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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Houston: Scott Pelley) The environmental damage in Texas from flood & fire featured; scenes shown of an oil spill on fire in the San Jacinto River near Houston that is threatening Galveston Bay. [Coast Guard Capt. Richard FORD†- says we saw a turn for the worst with the flooding.] The Mega Bore oil spill of 1990 recalled & shown.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Tel Aviv: Bob Simon) Protests in Tel Aviv, Israel, following Wednesday's suicide bombing by an Arab terrorist group featured; scenes shown of the demonstration against Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin & from Jerusalem of the burning of photos of Jordan's King Hussein. [Opposition leader Moshe SHAMIR†- likens Palestinian Authority president Yasir Arafat & Hamas.] The PLO boycott of peace signing ceremonies noted.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(White House: Rita Braver) President Clinton's foreign affairs successes on the eve of his trip to the Middle East featured; details given of the US-North Korean agreement committing Korea to dismantling its nuclear program & Iraq's pullback from Kuwait's border. [CLINTON - says Americans have been moved by freedom in Haiti.] [Deputy national security adviser Samuel BERGER††- says events have proven the critics wrong.] [CLINTON - says we have been trying to fashion security in the post-Cold War world.] Criticism that Clinton gave too much away to solve foreign crises noted. [Former Secretary of State Lawrence EAGLEBURGER†- offers caution about foreign policy.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) President Clinton's signing of an executive order that schools expel students bringing guns to class reported.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Proposition 187 on immigration on the ballot in California noted.
(Los Angeles: Sandra Hughes) The 78 ballot initiatives, which are laws written directly by citizens or special interest groups, reviewed; details given about corporations like tobacco giant Philip Morris that are using initiatives. [VOTER - wonders.] [Political scientist Eugene LEE†- says these popular initiatives often wind up in the courts.] [People's Advocate, Inc. Ted COSTA†- says you cannot legislate morality.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) This weekend's visit by Britain's Princess Diana to the Brazilian embassy reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Senator Edward Kennedy's race for reelection in Massachusetts against Republican Mitt Romney reported.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) The battle for Democrats in the '94 mid-term elections examined; details recalled of President Reagan's campaign strategy in '82. ["Cook Political Report" Charles COOK†- cites the need to energize the party base.] [White House political director Joan BAGGETT†- notes what can happen when the president uses the bully pulpit.] [Democratic Leadership Council Al FROM†, Democratic advisor Tony COELHO†- comment on the election.] The Republicans' Contract for America mentioned. [Two VOTERS - say they never heard of the contract.] [Democratic campaign consultant Celinda LAKE†- comments.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Pope John Paul II's recovery from his April surgery updated.
(Rome: Allen Pizzey) The protest by four American nuns at the Vatican demanding greater rights for women in the Catholic Church featured; scenes shown of police confronting the demonstrators. [National Coalition of American Nuns Sister Donna QUINN†- says younger women want a different church.] [Sister Margaret TRAXLER†- says "they don't get it."]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) The start of Rosario Ames' prison sentence for helping her husband Aldrich Ames spy for the Russians reported.
(Moscow: Jonathan Sanders) Espionage in the new post-Soviet Russia examined; scenes shown from the funeral for reporter Dmitri Polidov‡, who was killed by the reorganized KGB. [Former KGB official Oleg KALUGIN†- says the KGB is still not on the side of democracy.] [Russian journalist Artyom BOROVIK†- says the best & the brightest left for private companies.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Funeral service at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, for entertainer Martha Raye†, who entertained soldiers for decades, shown.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Tokyo: James Hattori) Baseball's fall classic in Japan, the only "World Series" available because of the strike in the states, featured; scenes shown from the Tokyo ballpark. [Fan Mike LEMPRES†- comments.] ["Sports Illustrated" Tom VERDUCCI†- says the fans are tuning out the game due to the labor problem.]
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