June 15, 1995 - a day where priorities in news coverage got tested. Beginning with news that the long-anticipated and much-dreaded Battle of Sarajevo had begun caused and that NATO forces were in that uncomfortable place of being peacekeeper and defender all at the same time. It would prove to be Topic-A in conversation at the upcoming G-7 Summit, which President Clinton was heading for on this day.

News also, with reference to G-7, of the threatened trade war between Japan and the U.S., mostly centered around the newly-imposed 100% tariff on imported Japanese Cars into the U.S.

A rescue effort was underway in Greece, which had suffered a 6.1 earthquake overnight and a growing list of casualties from collapsed buildings was reported.

But the biggest news, the news that occupied the most "air-time" on this broadcast, was the reported first interview with Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley on the occasion of the release of Jackson's latest album HIStory in which he answers allegations of Child molestation and the controversy surrounding anti-Semitic lyrics.

Buried in the rest of the news was report of the Senate, set to vote on a sweeping overhaul of Telecommunications Laws, in effect for over 50 years, and deregulation of Cable TV.

Also in there were reports of the continuing Timothy McVeigh/Oklahoma City Bombing and OJ Simpson murder trials.

And last, but not least - news on the Houston Rockets clinch of the NBA title in a 113-101 win over the Orlando Magic. Something they went nuts over in Houston.

And that's pretty much what happened, and what you may not have noticed amidst the noise of Pop Culture, on this June 15, 1995 as reported on The CBS World News Roundup.

A break in sieges this day. The war raging in the former Yugoslavia got something of a break on April 17th 1994, when Bosnian Serbs agreed to end their siege of Gorazde and allow 300 UN Peacekeepers to take up positions on the front lines. It was also reported that some 15 Canadian Peacekeepers being held as hostages by the Bosnian Serbs would be released.

Still, it didn't mean an end to fighting as skirmishes were still going on in other parts of the war-torn region. But any lull in the madness was welcomed, even briefly.

In other news - it was reported a 17 year old, held in the murders of 3 co-workers at a Popeye Fried Chicken drive-thru in Alabama would be charged as an adult in the crime.

And Country Star Minnie Pearl is the first Female comic to be inducted in the National Comedy Hall of Fame.

At least there was something funny somewhere this day.

As reported on ABC Information Radio's World News for Sunday, April 17, 1994.

Seems the issue of Healthcare was having its troubles on this day in 1994 too.

Faced with dwindling support in Congress and a reported drop in popularity in the Polls, President Clinton readied to take his Healthcare Plan message to a series of Town Hall meetings in the hopes of drumming up support. Further evidence this issue has a history and goes way-way back. Even further than 1994.

Elsewhere - the Teamsters were girding up for a possible walkout of nationwide Freight haulers. The only thing holding them back was a dwindling membership and a growing number of non-union companies affected by a walkout. Don't Ask-Don't Tell was under fire as a Judge ruled that 6 Gays kicked out of the service for violating the law couldn't be removed until the case was decided.

The Ukraine sent a 1,000 Peacekeeping troops to Bosnia. The first Palestinian exiles were allowed back into Gaza. Wall Street was heading up on optimistic news, or a "correction" as some called it.

The Arkansas Razorbacks won their first NCAA Championship, defeating Duke in a nail biter.

Darryl Strawberry heads off to rehab and a riot broke out at a Grateful Dead concert in Orlando, Florida.

All that and so much more from this April 5th in 1994, as reported on The CBS World News Roundup.

With the ceasefire in Bosnia slated to end within days and the deadline for handing in weapons quickly approaching, NATO forces were weighing the next turn of events and options for the region, this particular day in 1994.

But that was one element in the makeup of the day. The rest of it was a little like this:

Alan Greenspan got it wrong again as economic news took a surprising upturn with release of the first flat inflation reading since 1989. The Trade deficit was another matter, but it was looking like the economy was finally stabilizing.

In other news - the Clinton Administration pledged to spend more on Housing, Mental Health and Tax programs aimed at aiding the homeless in the U.S. since figures showed the number was hovering around 7 million, considerably more than was announced by either the Reagan or Bush Administrations previously. Surprise? The Clinton Administration also proposed a $130.00 entry fee for political Asylum seekers looking to emigrate to the U.S.

In Winter Olympics news - Skier Tommy Moe won a silver medal this day, icing on the cake for his 24th birthday. The Harding/Kerrigan kerfuffle had a media frenzy over their first practice session which yielded no fireworks and a collective yawn.

Shannon Faulkner, whose on-going legal battle to get into the all-male Citadel Military Academy, wound up back in court this day saying it wasn't enough she was enrolled in classes, she also meant the physical part too.

The ACLU got involved in the recent curfew controversy in Dade County Florida, saying it violated civil rights and was something of a pain in the ass for parents too, making sure the 11:00 pm curfew for kids was enforced. The NAACP and B'nai B'rith got together in New York to discuss recent racial tensions between the Black and Jewish communities. And the Whitewater Investigation was continuing with allegations documents were shredded pertaining to the case.

And the Kremlin was voting today and whether or not to grant amnesty to individuals involved in the coup attempts in Russia in 1991 and 1993.

A busy and wildly fluctuating day, this February 17th in 1994 as reported on the CBS World News Roundup.

News on this Valentine's Day in 1994 ran the gamut. The ceasefire in Sarajevo was still holding, although fighting had broken out in Bosnia between Croats and Bosnian government troops. Still, the deadline was looming for weapons to be turned in.

A Trade War between the U.S. and Japan was looming as jitters ran through Wall Strett and the Yen came in at 105.67 to the U.S. Dollar. Japan was doing a wait-and-see if sanctions were going to be placed. The good economic news came in the form of a 3% growth in the economy projected for the rest of the year. Cause for cautious optimism at the White House.

Meanwhile, President Clinton was meeting with Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev over the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty which Kazakhstan just signed.

Israel and the PLO were meeting again for talks.

From Lillehamer and the 1994 Winter Olympics, Speed Skater Dan Jansen failed to win a medal, much to the shock of just about everyone. Speaking of Lillehamer, it was disclosed that 1/3 of Norway's Police force was milling around the Olympic Village and other key sites, adding a precautionary tone to the proceedings and not wanting, as they put it, to have "another Munich on their hands" (i.e. Munich 1972).

An 85 year old wanna-be sky-jacker fell a few thousand feet to his death when his parachute failed to open. His sons, assessing the news said it was "better he flamed out than rusted out". I would imagine he'd have a different take on it if asked.

And once again, Paul McCartney was called on to put the kabosh on rumors circulated by a British tabloid that the remaining Beatles were going to reunite. His terse summation as "rubbish" left that speculation cold.

And so lumbered on this Valentine's Day for 1994 as relayed by The CBS World News Roundup.

Although there was probably a lot more going on, the top news stories of this particular December 30th had to do with reports of the first U.S. troops wounded on the ground in Bosnia. Not by direct enemy fire, but by a roadside landmine taking out a Humvee. Despite news that the wounds weren't fatal, it still sent a message that this conflict wouldn't be the cakewalk it was set out to be.

The other big news was the budget and the shutting down of some Government services as the result. Ongoing talks were talking place between President Clinton and Senate leader Bob Dole and House Speaker Newt Gingrich. The proposed budget called for the biggest overhaul of Social Services in 60 years and the furlough of some 300,000 government workers who were not likely to return back to work anytime soon. The question, certainly on most media observers minds was, why weren't there mass protests?

In this segment of NPR's All Things Considered for December 30th, the question was put to two pundits; Todd Gitlin representing, the left and David Frum, representing the right. In an interesting analysis, it was argued that the Left had lost its direction (apathy) but the right were in danger of splintering (the Newt factor). Gitlin decrying the fact that the Left really didn't like the Social Programs anyway, that they no longer had a focus point and that the protests had no leader. Frum tut-tutted that the country was really mostly conservative anyway and if they really wanted to get anything done by way of protest, they had AARP to do it for them.

And that was what it looked like sixteen years ago. My, how times change. But the Budget crisis seems to go on forever.

As do wars.

A mostly unremarkable December 20th in 1995. Of course, if you were in Bosnia or anywhere in the former Yugoslavia it would be a remarkable day, as the UN handed over peacekeeping duties to NATO forces and a combined military force which included both American and Russians units took over to put an end to the conflict that ripped the entire region apart. The discovery of horrors would come shortly.

Meanwhile on Capitol Hill, negotiations were underway for a budget deal which, depending on who you asked, were either going well, going painfully slowly or not going at all. Another cliff-hanger in the offing.

In other news, it was learned that Insurance companies providing private supplemental insurance to seniors were raising premiums on average of 30% for that little slice of peace of mind. How unusual.

The White Water investigation was continuing. The Republicans pledged to override a Presidential veto of a bill designed to limit lawsuits by investors who were cheated by underwriters, corporate executives and accountants.

Winter storms were sweeping the country with the worst hit from the Plains to New England.

Communists were holding 1/3 of the seats in the Russian Parliament, causing a predicament for Boris Yeltsin. And to top it all off, OJ Simpson's net worth was deemed no longer a secret with regards to the upcoming Civil Suit.

No mass demonstrations, no calls for the toppling of governments. But the eventual discovery of mass graves and concentration camps gave proof inhumanity was still very much with us.

And that's how that particular December 20th went in 1995 as reported on The CBS World News Roundup.

This September 15th in 1995 was preoccupied with the former Yugoslavia and hammering out a peace agreement between warring factions. President Clinton announced a tentative ceasefire in NATO bombing in Sarajevo - the announcement came in the middle of this newscast.

In other news. Jimmy Carter was readying a peace mission (of sorts) to Cuba to try and work something out with the Castro government. On the domestic front - The Senate was getting ready to vote on Welfare reform, but still in the midst of much haggling between Republicans and Democrats. The OJ Simpson Trial was weathering charges of slanting testimony in favor of the Prosecution and Hurricane Marilyn was churning its way through the Caribbean.

Miss much not being here - perhaps. September 15, 1995 by way of the CBS World News Roundup (and cut-in by President Clinton mid-way in).

This particular September 2nd in 1995 was a day pretty much all over the map as far as history went.

Starting with the Oklahoma City Bombing trial of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols. The Government wanted the trial moved away from Oklahoma City, given the charged amount of publicity it had already gotten. In the scandal department, Congressman Mel Reynolds (D-Ill.) was planning on resigning in light of his conviction for having sex with an underage girl. Reynolds went on Larry King Live to play the victim card, but the real victim told him to get a grip. Yet another in the endless series of failures to collectively keep it in your Congressional pants.

China got an earful with regards to harassment during the annual Womens Conference held that year in . . yep, Beijing.

The Jury in the OJ Simpson trial got another day to sit around and stare at the walls, thanks to endless bickering between Prosecution and Defense over the Mark Fuhrman tapes. The sequestered jury was heading into their 8th month of the circus. NATO extended their breather in the air-bombing of Bosnia, even though Serb forces were still active in the siege of Sarajevo. The Horror Show that wouldn't end for a while.

Infinity Broadcasting had to fork over $1.7 million in fines for on-air blueness from Howard Stern. And Cleveland went into an orgy of Air Guitars over the opening of the Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame and Museum off Lake Erie. Attendees were beside themselves in back slapping while John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater, one of the first inductees, remarked that he thought he needed to be dead first.

And so it went, via The CBS World News Roundup for this September 2, 1995.

And I'll bet you forgot, didn't you?

As George Bush Sr. was preparing to leave office, the fighting in Bosnia continued, with hopes of a ceasefire and a proposal to turn Sarajevo into an Open City meeting approval of everyone but Slobodan Milosevic. Meanwhile back at home - President-Elect Bill Clinton would receive final confirmation of his winning the Presidential election the previous November, and the vetting process started up with Clinton Cabinet appointees. Another oil tanker breakup and spill, this time off the Scottish coast and Ross Perot stages a comeback. All on January 6, 1993.

Here is the World News Roundup for January 6, 1993 and all the players.