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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(London: Rick Davis) The fire in England's Windsor Castle featured; scenes shown of firemen battling the blaze, of Queen Elizabeth inspecting the damages and of the castle's art works being rescued. [Heritage secretary Peter BROOKE - comments.] [English COUPLE, pub OWNER - comment on people coming to see the castle.]
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(Vietnam: Brad Willis) Visit by American Senators searching for evidence of MIAs in Vietnam featured; scenes shown from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. [Senator John KERRY - says the Vietnamese have been cooperative; says it is time to move toward normalization of relations; adds that there is no evidence that the government is holding anyone.] Kerry's Vietnam war experiences here recalled. [In helicopter, KERRY - talks about reaching an understanding.]
(Studio: Garrick Utley) Many MIA (missing in action) families said still wanting no concessions.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) The tornado near Houston, as seen by the Marxbury family, reported; tornado video shown while the voices of the family are heard.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(Split: Tom Aspell) Plans for a naval blockage against the government of what used to be Yugoslavia to squeeze Serbia featured; details given of United Nations plans to enforce the blockade at sea and on land; scenes shown. Extent of smuggling through Serbia and its ally Montenegro outlined. [UN official Peter KESSLER - talks about the refugee problem.]
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) The background to famine and violence in Somalia featured; details given of the prevention of the unloading of relief supplies by feuding factions in Somalia; scenes shown of the rebels. The United Nations security force said to be ineffective in preventing gangs from seizing relief aid. [Back from visit to Somalia, Representative John LEWIS - describes the suffering and need for outside help; says the United States must request the United Nations to intervene to prevent further starvation and instability.]
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(San Francisco: John Gibson) The link between parental abuse of family pets and abuse of the children examined; details given of a plan in San Francisco to train animal control officers to be on the alert for child abuse. [San Francisco animal care and control Mike KNAPP, San Francisco child abuse council Lynn LOAR - comment.] Study findings linking pet abuse and child abuse outlined. [Humane Society of the US Dr. Randall LOCKWOOD - says abusive parents often threaten the kids' pets.] [Grown child victim of incest Carol DeLUCA - explains how her father beat her and her dog.] [San Francisco animal care and control Ken WHITE - comments.] Humane Society's hope that children can be trained in pet care so they will speak up if there is abuse noted.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Banning of Madonna's book "Sex" by the government of Ireland reported.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(Dublin: Dennis Murphy) National referendum on abortion rights in Ireland, where it is currently constitutionally illegal, examined; details given of the anti-abortion militants' campaign; scenes shown from Dublin, Ireland. [On the streets, two PEOPLE - comment.] The breakdown of the vote in a poll in the "Irish Times" outlined. [Sociologist Reverend Liam RYAN - says we want the American standard of living while retaining Irish tradition.]
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Position of France on yesterday's agreement between the United States and European Community reported.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) President-elect Bill Clinton's trip to Washington, DC; apology from the State Department for the search of Clinton's passport files during the election campaign; federal court ruling that the homeless in Miami have a constitutional right to sleep in public parks; a picture taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of what might be the site of a black hole in a galaxy and the arrest of four policemen in Detroit for the beating death of a black motorist reviewed; representative scenes shown from each story.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(Jacksonville: Kenley Jones) Case in Jacksonville, Florida, in which police officers Scot McRae and Tom Kypke are accused of planting drugs on suspects to get them off the street featured. [Sheriff James McMILLAN, public defender Bill WHITE, University of North Florida's Institution of Police Technology and Management director Russ AREND - comment on the case.] Investigation into whether various defendants were falsely convicted due to evidence from McRae and Kypke outlined. [Accused Shane LLOYD - comments.] [State attorney Harry SHORSTEIN - says it could have a negative impact on how the police are viewed.]
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Suggestions made on how President Bush could spend the final days of his presidency: by signing the North American Free Trade Agreement and beginning the normalization of relations with Vietnam.
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