This program is 28 minutes long
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Pittsburgh airport: Robert Hager) The investigation into the crash of USAir Flight 427 near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, featured; scenes shown from the crash site. [Beaver County coroner Wayne TATALOVICH - comments.] Transcripts of communications between the cockpit and controllers quoted and information revealed by the plane's flight recorder noted. Previous 737 accidents recalled.
(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Pittsburgh: Bob Faw) Hometown grief following the deaths of five members of the Earl Weaver family featured; scenes shown from their town. [Upper Saint Clair high school football Dan STELLUTE, Westminster Presbyterian Church Pastor David TURNER - react to the tragedy.] Ways of handling the trauma suffered by friends, relatives and residents detailed. [Our Lady of Fatima school principal Sister Jane FADGEN - comments.]
#601740
(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Cojimar: Mary Murray) The reaction of Cubans to the immigration policy deal struck between the United States and Cuba featured; scenes shown of rafters leaving from the beach. The opposition to the latest US sanctions against Cuba noted. [Cubans Mirta MUNIZ, Sonia BAEZ - react to the agreement and the situation in Cuba.]
(Miami: Noah Nelson) The fate of refugees who leave Cuba featured; scenes shown from Miami, where relatives wait for news and the refugee camps at Guantanamo Bay. [In Miami, Alberto and Zezul RACIO - look for a relative's name on a list.] [US Marines joint task force commander Brigadier General Michael WILLIAMS - comments.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Meeting of President Clinton and his advisers to consider military action against the government of Haiti reported. Coverage on tomorrow's "Meet the Press" noted.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The likely cancellation of the remainder of the baseball season due to the unsettled strike reported; scenes shown of representatives and from a White House picnic honoring baseball that was hosted by President and Hillary Clinton. Hillary show batting.
#601745
(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(In northern Virginia: Bob Abernethy) The controversy over the planned Disney's America history theme park in Virginia examined; scenes shown from the small town of Haymarket, Virginia, near the site. [Historian David McCULLOUGH - says development will destroy this Civil War battlefield area.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Buffalo Creek, Colorado: Roger O'Neil) The debate over private property and public policy examined; an example cited from Nebraska, where the state is restricting use of water from the Oglallah aquifer. [Farmer Greg BAMFORD - opposes government regulation.] Map shown of states where legislation has been introduced to protect private property owners from government takings. [WOMAN - explains property owners' rights.] Three cases detailed. [Clean Water Action Carmi McLEAN - opposes new takings laws on environmental grounds.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Shootings at a Ford Motor plant union meeting in Dearborn, Michigan, that killed two people reported.
#601752
(Studio: Brian Williams) Background events to the O.J. Simpson murder trial updated.
#601753
(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Zagreb: Jim Maceda) Visit by a frail Pope John Paul II to Croatia, where he talked about the regional war, featured; scenes shown of him kissing a bowl of earth, driving through Zagreb, Croatia, in the popemobile and at an evening service. [Former Croatian national security professor Slaven LETICA - talks about the papal visit.] The cancellation of the pope's trip to Bosnia mentioned.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The cancellation of Pope John Paul II's planned visit to Sarajevo cited as the moment of the week; scenes shown of a lone girl studying in the stadium in Sarajevo where the Pope was supposed to have come.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Retired Admiral Elmo Zumwalt reported telling the president of Vietnam about the wounds of the Vietnam war.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Chicago: Renee Ferguson) One-night return of minor league baseball player Michael Jordan for a charity basketball game in Chicago featured; scenes shown from the game. [Two FANS - want Michael back.] [Player Nick ANDERSON, JORDAN - comment.]
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