This program is 28 minutes long
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(Atlanta: Tom Brokaw) Reports introduced.
(New York: Robert Hager) The recovery of the flight data and cockpit voice recorders from Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA) Flight 800, which crashed into the ocean last week, featured; details given of the sound heard on the tapes followed by silence. [NTSB vice chairman Robert FRANCIS, FBI James KALLSTROM - describe the noise recorded on the "black boxes."]
(Atlanta: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Long Island: Jim Miklaszewski) Announcement by President Clinton of new airport security measures to prevent the bombing of planes and his visit with families of the Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA) Flight 800 crash victims in New York featured; details given of the new security directives. [CLINTON - announces the new security measures.]
(Atlanta: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced. (New York: Bob Faw) The victims of Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA) Flight 800 profiled; pictures shown of fashion photographer Rico Puhlman, interior decorator Jed Johnson, businessman Charles Gray, guitarist Marcel Dadi, teachers Lois Van Epps, Constance Coiner, daughter Ana Coiner, hockey player Michael Breistroff, newlyweds Giuseppe Mercurio and Anna D'Alessandro, couple Amy and Kyle Miller, child Larkyn Dwyer.
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(Atlanta: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(New York: Robert Bazell) The recent success in experimentation with regeneration and repair of spinal cord injuries featured; details given of the experimental spinal regeneration operation on rats. [Accident victim Mark PENNY, study author Karolinska Institution Dr. Lars OLSON, New York University medical center Dr. Wise YOUNG - comment on the study.]
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(Atlanta: Tom Brokaw) Study in the British Medical Journal on sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) that links cigarette smoke to unexplained baby deaths outlined.
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(Atlanta: Tom Brokaw) The FCC's approval to give broadcasters a new set of television channels to develop the next generation of digital television reported.
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(Atlanta: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Atlanta: Kelly O'Donnell) The high price paid by young female gymnasts examined; scenes shown; details given of a American Medical Association report on the emotional and physical problems that elite female gymnasts suffer from due to intense training at an early age. [Sports journalist Joan RYAN, former gymnast Erica STOKES, United States of America Gymnastics Nancy MARSHALL - comment on the effects of stress on gymnasts.]
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(Atlanta: Tom Brokaw) Today's Olympic winners announced; scenes shown. [Thirteen year-old Asa SHIRLEY - talks about catching basketball player Charles Barkley's tennis shoe in the stands.]
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(Atlanta: Tom Brokaw) The Hearn family kayakers featured; scenes shown of the kayakers on the water. [Olympic whitewater champ Davy HEARN, sister Kathy HEARN, father Carter HEARN - talk about the sport.]
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