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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(On board the Bush campaign train: John Cochran) Campaigning by President Bush through the Midwest featured; scenes shown from his whistle-stop train tour. [BUSH - rails against Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton's taxes.] [CLINTON - responds.] [Clinton-Gore supporter Margy BENNETT - comments.] New charges against Bush about his knowledge of the Iran/Contra deal reviewed; assertions from former NSC aide Howard Teicher that Bush knew about the deal detailed. [White House spokesman Marlin FITZWATER - calls Teicher's claims baloney.] Bush aides reported urging him to meet with Ross Perot to defend his budget plan.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) The question of what would happen if candidates were required to tell the truth examined; scenes shown from the campaigns and campaign ads of President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton this week to illustrate promises made and truths distorted. [CLINTON - makes pledge about health care.] [BUSH - proposes initiative to lift taxes off of small businesses.] Ross Perot's plan to reduce the deficit outlined on screen.
(Studio: Garrick Utley) Interview held with a co-chairman of the Commission of Presidential Debates Frank Fahrenkopf about whether there will be presidential debates. [FAHRENKOPF - says Perot could become part of a debate if a committee of experts deems it so; feels there will be a Bush-Clinton debate.]
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(Des Moines: Tom Pettit) Interviews held to determine what the people want; scenes shown from Des Moines, Iowa. [Five white PEOPLE, African American high school students Tara DEERING, Cortez NICHOLS, two Drake University students, Angela ROSS - express their concerns and expectations about change.]
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(Johannesburg: Charles McLean) Reconciliation between South African President F.W. de Klerk and African National Congress (ANC) president Nelson Mandela featured; scenes shown from their summit meeting. [MANDELA - comments.] Breaking off of talks in June following the massacre in Boipatong, South Africa, recalled; scenes shown. Today's concessions from the ANC and the white minority government detailed. Black factional fighting between Mandela's ANC and the rival Inkatha Zulu group, led by Zulu chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, noted.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(Orlando, Florida: Noah Nelson) Granting by Judge Thomas Kirk of a "divorce" from his parents for young Gregory Kingsley, now known as Shawn Russ, featured; scenes shown from the Orlando, Florida, courtroom. [Natural mother Rachel KINGSLEY - talks about her situation.] [Her attorney Jane CAREY, Gregory's attorney Jerri BLAIR, adoptive mother Lizabeth RUSS - offer views on the issues raised by the case.]
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Dr. Jack Kevorkian reported present when a woman with cancer committed suicide; scenes shown from Warren, Michigan.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(Middletown, Ohio: Jeff Madrick) Decision by Armco, Incorporated, to reduce medical benefits for its retirees examined; scenes shown from Middletown, Ohio. [Armco retirees Bud PRATA, Jim MAYNARD, retirees' attorney Paul TOBIAS - respond to Armco cuts.] National trend towards cutting of retiree medical benefits and the reasons for it outlined; five big companies named. [Washington Business Group on Health Robert LEVINE - cites the exorbitant medical costs.] [UAW legislative director Alan REUTHER - says the companies are breaking promises.]
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Status given on the health of hospitalized former Alabama governor George Wallace.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Conviction of Edward Reggie, father- in-law of Senator Edward Kennedy, in a savings and loan fraud case reported; scenes shown from Lafayette, LA.
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Report introduced.
(Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: Robin Lloyd) Pollution of Chesapeake Bay by Amish, Mennonite and other Pennsylvania farmers featured; scenes shown of the waters damaged by too much nitrogen from the farm fertilizer. [Chesapeake Bay Foundation William BAKER - says farm pollution must be addressed.] Opposition of farmers to any new regulations noted. [Farmer Alan WEIEKSEL, Pennsylvania department of environmental resources Caren GLOTFELTY - offer differing opinions on the issue.]
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(Studio: Garrick Utley) Anecdote told about anchor's mentor cameraman Brant Wolfkill, who was captured by the Pathet Lao in the 1960s, to shed light on this week's statements from high government officials that they knew some American POWs were left behind in Laos.
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