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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Shuttle director Robert Crippen quoted. Report introduced.
(Cape Canaveral: Robert Bazell) Delay in launch of space shuttle Columbia launch reported being symptom of greater NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) problems; details given; Senate funding noted at risk; scenes shown of tourists at Kennedy Space Center. [Senator Barbara MIKULSKI - criticizes shuttle program.] Historical scenes shown. [On January 25, 1984, Ronald REAGAN - announces space station project.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Discussion presented with Representative Bill Green and Senator Jake Garn. [GREEN - comments on delicacy of shuttle program.] [GARN - defends reliability of shuttle.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Galveston: Jim Cummins) Fire on Norwegian tanker Mega Borg reported easing and danger lessening; details given; scenes shown. [US Coast Guard Tom GREENE - comments on progress.] [Firefighter Joe BOWDEN - comments on delay.] [Oops, Incorporated, Jim O'BRIEN - talks about cleanup.] Threat to shoreline and fishing industry noted.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Royal Dutch/Shell reported suspending crude oil deliveries to United States ports because of spill liability.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Fireworks factory reported exploding; scenes shown; fireworks warning outlined on screen.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Pikeville, Kentucky: Roger O'Neil) Sentencing of FBI agent Mark Putnam in Pikeville, Kentucky, manslaughter case of Susan Smith reported; details given; courtroom scenes shown. [Smith's brother Billyjoe DANIELS - says she was madly in love with Putnam.] [Prosecutor John RUNYON - comments on plea bargain.] [Smith's sister Shelby WARD - criticizes justice.] Video shown of victim's sister's attempt to smuggle gun into courtroom.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Ethics hearings for Senator David Durenberger reported opening; details given; scenes shown; special counsel's recommendations quoted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) President Mikhail Gorbachev reported meeting with leaders of all republics and then separately with leaders of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia; details given of Gorbachev's compromise offer; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Investigators' findings in case of British Airways jet window failure, in which Captain Timothy Lancaster almost lost his life, reported; details given.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Miami: Noah Nelson) San Antonio, Texas, reported banning album, "As Nasty as They Wanna Be", by 2 Live Crew, on obscenity charges; scenes shown from performance and of new country-club home of group leader Luther Campbell, formerly known as Luke Skyywalker. [CAMPBELL - comments on his music.] [High school teacher Carlton JERKINS - comments on former student Campbell's success.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Studio: John Chancellor) Analysis given of America's obsession with trivial issues like dirty song lyrics, instead of focusing on real problems. Commerce Department mentioned.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Controversy in Chicago about bus billboards designed to promote AIDS awareness reported; details given; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Crayola crayons reported retiring favorite colors to hall of fame; details illustrated.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Today on his birthday, President Bush reported calling Texas Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan. Report introduced.
(New York: Brad Willis) Ryan's record-making no-hitter career featured; scenes shown. [RYAN - talks about age and career.] [Retired pitcher Bill SINGER - comments.]
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