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(Studio: Dan Rather, Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Bob Schieffer) The questioning of deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman at the Senate Banking Committee Whitewater hearings into contacts between the Treasury Department and the White House featured; scenes shown from the session. [ALTMAN - comments on yesterday's testimony by Jean Hanson.] Altman's previous testimony and the facts reviewed. [In response to questions from Senator Lauch FAIRCLOTH, Treasury Department chief of staff Joshua STEINER - revises his earlier words.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Linda Douglass) Senator George Mitchell's health care plan presented; tenets of the plan, including employer mandates and universal coverage, outlined on screen. [MITCHELL, Senators David PRYOR, John CHAFEE - comment on the plan.] [At pep rally, Hillary CLINTON - comments.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bob Orr) The latest medical views on smokers' addiction to nicotine examined. [Smoker Jo Anne KATES, University of California Dr. Neal BENOWITZ - talk about addiction.] The possibility that the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) will regulate tobacco as a drug noted. [The Tobacco Institute Dr. Domenic CIRAULO - denies addiction.] [Mayo Clinic Dr. Richard HURT - comments.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The 11th annual National Night Out, a show of solidarity against crime, reported.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Hamilton Township, New Jersey: Jacqueline Adams) Outrage in New Jersey over pedophiles living in the neighborhood featured; scenes shown from Hamilton Township, New Jersey, where Megan Kanka was murdered. [Victim's parents Maureen and Richard KANKA - talk about their daughter's death.] The push for a "Megan's law" requiring that released sex offenders be registered noted. [ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) Edward MARTONE - comments.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Miami: Reed Galin) An American nightmare in Miami following the incident in which motorist Charles Bells was murdered by a pack of young men after he stopped after hitting a young girl updated; scenes shown. [11-year-old Victoria WILLIAMS, mother Felicia WILLIAMS - talk about being threatened.] The vicious circle of crime in this Miami neighborhood noted.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Plans to patrol the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic to enforce the sanctions by stopping smuggling reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Goma, Zaire: Barry Petersen) The plight of the Rwandan refugees, who fear returning home to their country, featured; scenes shown from the refugee camp in Kibumba, Zaire, where dysentery is spreading to the Zairian population. [Village elder Francois HATANGIMANA - cites fear.] [UN spokesman Panos MOUMTZIS - says time is running out.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Fort Hood, Texas: Vicki Mabrey) The wildfires in the West featured; scenes shown of firefighters and Marines battling the blazes. [United States Marine Corps L/Cpls. Mike WELSH, Dwayne MOUTON, National Interagency Fire Center Skip SCOTT - comment.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report of a scuffle between Michael Fay, who had been canned in Singapore for vandalism and his father George Fay, after the son was grounded outlined.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Boston: Richard Threlkeld) Retail therapy for medical patients featured. [Cancer patient Darcy CARROLL, social worker Hester HILL, Noreen GEORGIO, Bill BURNS, cancer specialist Dr. Roger LANG, cancer patient Ted RENNICK - cite the benefits of shopping.]
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