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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Jackie Judd) The resignation of Sam Dash, ethics adviser to independent counsel Kenneth Starr, because he felt Starr abused his authority by advocating the impeachment of President Clinton featured; Dash's letter quoted. [DASH - says an independent counsel cannot let himself become an advocate.] [STARR - defends his testimony to the House committee.] Dash's background as an adviser on ethics and the timing of Dash's resignation reviewed.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Agreement between the tobacco industry and 46 states outlined.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Warning from Japan to Microsoft that it has been violating anti-monopoly laws reported; details given of the bad week for CEO Bill Gates.
(New York: Terry Moran) The issue of the Justice Department's use of Gates' taped testimony in the antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft examined; Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson quoted; courtroom sketches shown. [Antitrust attorney Marc SCHILDKRAUT - says credibility matters.] [On Good Morning America, GATES - responds.] (Artist: Bill Hennessy)
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Phoenix: Brian Rooney) Secret "hit list" used by General American Insurance naming disabled clients felt to be liabilities to the company featured; details given of tactics used against these "club" clients. [Injured dentist Ron DIAMOND, attorney Charles SURRANO, disabled William WYZINSKI - comment on their dealings with the insurance company.] A jury's decision in support of Diamond's lawsuit noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bob Woodruff) The US Immigration and Naturalization Services investigation of an immigrant smuggling ring featured; details given of the trafficking of illegal immigrants from India to the US. [INS commissioner Doris MEISSNER, United States attorney for the northern district of Texas Paul COGGINS - say an international criminal network is responsible for smuggling in cheap labor for some American businesses.] Map shown of the route of the aliens' movement.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The latest developments in United Nations weapons inspections in Iraq updated.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The return to the Palestinians by Israel of a small portion of the West Bank reported; scenes shown of the ceremonies.
(Kadamin: Gillian Findlay) Jewish settlers staking out new land on the West Bank featured; scenes shown of the people moving into the area after dark and of new clusters on Israeli trailers on the hilltops. [SETTLER - says it is Israeli land.] Israel's confiscation of Palestinian land to build new roads to bypass Palestinian villages detailed.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Postponement of a possible Federal Express pilots' strike until after the holiday season; "Stock Market Report"; tougher loaning standards by United States banks despite interest rate cuts and President Clinton's call for Japan to reform its banking system reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(No location given: Robert Krulwich) The reasons why Japanese banks are in troubled featured; details given of how the banks' "capital account" is in the minus column. [Columbia University economist professor Charles CALOMIRS - cites the extent of the bank problem in Japan.] The prospects that the bank failures could lead beyond recession to depression in Japan and the impact of the United States economy outlined.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Announcement by the "San Jose Mercury News" that it will publish a Vietnamese edition of the newspaper reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The launch of the first part of the new international space station shown.
(Johnson Space Center, Houston: Ned Potter) The problems with the construction of the US-Russia joint space project linked to Russia's economic woes featured. [NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) administrator Daniel GOLDIN - says we will have an international space station.] [NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Mark GEYER - says Russia cannot support the old and new stations.] [ABC News space consultant James OBERG - says now all space programs are subservient to the US.] Russia's lack of funds to carry out its parts of the space station project noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The plight of English farmer Malcolm Pierce, whose French cows will not respond to English commands, reported; scenes shown of the cows. [PIERCE, employee "OLIVIER" - talk about the cows' language.]
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