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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Tel Aviv: Martin Fletcher) Meeting of Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres and PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) leader Yasir Arafat to work out the Israeli-PLO peace plan featured; scenes shown from the talks while the issues of giving limited powers to the Palestinians in the occupied territories is detailed. [Palestinian WOMAN - (thru translator) comments.] [Deputy foreign minister Yossi BEILIN - reviews the peace talks.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The aftershocks to California's earthquake reported; scenes shown of damaged highway in Santa Clarita, California, and a collapsed parking garage in Northridge, California.
(Los Angeles: George Lewis) Damage control in Los Angeles after the earthquake featured; scenes shown of people in line for assistance and of earthquake protection measures taken by an art museum in Malibu, California. [While showing the undamaged art treasures, Getty Museum director John WALSH, conservator of antiquities Jerry PODANY - comment.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Death of skier Ulrike Maier in a downhill race reported; scenes shown of the accident.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The investigation into whether figure skater Tonya Harding helped plan the attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan reported; scenes shown Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly, who has implicated her.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(White House: Tom Pettit) The states' concern about the cost of President Clinton's health care reform plan featured. [California Governor Pete WILSON, Minnesota Governor Arne CARLSON - react to the health care issue.] The state-level plan in Massachusetts, Oregon and Hawaii cited as examples of different approaches taken by the states. [Hawaii Governor John WAIHEE - comments.]
(Studio: Brian Williams) Clinton's statements about health care in his weekly radio address and the Republican response reported.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Viewer feedback on the question of whether rapists and murders should ever be paroled outlined on screen.
(West Palm Beach, Florida: Kenley Jones) The fear of violent crime in America featured; scenes shown of security measures taken in Palm Beach County, Florida, to prevent and control crime. [Julieann RICO, Rhonette MARCRAFT, Delray Beach police chief Rick OVERMAN, insurance agent Jay SIMIONE, state senator Mark FOLEY, alarms systems manufacturer Andrew GROSS - worry about crime.]
(Studio: Brian Williams) FBI statistic on violent crime cited.
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(Studio:Brian Williams) Death of William Levitt, who pioneered affordable suburban housing after World War II, reported.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Coast Guard's interception of a ship carrying Haitian refugees reported; scenes shown from near Miami.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Flooding from melting ice and snow reported; scenes shown from Hebron, Ohio.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Boston: Fred Briggs) Study by the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling about gambling by schoolage children examined. [Harvard Medical School Dr. Howard SHAFFER - cites statistics on compulsive gamblers.] [Two disguised FATHERS - detail threats to their kids who owed gambling debts.] [State police Lieutenant Pat GREANEY, Council on Compulsive Gambling Thomas CUMMINGS, Kathleen SCANLAN - talk about high school students and gambling.]
(Studio: Brian Williams) Winning a 220,000 gambling bet by Londoner Christopher Boyd at a Las Vegas casino cited as the moment of the week.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Atlanta: Bob Dotson) Other happenings in Atlanta the day before the Super Bowl featured; scenes shown of many couples before a judge waiting to marry and of Civil War reenactors tenting in the park. [Georgia legislator Ralph David ABERNATHY - opposes the Georgia state flag.]
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