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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Washington: Andrea McCarren) Decision by the Virginia Military Institution (VMI) to end its 157-year-old all-male tradition in response to the Supreme Court ruling featured; [VMI board of visitors president William BARRY - says the board would have preferred remaining all male.] [VMI superintendent General Joseph BUNTING, cadets Jabari CRADDOCK, Jared WOOD - react to the admission of women.]
(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(No location given: Fredricka Whitfield) Hanging tough at The Citadel with the admission of four women in this year's freshman class featured; campus scenes shown. [Senior Chad FOX, regimental commander Bryant BUTLER - offer views on the change.] The story of Shannon Faulkner, the first woman to try to enter The Citadel, reviewed; scenes shown. [Citadel president River Clifton POOLE - comments.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) The revelation that traces of explosives may have been found in the wreckage of Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA) Flight 800 because the plane was used to train bomb-sniffing dogs featured. [NTSB vice chairman Robert FRANCIS, FBI James KALLSTROM - comment on the methodical nature of the investigation.] The absence of evidence indicating the crash was caused by a bomb reiterated.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(White House: John Palmer) The great debate over the presidential debates examined; scenes shown from outside the meeting of negotiators, Mickey Kantor for the Democrats and former Governor Carroll Campbell for the Republicans, that wound up with an agreement on two presidential and one vice presidential debate in October with no participation by Ross Perot. [Historian David GARROW, Reform Party attorney Jamie RASKIN - comment.] The use of negative ads by both candidates, President Clinton and presidential candidate Bob Dole, outlined; ad excerpts shown.
(Studio: Brian Williams) Tomorrow's topics on Meet the Press mentioned.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The preparations in Russia for heart surgery for Russian President Boris Yeltsin updated.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The embarrassment for Colombian President Ernesto Samper after heroin was found aboard his plane reported.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The concerns bout the hare computer virus reported.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Paulsboro, New Jersey: Betty Rollin) The use of modern technology in preventing domestic abuse featured; details given of how pedant security and other electronic devices works. [New Jersey battered spouse Shanna BOSEHART - describes the abuse by her common law husband.] [ADT Security Systems Cathy Barto MEYER, Nassau County police department sergeant Ken KRAFT, Sentencing Concepts Dan VERWIEL, voice-disguised BATTERER, psychologist Dr. David ADAMS - explain how the electronic systems work.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(No location given: Ned Colt) The naming of names by former South African police colonel Eugene de Kock, who has been testifying about white death squads in the days of apartheid, featured; details given of de Kock's information about the roles of presidents P.W. Botha and F.W. de Klerk in the hit squads. [Secretary of safety and security Azar JAMINE, de KLERK, journalist Donald WOODS - offer differing opinions on how much the top officials knew about what was going on.] De Kock said planning to speak to the truth commission, led by former Archbishop Desmond Tutu, which is investigating crimes committed during the apartheid era.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The killing of a South Korean soldier by North Korean commandoes, who infiltrated the south by submarine, reported.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(New York: Stan Bernard) The comeback of the sport of baseball after the strike of 1994 featured; scenes shown of the fans and players; attendance statistics cited. [Sportswriter Tom KEEGAN, FAN - talk about the game.]
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