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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: John Blackstone) Damage from recent rainstorms in southern California featured; scenes shown of mudslides and flooding. [Two flood VICTIMS - talk about their losses.] Death of teen Paul Tanga mentioned; scenes shown of him in flood waters. [MAN - talks about mudslides.] [MAN - comments on preparing for next storm.] Animation of the jet stream and El Nino weather masses shown. Approaching storm, California drought mentioned.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Retail sales and new unemployment claims figures reported.
(Washington: Bill Plante) New Securities and Exchange Commission rules on the reporting of executive salaries featured. [SEC chairman, Richard BREEDEN - talks about shareholders' access to facts.] Example given of salary of Fortune 500 company chairman. Securities and Exchange Commission reported ordering corporations such as IBM, Chrysler, Kodak, and Aetna to include shareholder motions on the executive pay issue on the proxy statements for their annual meetings. [Representative Charles SCHUMER - comments on executive salaries.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Rita Braver) Walrus poaching ring in Alaska featured; excerpt shown of poaching videotaped by undercover United States Fish and Wildlife agent. [Fish and Wildlife Service director, John TURNER - talks about illegal ivory trading.] Details given, videotape excerpt shown of bogus trading post sting operation by United States Fish and Wildlife agents. [Special agent Adam O'HARA - comments on poachers.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Efforts to save a whale stranded on a sandbar near Pensacola, Florida, reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Possible deployment of United Nations peacekeepers in Yugoslavia reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Russian President Boris Yeltsin reported giving Russian vice president Aleksandr Rutskoi the task of overseeing agricultural reform.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Police raid on a Tokyo trucking company accused of bribing politicians; arrest on battery charges in Miami of baseball player Jose Canseco; fatal fire in Camden, New Jersey; results of southern California study on deaths attributable to air pollution reported; scenes shown from Tokyo, Miami, Camden, and California.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: David Dow) Reversal of Environmental Protection Agency policy banning the use of EBDC pesticides, which were formerly thought to be carcinogenic, featured; scenes shown of Dade County, Florida, crops. [EPA administrator William REILLY - talks about new information about EBDC's.] Lists shown of crops where EBDC use is approved and banned. [Florida grower Dwayne WILLIAMS - talks about using chemicals.] [Natural Resources Defense Council Lawrie MOTT - says Environmental Protection Agency is allowing increased use of carcinogens.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) "Newsday" reporter Timothy Phelps reported refusing to reveal the source of his story about Anita Hill's sexual harassment charges against judge Clarence Thomas; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Bob Faw) Accuser in boxer Mike Tyson's rape trial, Desiree Washington's disclosure of her name and picture to "People" magazine featured; scenes shown of her participating in Miss Black America pageant last July. William Kennedy Smith's accuser, Patricia Bowman, and Clarence Thomas' accuser, Anita Hill, recalled going public with their stories. [CUNY graduate center, Cynthia Fuchs EPSTEIN - comments on disclosures.] [WOMAN - talks about Washington's visit to Tyson's room.] Washington reported preparing for a nationally televised interview next week.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Bruce Morton) Controversy over plans by ThermalKEM, Incorporated, to build a hazardous waste incinerator in Woodland, North Carolina, featured; scenes shown of residents protesting. [Ex-mayor Dr. John STANLEY - talks about ThermalKEM's safety record, Woodland economy.] [MAN, John LIVERMAN, Willa MAJETT, Betty TESH - give opinions on incinerator.] [ThermalKEM, Incorporated, Jane ROGERS - says they don't need an invitation.] Scenes shown of various hazardous waste plants.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Revealing of the 1996 summer Olympics flag in Atlanta, Georgia, shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Austin: James Hattori) Flood of Texas residency requests prompted by Garry Trudeau's "Doonsebury" cartoon with regard to President Bush's Texas residency status featured; scenes shown of Bush jogging in Houston. [Governor Ann RICHARDS, California taxpayer Mary Kay STEVENS, Florida taxpayer C. Clayton STEMPLE - comment on Bush's residency.] "Doonesbury" cartoon with a form for readers to apply for Texas residency shown. [Mail clerk Diana MALDONADO, Texas comptroller John SHARP - talk about number of "Doonesbury" residency forms received.]
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