This program is 27 minutes long
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bob Woodruff) New Federal Communications Commission rules on telephone service examined; examples of changes cited. [Federal Communications Commission chairman William KENNARD - says this is win-win for consumers and businesses.] [Bell Atlantic Frank GUMPER - cites low costs.] [Consumer Federation of America Mark COOPER - says volume low users will pay more.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: James Walker) UNICEF report on worldwide violence against women examined; statistics cited on abuse, including genital mutilation. [UNICEF executive director Carol BELLAMY - cites the extent of violence against women.] [Voice of photojournalist Stephanie WELCH - describe what happens in a female circumcision.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Lisbon: John Cochran) The gulf between President Clinton and the Europeans examined; details given of the issues of trade restrictions on United States bananas and beef and of a United States missile defense system. [CLINTON - talks about making the missile technology available.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Leading economic indicators and home sales figures reported. Stock Market Report. Record IRS (Internal Revenue Service) payments to informants providing leads on tax cheating noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Finding of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety crash test studies on five luxury cars reported; test video shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The wildfires in New Mexico updated; scenes shown from Pecos, New Mexico.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Miami: Ron Claiborne) Government figures on expenses related to six-year- old Cuban refugee Elian Gonzalez featured; details given of the breakdown of costs for security, legal fees, etc.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Scientific studies of cracks on the ocean floor off the East Coast reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Hong Kong's closing of the last camp for Vietnamese refugees reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) State funeral in Canada for hockey player Maurice Richard reported; photos and film shown from his career. [Former NHL referee Red STOREY - remembers the Rocket.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) President Clinton's intention of convincing the Russians they can tolerate a United States missile defense system noted.
(Pentagon: John McWethy) The case for a missile defense system examined; details given of the threat from North Korea, Iran and Russia. [Secretary of Defense William COHEN, Senator Jon KYL - promote missile defense.]
(Washington: John Martin) The case against a missile defense system examined. [Carnegie Non-Proliferation Project Joseph CIRINCIONE - downplays the danger.] [Union of Concerned Scientists Richard GARWIN - says any attacker would be wiped out by the US.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The question of whether a missile defense system would work introduced.
(Shemya Island, AK: John McWethy) The case for a missile defense system working examined; scenes shown from Shemya Island, AK, where the system would be built. [Ballistic Missile Defense director Lieutenant General Ronald KADISH, Heritage Foundation Baker SPRING - comment on the system.]
(Washington: John Martin) The case for a missile defense system not working examined; animation shown of how simple decoys would overwhelm the system. [Former Lockheed Martin engineer Bob DIETZ - says we put the space-based laser out of business.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) A look at how the government spends taxpayers' money introduced.
(Miami: Deborah Amos) A simple tax fraud involving imported items examined; details given of how the scam works by inflating the item's cost to lessen the taxes. [Florida International University John ZDANOWICZ - cites the billions lost in national trade.] Zdanowicz's development of a computer program to track the fraudulent items noted. [Senator Byron DORGAN - comments on the taxes.]
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