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#601429
(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(White House: Andrea Mitchell) The problems faced by President Clinton's administration over what to do about the influx of Cuban refugees featured; scenes shown from the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base detention center guarded by Marines. [Secretary of Defense William PERRY - responds to a threat from Fidel Castro.] Radio Marti announcement read. [Attorney General Janet RENO - warns against migrating.] [Senator Bob DOLE - says the administration should call for Castro to leave.]
(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Havana: Mary Murray) The conditions in Cuba that are driving the people out examined; scenes shown of rafters putting out to sea. [Cuban vice minister of foreign trade Raul TALEDRID - cites the seriousness of the economic situation.] Examples of the economic conditions inside Cuba reported and shown.
#601432
(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Capitol: Lisa Myers) The partisan politics in the Senate holding up the crime and health care bills featured; scenes shown from the floor. [Senate CHAPLAIN - prays.] [Senators Orrin HATCH, Howard METZENBAUM, Robert BYRD - debate the crime issue.] Representative Thomas Foley's statement on health care noted. [Senator Christopher BOND - calls for a delay.]
#601433
(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Larry Carroll) Reports on hair and blood evidence in the O.J. Simpson murder case examined. Position of defense attorney Robert Shapiro noted. [Los Angeles District Attorney Gil GARCETTI - comments on the grand jury investigation of O.J.'s friend Al Cowlings.] [Simpson DNA expert Dr. Henry LEE - says he will not tell what is in the sealed envelope.]
#601434
(Studio: Brian Williams) Judge reported refusing to order the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) to take back fired executive director Benjamin Chavis.
#601435
(Studio: Brian Williams) Announcement by General Motors Corporation of the recall of Cadillac models with oil cooling line problems reported.
#601439
(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) Government warning against marketing tactics used by some drug companies detailed; three examples of cases leading to the indictment of drug companies for bribing doctors to use particular products. [Health and Human Services Department June Gibbs BROWN - comments on the fraudulent practice.]
#601440
(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Wedowee, Alabama: Noah Nelson) The resumption of classes at Randolph County, Alabama, high school, which was burned down following months of racial strife after principal Hulond Humphries threatened to cancel the prom over interracial dating, featured; scenes shown from Wedowee, Alabama. [Student Leslie HAND, superintendent Dale McKAY, black resident Earlene STEVENSON - talk about the racial situation at the school and in the town.]
#601441
(Studio: Brian Williams) The first negotiations between owners and players in the 13-day-old baseball strike reported.
#601442
(Studio: Brian Williams) Word of a shakeup at Disney with studio head Jeffrey Katzenberg resigning to take a job at rival Sony pictures reported.
#601445
(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Washington: Pete Williams) The question of the costs to states of illegal immigrants examined; scenes shown of illegal border crossings from Mexico; map shown of states suing President Clinton's administration for payment of their bills to provide medical, educational and prison services for illegals. [California health and welfare agency Sandra SMOLEY - outlines the state's burden.] [Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Robert RUBIN, Commission on Immigration Reform Barbara JORDAN - cite benefits to the states from illegal aliens.] [Governor Lawton CHILES - states the advantages of releasing and deporting foreign prisoners.] The public support for immigrant restrictions in California noted.
#601448
(Studio: Brian Williams) The story of one American soldier who participated in the liberation of Paris on the 50th anniversary featured; World War II era film shown. [Former soldier Carl MONTGOMERY - recalls the devastation in France after the D-Day invasion of Normandy.]
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