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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Columbia, SC: Lisa Myers) The Republican primary in South Carolina, which is especially important for Senator Bob Dole, featured. [In Maine, DOLE; in Massachusetts, Pat BUCHANAN - joke with the crowds.] Results of an NBC News exit poll on the views of South Carolina voters cited. Forbes campaign ad attacking Lamar Alexander played. [In Florida, ALEXANDER - campaigns.]
(Studio: Brian Williams) The road to the Republican presidential nomination previewed with map and calendar shown; chances of the candidates assessed.
(Atlanta: David Bloom) The issues in the Republican campaign in Georgia, where the polls indicate a tight race between Dole and Buchanan, examined; scenes shown from the Atlanta suburbs of Cobb County, Georgia. [Three VOTERS, Atlanta Journal Constitution political editor Tom BAXTER, Georgia GOP chairman Rusty PAUL - express their views on what suburbanites and rural residents want and on the appeals of Dole and Buchanan.]
(Studio: Brian Williams) Appearance by Buchanan on tomorrow's "Meet the Press" noted.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The first statements from Cuba's Fidel Castro about the Brothers to the Rescue planes that were shot down last week quoted.
(Miami: Fredricka Whitfield) The memorial off Cuba for those shot down featured; scenes shown of the flotilla of boats escorted by the Coast Guard that had to stop before reaching its destination due to bad weather. [Flotilla participant Roger MATOS, Brothers to the Rescue Jose BASULTO, victim's daughter Marlene ALEJANDRE - comment.] Gathering of Cuban exiles for a service at Miami's Orange Bowl shown.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Washington: John Palmer) The V-chip and a ratings system, new options that will allow parents to monitor television viewing by their children, assessed. [Parents Stephanie and Stephen SCOTT; in radio address, President CLINTON; mother Melody MODELL - offer views on the television rating system.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Murder of 15-year-old Keana Taylor on a school bus in Saint Louis reported.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Washington: Pete Williams) The growing crime of economic espionage against American industry examined; scenes shown of security at Fonar Corp., where magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was developed. [Fonar founder Dr. Raymond DAMADIAN - says if technology is stolen, you cannot compete.] FBI report on four methods of spying outlined on screen. [Chubb Insurance Corporation vice chairman John J. DEGNAN - cites losses in the billions.] The difficulties in fighting economic espionage because of the lack of federal laws against stealing company secrets noted. [Before Congress, FBI director Louis FREEH, Senator Dianne FEINSTEIN - comment on espionage by foreign nations.] [Former FBI agent William TAFOYA - comments on the need for training to track spying.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Bad winter weather in the Northeast reported; scenes shown of a highway accident in Old Bridge, New Jersey.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) The FDA's fast approval of new AIDS drugs, such as Abbott Laboratories' norvir, featured. [Whitman-Walker Clinic Dr. Peter HAWLEY, AIDS patient Shane MAYSON - comment on drug research.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(No location given: Keith Miller) The impact of the influx of humans from Ecuador on the balance of nature on the Galapagos Islands featured; scenes shown of the unique wildlife on these "enchanted isles." [Congress of Ecuador representative Eduardo VELIZ, Darwin Research Center Chantal BLANTON, park ranger Michael BLIEMDSRIEDER - offer views on the man versus environment issue.] The question for the future of whether the islands should be dominated by nature or by man noted.
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