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(Studio: Charles Gibson) Report introduced.
(Detroit: Terry Moran) President Bush's quest for organized labor support for his plans for the economy featured; scenes shown of Bush with a hand drill in Green Bay, WI. [BUSH - says he worries about Americans in this economy; comments on taxes.] [Senator John KERRY - says the president must admit a miscalculation on the tax cut.] [In Detroit, Teamster Jerry BLISS - says the tax cut will cost in the long run.] Concerns about the Social Security surplus noted.
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(Studio: Charles Gibson; State Department: Martha Raddatz) The walkout at the world racism conference in South Africa by Israeli and the United States in response to the anti-Israeli language in a declaration discussed; statement from Secretary of State Colin Powell quoted; details given about how this confrontation now pits the Arab League against the United States in the Middle East.
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(Studio: Charles Gibson) Report introduced.
(Columbia Falls, MT: Bill Redeker) The spread of the wildfire in Montana featured; scenes shown of smoke and flame, firefighters on the job and threatened homes. [FIREMAN - comments on the fire.] [General store owner Ed CROSBY - cites the progress of the fire.] [Operations chief Buck WICKHAM - says those who stay will be threatened by the fire.]
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(Studio: Charles Gibson) Preparations by former Attorney General Janet Reno to run for governor of Florida against Jeb Bush; the return to the campaign trail of former Vice President Al Gore and McDonald's promotional giveaway of a million dollars to former Florida homeless man Patrick Collier to restore confidence in the company's promotions following fraud reported.
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(Studio: Charles Gibson) Report introduced.
(New York: Ned Potter) The international dispute over a shipload of refugees off Australia examined; details given of their journey from Afghanistan to Indonesia bound for Christmas Island before a shipwreck. [Australian foreign minister Alexander DOWNER - defends Australia's refugee program.] [UN High Commission on Refugees spokesman Ron REDMOND - comments on the trafficking of refugees.]
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(Studio: Charles Gibson) Retaliatory bombing in Jerusalem by Palestinians and an Israeli attack on a Palestinian building on the West Bank; the barriers in the streets of Belfast, Northern Ireland, as part of the feud between Catholics and Protestants and the fall of Japanese stocks to a 17-year low reported; scenes shown from the Middle East and Northern Ireland.
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(Studio: Charles Gibson) This weekend's shark attack that killed 10-year- old David Peltier in Virginia Beach, Virginia, noted.
(Virginia Beach, Virginia: Jim Sciutto) The search along Virginia Beach's coast for sharks featured; scenes shown from the beach, which is dependent on tourist revenue. [Virginia Beach emergency dive team Larry HENINGER - says we are "putting eyes on the water."] [Lifeguard Kirk LIEBOLD - comments on the attack.] [New Smyrna Beach, Florida, concessionaire Tim MASON - says business is down.] [Breakers Resort Inn Jimmy CAPPS, Mayor Meyera OBERNDORF - comment on business and hype.]
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(Studio: Charles Gibson) University of Wisconsin research turning stem cells into human blood cells and a British doctor's findings that a cannabis spray relieves pain reported.
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(Studio: Charles Gibson) Report introduced.
(Norfolk, Virginia: Barry Serafin) The development of "smart material" that can adapt to conditions examined; details given about research on flexible wings for planes and on plastics. [NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Langley Research Center Anna-Maria McGOWAN - comments on the possibilities of aircraft research.] [University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana Scott WHITE - comments on research on plastics.]
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(Studio: Charles Gibson) Report introduced.
(On Chesapeake Bay: John Martin) The threat to a way of life of watermen on Chesapeake Bay who fish for the declining blue crab featured; scenes shown from on board a boat at sea; details given of state-ordered cutbacks in crabbing. [Maryland's Governor Parris GLENDENING - says we have a potential for disaster.] [Waterman Don PIERCE - says it will be hard to survive.] [Chesapeake Bay Foundation senior scientist William GOLDSBOROUGH - says the watermen must hang on while we try to bring back the fishery.]
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