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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Bill Lagattuta) Resignation of baseball commissioner Fay Vincent at the request of team owners featured; his statement quoted. [On July 14, VINCENT - opposes being pushed out.] [Last week, Toronto Blue Jays president Paul BEESTON - reads statement requesting Vincent's resignation.] Vincent's rulings that led to owner opposition reviewed. [Today, American League president Bobby BROWN - comments.] Two suggestions for interim commissioner mentioned.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(White House: Susan Spencer) Campaigning by President Bush featured; scenes shown of Bush in the annual Mackinac Bridge, Michigan, walk, in Waukesha, WI, and Hamtramck, Michigan. [BUSH - compares his campaign to that of Harry Truman; says waffling around is not leadership.] [Republican analyst Doug BAILEY, Republican pollster Bill McINTURFF - comment.] Bush's intention to campaign on the issues of the economy and Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton's character noted. [Former president Richard NIXON - predicts a close race.]
(Independence, Missouri: Richard Threlkeld) Campaigning by Clinton in Truman's hometown of Independence, Missouri, featured. [CLINTON - talks about Truman and Bush.] [Clinton adviser Frank GREER - says the real issue is America's middle class.] ["Newsweek" senior editor Joe KLEIN - raises the issue of Clinton and trust.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Johannesburg: Mike Sullivan) Outbreak of violence during an African National Congress (ANC) march in the independent black homeland of Ciskei featured; scenes shown of shooting of the marchers by Ciskei forces, the dead and the wounded. [South African President F.W. De KLERK - says it could have been avoided.] [ANC leader Chris HANI - responds.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Finland study findings linking too much iron in the bloodstream and heart attacks reported.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Latest round of United Nations weapons inspections in Iraq; burning of Sarajevo school building hit by shell fire; unveiling in Japan of the Toyota Scepter, a station wagon built in the US; crash in Hinckley, Illinois, of a plane carrying ski divers; disruption of the annual pigeon shoot in Hegins, Pennsylvania, by animal rights activists and the nation's cool, wet summer reported; scenes shown from Baghdad, Sarajevo, Tokyo, Hinckley, Hegins and the nation.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Homestead, Florida: Scott Pelley) Persistence in south Florida of complaints about the role of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in bringing relief to the victims of Hurricane Andrew featured; scenes shown from Homestead, Florida, of supplies brought in by the military and from tent cities. [Residents Tammy YANCE, Monica KIEFER - comment.] [FEMA director Wallace STICKNEY - defends organization.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin that Israel is willing to negotiate an interim agreement with Syria reported.
(On the Golan Heights: Bob Simon) Possibility that at least part of the Golan Heights will be returned to Syria in exchange for peace examined. [Deputy foreign minister Yossi BEILIN - comments.] Defensive and economic importance of the Golan Heights, which was captured in the 1967 and 1973 wars, outlined. [Golan settlers committee Ehud MARGALIT, Golan wine maker Victor SCHOENFELD, diplomatic correspondent Akiva EDLAR - oppose returning the land.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Tokyo: Bill Whitaker) Young American job seekers in Japan featured; scenes shown from Tokyo. [Three AMERICANS, dancer Steven HAYNES, English teachers Craig and Rebecca SWARTOW, bankers Frank DOUGLAS, Stefan LeBROCK - talk about the job opportunities in Japan.] [Harvard University Ezra VOGEL - says America needs to catch up.] [English teachers Ian and Whitney HARRIS - talk about their economic future.]
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