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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Ray Brady) The official plan proposed to change the Consumer Price Index (CPI) that would mean lower cost of living increases for social programs including Social Security outlined; details given as to how the CPI is used to measure inflation; statistics cited. [Commission chairman Michael BOSKIN, Social Security recipient Margrit PITTMAN, Wall Streeter Ray DUBOIS - comment on the scam by the government to get more taxpayer money.]
(Capitol: Bob Schieffer) The politics behind changing the CPI discussed.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Johnson Space Center: Scott Pelley) The launch of the satellite Pathfinder to Mars shown; animation of how the craft will land and work on Mars featured. [Creator Charles WISEMAN - talks about his rover that will collect specimens on Mars.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The retrieval of a science-collecting satellite by the space shuttle Columbia astronauts reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Possible appointments by President Clinton to his cabinet listed.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Bill Whitaker) More damaging testimony by witnesses at the O.J. Simpson civil trial reported; scenes shown of battered shelter worker Nancy Ney and Dr. Ronald Fischman, who testified about threats made against Nicole and former girlfriend Paula Barbieri. [Law professor/former prosecutor Laurie LEVENSON - comments.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The sentencing of Jonathan Schmitz for murdering a man who revealed he had a crush on Schmitz during the taping of the Jenny Jones show reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The hold put on same-sex marriages by the same judge who issued the ruling allowing the marriages reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Great moments in the auto industry on its 100th anniversary featured.
(Los Angeles: Jerry Bowen) The launching by General Motors of its first production model electric car featured; details given of how the EV1 car works, is recharged and drives. [Driver Charles McALLISTER, analyst Chris CEDERGREN, Carnegie Mellon University Francis McMICHAEL, manufacturer Alan PICONE - comment.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Jacqueline Adams) New technology that will help determine the chemicals in Chinese herbal medicines featured. [Chinese herbalist Will SAING, Pharmaprint, Incorporated, Costas LOULLIS, General Nutrition Centers Dr. John TROUP - talk about the mass production of herbal cures that will available.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The use of beta-blocker drugs to reduce post-surgery health risks noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The continuing protest by Serbs against Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic noted; brief scenes from Belgrade shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: David Martin) The transformation of the view of retired former Strategic Air Command General Lee Butler about nuclear weapons presented. [BUTLER - explains why the United States should get rid of its nuclear weapons and the policy supporting them.] [White House spokesperson David JOHNSON - states the deterrence theory.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) United Nations Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's suspension of his bid for a second term due to intense pressure from the US reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The doctor's orders to President Clinton to keep quiet and refrain from talking for a while because of his chronic bouts with hoarseness stated.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The cocaine drug bust in the Arizona desert reported; scenes shown of the cocaine in Tucson.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Wyatt Andrews) The memorial for unrecovered victims of TWA Flight 800 twenty weeks after the crash featured. [TWA spokesman John McDONALD - says this will help the families find closure.] [Victim's family member Cindy HURD, Pan Am 103 victim's widow Victoria CUMMOCK - comment on airlines and victims.]
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