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#621972
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Stock Market Report.
(New York: Mike Jensen) Record Dow Jones highs featured; reasons for increases and merger rumors mentioned. [Gruntal and Company Joseph BATTAPAGLIA - says mergers are a sign of confidence.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Studio: Ron Insana) Reasons for the strong economy examined; record numbers of mergers and the strength of Internet stocks reported.
#621973
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Price hikes for cigarettes made by RJReynolds and Philip Morris companies to help pay for the settlement with 46 states reported.
#621976
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Acquittal on embezzlement charges for former Whitewater partner Susan McDougal and "not guilty" plea from attorney Webster Hubbell for charges brought by independent counsel Kenneth Starr reported.
#621977
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Chicago: Jim Avila) Release of FBI figures showing a decrease in the crime rate for the last 6 years reported; reasons for decline given; scenes shown from Buffalo, New York, of policemen and security escorts. [Carnegie- Mellon University Al BLUMSTEIN - says the FBI report says the nation is safer; explains why crime is decreasing.] [Buffalo community leader Donald DADE - says people come out more in the evening.] [Buffalo police commissioner Rocko DINA - says the police cannot fight crime alone.]
#621980
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Pete Williams) Videotape of a "mercy killing" performed by assisted suicide advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian reported; injection of the legal dugs by Kevorkian himself, instead of by the patient, noted. [County prosecutor David GORCYCA - says it appears that a homicide was committed.] [Kevorkian's lawyer David GOROSH - says people should not be forced to suffer.] [Compassion in Dying Barbara Coombs LEE - says the patient has to be in control.] [Saint Vincent's Hospital Dr. Daniel SULMASY - says Kevorkian sensationalizes the issue.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Interview held with Carol Ponish, daughter of a woman who committed suicide with Kevorkian. [PONISH - talks about her mother's illness and assisted suicide; says doctors should not recommend assisted suicide; says Kevorkian went too far.]
#621983
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Assassination attempt on Iraqi government official Izzat Ibrahim; refusal of Iraq to turn over documents to United Nations weapons inspectors and health problems for Russian President Boris Yeltsin reported; scenes shown.
#621984
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(New York: Robert Bazell) Study results showing that high-stress jobs cause increases in blood pressure reported; reasons for job strain given. [SUNY-Stonybrook Joseph E. SCHWARTZ - describes increase in risk.] [New York/Cornell Medical Center Dr. Thomas G. PICKERING - says heart attack and stroke risks increase.] [Angelo VISALO - says he is more in control after a promotion.] [Center for Social Epidemiology Dr. Peter SCHNALL - says reorganizing work to give workers a sense of control would help.]
#621987
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Dan Lothian) Government auctions and concerns about false advertising examined; auction guides being sold at high prices noted. [Shopper Larry SANDERS - says people won't get a steal.] [FTC director Russell DAMTOFT - says people have been taken for a scam.] [Troy HARBER - says he wants his money back from a man who sold him a guide.] [Productive Marketing attorney David HUGHES - says there is no attempt to mislead.] [US Postal investigator Pamela PRINCE - tells people not to be misguided.] [Car shopper Ken BARNETT - says car bargain claims are exaggerated.]
#691995