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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Today's Republican primaries in Arizona and North and South Dakotas reported.
(Phoenix: Jim Wooten) The chance in Arizona for Pat Buchanan to wreak havoc because the other three candidates may split the moderates vote featured; scenes shown of him and Steve Forbes shaking hands with the folk. [Senator Bob DOLE - talks about the vote in Arizona.] [FORBES - campaigns.] [In Boston, Lamar ALEXANDER - says he made a choice about Arizona.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings; Georgia: Michele Norris; Washington: John Cochran) The campaigns, issues and strategies of Buchanan and Dole in Arizona reviewed.
(Bismarck, North Dakota: Tom Foreman) The presidential campaigns in the Dakotas, where Dole appears strong, featured; scenes shown of the voting. [WOMAN, Dole North Dakota campaign Dina BUTCHER, rancher Darrell JOHNSON, Dole supporter Jim NELSON - comment on the race.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings; Phoenix: Dean Reynolds) The importance of Arizona for the Forbes camp discussed.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Wilmington, DE: Peggy Wehmeyer) Bishop Walter Righter, who is being tried by the Episcopal Church for heresy for ordaining a practicing homosexual and for his open challenge to the Episcopal resolution backing sexual relations only within marriage, profiled. [RIGHTER - defends his ordination of gays.] [Voices of attorneys Hugo BLANKENSHIP, defense attorney Michael REHILL - offer differing opinions on the homosexual issue.] The view of traditionalists that Righter is threatening the foundation of the church noted. [Bishop James STANTON - comments.] (Artist: Bill Ternay)
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Tomorrow's report on homosexuality and the church announced.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: George Strait) Complaint by the American Medical Association that heart disease research is underfunded examined; statistics cited. [American Medical Association president Dr. Sidney SMITH, National AIDS Policy director Patricia FLEMING, Ohio State University dean Dr. Bernadine HEALY - offer differing opinions on the need for more emphasis on heart and stroke research.] The AMA's plans for a high- profile campaign to promote heart research outlined.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Barry Serafin) Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on whether the GATT trade agreement that protects drug patent rights hurts medical patients examined. [Elder Eleanor BLACK - complain about drug prices.] [Senator David PRYOR - calls the inclusion an error.] [Glaxo Wellcome, Incorporated, William BROCK - outlines the drug companies' position on brand name protection.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Announcement by IBM that it will spend 200 million dollars on merit increases and bonuses for its underpaid workers reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced. [NOTE: local weather bulletin on screen 5:48:30 - 5:50:00.]
(Pentagon: John McWethy) The follow-up debate over the downing by Cuban fighter planes of two small planes examined; United States ambassador to the UN Madeleine Albright's transcript of the exchanges between the Cuba MiGs and ground control. [ALBRIGHT - recounts the pilots' joy at committing murder.] [Brothers to the Rescue founder Jose BASULTO - promises to fly again.] [Pentagon spokesman Ken BACON - responds.]
(Havana: Mark Potter) The Cuban response to further provocation by "Cuban exile terrorists" featured. [National Assembly president Ricardo ALARCON - outlines Cuba's position.] The story of Juan Pablo Roque, who defected to the United States and flew for Brothers to the Rescue, now has returned to Cuba to denounce the group and may actually have been an agent for Fidel Castro, updated. [ROQUE - (thru translator) comments.] [In Havana, Reina GONZALEZ - (thru translator) opposes President Clinton's policy.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The release of sergeant Clayton Lonetree, the only American Marine ever convicted of espionage, reported; scenes shown from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(In the Sarajevo suburbs: Linda Pattillo) The return of hundreds of Bosnian Muslims to a Sarajevo suburb they fled four years ago featured; scenes shown of them returning to houses completely emptied by the Serbs.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The first victory by a man, Kurt Wait, in the Pillsbury Bakeoff reported; scenes shown of the man and his prize-winning torte.
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