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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Black Rock Desert, NV: George Lewis) The breaking of the sound barrier for the first time on land reported; scenes shown of the jet car piloted by Briton Andy Green streaming across the Nevada desert at 764 miles an hour. [Thrust team leader Richard NOBLE - comments on the victory.] [American racer Craig BREEDLOVE - talks about the fascination with speed.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Kelly O'Donnell) The death of folk singer John Denver reported; details about his plane crash off the coast of California given; scenes shown from Monterey Bay and from performances throughout his career. [NTSB George PETERSON, witness Mike TAVARES - describe the crash.] [Peter, Paul and Mary, Peter YARROW - talks about Denver.] [Earlier, DENVER - speaks about his career and work for preservation of the environment.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) A fatal accident in Canada of a bus that was carrying senior citizens reported; scenes shown of the bus which plunged into a ravine.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Dallas: Jim Cummins) The FBI's halting of a bomb plot by the Ku Klux Klan featured; details given of the KKK's terrorist plan to bomb a rural gas plant. [On hidden video, bomb planner Shawn ADAMS - tells the plan to his wife.] [FBI Bob GARRITY - comments.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Denver: Roger O'Neil) Study results on fatality statistics since Montana's "reasonable and prudent" speed limitless law has gone into affect along with the rise in speed limits across the nation examined. [State patrol sergeant Gary BECKER, Insurance Institute Julie ROCHMAN, Montana RESIDENTS - offer differing opinions on the new laws.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Frankfurt: Jim Maceda) Why no speed limits work on the Autobahn in Germany examined. [Germans TORSTEN (thru translator), KRISTOFER - say they like to speed and the reason there are less fatalities is because Germans have better developed driving skills.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) President Clinton's visit to Venezuela outlined.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Acapulco: Dan Lothian) The devastation from Hurricane Pauline in Mexico featured; scenes shown from Acapulco where residents stand in line for vaccinations. The problem of disease from stagnant waters reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(In Brazil: David Bloom) President Clinton's visit to Brazil and claim that he too is angry the White House coffee videotapes did not get to Attorney General Janet Reno in a timely manner examined; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Chicago: Jim Avila) The breakthrough in education in Chicago public schools that are now actually flunking students who do not pass their classes by rejecting the commonly used social promotion practice examined; details given of the get-tough policy. [Students Sean and Shannon EVANS, mother Shawnee EVANS, Chicago superintendent Paul VALENCE, student George GARCIA - talk about the new system which ensures a good education.]
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