Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Thursday, Aug 21, 1980


Title: The Killing Ground: An Update

Abstract:
  • ABC special "The Killing Ground" re: chemical waste disposal, focusing on the Love Canal in Niagra Falls (New York), Elizabeth (New Jersey), Jackson (New Jersey), Louisiana, Montague (Michigan), and the affects of spilled chemicals on the local populations, replay of previous 1979 report with updates added, reported by Brit Hume.
  • Excerpts of interviews with Karen Schroeder, Beverly Paigen, Marie Pozniak, Bruce Davis, David Axelrod, Sharon Dunmire, Mark Dunmire, William Carracino, Jerry English, James McCarthy, Dave Ewell, Edwin Edwards, Columbus Millet, Warren Dobson, Andrew Hogarth, William Sanjour, Hugh Kaufman, Steffen Plehn, Katherine Schirmer, and Eckardt Beck.
  • Begin Time:09:00:00 pm
    End Time:09:58:30 pm
    TVN Record Number:656920
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1980-2009 Vanderbilt University
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