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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(White House: Andrea Mitchell) The health care reform sales campaign by President and Hillary Clinton featured; scenes shown. [President CLINTON - explains the insurance pool system.] [Lupus victim Nelda HOLLY, breast cancer victim Suzy SOMERS - talk about their insurance problems.] [In Washington hardware store, small business owner Allan ROUTZAHN, CLINTON - comment.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) Lobbying and public relations efforts by the health care industry as reform looms examined; statistics on political contributions made by the health care industry outlined. [Common Cause Fred WERTHEIMER - comments.] Former White House staffers Jody Powell, Ann Wexler and Kenneth Duberstein and former Congressmen Paul Tsongas, Toby Moffitt, Norman Lent and Ed Jenkins said working for firms representing health care clients or lobbying at the Capitol.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Capitol: Lisa Myers) Report by Public Citizen's Congress Watch on frequent flights taken by Senators at the expense of corporations or industry groups examined. [Public Citizen president Joan CLAYBROOK - says buying the Senators time is corruption.] Senators Conrad Burns and J. Bennett Johnston dubbed the kings of the frequent fliers; their trips reviewed. [National Association of Broadcasters Edward FRITTS - comments.] The perception that these trips indicate the Congress is up for sale noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Decision by two Senators, Dennis DeConcini and David Durenberger, not to run for reelection reported; the ethical questions pertaining to each man reviewed.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) George Walker Bush, son of the former president, reported planning to run for governor of Texas.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(New York: Ed Rabel) The National Security Council's admission of failure of the use of the military to intercept drug smugglers examined. [Pentagon spokeswoman Kathleen DeLASKI - cites the amount of drugs seized.] President Clinton's administration said forming a new battle plan for the war on drugs that will shift the emphasis away from the Pentagon.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) A murder on the opening school day in Chicago noted.
(Dallas: Jim Cummins) The problem of guns in the nation's schools featured; scenes shown from Dallas, where security cameras are now in use. [STUDENT, principal Robert PAYTON, student Edward WITTINGTON, school transportation director Monroe KREITZER - comment on security measures in schools and on school buses.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Testing by spacewalking Discovery shuttle astronauts of equipment to be used to repair the Hubble Space Telescope shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Scientific evidence in the journal "Science" that a gigantic space rock collided with the earth and probably killed the dinosaurs reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Next week's meeting of the leaders of the three warring factions in Bosnia to try again for a peace treaty reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) President Clinton reported calling Syrian President Hafez al-Assad asking him to discourage radical Palestinian opposition to the PLO-Israel peace agreement, while PLO leader Yasir Arafat said he will meet with leaders of Hamas, a radical group opposed to the peace accord; scenes shown of Arafat meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Report from the State Department that Jordan will get American aid noted.
(In the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip: Martin Fletcher) The financial difficulties of the Gaza Strip that will be turned over to the Palestinians for self-rule featured; scenes shown from the densely populated area to illustrate the economic realities of the region. [PALESTINIAN - comments on the business situation.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Dallas: John Cochran) A new approach by the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) to get back taxes collected featured; its ad campaign to attract non-filers outlined. [IRS Beth TUCKER, federal tax expert Beanna WHITLOCK, non-filing waiter Curtis ANDERSON, non-filing insurance salesman George HORTON - comment.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Labor agreement between Ford Motor Company and the UAW (United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America) reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(New York: Sara James) New study indicating that the Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg because the steel plates on its hull were inferior examined; film clips, animations and underwater scenes shown. [Naval architect William GARZKE - comments on his findings.] [Titanic survivor Eva HART - comments.]
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