Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CNN Evening News for 1996-04-21

This program is 28 minutes long

• Preview/Introduction Jeanne Meserve (Washington), Martin Savidge (Atlanta)

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  05:00:00 pm — 05:00:40 pm

• Middle East / Lebanon / Israel vs. Hizballah

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  05:00:40 pm — 05:04:50 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve: Martin Savidge) The gearing up of diplomacy while Israel and Hizballah continued their fighting in Lebanon featured; scenes shown of the diplomats.

  (Gaza City: Jerrold Kessel) The discovery of a Hamas plot to kill PLO leader Yasir Arafat examined. [Palestinian Secret Service Colonel Tawfig JABER, Palestinian council member ABU-ALA - comment.] Anti-Israeli demonstrations in Gaza shown.

  (Studio: Martin Savidge) Protest by Arab-American groups in front of the White House shown.

• Russia / Clinton's Visit / The Election

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  05:04:50 pm — 05:06:00 pm

  (Studio: Martin Savidge) The meeting of visiting President Clinton with Russian President Boris Yeltsin featured; scenes shown. [YELTSIN - (thru translator) talks about banning nuclear weapons.] [CLINTON - comments on the nuclear weapons ban.]

• Campaign '96 / Dole Financing

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  05:06:00 pm — 05:06:50 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Allegations that campaign contributions to Republican presidential candidate Senator Bob Dole were laundered examined; details given from the Kansas City Star story that Aqua-Leisure Industries sports store workers were reimbursed for contributing to the Dole campaign. [DOLE - offers a denial.]

• Campaign 96 / Gingrich

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  05:06:50 pm — 05:07:20 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) House Speaker Newt Gingrich and the Republicans' stance on the minimum wage increase given.

• Unabomber Case / Kaczynski

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  05:07:20 pm — 05:09:40 pm

  (Studio: Martin Savidge) Report introduced.

  (Helena, MT: Jennifer Auther) The time limit on the government's case against Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski, presented; scenes shown from Lincoln, Nebraska and of Ted's cabin. [USC law professor Erwin CHEMERINSKY, defense attorney Palmer HOOVESTAL, bookstore manager Anna HAIRE, resident Robert DIDRIKSEN - comment on Kaczynski.]

• Snyder Death

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  05:09:40 pm — 05:10:00 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Death of oddsmaker and commentator Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder reported; details recalled of his comments on black athletes that led to his 1988 firing by CBS.

• Weather

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  05:10:00 pm — 05:10:50 pm

  (Studio: Ted Textor) The weather forecast for the United States given.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Jeanne Meserve, Martin Savidge)

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  05:10:50 pm — 05:11:10 pm

• (Commercial: Infinity; Sea-Bond; Dean Witter; "Larry King Live".)

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  05:11:10 pm — 05:13:10 pm

• Telephones / Merger

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  05:13:10 pm — 05:13:40 pm

  (Studio: Martin Savidge) Merger agreement between Bell Atlantic and Nynex reported.

• Drug User Warning

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  05:13:40 pm — 05:13:50 pm

  (Studio: Martin Savidge) The frightening warning to drug users who use Mexican black tar heroine outlined.

• Gluzman Murder

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  05:13:50 pm — 05:16:20 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Report introduced.

  (New York: Cynthia Tornquist) Rita Gluzman's hacking up of her husband and biologist Jakov Gluzman with an axe outlined; details given of the murder. [Prosecutor Charles BUCKLEY - says they found his body parts in the river.] [US attorney Mary Jo WHITE, Prosecutor Michael BONGIORNO, American Bar Association Victim Committee Richard ANDRIAS, Lucy FRIEDMAN - comment on the case.]

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Martin Savidge)

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  05:16:20 pm — 05:16:30 pm

• (Commercial: United Van Lines; Sprint; Mazda; "Wall Street Journal"; "CNN".)

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  05:16:30 pm — 05:18:30 pm

• Tennessee / Midwest / Tornados

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  05:18:30 pm — 05:19:10 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) The clean up in the Midwest and South from tornado damage reported; scenes shown from Marshall Company Tennessee and Indiana.

• Weather

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  05:19:10 pm — 05:21:40 pm

  (Studio: Ted Textor) The weather forecast for the United States given.

• Sports

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  05:21:40 pm — 05:23:40 pm

  (Studio: Larry Smith) Various games shown and scores updated.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Jeanne Meserve)

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  05:23:40 pm — 05:24:00 pm

• (Commercial: Mitsubishi; MCI; Fanny Mae; CNN.)

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  05:24:00 pm — 05:26:10 pm

• San Francisco / Decker Trip

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  05:26:10 pm — 05:28:50 pm

  (Studio: Jeanne Meserve) Report introduced.

  (San Francisco: Jim Fargas) The 104th birthday of Iva Mae Decker from Vermont and her cable car ride through San Francisco featured. [DECKER - comments on her wish to ride the trolley cars.] [Friend Penni Hunter BRANCHAUD - comments.]

• Good Night

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  05:28:50 pm — 05:28:50 pm