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(Studio: Russ Mitchell) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Elizabeth Palmer) The launch of American businessman Dennis Tito into space, bound for the International Space Station, featured; scenes shown of the launch in Baikonur, Kazakhstan and of Tito's training in Russia; details given of the Russia-NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) compromise over Tito's flight. [TITO - talks about Mir.]
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(Studio: Russ Mitchell) Report introduced.
(New York: Michael O'Looney) The arrest of more protesters demonstrating against the Navy's resumption of bombing on Puerto Rico's Vieques Island featured; scenes shown from Vieques Island and of protests in New York City; details given of the drive to get the Navy out. [Environmental lawyer Robert KENNEDY, Junior - calls the Navy's action shameful.] [ACTIVIST - blames the Navy.] [New York Representative Nydia VELAZQUEZ - says this is an important issue for the Latino community.]
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(Studio: Russ Mitchell) Report from Vietnamese woman contradicting former Senator Bob Kerrey's statements about a Navy SEAL raid in 1969 during the Vietnam War in which civilians were killed reported.
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(Studio: Russ Mitchell) Report introduced.
(Worchester, England: Tom Fenton) The investigation of foot-and-mouth disease in Britain featured; scenes shown of slaughtered livestock; details given of the virulence of this strain of the disease and of procedures to keep the disease out of the US. [USDA veterinarian Karen SLITER - explains how easily an outbreak could start; says animal identification is key to containing an outbreak.]
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(Studio: Russ Mitchell) Report introduced.
(New York: Lee Cowan) The surge in college applications this year due to the baby boomers' children and the strong economy examined; scenes shown from a graduation in Old Tappan, New Jersey; statistics cited. [Three college APPLICANTS, student Lauren FRIEDMAN - comment on applying to schools.] [Johns Hopkins University Sam McNAIR - cites selectivity.] [Guidance counselor Marjorie JACOBS - comments on the applications process.]
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(Studio: Russ Mitchell) The trial of terrorists for the bombing of US embassies in Africa noted.
(At the FBI: Jim Stewart) The international travels of FBI director Louis Freeh to prevent terrorism featured; scenes shown from his trip to Africa. [Ghana interior minister Alhaji Malik al-Hassan YAKUBA - talks about democracy in Ghana.] [In Mexico, FREEH - talks about exchange training.] [Former Mexican prosecutor Sigrid ARZT - talks about needing to emulate the FBI.]
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(Studio: Russ Mitchell) Racial discrimination in the town of Perry, Florida, featured; scenes shown from the town. [Black MAN - comments.] [Maryland legislator Talmadge BRANCH - explains how he was refused treatment in a bar.] [Lounge owner David HOLTON - denies blacks are only served in the back.] [Black customer Benny POOLE - says it's a "feelin' thing."] [Florida attorney general Bob BUTTERWORTH - says the store should lose its license.] [NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) Anthony VIEGBESIE, Perry resident Debbie TAYLOR - comment on the race situation in Perry.]
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(Studio: Russ Mitchell) Report introduced.
(New York: Anthony Mason) The New York Metropolitan Museum's exhibition of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's White House wardrobe visited; scenes shown of the 80 outfits and of 1960s black and white footage and some color photos. [DESIGNER, designer Oleg CASSINI, curator Hamish BOWLES - comment on the Kennedy style.]
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