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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(No location given: Richard Threlkeld) Census' confirmation that there are more poor people now than ever featured; figures graphed on screen. [Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Robert GREENSTEIN - says he expects worse figures next year.] Types of people who are poor described. [Single mother Tracy OPRY - comments.] Recession's effect on groups other than the poor noted; income figures graphed on screen. Discussion held about the consequences of growing poor population.
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Studio: Ray Brady) This quarter's fall in the gross national product featured; scenes shown of ribbon-cutting ceremony opening new unemployment office. [Economist Philip BRAVERMAN - says the outlook remains pessimistic.] Figures given of number of Americans filing for new unemployment benefits. [MAN - comments.] Experts' predictions that Federal Reserve will again lower interest rates mentioned. Interest rates for CDs displayed on screen. [WOMAN - comments.] Discussion held about how people can make the most of this.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: David Martin) Iraq-UN investigators standoff featured. UN Security Council's offer to provide Iraq with a list of documents they take noted. [US ambassador to United Nations Thomas PICKERING - comments.] Scenes shown of United Nations inspectors surrounded by Iraqi soldiers and demonstrators. [Director, United Nations Special Commission Rolf EKEUS - comments.] US officials' statement that some of the documents were written after the Gulf war reported. [Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman General Colin POWELL - comments.] Pentagon's continuation of military preparations mentioned; scenes shown. Plans for another United Nations team to use helicopters to look for Scud missiles in western Iraq noted. [EKEUS - comments.] Military officers' preference to launch air strikes rather than provide escorts noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Resignation of Romanian prime minister due to demands of rioting coal miners reported; scenes shown from continued rioting in Bucharest, Romania.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Juan Vasquez) AIDS victim Kimberly Bergalis' testimony before a Congressional committee in favor of mandatory AIDS testing for health care workers featured; scenes shown. [BERGALIS - asks for legislation.] Most committee members' opposition to mandatory testing noted. [Representative Michael BILIRAKIS - expresses sympathy.] [Father George BERGALIS - says he hopes American public will listen.] Bergalis' case of contracting AIDS from her dentist recalled; scenes shown. [AIDS victim Barbara WEBB - testifies.] [AIDS-infected Doctors Hacib AOUN and Ed ROZAR - offer opposing testimonies.] Scenes shown from Bergalis family tour of the White House.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Arrest of Columbian cocaine traffickers' top hit man Dandeny Munoz-Mosquera in New York City today who was hired to assassinate someone in the United States reported; photograph shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Miami: Doug Tunnell) Accused drug trafficker Manuel Noriega's trial featured; details given of government witness Floyd Carlton's testimony that he arranged bribes from the Medellin cartel for Noriega. Carlton's participation in the witness protection program noted. (Artist: Jerry Lemenu)
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Trial of nine Salvadoran military men accused of murdering six Jesuit priests in 1989 reported beginning; courtroom scenes shown from San Salvador, El Salvador.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Pewaukee, WI: Mark Phillips) Company health care plans featured. Chicago Symphony Orchestra's strike over dispute with regard to who will pay for health care reported; scenes shown from concert and health care settings. [Cigna health plan Stephen ASHLEY - comments.] Preferred provider networks described. [Family practitioner Dr. Carol GARVEY - says they are applying a business mentality to health care.] New York Telephone's plan whereby employees can still go to their own doctors if they'll work for the company rate noted. [Communications Workers of America George KOHL - says people want to go to their own doctors.] Big saving with companies said to come from working out discount deals on big ticket items. [Nynex Corporation Don SACCO - comments.] [Quad/Graphics president Harry GUADRACCI - says the present system isn't working.] Pewaukee, WI, Quad/Graphics said having its own clinic for its employees; scenes shown. [Employee's wife Mary PONTO, Dr. Robert KESSLER - comment on Quad/Graphics clinic.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Federal Communications Commission adoption of requirements on 900-number phone services reported; details given.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Hollywood: Richard Roth) Celebrities' public revelations about their sexual abuse featured; scenes shown from television shows "Roseanne", "Sally Jessy Raphael", "Person to Person" and "CBS This Morning". Recent disclosures of sexual abuse by actress Roseanne Barr Arnold, a former Miss America Marilyn Van Derbur Attler, and entertainer LaToya Jackson reported. Impact of celebrity disclosures analyzed. [Therapist Nina JAFFE - says public revelations make taboo subject become less so.] Film on child abuse, "Blackbird", said to have received an award but not as much attention as celebrity disclosures. ["A Hollywood Life" author David FREEMAN - comments on celebrity disclosures.]
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