - comments.]
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