CBS Evening News - 1992-04-09
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[0:02] They'll never forget that day at school.
[0:04] The nation will see the day-long
[0:05] festivities at Harvey Scott School May
[0:07] 1st on Nickelodeon.
[0:09] >> I think our news director will let us
[0:10] slime him.
[0:12] >> You can ask him why he's slimy.
[0:18] >> The jury's verdict is in. Panama's
[0:20] Manuel Noriega, guilty of drug and
[0:23] racketeering charges.
[0:25] On the money front, by economic trouble
[0:27] in Japan could mean lower interest rates
[0:31] for you.
[0:32] And America's favorite mouse invade
[0:35] Europe. There's a lot more than
[0:37] amusement at stake.
[0:39] This is the CBS Evening News.
[0:41] >> [music]
[0:47] >> Good evening. Dan Rather reporting. It's
[0:49] been more than 2 years since President
[0:51] Bush sent US troops into Panama to
[0:53] arrest Manuel Noriega and force him to
[0:55] stand trial in the United States on US
[0:58] drug and racketeering charges. Today,
[1:00] the jury returned a verdict. CBS News
[1:03] correspondent Juan Vasquez covered the
[1:04] trial in Miami.
[1:07] >> The 56-year-old former Panamanian leader
[1:09] showed not a trace of emotion as the
[1:11] foreman handed the jury's verdict to the
[1:12] court. One count of racketeering,
[1:14] guilty. One count of conspiracy to
[1:16] engage in racketeering, guilty. One
[1:18] count of money laundering, guilty. Five
[1:21] counts of manufacturing, smuggling, and
[1:23] distributing cocaine, guilty. Noriega
[1:25] never blinked as Judge William P.
[1:27] Hoeveler read the formal verdict.
[1:29] Conviction on eight counts, acquittal on
[1:31] two. President Bush, who ordered the
[1:33] invasion of Panama in 1989 to get
[1:36] Noriega, was pleased.
[1:38] >> Well, I think it's a good thing and I
[1:39] think the main thing is it sends a
[1:41] message to the
[1:43] d