CBS Evening News - 1998-03-23
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[0:01] Tumultuous scene out of Africa kicks off
[0:04] the president's wide-ranging tour. A
[0:07] huge crowd of well-wishers in Ghana
[0:09] threatens to turn into a dangerous crush
[0:12] as Mr. Clinton calls for calm. Oil
[0:15] producers get together to pump up their
[0:17] prices. It could mean the end of dollar
[0:20] gasoline. Catastrophe strikes a small
[0:23] town as a mountain cabin goes up in
[0:25] flames, taking 11 young lives. and eye
[0:29] on America. What is sexual harassment
[0:32] and what isn't? This professor says he
[0:35] was fired for teaching Shakespeare.
[0:38] Approach you have it.
[0:41] This is the CBS Evening News
[0:45] with Dan Rather reporting from CBS News
[0:48] headquarters in New York. Good evening.
[0:51] President Clinton arrived in Uganda
[0:53] tonight on the most extensive and
[0:54] already tumultuous tour of Africa ever
[0:57] by a US president. On this long planned
[1:00] trip out of Washington to promote
[1:02] freedom and free trade, Mr. Clinton is
[1:04] now on his second stop in Africa. A huge
[1:07] and warm turnout for him in Ghana
[1:09] overheated very nearly to the danger
[1:12] point. CBS's Scott P is traveling with
[1:14] the president.
[1:18] The president reached out to Africa and
[1:21] thousands of hands lunged back. When Mr.
[1:24] Clinton met the crowd of half a million
[1:26] people, it was pandemonium. Two women
[1:29] fell under the crush. The president
[1:31] shouted frantically to push the crowd
[1:33] back.
[1:37] [Music]
[1:39] The women were not seriously hurt, but
[1:41] Mr. Clinton was shaken. In his speech,
[1:43] he had offered hope of peace and
[1:46] prosperity. It seemed many believed he
[1:48] would take them there if they could just
[1:51] hold on.
[1:53] The frenzy in Ghana is the beginning o