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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Rita Braver) Clarence Thomas' impending Supreme Court confirmation hearings featured; scenes shown. [Senators John DANFORTH, Arlen SPECTER and Patrick LEAHY - comment.] Thomas' and civil rights groups' differing views on affirmative action mentioned. Result of "CBS News/New York Times" poll on affirmative action and abortion given.
(Studio: Dan Rather; Washington: Rita Braver, Bob Schieffer) Discussion held on Thomas' likelihood of being confirmed and on his views on natural law.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Death of Belinda Mason, a member of President Bush's task force on AIDS, reported.
(Fort Pierce, Florida: Juan Vasquez) Postponement of Kimberly Bergalis' testimony before Congress for mandatory AIDS testing of health care workers featured; details given of how Bergalis contracted AIDS from her dentist; scenes shown. [BERGALIS and woman infected by the same dentist, Barbara WEBB - comment.] [Father, George BERGALIS - says they don't want to see Bergalis in Washington because she is a threat.] Medical community's view on mandatory AIDS testing mentioned. [National Foundation for Infectious Diseases Dr. Sanford KUVIN, Representative William DANNEMEYER - comment.] Bergalis' parents' fear that she has become a political pawn mentioned.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Mark Phillips) Investigation of thrust reverser system of Boeing 767 and 757 jets and similar aircraft featured. [NTSB John LAUBER - comments.] Role of thrust reverser in last May's Lauda jet crash in Thailand mentioned; animation and scenes of wreckage shown. [Aviation consultant Larry CRAWFORD - says reverser deployed in flight can cause a crash.] FAA's recent requirement that thrust reversers be disconnected reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Jim Stewart) United States negotiations to renew agreement to retain Subic Bay Naval Base, in the Philippines, featured; scenes shown. Philippines senate's rejection of US' offer today and final say tomorrow reported. [President BUSH - says United States will not change its offer.] Map shown of United States naval bases in the Pacific. [State Department spokesman Richard BOUCHER - comments.] Philippines President Corazon Aquino's plan to lead a march in support of accepting the United States offer mentioned. [Philippines senate President Jovito SALONGA - says the treaty is defeated.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Johannesburg: Mike Sullivan) Recent violence between rival black factions in South Africa featured; scenes shown. Intention of government, African National Congress and Inkatha Freedom Party to sign a peace accord mentioned. [President African National Congress Nelson MANDELA - says the recent violence is an attempt to derail the signing of the peace accord.] Allegations that police stood by as fighting escalated mentioned. [WTN cameraman Spokes MASHIANI - says police were just watching violence.] End of hunger strike by three white extremists reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) USSR republic of Tadzhikistan's declaration of independence reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) German foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher's meeting with President Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow today; ethnic fighting in Croatia and Bosnia in Yugoslavia; Indianapolis, IN, indictment of boxer Mike Tyson on rape charges; Staten Island, NYC, ferry terminal fire reported; scenes shown from Moscow, Yugoslavia, Indianapolis, and New York City.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(London: Barry Petersen) Crop circles in English wheat fields featured; scenes shown; previous theories on the crop circles and two English artists' confession that they created the circles reported. [Crop circle creators Doug BOWER, David CHORLEY, scientific investigator Colin ANDREWS - comment.] Failure of some to accept this explanation noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(San Francisco: John Blackstone) Some professional men's sexual abuse of their female clients (sex in the forbidden zone) featured. [Judith DAWSON, Margaret WALTERS - talk about their sexual abuse by their doctor and Episcopal priest.] [Psychiatrist Peter RUDDER - says the opportunity for abuse in a professional relationship is enormous.] [Episcopal Reverend Michael HANSON - comments.]
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