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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: David Martin) Possibility of a United States military strike against Iraq if it continues to refuse to comply with United Nations sanctions featured. [Secretary of Defense Dick CHENEY - says it's UN's role to enforce sanctions.] United States belief that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein will back down noted. [Representative Les ASPIN - talks about not carrying through on threats.] Scenes shown of Persian Gulf war ally British Prime Minister John Major, who faces an election next month.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Request by the US, Great Britain and France that the United Nations Security Council declare an air embargo of foreign flights into Libya to pressure Libyan leader Muammar el-Kadhafi to hand over two men indicted in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, State Department's urging of all Americans to leave Libya reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Studio: Richard Threlkeld) Impact of Paul Tsongas' withdrawal today from the Democratic presidential campaign featured. [TSONGAS - talks about his lack of resources.] [Governor Bill CLINTON, Jerry BROWN - comment on Tsongas.] [Republican strategist Ed ROLLINS, Democratic strategist Bob BECKEL - comment on Clinton.] Discussion held about stop-Clinton movement.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) House postmaster general Robert Rota's resignation today amid charges that the House post office was running an illegal check-cashing operation for Congress and that some employees there were involved in drug dealing and embezzlement reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Federal judge's ruling on law forbidding federal workers from accepting pay for outside speeches or articles reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Follow-up story introduced.
(Washington: Jim Stewart) Army's investigation into its provision of artificial limbs to Persian Gulf war veterans following a January CBS News story featured; excerpt from story, scenes of Persian Gulf war amputee Corporal Eric Tate, who sought help from J.E. Hanger, Incorporated, after seeing the story, shown. [Office of the Surgeon General Brigadier General Ronald BLANCK - comments on mistakes.] [Colonel P.V. BELANDRES - comments.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Mark Phillips) Dow Corning's decision to stop manufacturing silicone breast implants featured. [Dow Corning Corp. Keith McKENNON, implant patients Barb JOHNSTON, Rosemary LOCKE - comment on implants.] Estimate given of the number of women who have had breast implant surgery. Dow Corning's plans to contribute money to implant research and removal reported; lawsuits against Dow Corning mentioned. [Medical devices lawyer Stuart PAPE - cites number of implant recipients.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Results given of study on the effects of second-hand smoke on the arteries; scenes of smokers shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Government statement on the percentage of auto accident fatalities for women and men drivers reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Decrease in the trade deficit last month reported. Report introduced.
(Tokyo: Bill Whitaker) Japanese economic slump featured; declines in Japan's stock market, auto and retail sales, and Sony's record losses reported. [Pollster Mariko FUJIWARA - comments on luxury items.] [The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Bruce BROWN, economist Kenneth COURTIS - comment on Japanese economy.] Japan's hopes to sell more goods to the United States and export more cars reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Los Angeles area robberies by a man who threatens to stick his victims with a hypodermic syringe he says is filled with his own AIDS-infected blood reported; excerpt shown of store security camera tape of robbery.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Bill Lagattuta) Increasing incidence of hate crimes perpetrated against homosexuals, or "gay bashing," featured; statistics cited. [Joel ROTHCHILD, Kevin FOWLER - talk about being assaulted.] Home video excerpt of their alleged assailant shown. [MAN - talks about his lover's murder.] Home video excerpt of an assault shown. [National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Kevin BERRILL - comments on siege of violence.] Hate crime experts' belief that the country is in an angry mood noted; excerpt shown from the film "Basic Instinct" in which the killer is bisexual. [Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Christopher FOWLER - talks about hateful images depicted in movies.] ["Basic Instinct" star Michael DOUGLAS - comments.] Gay activists' plan to hand out leaflets telling the ending of "Basic Instinct" at theaters as a protest reported. [PROSECUTOR - comments on Rothchild/Fowler case.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Sparta, Illinois: Bruce Morton) Arrangement in which employees of Sparta, Illinois, Spartan Printing Company plan to purchase the company and take a pay cut in order to save their jobs featured; results given of feasibility study on the deal; company's New York owners mentioned. [Local union president Rod QUEEN, Spartan employees Tom SHEALER, Ken and Kathy MARKLEY; Sparta business people Mary Lou WHITTENBORN, Marilyn HILL, and Pam HENRY - comment.]
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