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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(White House: John Palmer) The preparations by President Clinton and his staff for his Monday night address to the nation on why the US should send peacekeeping troops to Bosnia featured; details given of the campaign to win support. [In radio address, CLINTON - says the peace would be lost without our support.] [In Dayton, Ohio, in New York City, four PEOPLE - offer differing opinions on the issue.]
(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Sarajevo: Tom Aspell) Voices of dissent in Bosnia against the Dayton peace agreement featured; scenes shown from Sarajevo of Bosnian Serbs protesting against the pact that has been accepted by their leaders and from the cemeteries. [Sarajevo SERB - comments.] [Bosnian Serb leader Radovan KARADZIC - wants international security for the Serbs in Sarajevo.] United Nations estimates on the refugee problem and the cost of repatriation cited.
(Studio: Brian Williams) Tomorrow's "Meet the Press" previewed.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(No location given: Richard Roth) The close vote in Ireland to legalize divorce featured. [Dublin journalist Emily O'REILLY, Irish Prime Minister John BRUTON - talk about the issue.] The significance of the outcome of the vote for the Roman Catholic Church noted.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Portland, OR: George Lewis) The vote by mail in an Oregon primary election for the Senate seat formerly held by Bob Packwood featured. [Voter Karen SLEITER, Republican candidate Gordon SMITH, columnist Norman ORNSTEIN, Oregon secretary of state Phil KEISLING - talk about the mail-vote system.] The reasons for the opposition to the mail ballot outlined.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The search for multi-millionaire Jacqueline Levitz, who was abducted, reported; scenes shown from Vicksburg, Mississippi.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Brattleboro, VT: Rick Davis) Vermont's intermediate sanctions program to put non-violent offenders to work as an alternative to hard time featured; scenes shown of convicts working within the community. [Guilford Community Church Reverend Shirley CROCKETT, convict "RICKY", corrections officer Carl GREENWOOD, convict "JARED", Vermont corrections commissioner John GORCZYK, work camp superintendent Dick BASHAW - back the program.] Some of the public works projects completed by the community-based work crews detailed.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Tokyo: Lucky Severson) The need to ease the tension between the US and Japan in the wake of the controversy over the rape of a schoolgirl on Okinawa, Japan, by three United States servicemen featured; scenes shown of the United States military and protestors in the streets of Okinawa. [OKINAWAN - comments.] The importance of United States bases in Japan for Asian defense, the growing anti-US military attitude and the aftereffects of the US-Japan trade dispute reviewed. [Diplomat Yukio OKAMOTA - comments.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Three separate major highway accidents in California due to foggy weather reported; scenes shown from one of the chain reaction collisions.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Work slowdown by FedEx pilots due to a labor dispute reported.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(New York: Betty Rollin) Ladies nights on Broadway, where plays featuring veteran performers Julie Andrews, Carol Burnett and Carol Channing are most successful, presented; theatrical excerpts shown. [CHANNING, BURNETT, ANDREWS - talk about show business.]
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