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#611946
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) United States government report on the crash of American Airlines 757 Flight 965 in Colombia reported; animation shown while the cockpit transmissions are quoted.
#611947
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Secretary of Defense William Perry's ordering of the US military to install flight data recorders in all military passenger planes in the wake of the plane crash in Croatia that killed Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown and a delegation of business executives reported.
#611948
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Helena, MT: David Bloom) The government's strategy in the prosecution of Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski in Great Falls, MT, featured; details given of the defense strategy as well. [Defense attorney Gerry SPENCE - comments.]
#611951
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Alice, Texas: Robert Bazell) The inspection by health officials of the HRP Primate Center for more signs of a strain of the Ebola virus that was found in two monkeys imported from the Philippines to Texas stated; scenes shown. [Texas Department of Health Dr. David SMITH, worker Brian NAYLOR, CDC (Centers for Disease Control) Dr. Pierre ROLLIN - comment.]
#611952
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The blackout in parts of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Kansas due to a power surge at substation in Muleshoe, Texas stated.
#611956
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Reports introduced.
(Washington: Pete Williams) The tightening of security in the United States in the wake of the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, bombing anniversary featured; scenes shown of metal detectors and x-ray machines installed in federal buildings across the country. [Public Buildings Service Robert PECK and Randy LASH, federal WORKER - comment on the extra security on Friday.]
(Atlanta: Bob Dotson) Security at the Olympic Games in Atlanta this summer outlined; scenes shown of law officers in special terrorist fighting training. [Atlanta police chief Beverly HARVARD, Olympic security Michael BECK, Security consultant Jeff BEATTY - comment on the high security.]
#611957
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The House passage of a bill that will give taxpayers new weapons to fight the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) noted.
#611959
#611960
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) President Clinton's arrival in Tokyo beginning a three-day state visit that will focus on military and security issues reported; his stopover in South Korea outlined.
#611961
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The sixth day of air and artillery attacks between Israel and Hizballah in south Lebanon featured; brief scenes shown from Lebanese villages.
#611962
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(London: Richard Roth) Palace officials' announcement of the divorce agreement between the Duke and Duchess of York reported; scenes shown from the Prince and Sarah Ferguson's wedding. [Member of Parliament James HILL - quotes the Queen.] ["The Guardian" Simon HOGGART - comments.]
#611963
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The Helix nebula in the constellation Aquarius shown.
#611965
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Denver: Roger O'Neil) The story of leukemia patient Brian Bauman's miracle bone marrow transplant from a sister he never knew he had featured. [Elaine BAUMAN - speaks on a Korean documentary requesting that Brian's half-sister come forward to help.] [BAUMAN - thanks his sister for helping him.] [Sister Un Sil KIM (thru translator) - comments.]
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