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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Bill Whitaker) Opening of the second trial of four Los Angeles policemen accused of beating motorist Rodney King featured; scenes and artist's sketches shown. [Defense attorney Harland BRAUN - doubts there can be a fair trial.] [Compton city council Patricia MOORE, Loyola University law school Laurie LEVENSON, black attorney Johnnie COCHRAN - talk about juror selection and the justice system.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Linda Taira) Meeting of baseball owners' executive council to consider what to do with Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott, accused of racism, featured; details given of the allegations that she called players Dave Parker and Eric Davis "her million dollar niggers." [Critic Jesse JACKSON - comments.] Overall issue of racism in professional team sports noted. Rainbow Coalition's statistics on black employees in the front offices of pro sports cited. [Film director Spike LEE - says the players are slaves.]
#349240
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(White House: Susan Spencer) The economy, President Clinton and political campaign reform examined. [CLINTON - talks about taxes and the middle class.] Elements of Clinton's campaign finance reforms outlined on screen. [Senator David BOREN, Representative Martin FROST, Common Cause Fred WERTHEIMER - comment on the political campaign bill.] Clinton's first town meeting next Wednesday in Detroit mentioned.
#349241
(Studio: Dan Rather) First public appearance outside the White House of first cat "Socks" shown.
#349244
(Studio: Dan Rather) Crash of a C-130 cargo plane at Dobbins Air Force Base, Georgia, reported; scenes shown from Marietta, Georgia.
#349245
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(San Francisco: John Blackstone) The overhaul of automobile insurance in California examined; proposal to tack insurance costs onto gasoline payments detailed. [Motorist Dieatra ADAMS, DRIVER, plan's author Andrew TOBIAS - comment on the insurance plan.] Reasons for the opposition to pay at the pump auto insurance by lawyers, insurance companies outlined. [At state senate hearings, National Association of Independent Insurers Sam SORICH - complains.]
#349246
(Studio: Dan Rather) Medical study linking stomach ulcers to bacterial infections reported.
#349249
(Studio: Dan Rather) Reality check story introduced.
(Pentagon: David Martin) The options for President Clinton in establishing a foreign policy position on the war in Bosnia featured; map shown of peace plan by United Nations negotiators Cyrus Vance and Lord David Owen based on dividing Bosnia into 10 ethnic zones. [VANCE - cites importance of the United States position.] Consideration of lifting the arms embargo to help Bosnian Moslems noted. [OWEN - suggests use of American troops as peacekeepers on the ground.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Japan's plans to cut interest rates to jump start the economy reported.
(Tokyo: James Hattori) The barriers faced by American salespeople in Japan featured; scenes shown. [Toledo Stamping president Jim TERLIZZI, Commerce Department Stuart KEITZ - talk about the auto parts market in Japan.] [Temple University Japan Robert ORR, TERLIZZI - comment on the prospect for deals.]
#349254
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Edie Magnus) The return of electroshock treatment for depression examined; scenes shown of the process in which jolts of electricity are used. [Television personality Dick CAVETT - lauds electroconvulsive therapy.] Film clip shown from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". [Carrier Foundation Dr. Robert GREENBERG - comments on maintenance ECT.] [Psychiatrist Dr. Peter BREGGIN - opposes the practice.] [New York State Psychiatric Institution Harold SACKEIM - compares ECT to heart shock therapy.] [ECT patient "KATHERINE" - comments.]
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