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(Studio: Diane Sawyer) Report introduced.
(Miami: Mark Potter) Efforts by the Philip Morris and R. J. Reynolds tobacco companies to head off a Florida lawsuit to recover the cost of smoking-related illnesses featured. [Governor Lawton CHILES - cites the state's aims.] [Philip Morris vice president Steven PARRISH - wants fairness.]
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(Studio: Diane Sawyer) Report introduced.
(Manchester: John Cochran) Politicking in New Hampshire by Republican presidential hopefuls featured; campaign scenes shown; presidential primaries map shown. [Senator Bob DOLE - campaigns.] President Clinton's magazine article attacking Dole quoted. [DOLE - responds to the President.] [Dole campaign's Warren RUDMAN - comments on Senator Phil Gramm's statements about New Hampshire's Supreme Court Justice David Souter.]
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(Studio: Diane Sawyer) Report introduced.
(Denver: Tom Foreman) The over-budget airport in Denver that was campaigned for then-mayor Secretary of Transportation Federico Pena featured; scenes shown of the troubled, expensive airport while its problems are detailed. [July 1987, PENA - wants a new airport.] [Aviation Systems Research Corporation Michael BOYD, engineering consultant Paul EARLE - comment on the project.] [PENA - blames the airlines for rising costs; says the airport will be cost effective.] Statistics on the estimated number of passengers for a Denver airport reviewed.
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(Studio: Diane Sawyer) The weekly look at how the government spends taxpayers' money introduced.
(Washington: John Martin) The cost of a federal government- sponsored highway project in Boston examined; scenes shown to illustrate the expenses and problems in the construction. [Retired newspaper reporter Bill COUGLIN, state auditor Joseph DeNUCCI, state transportation secretary James KERASIOTES - criticize and/or rationalize the project's cost.] Announcement from Secretary of Transportation Federico Pena that he will limit to federal government's share in the project noted.
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(Studio: Diane Sawyer) Explosion in Washington, DC, of a propane gas trolley car reported; scenes shown of the vehicle ablaze.
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(Studio: Diane Sawyer) BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) interview with convicted CIA spy Aldrich Ames excerpted. [AMES - talks about the information he offered to the Russians.] The ways in which Ames bypassed the lie detector tests mentioned.
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(Studio: Diane Sawyer) The marriage of Serbian militia leader "Commander Arkan" to folk singer Ceca reported; scenes shown from the festivities.
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(Studio: Diane Sawyer) Jewish funeral services in Jerusalem for Rabbi Shlomo Auerbach shown.
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(Studio: Diane Sawyer) Report introduced.
(New York: John Donvan) The balanced budget amendment that would prohibit the government from spending more than it takes in examined; statistics on government spending versus taxes collected outlined. [Representative John KASICH - explains the aims of the amendment.] Programs suggested for cutbacks listed. The question as to where budget cuts can from reviewed with graphics showing the small reductions occurring if such programs would be cut back severely.
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(Studio: Diane Sawyer) The status of the baseball strike updated.
(Miyazaki, Japan: Mark Litke) The option for striking American baseball players of playing in Japan featured; scenes shown from Miyazaki, Japan, of players working out. [Yomiuri Giants Shane MACK, baseball commentator Marty KUEHNERT, Chiba Lotee Marines Julio FRANCO - talk about Americans playing in Japan.] The trend of rising salaries in Japanese baseball noted.
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