This program is 27 minutes long
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Brian Rooney) The story of Michelle Carew, daughter of baseball great Rod Carew, who died today from leukemia featured; details given of Carew's campaign on behalf of leukemia patients and of Michelle's long illness. [Rod CAREW - talks about his role in fighting leukemia.]
(Washington: George Strait) Bone marrow treatments for leukemia and other blood diseases examined. [National Marrow Donor Program CEO Craig HOWE - says the Carew family's multi-racial makeup made finding a donor more difficult.] The case of Korean-American Brian Bauman, who found a matching blood donor in Korea, recalled.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Judy Muller) The jury's verdict of life in prison for brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez, who were convicted of the murder of their parents, examined; the murder seven years ago and the two murder trials reviewed.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Tim O'Brien) Supreme Court consideration of the law allowing the government to confiscate the property of those convicted of crimes examined; details given of the defense's double jeopardy position. [Convicts James WREN, Charles ARLT - describe the possessions that were seized.] The views of Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer on such combinations of civil fines and criminal penalties outlined. [US attorney for northern California Michael YAMAGUCHI - cites the dilemma.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The destruction at a Texas research center of 48 monkeys from the Philippines that may have been exposed to a strain of the Ebola virus reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The outcome of the case Hawaii in which two Marines who were court-martialed for refusing to supply a DNA sample reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Defiant statement from the RJR Nabisco chairman Charles Harper about smoking reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The historical Luddite movement in England recalled.
(No location given: Ned Potter) The current movement against modern technology examined; scenes shown from northern California, where one man and his family is living alone with technology that can be handled. [Michael POTTS - likens technology to a chainsaw; shows off his solar technology.] "Rebels Against the Future" author Kirkpatrick SALE - says technology, not politicians, is the enemy; predicts multiple catastrophes.] The example of the Amish community cited as an alternative to technology. [Anti- technology activist Andrew KIMBRELL - says technology has been oversold.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) A family of peregrine falcons shown setting up a nest in a skyscraper in downtown Atlanta.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Explosion of a bomb in an empty house in London, England, which may be attributed to the IRA, reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Sierra Leone: Sheila MacVicar) The spread of cholera amidst the factional power struggle in Monrovia, Lebanon, featured; scenes shown of the armed fighters in the streets. [GUNMAN - (with transcription on screen) talks about the fighting.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Another attack on Russian troops in Chechnya reported.
(Moscow: Gillian Findlay) Russian Communist presidential contender Gennadi Zyuganov profiled; scenes shown of him campaigning while his written statements about the West, capitalism, the Soviet union and Communist leader Joseph Stalin are quoted. [ZYUGANOV (thru translator) - speaks against the US.] [Stanford University professor Michael McFAUL - says these are not moderates.] Old, hard-line Communists Aleksandr Rutskoi and former KGA head Aleksandr Putchkov mentioned. [Fired privatization minister Anatoly CHUBAIS - comments.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Death of Greek businessman Stavros Niarchos reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Statements from baseball great Rod Carew, whose daughter, Michelle, died today from leukemia, presented. [CAREW - talks about his daughter, about the heroes of medicine, who take care of our children.]
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