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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Phil Jones) Resignation of House Speaker Newt Gingrich from Congress featured. [Representative Bob LIVINGSTON - announces his candidacy for House Speaker and explains reasons for decision.] [Republican Steve LARGENT - asks if Republicans should look for new leadership.]
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(White House: Scott Pelley) White House reaction to Gingrich's resignation and the continuing preparation for independent counsel Kenneth Starr to testify before the House Judiciary Committee reported; careful optimism about the impeachment hearings after Gingrich resignation noted.
(Studio: Dan Rather) Lack of a challenge at this time to Majority leader Senator Trent Lott noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Terrorist bombing in Jerusalem killing two suicide bombers and injuring at least 20 others reported; suspension by the Israeli cabinet of action on the Wye peace agreement noted; scenes shown from the Jerusalem site.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Esteli, Nicaragua: Byron Pitts) Continuing relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Mitch in Honduras and Nicaragua reported; bottleneck of aid and supplies at Managua noted. [Piedad ESPINOZA - says the people have been through hell; describes needs of her town.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Mike Wallace) Undeniable links between cigarette smoking and impotence reported. [University of North Carolina Dr. Culley CARSON; Loyola Medical Center John MULHALL - says smoking definitely causes impotence; says smokers regret smoking when they become impotent.] [Dr. Randolph SMOAK - says time changes a lot of opinions about smoking.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Baghdad, Iraq: Allen Pizzey) Lack of support from Gulf War allies for a US air strike against Iraq reported; desire of many countries to do business with Iraq reported; scenes shown from Baghdad of an international trade fair. [BUSINESSMEN - (in Arabic and English) say they want to do business with Iraq; say how much money they could make.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Kansas City, Missouri: John Roberts) New advances in pain treatment featured; examples cited of natural medicines from cone snail venom, Ziconitide, and Ecuadoran tree frog venom, Epibatidine. [Steve COLES - talks about pain from cancer; describes problems with morphine which he does not have with Ziconitide.] [Elan Pharmaceuticals Dr. George MILJANICH - says Ziconitide is much more powerful than morphine.] [Steve BORELLO - describes pain from a motorcycle accident.] [Dr. Fred BURGESS - says the pain method he studies makes the body's natural painkillers work better.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Resignation of House Speaker Newt Gingrich from Congress and the nomination of Representative Bob Livingston to replace Gingrich as speaker reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Announcement that Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan will not seek re-election in 2000 reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Indictment of former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards and his son for racketeering and conspiracy charges reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Preparation of the space shuttle Discovery for Saturday landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Chatham, New Jersey: Harry Smith) Discovery of the baseball Babe Ruth hit for the first home run in Yankee Stadium in 1923 in the home of Viola Bevilacque reported. [BEVILACQUE - says her grandson and great-grandson wanted to see the baseball; talks about her late husband, who owned the ball.] [Grandson Mark BEVILACQUE - says he had goose bumps touching the ball.]
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