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#601524
(Studio: Stone Phillips) Report introduced.
(Cojimar, Cuba: Ed Rabel) The coming talks between the United States and Cuba about the immigration problem previewed; scenes shown of the rafters along the beaches of Cojimar, Cuba. [Older WOMAN - heads to the sea.]
(Studio: Stone Phillips) Report introduced.
(Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: David Bloom) Signs of trouble at the Cuban refugee detention camps in Guantanamo Bay examined; scenes shown of military police rescuing a man who attempted suicide. [REFUGEE, joint task force commander Brigadier General Michael WILLIAMS, two REFUGEES - comment on conditions at the camps.]
#601525
(Studio: Stone Phillips) Report introduced.
(Martha's Vineyard: Pete Williams) The assassination in Haiti of Catholic priest Father Jean-Marie Vincent, who had been a supporter of exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, featured; scenes shown. [Aristide supporter Samedi FLORDIL - pleads for help.] [US embassy spokesman Stanley SCHRAGER - comments.] The unlikelihood of a US invasion mentioned. [State Department spokesman Michael McCURRY - wants to rid Haiti of abuses.] [White House press secretary Dee Dee MYERS - says the goal is to restore democracy.]
#601528
(Studio: Stone Phillips) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: George Lewis) The questioning by O.J. Simpson's attorneys of the credibility of the police officers, especially detective Mark Fuhrman, investigating the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman featured. [July 5, FUHRMAN - testifies about the bloody gloves.] The "New Yorker" story suggesting Fuhrman is a racist recalled. [In court, Simpson attorney Johnnie COCHRAN, Fuhrman's attorney Robert TOURTELOT - exchange views on the issue of Fuhrman's racism.]
#601529
(Studio: Stone Phillips) Report introduced.
(Lumberton, North Carolina: Robert Hager) The defense strategy for Daniel Green and Larry Demery, accused of murdering Michael Jordan's father James Jordan, outlined; the chronology of the elder Jordan's disappearance and murder last summer reviewed with locales shown. [In court, attorney Woodbury BOWAN - suggests the body may not be Jordan's!]
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(Studio: Stone Phillips) The sentencing of Kevin Elders, son of Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, on drug charges reported.
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(Studio: Stone Phillips) Release by the Federal Aviation Administration of audiotapes from the Charlotte, North Carolina, airport control tower about the July 2 crash of USAir Flight 1016 reported; scenes shown of the wreckage.
#601534
(Studio: Stone Phillips) Report introduced.
(McAlester, OK: Jim Cummins) Report from Amnesty International condemning the H-unit for death row prisoners at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary examined; scenes shown from inside the prison in McAlester, OK; excerpts quoted. [H-unit supervisor Fred COOK, Death Penalty Information Center Randall COYNE, Amnesty International Michael JOHNS, convicted murderer Alan FULBRIGHT, murdered inmate's parents Randy and Patricia HAMPSHIRE, warden Dan REYNOLDS - talk about conditions in H-unit.] The importance of the debate over the "model" H-unit for current superprisons under construction explained.
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(Studio: Stone Phillips) The Air Force reported planning to discipline the AWACs radar crew in the friendly fire downing of two US helicopters over Iraq last April.
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(Studio: Stone Phillips) Report introduced.
(Tel Aviv: Martin Fletcher) Decision by Israel to give the PLO control of large areas in the West Bank featured; scenes shown to illustrate the areas being turned over to Palestinian authorities: education, health care, tourism and taxation. [Chief Palestinian negotiator Nabil SHAATH - cites the significance of the step.] [School teacher Alia JAMJUOM - outlines her hopes for Palestinian education.]
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(Studio: Stone Phillips) The Bosnian Serbs reported voting against a Western-brokered peace plan to end the civil war in Bosnia.
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(Studio: Stone Phillips) The 18th day of the baseball strike reported.
(Los Angeles: Larry Carroll) The welcome home for the "earthquake kids," the Little League runner-up baseball team from earthquake- shattered Northridge, California, featured; scenes shown of the kids celebrating, quake damages and baseball. [KIDS, MOTHER - comment.]
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