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#381952
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(White House: Scott Pelley) Tactic switching by White House in independent counsel Kenneth Starr investigation reported; attempt to delay testimony of President Clinton aide Bruce Lindsey. Appeal filed by Justice Department on behalf of Secret Service mentioned. [White House counsel Charles RUFF - says Clinton is claiming attorney-client privilege.] [STARR - says witnesses are supposed to tell the truth.]
#381953
(Studio: Dan Rather) Official start of hurricane season announced.
#381954
(Studio: Dan Rather) Tornado reports across northern US, from South Dakota to New England, reported; deaths and destruction of Spencer, South Dakota mentioned; map shown of northern United States where tornadoes have hit.
(Spencer, SD: Jim Axelrod) Destruction of Spencer, SD, by tornadoes featured; scenes shown in Spencer of residents salvaging things from their homes, and amateur video of tornado. [PEOPLE - find valuables, call the scene "total destruction" and Spencer a "ghost town".] [Resident Pat SPILDENER - describes watching the tornado.] [South Dakota Governor William JANKLOW - says Spencer will be rebuilt.]
#381955
(Studio: Dan Rather) Possibility that El Nino may delay start of hurricane season mentioned.
#381956
(Studio: Dan Rather) Results of research extending the lives of fruit flies reported.
#381957
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Elizabeth Kaledin) Effects of obesity on health featured; ideas for fighting obesity given; chart shown of numbers of overweight Americans. [American Heart Association Dr. Robert ECKEL - calls obesity a major heart disease risk factor.] [Nutritionist Dr. James HILL - says we have the fattest generation of children ever; says the United States needs a public health campaign.]
#381960
(Studio: Dan Rather) Video footage of Pakistani nuclear tests released.
#381961
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Richard Threlkeld) Way to limit raw material for nuclear weapons featured; agreement between American company and Russian partners to manufacture new nuclear fuel, thorium, announced; map shown of Russia and countries for which it wants to build nuclear plants; scenes shown in Lithuania of nuclear plant. [Radkowsky Thorium Power Corporation Michael MONTGOMERY - describes benefits of thorium.]
#381962
(Studio: Dan Rather) Earthquake in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, reported; map shown of Afghanistan quake site; scenes shown of quake damage.
#381963
(Studio: Dan Rather) Virtual dead heat in Colombian elections reported; declaration of Ernesto Semper as ahead by narrow margin noted. Runoff election announced.
#381965
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Philadelphia, Mississippi: Byron Pitts) Trial of accused Pearl, Mississippi, school shooter Luke Woodham for killing three people featured. [Attorney, Pearl School Board Skip JERNIGAN - says other shootings make dealing with their tragedy tougher; wants a guilty plea.] [Sociologist Thomas PEATY - considers every school shooting after Pearl's a copycat.]
#381966
(Studio: Dan Rather) Air France and Aeromexico strikes and merger between American Home Products and Monsanto announced.
#381967
#381969
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Anthony Mason) Appointment of Franklin Raines as new Fannie Mae CEO and first African-American CEO of Fortune 500 company announced; other possible African-American CEOs named; background of Raines given. [RAINES - says best companies have tried to broaden ranks of executives; says people doubted him because of his color.] [Time-Warner Richard PARSONS - says Raines' appointment was inevitable; says the white stronghold in corporations is eroding.] ["Black Enterprise" publisher Earl GRAVES, Junior - says color had nothing to do with Raines' appointment.]
#381972
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Lexington, Kentucky: Sharyl Attkisson) Problems with growing hemp instead of tobacco featured; uses for hemp described; links of pro-hemp and pro- marijuana groups noted; scenes shown in Kentucky of Graves' farm, of hemp fields in Canada and Britain, and historical footage of pro-hemp government film. [Tobacco farmer Andy GRAVES - says raising tobacco has an unsure future; wants to grow hemp, does not want marijuana legalized.] [Drug czar General Barry McCAFFREY - says hemp growers really just want to grow marijuana.] [Former hemp grower Jake GRAVES - describes growing hemp and the uses of hemp during World War II.] [British hemp producer Ian LOWE - says it would be too difficult to get high on hemp.]
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