CBS Evening News - 1992-03-25

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[0:01] A cleaning rag left nearby. Stacks of

[0:04] books to shelf. Bags of books to take to

[0:07] town. Myrtle Wolf may not know it. Her

[0:10] front porch, her library, is the latest

[0:12] landmark in the town of Flora. Ray

[0:15] Summers at large with photographer Lorie

[0:17] Olsen.

[0:19] It was Thomas Carile who said, "The true

[0:21] university of these days is a collection

[0:23] of books." Mrs. Wolf is therefore the

[0:26] head of the University of Florida.

[0:28] Honestly, there's not a lot to do there.

[0:30] So, thank goodness she she is that

[0:32] >> book to read. You have a lot to do when

[0:34] you can read.

[0:34] >> That's right. We want you to tune in a

[0:36] little earlier tomorrow. We're going to

[0:38] report the news at 400 p.m.

[0:40] >> And those college teams will be in

[0:41] pursuit of the NCAA Crown at 5.

[0:43] >> Have a great evening. Thanks for joining

[0:45] us. We'll see you at 11. [music]

[0:52] >> An alarming new report about how fast

[0:54] AIDS is spreading in this country.

[0:57] They all say they want to change change

[0:59] things and they don't change nothing.

[1:01] >> Angry voters shake up the Democratic

[1:03] presidential race and the money crunch.

[1:05] Tonight, [music] money-saving tax

[1:07] deductions you may not know about. This

[1:10] is the CBS Evening News. [music]

[1:18] Good evening. I'm Connie Chung in

[1:20] tonight for Dan Rather. The AIDS

[1:22] epidemic in this country is getting

[1:23] worse by the minute. That's the

[1:25] disturbing conclusion of a report the

[1:27] government is about to release. CBS News

[1:30] correspondent Bruce Morton has an

[1:31] advanced look tonight at the growing

[1:33] threat of AIDS in America.

[1:37] >> This woman has AIDS. The government will

[1:40] announce new numbers tomorrow that say

[1:41] there will be many more like her, that

[1:43] the disease is spreading among

[1:45] Americans, spreading fast. CBS News has

[1:48] learned the announcement will say that

[1:49] one in every 250 Americans now has the

[1:52] AIDS virus. That works out to almost one

[1:55] out of every 100 men, one in every 800

[1:57] women. Some American becomes infected

[2:00] with the HIV virus every 13 minutes. In

[2:03] this year alone, 40,000 Americans will

[2:06] die of AIDS. Another 40,000 will become

[2:09] infected with the HIV virus. AIDS is now

[2:12] the third leading cause of death among

[2:14] Americans aged between 25 and 44. behind

[2:17] unintentional death and heart disease

[2:20] ahead of cancer.

[2:21] >> Maybe we're reaching the point of

[2:23] understanding that AIDS is a juggernaut.

[2:26] You know, which if it continues

[2:28] unchecked the way it has in the past is

[2:30] going to tear into the very fabric of

[2:32] our society.

[2:33] >> The prevention message, Graham says, is

[2:35] not getting through. Today, critics

[2:37] charge the government is doing a

[2:39] particularly bad job educating

[2:41] minorities about AIDS. institutionalized

[2:44] racism in the area of health care in

[2:47] general uh exacerbates the problem of

[2:51] little or no services dealing with this

[2:54] problem of AIDS.

[2:55] >> The only possible explanation is that we

[2:57] haven't done the job as a city, as a

[3:00] society. We haven't done the prevention

[3:02] job.

[3:02] >> The state of sex is no sex.

[3:04] >> One private effort at education is a

[3:06] program running tonight by the

[3:07] Nickelodeon cable television company and

[3:09] the Magic Johnson Foundation. It

[3:12] includes children who have the disease.

[3:15] >> I feel really scared about having HIV

[3:19] being being HIV positive.

[3:21] >> We are normal people. Okay,

[3:25] we are

[3:28] >> testing positive for the HIV virus

[3:30] doesn't mean you have AIDS yet. The

[3:32] government says, however, the number of

[3:34] both groups are increasing. The

[3:35] administration's response, a new ad

[3:37] campaign. It may take more than that.

[3:40] Bruce Warren, CBS News, Washington.

[3:43] >> In the presidential race, the pressure

[3:45] is on Democrat Bill Clinton. He's now

[3:48] looking for a convincing win in the

[3:49] upcoming New York primary to erase his

[3:52] upset loss to Jerry Brown in Connecticut

[3:54] last night. As Richard Thrill reports,

[3:56] the Clinton Brown battle for New York is

[3:58] starting to look like a New York street

[4:00] fight.

[4:02] >> Morning, folks. Say hello to Governor

[4:04] Clinton. The Clinton campaign is now on

[4:06] red alert, devoting fulltime to New York

[4:08] and what is now a must-win for him in

[4:10] the upcoming primary. His opening shot,

[4:13] an attack on Jerry Brown's proposed 13%

[4:16] acrosstheboard tax on individual income.

[4:19] >> We do not need another idea. It sounds

[4:22] simple, sounds appealing, appeals to

[4:24] legitimate resentment, but make the

[4:26] problem worse.

[4:27] >> All Brown proved to be the beneficiary

[4:30] of a huge protest vote in Connecticut.

[4:33] And though hardly any of those who voted

[4:35] for him think he is electable, you'd

[4:37] never have known it hearing him today.

[4:39] >> Let the rest of this country know that

[4:41] New York wants real change. Not little

[4:45] insider games, but a grassroots we the

[4:48] people campaign.

[4:49] >> New Yorkers may want change, but like

[4:52] those in Connecticut, they are unhappy

[4:53] with both the candidates. Ask around the

[4:56] breakfast table at the throughway diner

[4:58] in New Relle.

[4:59] >> I don't know who I want. All I know is

[5:01] that the the people that are in the race

[5:03] right now, I think are all uh

[5:04] unsatisfactory.

[5:06] >> They all say they want to change change

[5:08] things and they don't change nothing.

[5:09] Twothirds of Connecticut Democrats voted

[5:12] against Bill Clinton. There was some of

[5:14] that sentiment here, too.

[5:15] >> It seems like Clinton is just more of

[5:17] the same.

[5:18] >> There was a yearning for new faces.

[5:20] >> Rush Perau.

[5:21] >> Russ Perau.

[5:22] >> Yeah, I saw him. I thought he made a lot

[5:24] of sense.

[5:24] >> Perau is the Texas billionaire who's

[5:27] testing the presidential waters. His

[5:29] Dallas office claims they're now getting

[5:31] 10,000 phone calls an hour from

[5:33] supporters.

[5:34] >> Hello.

[5:35] >> With the voters in such an ugly mood,

[5:37] Bill Clinton's road to victory in New

[5:39] York is going to be all uphill.

[5:41] >> Governor Mario Cuomo, who appeared with

[5:44] Brown today but hasn't endorsed anybody,

[5:46] said this about Clinton.

[5:47] >> He doesn't have it locked up. Certainly

[5:50] Connecticut indicated that.

[5:51] >> And the state Democratic chairman, John

[5:53] Marino, said this.

[5:55] >> My mother isn't ready yet to vote for

[5:57] Bill Clinton. And there are a lot of

[5:59] other people I know, Democrats, who we

[6:00] need in November, who aren't ready.

[6:02] >> And how's the Democrats disarray playing

[6:04] in Washington at the White House? Very

[6:07] well.

[6:07] >> Are you pleased with how the Democratic

[6:09] race is shaping up?

[6:14] >> The Democrats, needless to say, fail to

[6:16] see the humor in any of this. Connie,

[6:19] >> thank you, Richard. Even after losing

[6:21] Connecticut to Jerry Brown, Bill Clinton

[6:23] is way ahead in the delegate count.

[6:25] Clinton now has nearly half the

[6:27] delegates he needs for the Democratic

[6:29] nomination. On the Republican side,

[6:31] President Bush is zeroing in on his

[6:33] magic number. Pat Buchanan is barely a

[6:35] blip in the delegate count. A little

[6:38] later in the broadcast tonight's Eye on

[6:40] America will show you another developing

[6:42] trend this political year. Women running

[6:44] for office running harder and angrier.

[6:47] Right now, a follow-up to another Eye on

[6:49] America. The story of two men who spent

[6:52] almost two decades in prison for murder.

[6:55] All along they said they were innocent.

[6:57] John Blackstone reports on justice

[6:59] delayed, but tonight no longer denied.

[7:04] >> After 17 years in prison, isolated from

[7:07] the world, Clarence Chance was subdued

[7:09] as he entered court today.

[7:13] But Benny Powell, with the support of

[7:15] family and friends, seemed confident

[7:17] this was the day he and Chance would

[7:18] finally win freedom. Finally prove they

[7:21] are innocent.

[7:22] >> Mr. chance

[7:25] in his battle for freedom never gave up

[7:28] hope

[7:30] and this case is a testimonial to the

[7:32] will of the human spirit.

[7:34] >> As we reported last week, Powell and

[7:37] Chant have been behind bars since 1975

[7:40] when they were convicted of murdering a

[7:41] Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy.

[7:43] Through it all, they have insisted they

[7:45] didn't do it.

[7:46] >> No one can return

[7:49] to Benny Pal or Clarence Chance. the 17

[7:52] of and a half years of their lives that

[7:54] have been stripped away from them.

[7:56] >> A picture of a much younger Clarence

[7:58] Chance, his lawyer said, showed a man

[8:00] whose youth was stolen, but who never

[8:02] gave up hope for justice.

[8:04] >> Just like Clarence Chance,

[8:07] you ought never to give up. The system

[8:10] can still be made to work for you. Thank

[8:13] you, Justice.

[8:16] >> But no one would believe them until Jim

[8:18] McCloskey took their case. He's a

[8:20] determined investigator who has made a

[8:21] career out of getting the innocent out

[8:23] of prison. He even got a Los Angeles

[8:25] district attorney to come to court today

[8:27] to say the original trial was unfair.

[8:30] The judge commended McCloskey and then

[8:32] ended 17 years of waiting.

[8:34] >> Both defendants are ordered to release

[8:36] directly from this court.

[8:45] >> Mr. Powell and Mr. Chance, you are free

[8:47] men.

[8:52] I feel a lot of great gratitude for

[8:54] everything and I just feel it's a

[8:56] special day. Free at last. Free at last.

[8:58] Thank God Almighty. You're free at last.

[9:00] >> Benny Powell and Clarence Chance pledged

[9:03] they would not let bitterness over all

[9:05] they have lost cloud the joy of their

[9:07] new freedom. John Blackstone, CBS News,

[9:10] Los Angeles.

[9:13] An 82-year-old man with Alzheimer's

[9:16] disease was sent back to Oregon tonight

[9:18] to a nursing home. He had been found

[9:19] abandoned in Idaho at a dog racing

[9:22] track. The man didn't know who he was or

[9:24] how he got there. But after his story

[9:26] and picture got around, he was finally

[9:28] identified as a retired auto worker,

[9:31] John Kery. He had been checked out of

[9:33] the nursing home by his daughter.

[9:35] Authorities say the woman is not telling

[9:37] them much about what happened. Still

[9:40] ahead on tonight's CBS Evening News,

[9:41] there's still time to save money on your

[9:43] 91 taxes. Our money crunch report on

[9:46] hidden deductions

[9:48] and two tons of terror that's rattling

[9:51] Japanese nerves.

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[10:31] What does this woman know about dieting

[10:33] that maybe you don't?

[10:36] That you don't have to drink your

[10:37] breakfast. Because a serving of

[10:39] Kellogg's Special K actually has fewer

[10:41] calories than a glass [music] of the

[10:43] leading diet shake. In fact, the entire

[10:45] Special K breakfast, including fruit,

[10:47] skin, milk, and coffee, has fewer

[10:49] calories than the Diet Shake. So, if

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[11:02] A lot of Americans are jumping back into

[11:04] the housing market. Sales of used homes

[11:07] shot up more than 9% last month. Prices

[11:09] were up a bit, too. Realtors say buyers

[11:12] are taking advantage of low mortgage

[11:14] interest rates before they go up.

[11:16] Mortgage interest is one of the items

[11:17] you can deduct from your taxes. There

[11:19] are other deductions as well, but you

[11:21] have to know where to look.

[11:23] Correspondent Ray Brady points the way

[11:24] in tonight's report on the money crunch.

[11:28] Meet tax accountant Ruben Goritz. To

[11:31] him, leaping through IRS regulations

[11:34] looking for new tax deductions is like

[11:36] playing war games. A game he says most

[11:39] taxpayers lose. They pay too much in

[11:42] taxes needlessly. The government wants

[11:45] you to take everything you're entitled

[11:47] to. And there are many that maybe people

[11:50] miss that they are entitled to. You may

[11:52] need every deduction you can find when

[11:54] you fill out form 1040 this year because

[11:58] many of the tried andrue write offs of

[12:00] the past like expenses for an on the job

[12:02] uniform or the use of your car many of

[12:05] those may no longer be deductible. So

[12:08] how do you beat this system? There's

[12:10] only one way out of that, and that's if

[12:13] your employer says to you, "Instead of

[12:16] you paying your car expenses, I'll pay

[12:19] it for you and reduce the salary." Even

[12:22] with a lower salary, in most cases,

[12:24] you'll wind up dollars ahead. The prime

[12:27] way to beat today's high taxes, says

[12:29] Ruben Goritz, is to have your own

[12:31] business or run one on the side. Certain

[12:34] items that you can no longer deduct if

[12:36] you're an employee, like credit card

[12:38] interest, are deductible if they're part

[12:41] of your business. You could probably

[12:42] make up to 10 or $15,000 a year, not pay

[12:45] any tax on it.

[12:46] >> But whether you're in business for

[12:48] yourself or not, there's a long list of

[12:50] tax goodies, deductions you may be

[12:53] overlooking. auto rental, bank charges,

[12:56] books, newspapers, parking, periodicals,

[13:00] tax preparation, air travel. Throughout

[13:03] the year, keep a daily diary, a record

[13:05] of all your expenses. If the expense is

[13:08] under $25, the IRS doesn't require a

[13:12] receipt. And always think deductions.

[13:15] Maybe you'd like to take mom out to

[13:17] lunch, a taxdeductible lunch. and she in

[13:20] any way helped you with your job, help

[13:23] you with any technical advice, any ways

[13:25] of helping you earn money, that lunch is

[13:27] deductible.

[13:28] >> The new federal tax withholding rates

[13:30] will affect you.

[13:31] >> Right now, there's probably less being

[13:33] taken out of your paycheck. Your income

[13:35] tax refund will be less next year.

[13:37] That's part of President Bush's plan to

[13:40] speed up the economy. So, check the

[13:42] amount of withholding on your pay stub.

[13:44] Now,

[13:45] >> little balance. You might want to have

[13:47] more taken out to avoid a nasty surprise

[13:50] at tax time 1993.

[13:53] Ray Brady, CBS News, The Money Crunch.

[13:58] Stay with us now for more CBS News,

[14:00] including the story of a space traveler

[14:03] landing in a new world. [music]

[14:09] >> People who hurt from [music] arthritis

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[14:13] Echatrin. On a bad day, I can take up to

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[14:18] >> It's the orange coating that makes it

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[14:20] >> Plain and buffered aspirin dissolves in

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[15:41] >> Four girls murdered in cold blood. A

[15:44] town's nightmare. [music] A cop's

[15:46] obsession. Who killed these girls? 48

[15:49] hours tonight.

[15:55] >> Mummar Gaddafi is backing away from a

[15:57] pledge to hand over two terrorist

[15:59] suspects to the Arab League. The UN

[16:01] Security Council responded by moving

[16:03] ahead with plans to vote stiff sanctions

[16:05] against Libya. Kaddafi told Arab League

[16:08] diplomats today he will not give up to

[16:10] two men until the world court hears

[16:12] their case. They're wanted by the United

[16:14] States and Britain for the bombing of

[16:15] Panama Flight 103.

[16:18] Officials in Russia say the nuclear

[16:20] power plant that leaked radioactive gas

[16:21] yesterday has now cooled off and they

[16:24] say it poses no danger to the public.

[16:26] The government is brushing off calls to

[16:28] shut down its aging Chernobyl type

[16:30] reactors. The Russians say they need the

[16:33] power. A Soviet cosminaut came back to

[16:36] Earth today after nearly a year in space

[16:38] to find the Soviet Union gone. Anthony

[16:41] Mason reports.

[16:44] Sergey Cricov looked a little green and

[16:46] wobbly when they pulled him out of his

[16:48] capsule this morning. But after 310 days

[16:51] in orbit, he had returned at last to a

[16:54] strange new land called the

[16:55] Commonwealth. Crilev's odyssey began

[16:58] last May when the Soviet Union saluted

[17:01] its latest cosmonaut and sent him and

[17:03] two fellow travelers into orbit. His

[17:07] mission was supposed to last a few

[17:09] months, but with everything that

[17:10] happened, said one Russian commentator,

[17:12] he kind of forgot about Mr. Cricleaw.

[17:15] >> No sooner had Sergey arrived at the

[17:17] space station Mir than the Soviet world

[17:19] turned upside down.

[17:23] >> He missed Boris Yelson's inauguration as

[17:25] Russian president. He was out repairing

[17:28] the space station's antenna about the

[17:30] time the couplers were trying to remove

[17:32] Gorbachev. Gorbachev returned, but

[17:35] Prickleof did not. The communists fell

[17:38] and empire collapsed. A commonwealth was

[17:40] born. Through it all, Cosmonaut

[17:42] Prickleoff was stranded in space. From

[17:45] Earth, his wife tried to tell him what

[17:47] had happened.

[17:49] But if you haven't lived through it, she

[17:51] says it's pretty hard to understand.

[17:54] Mission control had called back his

[17:56] fellow cosminauts, but when Cricov's

[17:58] turn came, the new Commonwealth was too

[18:00] broke to bring him home. Reinforcements

[18:02] finally arrived last week. The mission

[18:05] financed in part by a paying German

[18:07] passenger. This morning, touchdown for

[18:10] Cricleaw's capsule was reported 6

[18:12] seconds early. 6 seconds early and 6

[18:15] months late. Welcome to the bright new

[18:17] world, Cosminot Cricle. You may need

[18:20] those sunglasses for a little while.

[18:23] Anthony Mason, CBS News, Moscow.

[18:27] >> Coming up next, Eye on America. Tonight,

[18:29] voter anger translates into victory for

[18:32] female candidates.

[18:38] [music]

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[20:10] >> I'm Harry Smith.

[20:10] >> And I'm Connie Chun. They're

[20:12] provocative, one of a kind, and our

[20:13] well-guarded secrets.

[20:14] >> Not who the Oscar winners are, it's what

[20:16] they're wearing. Tomorrow on CBS [music]

[20:17] This Morning Breakfast for ahead.

[20:23] We're hearing a lot this election year

[20:25] about voter outrage. Tonight, we want to

[20:28] focus on a rallying point for the

[20:29] protest vote. No, not the man from

[20:31] California named Brown, but women such

[20:34] as the one from Illinois named Brawn.

[20:37] She's not alone. Bob McNamera reports

[20:39] tonight's Eye on America.

[20:43] [screaming]

[20:43] >> We We are the future.

[20:49] >> We did it.

[20:52] Thank you and God bless you all.

[20:55] >> They are new names in American politics.

[20:58] >> DC, I want you to know

[21:00] >> women's names.

[21:00] >> I am not going to let you down.

[21:04] >> Sharon Pratt Kelly,

[21:06] Anne Richards, and others. Women who

[21:09] crashed the old boys club and brought

[21:12] their friends.

[21:13] >> I'm Dy Lemieux, running for supervisor

[21:15] in the fourth district. A seat which

[21:17] never has been held by a woman. And we

[21:18] think it's time for a change. There is

[21:20] an old boy club. It It definitely is.

[21:22] And I think that people want to see a

[21:25] different kind of a politician.

[21:27] >> Know the demographics of your district.

[21:29] >> In Oakland, California, 50 women learn

[21:32] the basics of politics from the pros at

[21:34] the National Women's Political Caucus.

[21:36] >> You don't need everybody to vote for

[21:38] you. You need 50% plus one. That's all.

[21:42] There may be a US senator. There may be

[21:43] a future water reclamation commissioner

[21:46] in this room. I think Anita Hill started

[21:48] it and I think that was the point where

[21:51] women said there's a problem.

[21:53] >> I do that vision of 14 white men on the

[21:57] Senate Judiciary Committee has stayed in

[21:59] the minds of American voters and

[22:01] ironically 92 may well be the year when

[22:04] it's it's in to be outside. It's

[22:06] >> really great.

[22:07] >> Yes, it is.

[22:08] >> Carol Mosley Brun's Illinois primary win

[22:10] last week.

[22:11] >> Congratulations.

[22:12] >> The flood of donations to women's

[22:13] political action groups win. Thank you.

[22:16] >> All signals that voters may surprise the

[22:18] old system this fall.

[22:20] >> Congratulations.

[22:21] >> Today, women candidates are not only

[22:23] benefiting from a throw the bums out

[22:25] mood in the country, they've got the

[22:27] numbers to win. Women are in the

[22:30] majority, and they're more likely to

[22:32] vote than men. And for the first time,

[22:35] too, in American politics, women

[22:37] candidates have support inside the

[22:39] system, an old girls network that

[22:42] expands with each election.

[22:46] I think there is a support system, a

[22:48] system that I didn't find when I was

[22:50] young.

[22:51] >> Texas Governor Anne Richards knows hands

[22:53] on how hard it is for women to climb the

[22:56] political ladder.

[22:57] >> You have to overcome what is the

[22:59] stereotypical notion uh that only a male

[23:04] has done this job. Therefore, only a

[23:07] male can do this job.

[23:10] >> I've considered running for governor.

[23:12] have considered perhaps a congressional

[23:13] or senatorial seat

[23:15] >> with 13 years in elected office.

[23:17] >> Good to see you, Mary Landrew.

[23:19] >> Mary Landrew works for other women

[23:21] candidates and thinks they'll do well

[23:24] this year because of the voters's move.

[23:26] >> Very angry and they have a reason to be

[23:29] because the government as we know it is

[23:32] really not working.

[23:33] >> The great thing about being new is that

[23:35] I'm not bound by what didn't work. I'm

[23:38] interested in what will. Lena Guerrero

[23:41] is a first for Texas, a woman, Hispanic.

[23:44] >> But we got opportunities here

[23:46] >> and in charge of regulating Texas oil.

[23:48] >> I've got to prove something. I've got to

[23:51] prove that I can handle the tough

[23:53] economic issues in tough economic times.

[23:56] >> Oh, it was good. I like your enthusiasm.

[23:59] >> Women have to work a lot harder. We

[24:02] understand that if we don't do a good

[24:04] job, they may never elect another woman.

[24:08] Conventional wisdom about women and

[24:10] minorities used to be that if one of

[24:12] them fails, all of them will.

[24:16] But this year, as American politics

[24:18] turns outside in,

[24:19] >> we are going to make history in

[24:21] November. Thank you. Thank you so much.

[24:24] >> Suddenly, everything seems possible in

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[25:41] >> Hot coffee and steak in front of

[25:42] strangers at 30,000 ft. Not till I

[25:45] switched. Now I fix it and forget it.

[25:49] >> That's good. When people are watching

[25:51] you this closely, you just can't be

[25:53] worried about your dentures. That's why

[25:56] I fixed and forget it.

[25:58] >> Fixed holds stronger than any other

[26:00] adhesive. It even stands up to the

[26:02] hottest liquids.

[26:03] >> Taste the grandpa.

[26:04] >> He never would have tried this with his

[26:06] old adhesive

[26:07] >> for the strongest hold you can get. Fix

[26:09] it and forget it.

[26:10] >> It's nothing serious. Only wakes me up a

[26:13] couple of times a week. It really

[26:15] doesn't affect me. I avoid foods that

[26:17] are fried or spicy. I can deal with it.

[26:21] I just take ant acids.

[26:22] >> If you have frequent heartburn symptoms

[26:24] like acid indigestion or burning in the

[26:26] chest, talk to your doctor. These may be

[26:28] signs of a serious medical problem. Your

[26:30] doctor has treatment plans that can

[26:32] help.

[26:32] >> It's only a heartburn. I should learn to

[26:34] live with it,

[26:36] >> right?

[26:37] >> Frequent heartburn. Isn't it time you

[26:39] talk to your doctor?

[26:42] >> And finally tonight, Japan is known as a

[26:44] nation that thrives on anxiety. But

[26:47] what's happening now is more like panic.

[26:49] As correspondent Bill Whitaker reports,

[26:51] it's a real life version of a scary

[26:53] movie.

[26:55] Nothing much ever happened out here on

[26:57] these islands in Japan's inland sea.

[27:00] Divers went down every day as they had

[27:02] for ages to harvest the rich shellfish

[27:04] beds until the day this month when diver

[27:07] Kazuta Harata frantically called up for

[27:10] help. His last terrified word shark.

[27:16] >> We pulled him up but the suit was empty.

[27:19] We are frightened. Word of the deadly

[27:21] shark attack, the first anyone can

[27:23] remember, sent shock waves through the

[27:26] tiny fishing communities. Now each day

[27:29] brings new tales of more and bigger

[27:31] killers plying the unseasonably warm

[27:34] waters. Terrified divers hug the shores

[27:37] these days.

[27:39] >> We are scared of sharks.

[27:41] >> We cannot make a living anymore.

[27:44] >> Tourists won't set foot in the water.

[27:48] I'm a jet skier, but I will not go in

[27:50] now. This will hurt the summer resort

[27:53] business.

[27:54] >> It set off a kind of nationwide shark

[27:56] frenzy. While Tokyo talk shows discussed

[27:59] the finer points of shark bites, coastal

[28:01] fishermen have mobilized to take their

[28:03] waters back using hogs heads as fish

[28:06] bait. Today, they heaved a collective

[28:09] sigh of relief when they hauled this

[28:11] twotonon, 25- ft behemoth out of coastal

[28:14] waters. The whole episode has been

[28:17] dubbed Japan's Jaws. [music]

[28:21] But this real life version doesn't end

[28:23] with the death of the monster. It seems

[28:26] today's catch is a gentle seaweed eating

[28:28] giant, not a man-eater. So the hunt

[28:31] continues. Everyone fears the killer is

[28:34] still out there and nobody knows when it

[28:37] will be safe to go back into the water.

[28:41] Bill Whitaker, CBS News, Tokyo.

[28:46] And that's our news. Coming up on 48

[28:48] hours, the baffling murder of four

[28:50] all-American teenagers. Join Dan Rather

[28:53] tonight at 10, 9 central time. I'm

[28:55] Connie Chung in New York. I'll see you

[28:56] again tomorrow night and tomorrow

[28:57] morning. I'll be sitting in for Paul on

[28:59] CBS this morning. Thank you for joining

[29:01] us and for all of us at CBS News. Good

[29:03] night.

[29:08] >> Says government is too big and costs too

[29:11] much. How serious a threat is he to

[29:13] George Bush's presidential campaign?

[29:15] >> We failed to mention that you've

[29:16] presided over the greatest explosion in

[29:18] government spending and taxation in

[29:20] history. In a special 1-hour interview,

[29:22] David Frost talks with Pat Buchanan

[29:25] about his views on the issues facing

[29:27] America this election year.

[29:30] Friday night, don't miss Pat Buchanan

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