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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Studio: Brian Ross) The safety problems with ValuJet airlines reexamined in light of the crash of ValuJet DC-9 Flight 592 in the Florida Everglades near Miami; details given from the Defense Department report that found ValuJet's quality assurance program unsatisfactory and of the history of problems that the crashed plane had. [Transportation Secretary Federico PENA - defends ValuJet.]
(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(In the Florida Everglades: Mark Potter) The investigation into the crash examined; scenes shown from the swampy area where the plane went down. [ValuJet president Lewis JORDAN - defends safety.] [NTSB Robert FRANCIS - says divers will begin recovery operations.] [Metro-Dade fire department Lieutenant Luis FERNANDEZ - comments on the absence of debris.] [Eyewitness Daniel MUELHAUPT - describes the crash.]
(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Washington: Deborah Weiner) The questions raised by the crash of the safety of low-cost, no-frills airlines that grew out of the demise of Pan Am and Eastern airlines examined; statistics cited. [Aviation analyst Harold SHENTON - says there is a demand for air travel.] [PENA - says safety records are comparable.] Transportation's Inspector General Mary Schiavo said writing in Newsweek magazine about holes in the safety net. [ABC News aviation consultant John NANCE - says these cost-efficient airlines cut corners.]
(Studio: Carole Simpson) Interview held with Schiavo. [SCHIAVO - explains why she would not fly on ValuJet because it is under review by the FAA.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Atlanta: Rebecca Chase) The response of friends and relatives to the crash of ValuJet Flight 592 near Miami presented. [McNitt family friend Reverend Van NESBIT, Richmond, IN, victim's family member Mary SNORR, pro football player Rodney Culver's COUSIN, flight attendant Jennifer Stearns' SISTER, FATHER - react to their losses.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Fire at a fraternity house at the University of North Carolina featured; scenes shown from the campus.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Destruction by fire of the most of the apartment house where Margaret Mitchell wrote "Gone with the Wind" reported; scenes shown of the burned-out building.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Visit by O.J. Simpson to Britain to try to repair his public image reported; scenes shown from the golf course.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) The third assisted suicide trial in Michigan for Dr. Jack Kevorkian reported.
(New York: John Donvan) The right-to-die movement examined; details given of the growing support and the legal issues involved; Gallup polls figures cited. [American Psychiatric Association, convicted felon George DELRY - describes helping his wife commit suicide.] [American Suicide Prevention Dr. Herbert HENDIN, American Psychiatric Association Dr. Leah DICKSTEIN - offer differing opinions on whether Delry should have been invited to speak.] The popularization of assisted suicide, including Timothy Leary's plans to broadcast his own suicide, noted. [Choice in Dying Dr. Karen Orloff KAPLAN, journalist Lucette LAGNADO - oppose suicide.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) The journey of a boat load of refugees from the civil war in Liberia updated.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Attack by Hizballah on Israeli soldiers in south Lebanon reported; scenes shown of this first battle since the US-brokered cease-fire took effect.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(No location given: Beth Nissen) Mother's Day gathering of the offspring of in vitro fertilization featured; the case of Judy Carr, the first in vitro patient, recalled. [14-year-old Elizabeth CARR, mother Judy CARR, FATHER - comment.] The high cost of and controversy over test tube babies noted.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson, Peter Jennings) Plans for ABC News to present a special series of reports called "Listening to America" outlined. [Topeka, Kansas, working mother Yolanda DEAN - talks about her children and what she has missed while working.]
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