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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Turku, Finland: Keith Miller) The sinking of the ferryboat Estonia in the Baltic Sea featured; scenes shown from the disaster at sea. [Survivor Steve DUYNDAM - (thru translator) describes what happened.] Speculation about the cause of the accident detailed. [Rescue team official Captain Raimo TILIKAINEN - comments.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Casualties in a Philippines ferryboat accident seven years ago recalled.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Port-au-Prince: Jim Maceda) The meeting of the Haitian parliament to consider amnesty for the military leader General Raoul Cedras and his junta while the United States occupying force provided security featured; scenes shown from the first political session, from violence in the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and from a demonstration in support of exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. [US military spokesman Colonel Barry WILLEY - comments.] [HAITIAN - (thru translator) reacts to a sheriff's murder.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) House resolution calling for a withdrawal date for the United States troops in Haiti reported; findings of an NBC News/"Wall Street Journal" poll on the public's view of President Clinton's handling of Haiti cited.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(White House: Andrea Mitchell) The summit meeting between President Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin featured; their agreement on nuclear weapons detailed; scenes shown from Yeltsin's humorous press conference. [CLINTON, YELTSIN - (thru translator) talk about the weapons treaty.] [YELTSIN - (thru translator) jokes with reporters about his list of activities.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Pete Williams) The CIA's handling of the fallout from the Aldrich Ames spy case reviewed. [CIA director James WOOLSEY - defends his actions.] [Representative Dan GLICKMAN - questions the light punishment of CIA officials.] The policy warning signs in the Ames case listed on screen. [Senator John WARNER - says President Clinton's administration resisted his proposal to examine the future of the CIA.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Woolsey interview on "Today" tomorrow mentioned.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Assassination in Mexico of the PRI's secretary general Francisco Ruiz Massieu reported; photos shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: David Bloom) Decision by Judge Lance Ito to go forward with jury selection in the O.J. Simpson murder trial before ruling on the admissibility of DNA evidence examined; courtroom scenes shown. [Deputy district attorney William HODGMAN - addresses the court.] [NBC News consultant Paul LISNEK - says the jurors will hear about the DNA hearings.] The defense strategy with regard to attacking DNA evidence outlined. [AP's Linda DEUTSCH - comments on jury selection.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Findings of an NBC News/"Wall Street Journal" poll on the public's view of Simpson case cited.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The spread of the UAW (United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America) strike against General Motors Corporation that began in Flint, Michigan, outlined; map shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Irving R. Levine) The rising cost of higher education examined; tuition statistics outlined on screen. [College Board Kathleen BRODER, STUDENT - comment.] Report on the fact that college money is being spent on advertising to compete for the shrinking pool of applicants noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) General Accounting Office report findings that the food industry uses unapproved pesticides and drugs reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Larry Carroll) The war on drugs in Oakland, California, examined; details given of how a court-supervised drug treatment program set up as a way of giving people a second chance to avoid jail time works; courtroom scenes shown. [Municipal court Judge Jeffrey TAUBER - backs such programs as rehabilitative.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Identification of the woman mysteriously murdered in New York City as Carol Ann Artutis reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Greenville, SC: Bob Dotson) The saga of baseball legend Shoeless Joe Jackson, whose autograph may be worth a fortune, featured; old time baseball film shown. [Collector Barry HARPER, charities' attorney Gary HILL, probate judge Diane SMOCK - talk about Jackson's signature on his will.] The debate over whether his will should be sold for charitable purposes outlined. [Jackson neighbor Joe ANDERS - comments.]
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