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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bob Orr) Senate passage of a tougher bankruptcy law featured; details given from the reform act and of credit card companies' political contributions, including MBNA, the largest contributor to President Bush's campaign. [Bankrupt Norta Gonzalez WASHINGTON - explains why she filed for bankruptcy.] [Representative George GEKAS, Senator PauL WELLSTONE - offer differing opinions on the bill.] [Center for Responsible Politics Larry NOBLE - says the credit card industry "bought" this legislation.]
(Studio: Dan Rather) Banking industry report on the delinquency rate for credit cards cited.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(White House: John Roberts) President Bush's campaign finance reform proposals examined; details given of proposals from Bush, Senator John McCain and the Democrats. [BUSH - calls for the end to labor union and corporate soft money.] [McCAIN - calls for soft money bans.] [Senator John BREAUX - talks about real reform.] [Senator Charles HAGEL - refers to the black hole of unaccountable millions.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Announcement from a top Chinese leader that President Bush will visit Beijing this fall reported; details given of the response from the White House.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Tokyo: Barry Petersen) The global implications of the problems with Japan's economy featured; statistics cited on bad debts written off by Japanese banks due to the plunge in real estate values. [Japanese parliament member Yasuhisa SHIOZAKI - says the banking system is not going bust.] [Asia Advisory Service James ABEGGLEN - says the United States would be ripped if Japan recalled money invested in the US.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Statement from USS Greeneville captain Commander Scott Waddle about the conditions under which he would testify at the Navy hearings into the submarine's collision with a Japanese fishing boat reported; details given from his proposed testimony.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Britain's slaughter of more livestock to contain foot-and-mouth disease reported.
(Fort Worth: Maureen Maher) Concerns at the cattle ranches in Texas about the spread of foot-and-mouth disease featured; scenes shown; details given of a foot-and-mouth disease scenario for Texas. [Rancher Jim LINK, Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assn, Rob HOSFORD, Texas Animal Health Commission Max COATS - comment on the threat.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Tornado in Wausau, Florida, and NOAA's spring weather forecast reported; scenes shown of a wrecked house; weather map shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Announcement by President Bush's administration of the likelihood of power blackouts in California and other western states due to the energy shortage and the potential for a spike in gasoline prices this summer reported; Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham quoted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The hijacking of a Russian plane by two Chechens reported; scenes shown of the plane in Medina, Saudi Arabia.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Announcement by Israel that it will lift its roadblocks around Palestinian towns despite the ongoing violence reported; scenes shown of unrest in Hebron, West Bank.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The arrival at the Ramstein Air Base, Germany, of the bodies of six military personnel killed in the Navy's accidental bombing in Kuwait shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) President Bush's two-year plan to withdraw United States troops from Bosnia reported.
(The Balkans: Allen Pizzey) The peacekeeping operation carried out by US troops in Bosnia and Kosovo featured; scenes shown of the construction of a new United States military base in Bosnia, of troops communicating with the local people and on patrol. [NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) peacekeeping force Lieutenant Rob BUMGARDNER, Captain Bill KINSEY - talk about their mission.] [Yugoslav President Vojislav KOSTUNICA - speaks about justice.] [NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) peacekeeping force Colonel Tom GROSS - says Kosovo is a great training ground for our soldiers.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The confirmed identification of the remains of missing atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair, her son and granddaughter, who vanished in 1995, reported; scenes shown from Camp Wood, Texas.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Boston: Jim Axelrod) The story of persistent sister Betty Ann Waters, who finally got her brother Kenny Waters freed from a 1980 murder conviction, featured; details given about contradictory DNA evidence. [Kenny WATERS - denies killing "nobody;" thanks his sister.] [Betty Ann WATERS - talks about helping her brother.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) AAA study on distractions to drivers reported; animation shown.
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