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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(White House: Brit Hume) Trustees' report on Medicare funding examined. [Treasury Secretary Robert RUBIN, President CLINTON - comment on the Medicare trust fund.] [presidential candidate Senator Bob DOLE - responds.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Statistics on Medicare outlined on screen.
(New York: Aaron Brown) The staggering amount of money spent by hospitals during Medicare patients' last days examined. [Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Dr. Paul MARKS, neurologist Dr. Fred PLUMB - says a lot is spent on terminal cases.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Bob Jamieson) Strike by McDonnell Douglas machinist workers against "outsourceing," the practice of farming out job to non-union employees featured; scenes shown from Saint Louis. [Picketing STRIKERS, University of California at Berkeley professor Harley SHAIKEN, Aerospace Industries Association Joel JOHNSON - comment on the issues.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Jack Smith) New Congressional report on the threat from computer hackers to the nation's security and to private industry examined; examples cited. [Senator John GLENN, Democratic counsel Dan GELBER, investigator Jim CHRISTY - comment on computer security issues.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Beth Nissen) The growing health crisis of substance abuse by women examined; details given of the findings of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse report on smoking, drinking and drug use by young women. [Center's Joseph CALIFANO - says women have come the wrong way.] The health impact of substance abuse on women and their families outlined. [Phoenix House Dr. Mitchell ROSENTHAL - comments.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Michele Norris) The failure of drug programs to prevent drug abuse among the young examined; details given from a report by a group called Drug Strategies about 47 drug prevention programs. [Two young GIRLS, Drug Strategies Mathea FALCO, youngster Antoine TUCKSON - talk about aspects of drugs.] The mixed messages about drugs in today's popular culture noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Meeting of leaders of Jordan, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority to discuss what may be expected from Israeli Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu in carrying out peace in the Middle East reported.
(Hebron: Hilary Brown) The question of whether Israel will keep the promise to remove Israeli security forces from the West Bank town of Hebron featured; scenes shown from the Jewish enclave within the Palestinian city. [Hebron Jewish community leader David WILDER, Hebron University Banil ABU ZNEID - offer differing opinions on the military presence.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Beginning of a new Philip Morris advertising campaign in Europe that downplays the dangers from secondhand smoke reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The dilemma for the marketing association, which is inducting Marlboro into the Marketing Hall of Fame while honoring Massachusetts for its media campaign to reduce smoking by teenagers, reported; scenes shown of anti-smoking demonstrations outside the place where the marketing awards will be given out. The reasons why the state is turning down the award quoted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The condemnation by baseball's executive council of Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The French government's order that the national synchronized swimming team must change its act for the Olympic Games because of its Holocaust theme reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The dangerous tangling of two sport parachutes during a jump in Australia shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Bill Blakemore) The novel approach by the Vatican to fund its library by selling T-shirts and other such reproductions presented. [Ametex Fabrics CEO Ron CASS, Vatican Library director Father Leonard BOYLE - comment.]
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