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(Studio: Dan Rather, Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Cheiry, Switzerland: Barry Petersen) The deaths of members of a religious cult known as the Order of the Solar Temple featured; scenes shown of burned buildings where bodies were found in Cheiry, Switzerland, and elsewhere. [Swiss police official Andre PILLER - describes discovering nineteen unburned bodies and group's rituals.] Similar event just hours before near Montreal, Canada, reported; the background of sect leader Luc Jouret reviewed.
#354018
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Pensacola: Diana Gonzalez) Conviction of Paul Hill for violating a new federal law providing free access to abortion clinics reported. [NOW president Patricia IRELAND - comments with regard to importance of verdict.] Scenes shown of Hill, who faces murder charges for killing two people outside a Pensacola, Florida, abortion clinic in July; today's testimony by attack survivor June Barrett summarized. [Anti-abortion activist Father David TROSCH - defends Hill's actions.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Bill Whitaker) Decision by Judge Lance Ito to reject the request from the defense in the O.J. Simpson murder trial that evidence be thrown out examined; courtroom scenes shown. [ITO - announces his decision.] [Defense attorney Gerald UELMEN, prosecutor Marcia CLARK - present arguments with regard to suppression of evidence.] [Law professor Laurie LEVENSON - comments with regard to defense strategy.] Denise Brown, sister of victim Nicole Brown Simpson, quoted about today's defense maneuvers.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Port-au-Prince: Bob Simon) Public appearance by Haitian military leaders, led by General Raoul Cedras, at the funeral services for Haitians slain in a fire fight with United States Marines in Cap Haitien, Haiti, featured; scenes shown from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, of Haitians dismantling a right-wing political party office and of United States troops arresting a Haitian attach‚.
(Studio: Dan Rather) Cedras' family members denial of reports that they intend to leave Haiti reported.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Washington: Jim Stewart) Allegations of ethics violations by GSA chief Roger Johnson featured. [September 21, 1992, JOHNSON - endorses then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton.] The charges against Johnson and GSA's response detailed; the resignation of Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy and the investigation of US Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros mentioned; investigations of Bush administration officials John Tower, John Sununu, and Samuel Skinner recalled. [January 20, 1993, CLINTON - states resolve to reform politics.] [Center for Responsive Politics Ellen MILLER - comments with regard to Clinton administration performance.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr's hiring of former Senate Watergate counsel Samuel Dash reported.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(New York: Bob Arnot) "New England Journal of Medicine" article reporting a new surgical technique for repairing damaged knee cartilage featured. [Patient Jack SWEENEY - describes arthritic pain from knee injury.] Success of new cartilage repair surgery on Swedish hockey player (named) noted; cartilage repair procedure explained. [University of Goteborg Lars PETERSON, Stanford University Medical Center Dr. James McGUIRE - comment with regard to benefits of new surgery.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Factory orders for August reported. "Stock Market Report".
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Wyatt Andrews) Senator David Boren's decision to leave the Senate and become the University of Oklahoma's next president featured. [BOREN - expresses his frustration with the Senate's legislative process.] Boren's inability to garner support for his campaign finance reform legislation noted. [BOREN - comments with regard to the influence of lobbyists and the unwillingness of Democrats and Republicans to work together; criticizes President Clinton's approach to health care reform.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Chicago: Frank Currier) The Chicago city council's decision to outlaw many outdoor pay phones in order to deny drug dealers access to them featured; scenes shown of phones being taken out. [Chicago police department James ARCEO - comments with regard to street gangs.] [Chicago alderman Patrick HUELS - comments with regard to community activists.] [Community activist Nancy GLOVER - explains her objection to pay phones.] [Chicago Mayor Richard DALEY - describes excessive number of pay phones throughout the city.]
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