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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bob Kur) More reports of finding objects in cans of Pepsi featured; scenes shown. [In Jacksonville, Florida, WOMAN - comments.] Charging of a Pennsylvania man with making a false report about finding a syringe noted. [In a video, Pepsi-Cola North America president Craig WEATHERUP - plays down tampering.] [Two CONSUMERS - comment.] Reports on Pepsi sales noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Warning to consumers about pins and needles found in bread from a Maine bakery reported.
#593383
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report that the mystery illness plaguing the Southwest, especially the Navajo tribe, may have shown up in two California cases reported; CDC (Centers for Disease Control) quoted.
#593384
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Pete Williams) Report that the tapes of 911 calls made by cult leader David Koresh at the time of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms raid were edited before going to the investigating House committee examined; scenes shown. [Representative Jim LIGHTFOOT - expresses concern that the information has been doctored.] [Representative Steny HOYER - comments on the tapes.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Capitol: Lisa Myers) Agreement by the Senate Finance Committee on a compromise budget plan featured; the new gasoline tax and other elements of the plan outlined. [Senator Kent CONRAD - comments on Medicare cuts.] The positions of Senator John Breaux and Max Baucus on the transportation tax reviewed. [May 10, President CLINTON - opposes a gas tax.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Irving R. Levine) The impact a gasoline tax would have examined; the affected industries listed. [Motor home driver Alan MOSSMAN, eastern driver Kevin O'DONNELL, DRIVER, TRUCKER, London DRIVER, DRIVER - offer views on taxes.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Breaking of a Republican Senate filibuster that had been blocking a bill to reform campaign financing reported.
#593391
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Edison, New Jersey: Robert Hager) The danger from buried chemical warfare and unexploded materiel, a legacy going back to World War I, examined; scenes shown from Edison, New Jersey, and of a map of weapons and chemicals sites. [Brigadier General Gerald BROWN - cites number of sites with environmental contamination.] The problem in Edison reviewed. [Middlesex County College official Paul HILF - talks about the buried explosive material.] [Army project director Major Ben HARRIS, health commissioner John GRUN, activist Robert SPIEGEL - comment.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Ultimatum from the United Nations to the military rulers of Haiti to restore ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide reported.
#593393
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Movement of a four-ship United States force toward Somalia and report of another allied offensive against Somali warlord General Mohammed Farah Aidid reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Talks about dividing Bosnia among its fighting factions reported; scenes shown from Geneva.
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#593396
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Gang-related shootings in Brownsville, Texas, and Denver reported.
(Denver: Roger O'Neil) Reaction in Denver to an epidemic of kids being wounded by guns featured; scenes shown from a peace march. [Victim Broderick Bell's MOTHER, Denver Mayor Wellington WEBB, victim's mother Toni MANCHEGO - comment.]
#593397
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Commentary introduced.
(White House: John Chancellor) The role of women in high places, including journalism, examined; examples of the changing types of stories being given prominence on the nation's newscasts due to the presence of women in broadcasting noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) 30th anniversary of the first woman in space and 10th anniversary of the first American woman going into space reported; scenes shown of Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova and shuttle astronaut Sally Ride.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Centennial anniversary for the snack Cracker Jack reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Unveiling by the Postal Service of stamps honoring rock 'n roll legends reported; scenes shown from the Cleveland, Ohio, site of the future Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and of the stamps.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: George Lewis) Eavesdropping by bosses on employees' computer E-mail featured; scenes shown. ["Macworld" magazine Charles PILLER, National Association of Manufacturers Lawrence FINERAN - offer views on electronic spying.] Xerox research on the "active badge," an employee identification badge that can be tracked, outlined; scenes shown. [Xerox researcher Mark WEISER - comments.]
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