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(Studio: Dawn Fratangelo) Report introduced.
(Washington: Chip Reid) The interview of Monica Lewinsky by House prosecutors for the Senate impeachment trial of President Clinton featured. [House manager Representative Bill McCOLLUM, Lewinsky attorney Plato CACHERIS, House Judiciary Committee chairman Henry HYDE - offer differing opinions on the meeting and whether Monica should appear as a witness.] [On talk shows, Senators Fritz HOLLINGS, Olympia SNOWE, Gordon SMITH - offer views on whether there should be witnesses at the Senate trial.]
(Studio: Dawn Fratangelo; White House: John Palmer) The reaction of the White House to weekend events in the trial examined; scenes shown of Clinton at sites of tornado damage in Little Rock, Arkansas and of Paula Jones in Beebe, Arkansas. [CLINTON - says this was his neighborhood.] [Former White House special counsel Lanny DAVIS - comments on partisanship at the trial.] [Former Senator George MITCHELL - calls interviewing Lewinsky a desperation attempt by Republicans.] Clinton's domestic agenda this week noted.
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(Studio: Dawn Fratangelo) Report introduced.
(Lausanne, Switzerland: George Lewis) Announcement by the International Olympic Committee of reforms due to the Salt Lake City, UT, bribery scandal featured; details given of proposed suspension of several International Olympic Committee members and of proposed reforms. [IOC president Juan Antonio SAMARANCH - says the International Olympic Committee is sorry; adds that he will remain as president.] [IOC member Jean Claude GANGA - comments.] [Salt Lake Organizing Committee Robert GARFF - says the problems will end here.]
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(Studio: Dawn Fratangelo) Report introduced.
(Mexico City: Kelly O'Donnell) Pope John Paul II's visit to Mexico featured; scenes shown from Mexico City of the reception for the pontiff at a huge outdoor mass; details given of his call for justice for the native people and his effort to curtail the Protestant inroads in Mexico. [Political scientist Jorge CASTENADA - says the government has shunted the Chiapas question aside.]
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(Studio: Dawn Fratangelo) Report introduced.
(No location given: Dan Lothian) The human cost of the California freeze that ruined the citrus crop examined; scenes shown of people seeking help from relief agencies and from the town of Orange Cove, California, where 90 per cent are unemployed. [Two PEOPLE, relief coordinator Ernie HERNANDEZ, citrus grower-packer Joe Jo BUE, unemployed Manuela PARKER, Orange Cove Mayor Victor LOPEZ - comment on the economic situation.]
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(Studio: Dawn Fratangelo) Report introduced.
(Washington: Pete Williams) Constitutional issues raised by local governments setting up their own foreign policy decisions examined; details given of the judicial decision in a case in Massachusetts, which had passed a law forbidding the state from buying from companies doing business in Burma because of its human rights violations. [Massachusetts legislature Representative Byron RUSHING - says foreign investment supports the Burmese military government.] [National Foreign Trade Council Frank KITTREDGE - comments.] The nationwide following of the appeal by Massachusetts against the ruling that overturned its local law against Burma trade outlined. [Georgetown Law School professor Robert STUMBERG - backs Massachusetts for leadership by example in the global economy.]
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(Studio: Dawn Fratangelo) Report introduced.
(Jasper, Texas: Jim Cummins) The trial in Jasper, Texas, for the white killers John King, Russell Brewer and Shawn Berry of black man, James Byrd, who was dragged to death in a hate crime, previewed. [Community leader Walter DIGGLES - says the whole community condemns the murder.] [Sheriff Billy ROWLES - comments.]
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(Studio: Dawn Fratangelo) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Dana Lewis) A dysfunctional orangutan family in a Russian zoo featured; zoo scenes shown. [Zookeeper Yelena GERASHENKO - (thru translator) says television caused family problems!] Plans to use an orangutan video to create role models for zoo animals noted. [Moscow Zoo's Natalia ISTRATOVA - comments.]
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