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(Studio: Russ Mitchell) Report introduced.
(Chicago: Cynthia Bowers) Another series of pipe bombs left in mailboxes in the Midwest featured; scenes shown of damaged mailboxes in rural Nebraska. [FBI James BOGNER - says the bomber has our attention.] [Postal inspector Ron JENSEN, Illinois resident Tammy THIBADO - comment.]
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(Studio: Russ Mitchell) Report introduced.
(Jerusalem: Tom Fenton) A possible breakthrough in the five-week siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and the US push for peace talks featured; scenes shown from outside the church; details given about the Israeli evidence linking Palestinian Authority president Yasir Arafat to Palestinian terrorist organizations. [Foreign ministry official Gideon MEIR - comments.]
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(Studio: Russ Mitchell) Report introduced.
(White House: Joie Chen) Saudi Arabia's media campaign to boost its image as a friend of the US featured; TV ads shown; details given about the fertile ground in Saudi Arabia for terrorism. [President BUSH - says we are interested in Saudi advice.] [Senators George ALLEN, Joseph BIDEN - react to the Saudis.] [Former US ambassador to Israel Martin INDYK - says the US will have the job of delivering Israel while the Arabs will have to deliver the Palestinians for Middle East peace.]
(Studio: Russ Mitchell) The rejection of the Saudi TV ads by cable networks noted.
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(Studio: Russ Mitchell) The renaming of New Jersey post office to honor September 11 hijacked plane victim Todd Beamer reported; scenes shown from Cranbury, New Jersey.
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(Studio: Russ Mitchell) The Boston archdiocese of the Catholic church's rejection of a settlement to compensate victims of sex abuse by former priest John Geoghan reported. [Victim Patrick McSORLEY - says the church let us down.]
(Studio: Russ Mitchell) Taped interview held with lawyer for victims Mitchell Garabedian about the church backing out of its deal. [From Boston, GARABEDIAN - says Cardinal Bernard Law had no right to back out of the deal; outlines the questions he wants to ask Law.]
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(Studio: Russ Mitchell) Report introduced.
(Paris: Elizabeth Palmer) Tomorrow's presidential election in France between President Jacques Chirac and far-right candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen previewed; scenes shown of Le Pen, the most hated man in France; details given about LePen's folksy populism. [Le Pen SUPPORTER - says Le Pen can save the country.] [French MINORITY - worries about the message.]
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(Studio: Russ Mitchell) Fire at a county jail in Bakersville, North Carolina, reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Russ Mitchell) The launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, of a weather satellite shown.
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(Studio: Russ Mitchell) The alignment in the western sky of the planets Mars, Venus, Saturn and Mercury reported.
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(Studio and Chicago: Russ Mitchell) The public school experiment in Chicago featured; scenes shown from Briansville Military Academy, a public school partially funded by the Army. [Cadet Graciella ORANTES - explains why she attends the academy.] [Briansville's principal retired Gen. Frank BACON - calls for discipline and direction; wants the students to become responsible people.]
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(Studio: Russ Mitchell) The victory by War Emblem at the Kentucky Derby horse race shown.
(Louisville, KY: Randall Pinkston) The story of black jockeys at the Kentucky Derby a century ago featured; photos shown of Jimmy Wakefield, the last black American jockey to win the derby and others. [Daughter of 1902 derby winner Liliane CASEY - talks about being invited to today's race; recalls her father being threatened.] [Black jockey James LONG - remembers famous black jockey Isaac Murphy.] [Journalist Jo CAVALLO - says when horse racing became lucrative it became very white.] [Black jockey Marvin St. JULIAN - comments.]
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