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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Tel Aviv: Martin Fletcher) The tragic ending in the Middle East in which kidnapped Israeli soldier Nahshon Waxman was killed in a fire fight between his Hamas captors and Israeli soldiers featured; scenes shown from near Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's taking responsibility for the military action noted. The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Yasir Arafat, Rabin and Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Near the Kuwaiti-Iraqi border: Keith Miller) The United States response to the slow withdrawal of Iraq troops from the Kuwait border featured; scenes shown of Kuwaiti troops. [Kuwaiti army Captain Jasem AHDBULLAH - comments.] [Secretary of Defense William PERRY - talks about the possible application of force.] [Russian foreign minister Andrei KOZYREV - addresses Iraq's offer.] Kuwait's support of an exclusion zone in southern Iraq mentioned.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Final stopover at the White House by exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide before his return to Haiti, shown.
(Port-au-Prince: Jim Maceda) The preparations in Haiti for the return featured; scenes shown from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to illustrate the security measures being taken by the United States military, Haitians and private security forces. [US ambassador William SWING, businessman Raymond ROY (thru translator) - comment on Aristide's return.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report that millions of frozen financial assets were not turned over to General Raoul Cedras as reported in the press noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: David Bloom) The debate in the courtroom for the O.J. Simpson murder trial over the issue of false news leaks and their implication for jury selection examined; the defense argument about the media and the evidence quoted. [Simpson attorney Johnnie COCHRAN, Judge Lance ITO - address the question of whether the news coverage tainted potential jurors.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The recent gunning down in Chicago of an 11- year-old hit man by fellow gang members recalled.
(No location given: Dawn Fratangelo) Last night's incident in which two boys dropped five-year-old Eric Morris out a 14th floor window in the housing project featured; scenes and courtroom sketches shown. [Victim's BROTHER - describes what happened.] [Public defender David McMAHON, police commander Charles SMITH, MAN - comment.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Announcement by Toys R Us that it will no longer sell realistic toy guns reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) The investigation of Schwan's ice cream plants in Minnesota, the source of salmonella food poisoning from ice cream, featured; map shown of states with confirmed and possible cases. [Former Agriculture Department officer Carol Tucker FOREMAN - talks about possible sources of bacterial contamination.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(White House: Andrea Mitchell) The political attack by Representative Newt Gingrich on President Clinton featured; his promise to investigate corruption in the Clinton administration if Republicans win a majority in the Congressional midterm elections mentioned. [GINGRICH - clarifies his comments on the administration.] [White House Chief of Staff Leon PANETTA, Republican National Committee chairman Haley BARBOUR - respond.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The monthly consumer prices, retail sales and unemployment figures cited with the findings of the NBC News/"Wall Street Journal" poll on the public's view of Clinton's presidency cited. "Stock Market Report".
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Findings of a Labor Department study on working women reported.
(New York: Mike Jensen) The economic reasons for the lengthening of the American worker's work week examined; statistics on jobs eliminated and factory overtime cited. [Marketing manager Jody ROSE, attorney William SASSO - note hours worked.] The issue of forced overtime noted. [Harvard economist Juliet SCHOR, sales representative Dana RICHARDSON, economist Stephen ROACH, Ford workers Rob and Cathy AYOTT, Ford employee relations Jerry FERGUSON - offer views on the job versus workers' lives.] Findings of a recent Gallup/"Health" magazine poll of the option of shorter hours versus pay cuts cited.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Bismarck, North Dakota: Roger O'Neil) The annual fall ritual of ducks and geese migrating south featured; scenes shown from Bismarck, North Dakota, to illustrate how the conservation reserve program that pays farmers to take land out of production in the nation's prairie pothole region has enabled the birds to find new nesting grounds. [North Dakota farmer Ray HEUPEL, biologist Ron REYNOLDS - comment.]
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