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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bob Faw) Negligent homicide charges against a key figure involved in the friendly fire downing of two United States helicopters in Iraq last April featured; plane videotapes shown. [Pentagon spokesman Colonel Douglas KENNETT - confirms the possible sentence for squadron commander Lieutenant Colonel Randy May.] [July 13, Secretary of Defense William PERRY - says the AWACs did not operate properly.] The charges against AWACs crew members and the reasons for the stiff charges against May noted. [Military analyst Don SNIDER - reviews the charges.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(White House: Andrea Mitchell) The administration's actions bringing it nearer to an invasion of Haiti to oust the military regime featured; scenes shown of an anti-invasion demonstration in Port-au- Prince, Haiti. President Clinton said planning to give Haitian military leader Raoul Cedras a final warning to get out. [US embassy spokesman Stanley SCHRAGER - says Cedras must leave.] Secretary of State Warren Christopher said planning to visit the military personnel who would be involved. [Representative David SKAGGS - says the president cannot act without authorization from Congress.] Senator David Boren's position on an invasion noted. [On "Today", former Vice President Dan QUAYLE - calls an invasion politics.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(New York: Sara James) Mixed signals in the baseball strike examined; the new proposal from the owners of a luxury tax as an alternative to a salary cap detailed. [New York Yankees owner George STEINBRENNER - wants fiscal responsibility in the game.] [Toronto player representative Paul MOLITOR - comments.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(New York: Mike Jensen) The losers and the losers as the baseball strike continues reviewed; projected losses for players, owners, broadcasting, related baseball businesses and charities outlined on screen.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Announcement of job cutbacks and store closings by KMart reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(No location given: David Bloom) The hunt for missing 12-year-old Cora Jones in rural Wisconsin featured; scenes shown. [Parent Vicki JONES, two RESIDENTS - worry about Cora.] Actions by the Postal Service and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to disseminate information noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Atlanta: Bob Dotson) How the Brady gun control law is working in the state of Georgia after the first 100 days presented; what the background checks of those seeking to purchase handguns have revealed noted. [Convicted felon Chesley FORREST, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Charles THOMPSON - comments.] [National Rifle Assn. spokesman Tanya METAKSA - opposes the law.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Ceremonies in Berlin marking the final withdrawal of allied troops shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Syria reported rejecting a preliminary Israeli peace plan offered by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) More conflict over abortion at the United Nations world population conference reported; anti-abortion protest in Cairo, Egypt, shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(New York: Robert Bazell) Possible solutions to the population explosion examined; the testing of new birth control options, such as a contraceptive ring noted. [Tester Cynthia HALE - backs ring.] [Population Council Dr. Wayne BARDIN - comments on male contraceptives and new drugs.] WHO's study of RU-486 as an emergency contraceptive mentioned. [University of California at San Francisco Dr. David GRIMES - cites importance of emergency contraceptives as alternatives to abortion.] [Population Council Dr. Beverly WINIKOFF - comments.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report from the American Association of Retired Persons on the increasing number of children being raised by grandparents cited.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Sarajevo: Jim Maceda) The tentative reopening of schools during the tenuous cease-fire in civil war-torn Sarajevo featured; scenes shown of the children of war in makeshift schools. [KID (thru translator), teacher Dina HADZIC, principal Sadika KURBEGOVIC - comment on the situation.]
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