This program is 27 minutes long
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Cape Cod, Massachusetts: Lisa Stark) The slow pace of the investigation into the crash of John F. Kennedy, Junior's plane featured; scenes shown of ships looking for underwater wreckage. [Search SPOKESMAN - describes the underwater conditions facing the diver.] Evidence indicating what happened just before the plane's rapid descent outlined.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The painstaking process of searching on the ocean floor introduced.
(Hyannis, Massachusetts: Bill Blakemore) The technical support for sea searches featured; animations shown to indicate how two sonar systems work. [Woods Hole Underwater Technology Barrie WALDEN - explains the difficulties in using sonar.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) JFK's sister Caroline shown biking in Bridgehampton, New York, while the media watched.
#187295
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Linda Douglass) The issue of a Republican push for tax cuts examined. [Representative John KASICH - promises a big tax cut.] [Merrill Lynch chief economist Bruce STEINBERG - says the last thing the economy needs is a tax cut.] ABC News poll findings on the public's view of taxes cited. [Two PEOPLE - list important issues.] [The Heritage Foundation Marshall WITTMANN - explains the Republicans' support for tax cuts.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Trade deficit figures for May cited.
(New York: Betsy Stark) United States trade with Canada and Mexico examined; details given of the reciprocity of two-way trade across the borders. [Institution for International Economics Catherine MANN - says we sell little to China while importing a lot.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Stock Market Report. The shortage of priests, ministers and rabbis in the United States and the discovery of the world's highest oil field in Tibet noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The stage of the Tour de France bicycle race through the Pyrenees Mountains of France reported; scenes shown.
#187300
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Pancevo, Yugoslavia: Bill Redeker) United Nations assessment of the environmental damage of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) bombing in Yugoslavia featured; scenes shown of the effects of the bombing in Pancevo, Yugoslavia. [Plant manager Slobodan KRASULJA - cites the pollution of the Danube River.] [SCIENTIST - lists diseases likely to occur from the contamination.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The government's reopening of the first bridge damaged in the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) air campaign reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Johnson and Johnson's development of a new contraceptive patch reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The release on bail of Kathleen Soliah, once a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army, reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The abort of the launch of the space shuttle Columbia due to a malfunction reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Achievement award from the Smithsonian Institution for astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, whose Apollo 11 flight was 30 years ago, reported.
(Huntsville, Alabama: Ned Potter) Research on the next generation of space rockets featured. ["October Sky" author engineer Homer HICKAM - describes how rockets could be powered.] [NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) George SCHMIDT - comments on nuclear fusion power.] The reality of NASA's budget cuts and how it limits research noted.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The recovery of astronaut Gus Grissom's Mercury space capsule from the ocean reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The work of Kennedy family photographer Stanley Tretick, who died yesterday, shown, including photos of President John F. Kennedy with John, Junior
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