Voice of America, 97-08-27

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[01] BOSNIA/SERBS BY PAT BODNAR (WASHINGTON)

[02] BOSNIA/SERBS ALT. BY PAT BODNAR (WASHINGTON)

[03] BOSNIA / SERBS (S-UPDATE) BY ART CHIMES (BANJA LUKA)

[04] EURO STOCKS (S ONLY) BY JACK HUIZENGA (LONDON)

[05] N-Y ECON WRAP (S & L) BY BRECK ARDERY (NEW YORK)

[06] U-S / BOSNIA (L-ONLY) BY RON PEMSTEIN (STATE DEPARTMENT)

[07] WEDNESDAY'S EDITORIALS BY NEAL LAVON (WASHINGTON)

[01] BOSNIA/SERBS BY PAT BODNAR (WASHINGTON)

INTRO: THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC MAY BE PREPARING TO INTERVENE IN THE BOSNIAN SERB POWER STRUGGLE. VOA'S PAT BODNAR REPORTS.

TEXT: MAJOR CHRIS RILEY, A SPOKESMAN FOR NATO-LED FORCES IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, SAYS MR. MILOSEVIC HAS REQUESTED PERMISSION TO FLY TO BOSNIA TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE WITH SERB LEADERS.

WE HAVE RECEIVED A REQUEST FOR MR. MILOSEVIC TO FLY INTO BANJA LUCA SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE, AND WE ARE TAKING THAT REQUEST UNDER CONSIDERATION AT THE MOMENT.

OBSERVERS IN BANJA LUKA BELIEVE MR. MILOSEVIC MAY MEET THURSDAY WITH BOSNIAN SERB PRESIDENT BILJANA PLAVSIC IN AN APPARENT EFFORT TO PREVENT THE BREAKUP OF THE BOSNIAN SERB REPUBLIC.

MS. PLAVSIC AND HARDLINE SUPPORTERS OF FORMER SERB LEADER RADOVAN KARADZIC HAVE BEEN BATTLING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS OVER DOMINANCE IN THE BOSNIAN SERB REPUBLIC. THE HARDLINERS OPPOSE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DAYTON PEACE ACCORD.

AN AMERICAN ENVOY, ROBERT GELBARD, IS EXPECTED IN THE REGION IN THE COMING DAYS, CONTINUING AMERICAN EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT THE DAYTON AGREEMENT. (SIGNED)
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27-Aug-97 2:40 PM EDT (1840 UTC)
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[02] BOSNIA/SERBS ALT. BY PAT BODNAR (WASHINGTON)

INTRO: THERE HAS BEEN A MINOR CONFRONTATION BETWEEN NATO FORCES AND SERB POLICE IN NORTHERN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA. VOA'S PAT BODNAR REPORTS.

TEXT: MAJOR CHRIS RILEY, A SPOKESMAN FOR NATO-LED FORCES IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, SAYS PEACEKEEPERS FIRED A WARNING SHOT IN THE AIR AFTER A BOSNIAN SERB POLICE CAR TRIED TO RAM A NATO FOOT PATROL

A PATROL FROM THE "NORDPOL" BRIGADE, IN A MULTI-NATIONAL DIVISION NORTH..THE AMERICAN-RUN DIVISION--FIRED A WARNING SHOT IN THE AIR, AFTER A POLICE CAR FROM THE REPUBLIC OF SERBSKA ATTEMPTED TO RAM THEIR FOOT PATROL NEAR GRJSKA-GORJNA AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 AM THIS MORNING (WEDNESDAY). THE REPUBLIC OF SERBSKA POLICE CAR MISSED THE PATROL AND CONTINUED PAST IT. NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE WAS REPORTED.

SERB MEDIA PORTRAY THE INCIDENT DIFFERENTLY, SAYING NATO TROOPS WERE TRYING TO TAKE OVER THE DOBOJ SERB TELEVISION TRANSMITTER. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHO NOW CONTROLS THE TRANSMITTER.

THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIATOR FOR BOSNIA, CARLOS WESTENDORP, HAS THREATENED TO SHUT DOWN BIASED BROADCASTS BY SERB HARDLINERS -- WHO CONTROL MEDIA IN THE BOSNIAN SERB REPUBLIC. MR. WESTENDORP HAS SUGGESTED HE MAY SEEK NATO HELP FOR THIS TASK.

[03] BOSNIA / SERBS (S-UPDATE) BY ART CHIMES (BANJA LUKA)

INTRO: THE POWER STRUGGLE IN THE BOSNIAN SERB REPUBLIC COULD BE HEADING INTO A DECISIVE STAGE. THERE ARE SIGNS YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC MAY MEET THURSDAY WITH BOSNIAN SERB PRESIDENT BILJANA PLAVSIC IN AN APPARENT EFFORT TO PREVENT THE BREAKUP OF THE BOSNIAN SERB REPUBLIC. V-O-A CORRESPONDENT ART CHIMES REPORTS FROM BANJA LUKA, WHERE MS. PLAVSIC HAS HER HEADQUARTERS.

TEXT: AUTHORITIES IN BELGRADE HAVE ASKED NATO-LED FORCES FOR PERMISSION TO FLY TO BANJA LUKA. OBSERVERS HERE BELIEVE THE FLIGHT COULD CARRY THE YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT TO A MEETING WITH MS. PLAVSIC.

AN AMERICAN ENVOY, ROBERT GELBARD, ALSO IS EXPECTED IN THE REGION IN THE COMING DAYS, CONTINUING AMERICAN EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT THE DAYTON PEACE AGREEMENT.

THE RIVALRY PITS PRESIDENT PLAVSIC HERE IN THE WESTERN SERB REPUBLIC AGAINST HER HARD-LINE RIVAL, INDICTED WAR CRIMES SUSPECT RADOVAN KARADZIC, WHO DOMINATES IN THE EAST.

MS. PLAVSIC IS GETTING INCREASING SUPPORT FROM THE WESTERN POWERS, WHICH EMPHASIZE THEY ARE SUPPORTING HER AS THE CONSTITUTIONALLY ELECTED PRESIDENT. SHE HAS BEEN CONSOLIDATING HER AUTHORITY OVER BOSNIAN SERB INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING THE ARMY AND TELEVISION BROADCASTS. (SIGNED)
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27-Aug-97 12:54 PM EDT (1654 UTC)
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[04] EURO STOCKS (S ONLY) BY JACK HUIZENGA (LONDON)

INTRO: STOCK PRICES MOVED UP IN TRADING WEDNESDAY IN EUROPEAN EXCHANGES. V-O-A'S JACK HUIZENGA HAS THE CLOSING MARKET REPORT FROM LONDON.

TEXT: PRICES ROSE IN ALL THREE MAJOR EUROPEAN MARKETS, BOOSTED BY AN INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF THE U-S DOLLAR.

GERMAN SHARES SHOWED THE BIGGEST INCREASE. THE DAX-30 INDEX CLOSED THE FLOOR TRADING DAY UP MORE THAN 36 POINTS, ABOUT NINE-TENTHS PERCENT OF THE FRANKFURT MARKET'S TOTAL VALUE. IN LONDON, THE FOOTSIE-100 INDEX ROSE MORE THAN 20 POINTS, ABOUT FOUR-TENTHS PERCENT.

AND IN PARIS, THE CAC-40 INDEX CLOSED UP ABOUT TWO-AND-ONE-HALF POINTS, ALMOST ONE-TENTH .PERCENT.

ON THE LONDON CURRENCY EXCHANGE, THE U-S DOLLAR GAINED IN VALUE AGAINST THE JAPANESE YEN, THE GERMAN MARK, AND THE BRITISH POUND.
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27-Aug-97 1:42 PM EDT (1742 UTC)
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[05] N-Y ECON WRAP (S & L) BY BRECK ARDERY (NEW YORK)

INTRO: STOCK PRICES IN THE UNITED STATES WERE UP TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A VOLATILE SESSION. VOA CORRESPONDENT BRECK ARDERY REPORTS FROM NEW YORK.

TEXT: THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE CLOSED AT 77 HUNDRED 87, UP FIVE POINTS. THE MORE INCLUSIVE STANDARD AND POOR'S 500 INDEX CLOSED AT 913, UP A FRACTION OF ONE POINT.

IT WAS A VOLATILE SESSION WITH STOCKS DOWN MOST OF THE DAY BEFORE STARTING A RECOVERY IN LATE AFTERNOON. SOME TRADERS WERE CAUTIOUS IN ADVANCE OF REVISED U-S ECONOMIC GROWTH FIGURES WHICH WILL BE RELEASED THURSDAY.

THE LARGEST MUTUAL FUND IN THE UNITED STATES IS PREPARING TO CLOSE ITS DOORS TO NEW INVESTORS. THE FIDELITY INVESTMENT COMPANY SAYS NO NEW ACCOUNTS WILL BE OPENED IN ITS MAGELLAN FUND AFTER SEPTEMBER 30TH. ANALYSTS SAY THE FUND, WITH ALMOST 63 BILLION DOLLARS IN ASSETS, IS BECOMING TOO LARGE TO BE SUCCESSFULLY MANAGED.

ALTHOUGH NO NEW ACCOUNTS WILL BE OPENED AFTER THE END OF NEXT MONTH, EXISTING SHAREHOLDERS OF THE MAGELLAN FUND WILL BE ABLE TO ADD TO THEIR ACCOUNTS.

THE HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORPORATION OF THE UNITED STATE HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO CONSTRUCT A ONE POINT TWO BILLION DOLLAR SATELLITE SYSTEM TO SERVE THE ARABIAN STATES AND THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT. THE PROJECT INVOLVES A CONSORTIUM OF COMPANIES BASED IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.

U-S GOVERNMENT REGULATORS (F-T-C) HAVE OPENED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE INTEL CORPORATION'S PROPOSED 420 MILLION DOLLAR ACQUISITION OF THE CHIPS AND TECHNOLOGY COMPANY. OFFICIALS WANT TO DETERMINE IF THE ACQUISITION WILL GIVE INTEL AN UNFAIR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN THE COMPUTER MICROPROCESSOR MARKET. 15 FORMER EMPLOYEES OF THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY HAVE FILED SUIT CHARGING G-E IS GUILTY OF AGE DISCRIMINATION. THE FORMER G-E WORKERS SAY THEY WERE TERMINATED BY THE COMPANY ONLY TO BE REPLACED BY YOUNGER PEOPLE. G-E HAD NO IMMEDIATE COMMENT ON THE SUIT.(SIGNED)
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27-Aug-97 4:53 PM EDT (2053 UTC)
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[06] U-S / BOSNIA (L-ONLY) BY RON PEMSTEIN (STATE DEPARTMENT)

INTRO: THE UNITED STATES IS SENDING ITS BOSNIA NEGOTIATOR, ROBERT GELBARD, TO MOSCOW AND BELGRADE THIS WEEK TO CLEAR THE WAY FOR ELECTIONS IN BOSNIA NEXT MONTH. RON PEMSTEIN REPORTS FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT, THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA SEE THE SITUATION IN BOSNIA DIFFERENTLY.

TEXT: IN THE AMERICAN EFFORT TO SUPPORT BOSNIAN SERB PRESIDENT BILJANA PLAVSIC AND TO UNDERCUT HER OPPOSITION, THE UNITED STATES IS PUSHING FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS IN BOSNIA NEXT MONTH -- AND LATER, THE ELECTION OF A NEW SERB ASSEMBLY TO REPLACE THE ALLIES OF FORMER PRESIDENT RADOVAN KARADZIC.

ON HIS VISIT TO MOSCOW AND BELGRADE, AMBASSADOR GELBARD WILL TRY TO CONVINCE RUSSIA AND SERB-LED YUGOSLAVIA TO ABANDON THEIR NEUTRALITY BETWEEN THE TWO FACTIONS IN THE BOSNIAN SERB REPUBLIC AND TO GIVE FULL SUPPORT TO MS. PLAVSIC.

RUSSIA IS CONCERNED ABOUT HOLDING INTERNATIONALLY SUPERVISED ELECTIONS WITH THE BOSNIAN SERBS DIVIDED. THE STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT WANT TO HOLD BOTH (LOCAL AND ASSEMBLY) ELECTIONS TOGETHER -- AND MR. GELBARD WILL EXPLAIN THE AMERICAN POSITION TO THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT IN MEETINGS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN JAMES RUBIN INSISTS THE TIDE IS TURNING AMONG BOSNIAN SERBS IN FAVOR OF MS. PLAVSIC. HE REJECTS THE VOTE OF THE KARADZIC-CONTROLLED SERB ASSEMBLY IN PALE AGAINST HER.

THE CORRUPTION AND CRIMINALITY OF THE REGIME IN PALE HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE CLEAR TO THE PEOPLE OF BOSNIA. THEIR (THE ASEMBLY'S) CALL TO SUSPEND ELECTIONS, THEIR CALL TO TAKE BACK THE TRANSMITTERS (IN BANJA LUKA), THEIR CALL TO REJECT THE CONSTITUTIONALLY ELECTED PRESIDENT ALL DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY ARE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY. HISTORY IS NOW MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF THOSE IN BOSNIA WHO ARE TRYING TO SUPPORT THE PEACE AGREEMENT AND TO SUPPORT DEMOCRACY AND TO SUPPORT THE RULE OF LAW.

THE SPOKESMAN SAYS PALE CONTINUES TO BROADCAST WHAT HE CALLED "VENOM" ON ITS OWN BROADCASTING FACILITIES AND IT SHOULD STOP. HE REFUSES TO SAY WHAT MEASURES THE NATO-LED TROOPS IN BOSNIA MAY TAKE AGAINST THOSE FACILITIES.

THE UNITED STATES IS ALSO USING LOAN MONEY TO INFLUENCE THE BOSNIAN SERBS IN FAVOR OF MS. PLAVSIC. SOME 750-THOUSAND DOLLARS HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED TO BOSNIAN SERB AREAS WHERE MUNICIPALITIES ARE COOPERATING WITH THE RETURN OF REFUGEES. THOSE AREAS ARE CONTROLLED BY MS. PLAVSIC -- NOT PALE. (SIGNED)
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27-Aug-97 2:39 PM EDT (1839 UTC)
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[07] WEDNESDAY'S EDITORIALS BY NEAL LAVON (WASHINGTON)

INTRO: THE DECISION BY A FEDERAL OFFICIAL THAT VOIDED THE ELECTION OF A UNION PRESIDENT, THE STATE OF FLORIDA'S SETTLEMENT WITH TOBACCO COMPANIES, AND TWO DEFECTORS FROM NORTH KOREA ARE SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT ARE UNDER DISCUSSION IN THE U-S PRESS WEDNESDAY.

HERE WITH TODAY'S U-S EDITORIAL DIGEST IS_____________.

VOICE: LAST FRIDAY (8/22), BARBARA ZACK QUINDEL, A FEDERAL OFFICIAL CHARGED WITH MONITORING THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS UNION, VOIDED RON CAREY'S 1996 VICTORY. MS. QUINDEL SAID MR. CAREY, WHO IN 1991, BECAME THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE TEAMSTERS TO WIN A DIRECT ELECTION, WAS THE BENEFICIARY OF ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. NO EVIDENCE EMERGED THAT MR. CAREY WAS AWARE OF THE ILLEGAL FINANCING.

HE RECENTLY LED THE TEAMSTERS UNION IN A STRIKE AGAINST THE UNITED PARCEL SERVICE (U-P-S) WHICH RESULTED IN PAY RAISES FOR UNION MEMBERS AND CONTROL OF ITS PENSION FUND WHICH U-P-S WAS SEEKING TO MANAGE. THE STRIKE WAS WIDELY SEEN AS A MAJOR VICTORY FOR ORGANIZED LABOR.

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE WRITES THAT A NEW UNION ELECTION IS IN ORDER, ALTHOUGH IT DISAGREES WITH MS. QUINDEL'S DECISION TO WITHHOLD HER DECISION UNTIL THE TEAMSTER STRIKE AGAINST U-P-S WAS SETTLED.

TEXT: "A NEW ELECTION IS A PROPER REMEDY, THOUGH CAREY IS RIGHT TO REJECT [OPPONENT JAMES P.] HOFFA'S CALL THAT CAREY LEAVE OFFICE AND BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THE COMING ELECTION. CAREY MAY TAKE SOME SOLACE THAT QUINDEL HELD OFF ON HER RULING UNTIL AFTER THE U-P-S STRIKE WAS SETTLED AND JUDGED A VICTORY FOR THE UNION. QUINDEL'S DECISION WAS WRONG -- IT WASN'T HER ROLE TO RUN THE PUBLIC RELATIONS OPERATION FOR CAREY DURING THE STRIKE. THE OUTCOME OF THE STRIKE MIGHT HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT HAD THE MEMBERSHIP KNOWN WHAT SHE HAD FOUND."

VOICE: THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER GOES FURTHER THAN THE TRIBUNE BY ASKING MR. CAREY TO STEP ASIDE UNTIL A NEW ELECTION DETERMINES THE HEAD OF THE UNION.

TEXT: "...TO SERVE HIS MEMBERS, HIS UNION'S IMAGE AND THAT OF UNIONS IN GENERAL, MR. CAREY OUGHT TO GO THE EXTRA MILE. HE SHOULD STEP ASIDE UNTIL A FAIR ELECTION CAN DECIDE THE TEAMSTERS' RIGHTFUL LEADER... THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT, THIS TIME AROUND, THE ELECTION BE FAIR. IF IT ISN'T, THE DAMAGE TO LABOR'S REHABILITATING IMAGE WILL BE INCALCULABLE."

VOICE: THE STATE OF FLORIDA SETTLED ITS LAWSUIT AGAINST TOBACCO COMPANIES ON MONDAY (8/25) FOR DAMAGES AND OTHER CONCESSIONS. THE STATE GETS MORE THAN 11 BILLION DOLLARS AND CAN ENFORCE LIMITS ON TOBACCO ADVERTISING WITHIN ITS BORDERS.

THE MIAMI HERALD CALLS THE SETTLEMENT "AN END AND A BEGINNING".

TEXT: "THIS IS A GOOD SETTLEMENT. IT MAKES PARTIAL REPARATIONS FOR THE BILLIONS SPENT IN MEDICAID (GOVERNMENT HEALTH SUPPORT FOR THE POOR) DOLLARS TO TREAT UNINSURED DISEASES. IT DENIES CIGARETTE MAKERS ACCESS TO A PREFERRED TARGET: YOUTH. AND IT WILL FINANCE ANTI-SMOKING PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS... FLORIDA WAS TAKING A CALCULATED RISK BY SUING BIG TOBACCO (COMPANIES), AND IT PAID OFF HANDSOMELY."

VOICE: BUT PATRICK COX, A FORMER SMOKER AND POLICY ANALYST, WRITES IN U-S-A TODAY, THAT THE SETTLEMENT IS "JUST ANOTHER NAME FOR TYRANNY," AND WARNS:

TEXT: "AMERICANS OUGHT TO REMEMBER THAT TYRANNY IS USUALLY IMPOSED IN THE NAME OF SOME HIGH-SOUNDING PUBLIC GOOD AND THAT FREEDOM IS RARELY GIVEN UP IN A SINGLE ACTION, BUT IN LITTLE, INCREMENTAL STEPS. IT IS TELLING THAT THAT SUPPORT GROWS FOR SPECIAL TAXES ON SO-CALLED FAST AND JUNK FOOD... CAN THE ABOLITION OF STATISTICALLY HAZARDOUS OBJECTS LIKE BIKES AND MOTORCYCLES BE LONG IN COMING? ARE WE THAT FAR FROM GUN-TOTING...HEALTH COPS?"

VOICE: TWO DIPLOMATS FROM NORTH KOREA DEFECTED TO THE UNITED STATES YESTERDAY (8/26). JANG SUNG GIL, NORTH KOREA'S AMBASSADOR TO EGYPT, AND HIS BROTHER, JANG SUNG HO, A TRADE REPRESENTATIVE BASED IN PARIS, FOLLOWED IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ANOTHER HIGH-LEVEL DEFECTOR, HWANG JANG YOP, WHO ESCAPED TO THE WEST IN FEBRUARY. THE DEFECTIONS CAME ON THE EVE OF NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION TALKS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND NORTH KOREA, WHICH WERE THEN POSTPONED BY PYONGYANG.

THE BALTIMORE SUN WRITES THAT THE TWO DEFECTORS WILL HELP SHED MORE LIGHT ON THE RECLUSIVE NORTH KOREA.

TEXT: "AT ITS WORST, THE SOVIET UNION WAS LESS A RIDDLE WRAPPED IN A MYSTERY INSIDE AN ENIGMA THAN NORTH KOREA IS TO WASHINGTON TODAY.... MUCH SHOULD BE LEARNED FROM CHANG (SIC) SUNG GIL, NORTH KOREA'S AMBASSADOR TO EGYPT, AND HIS BROTHER, CHUNG (SIC) SUNG HO, A TRADE REPRESENTATIVE IN PARIS. THEY DEFECTED TO THE UNITED STATES, THE HIGHEST LEVEL DEFECTORS SINCE HWANG JANG YOP... MR. HWANG HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN TELLING SOUTH KOREAN INTELLIGENCE A BONE-CHILLING TALE OF A PARANOID RULER WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS MADE FROM MATERIALS BOUGHT FROM FORMER SOVIET SOURCES.... THE LATEST DEFECTORS SHED LIGHT ON DARK CORNERS AND BRING A LITTLE CLOSER THE INEVITABLE END OF AN ISOLATED TYRANNY THAT CANNOT LONG SURVIVE."

VOICE: FINALLY, SOME KIND WORDS FOR THE RUSSIAN SPACE STATION, MIR, FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES.

TEXT: "JUDGING FROM THE JOKES AND EDITORIAL CARTOONS, THE RUSSIAN SPACE STATION MIR IS SEEN AS A KIND OF COSMIC SCRAP HEAP, WITH LEAKS, BLACKOUTS, FIRES AND ONE CLIFF-HANGING (SUSPENSEFUL) REPAIR JOB AFTER ANOTHER... WITH ALL THE COMMOTION, MANY OF US ON EARTH HAVE LOST TRACK OF MIR'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WHICH ARE SUBSTANTIAL.... SCIENTISTS HAVE LEARNED A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF WEIGHTLESSNESS.... THE RUSSIANS...HAVE DEVELOPED SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES FOR COPING WITH SPACE-INDUCED CHANGES IN BODY FLUIDS, BONES AND HEART.... MIR HAS ALSO PROVIDED A VENUE FOR STUDYING HUMAN TISSUE AND FOR SHOWING THAT CRUCIAL PLANTS LIKE WHEAT CAN BE CULTIVATED OVER SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS IN SPACE.... GIVEN THE RECORD SO FAR, NASA [NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION] AND THE RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY ARE RIGHT TO KEEP MIR AND ITS CREW UP THERE FOR THE TIME BEING."

VOICE: AND WITH THAT COMMENT, WE END TODAY'S EDITION OF THE U-S EDITORIAL DIGEST. (SIGNED)
27-Aug-97 11:15 AM EDT (1515 UTC)
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