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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(White House: Terry Moran) The battle between President Bush and Congress over the budget featured; details given about areas where Bush wants to spend: defense, education, prescription drugs, energy etc. [BUSH - says Congress will have to realize it can't spend its way out of town.] [Senator Ken CONRAD - says the problem is the tax cut.] [Senate majority leader Tom DASCHLE - says the president owes us guidance over fiscal obstacles.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Announcement from Senator Phil Gramm that he will be leaving the Senate noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings, Betsy Stark) The statement from the National Association of Purchasing Managers that the manufacturing industry is improving and a merger of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq computer companies discussed.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Stock Market Report.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Former Attorney General Janet Reno's filing to run for governor in Florida against Jeb Bush; the ending of the standoff between the FBI and Rolland Rohm and Grover Crosslin; the shark watch off North Carolina following a shark attack on two people; NASA's report on the increase in the growing season in North America due to global warming and the state visit to the United States by Mexican President Vicente Fox reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Belfast: Richard Gizbert) The turf war in Belfast, Northern Ireland, between police and Protestants over Catholic children going to school through the streets featured; scenes shown from Belfast. [Catholic mother Eilleen BUTCHER, Holy Cross schoolgirl Corrina O'KANE - comment on the situation.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Jerusalem: Gillian Findlay) Suicide bombing in Jerusalem near an international school featured; scenes shown from the street; details given of the impossibility of identifying a suicide bomber on busy crowded streets. [Radio France Pierre WEILL - describes what happened.] [ISRAELI - comments on the situation.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The trial in Afghanistan of foreign aid workers for trying to convert Moslems to Christianity; a United States air attack on Iraqi military targets and the efforts at the racism conference in South Africa to come up with a communique that does not single out Israel as racist reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Lisa Stark) Insurance Institute for Highway Safety report that older drivers are not a major threat examined; details given of suggestions to help older motorists. [76-year-old driver Gladys LIPKIN - defends her driving; hopes she will know when she can no longer drive.] [Institute's Susan FERGUSON - says older drivers are mainly hazards to themselves.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) American Heart Association report on a new device (a stent that releases antibiotics to prevent blockage) for treating heart disease; American Academy of Pediatrics report that it is safe for mothers with silicon breast implants to breast feed and anAmerican Medical Association report on the drop in applications to medical schools reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Pentagon announcement that the United States will develop a super strain of anthrax to find a vaccine for it reported.
(Camp 12 on the Nevada test site: John McWethy) ABCNews exclusive visit to Camp 12 in Nevada where the United States has been carrying out secret germ warfare experiments called Project Bacchus featured; scenes shown of the site that shows how easy it is to build and operate a small germ warfare factory that is hard to detect. [Former Defense Threat Reduction Agency director Jay DAVIS - shows the laboratory] ["Germs" co-author Judith MILLER - says the United States may be seen by other nations as conducting an offensive weapons program.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The international treaty preventing nations from developing weapons that spread disease noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The noble campaign in Washington, DC, to put an end to gossip examined; television Pacific Southwest Airlines and posters shown. [Words Can Hurt executive director Rabbi Chaim FELD - says there is an epidemic of gossip.] [On street, four PEOPLE - comment on gossip.] [Gossip columnist Liz SMITH - praises gossip in a democracy.]
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