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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Cinny Kennard) Growing popularity of undeclared presidential candidate H. Ross Perot featured. [Seven Perot SUPPORTERS, Los Angeles county coordinator Mike NORRIS - comment on Perot.] Results given of "Los Angeles Times" poll of California voters on the presidential race. [Perot SUPPORTER - says she's bothered by President Bush's position on abortion.] [Republican political consultant Stu SPENCER - notes Perot's effect on his opponents.] [Clinton campaign chairman Mickey KANTOR - says Perot is seen as embodiment of change.] [In Kentucky, PEROT - says to ignore polls.] "Variety" ad for Perot shown. [Perot volunteer Ken JACOBSON - talks about support from movie industry.] Scenes of movie stars shown.
(Studio: Dan Rather) Perot's comment with regard to the fuss generated by Vice President Dan Quayle's speech about the "Murphy Brown" television show noted.
(New York: Richard Threlkeld) Continuing debate over Quayle's criticism of family values portrayed in "Murphy Brown" featured; excerpt of the program shown. [Governor Bill CLINTON - says Quayle's comment is posturing to distract from inaction; adds that Americans need to change course.] [Howard University Joyce LATNER - says larger percentages of out-of-wedlock children are black, poor, inner-city children.] [BUSH - says he won't talk about "Murphy Brown".] [QUAYLE - says he has no regrets.] [On "Late Night with David Letterman", David LETTERMAN - jokes about Quayle's comment.] [Political analyst Joe KLEIN - says traditional families are now in the minority.]
(Washington: Mark Phillips) Political issue of single parent families featured. [Single mother Desiree ARMENTROUT - says you don't need to be married to raise a child.] Census Bureau statistics on single parent families cited. [Senator Jay ROCKEFELLER - notes incidence of out-of-wedlock births.] [Family Research Council Gary BAUER - notes effects of breakdown in family values.] [WIC counselor Mary JACKSON - talks about financial burdens.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Ron Allen) Los Angeles police Lieutenant Michael Moulin's statement that Los Angeles police chief Daryl Gates wrongfully blamed him for the lack of police response to the recent Los Angeles riots featured; April 29 scenes of riots shown. [MOULIN - says he won't be a scapegoat; adds that Gates maligned his character.] [GATES - says Moulin made some mistakes.] Courtroom scenes shown of the four men accused of beating trucker Reginald Denny during the riots. [Compton city council Patricia MOORE - says Denny beating suspects should have been treated like the suspects in the beating of motorist Rodney King.] Scenes of the Denny beating shown. [Defense attorney Dennis PALMIERI - notes issue of provocation.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) United States State Department reaction to China's underground explosion of a huge nuclear device today reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Six thousand women and children reported allowed to leave Bosnia today after being held hostage by Serbian gunmen; total number of Bosnians who have fled the civil war noted.
(Churnomel refugee camp; Barry Petersen) Flight of Bosnian civil war refugees to Croatia featured; scenes of refugees and fighting shown. [Refugees Katrina and Clement NOVAK - (he through translator) hope to return home some day.] War's targeting of civilians noted; scenes shown of blown-up convoy of humanitarian aid in which a Red Cross official was killed; refugee camp conditions described.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) American Medical Association conclusions on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy featured; excerpt shown of the film "JFK". ["Journal of the American Medical Association" editor Dr. George LUNDBERG - says Kennedy was killed by two bullets fired from one rifle; adds that Warren Commission findings have been validated.] Historical footage of Kennedy; photos of Doctors James Humes and Thornton Boswell, who performed his autopsy; newsreel footage on the Warren Commission report on the assassination; footage of the murders of Lee Harvey Oswald and Kennedy shown. [Warren Commission counsel David BELLIN - says the truth will prevail; comments on conspiracy rumors.] ["JFK" director Oliver STONE - comments on American Medical Association conclusions.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Chicago: Frank Currier) Decay of America's urban infrastructure featured; scenes shown. [PEOPLE - comment on decay.] [Neighborhood activist Jackie LEAVY - says crumbling infrastructure can't wait.] ['92 presidential candidates Governor Bill CLINTON, Patrick BUCHANAN, Paul TSONGAS, and President BUSH - comment on infrastructure.] Scenes shown of last month's underground flood in downtown Chicago. [Five PEOPLE - comment on flood.] [Mayor Richard DALEY - says this is a serious problem.] Scenes shown of two Chicagoans singing about urban decay. [Illinois Institution of Technology Paul BARRETT - says there's no reward for fixing things.] Ratio of United States highway bridges in need of repair, cost of a decade of traffic delays reported. [Engineering consultant Marshall SILVER, WOMAN, MAN - talk about traffic, potholes and sidewalks.] [Rebuild America Coalition chairman Maynard JACKSON - comments on what it takes to get our attention.] Report card on major cities' infrastructure shown. [Three PEOPLE - talk about paying for repairs.] [US Conference of Mayors president Raymond FLYNN - notes need for government aid to cities.]
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