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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Lisa Stark) The jury award against General Motors for defective gas tanks that exploded in rear end collisions examined; details given of the incident in which Patricia Anderson's Chevy Malibu gas tank exploded and of document evidence indicating General Motors Corporation found it cheaper to pay for lawsuits than change the design. [ANDERSON, attorney Brian PANISH - comment on the legal case.] Statement from General Motors Corporation quoted.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Juror's statement about the multi-billion dollar penalty against General Motors Corporation quoted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The coming Senate health care debate over the patients' bill of rights noted.
(Santa Monica, California: John Cochran) President Clinton's proposal to regulate HMO and patient care examined; HMO television ad shown. [CLINTON - says this is about whether people get well or they do not.] [Joan BLEEKLEY, Los Angeles deputy district attorney Peter BERMAN - blame their HMOs.] [Republican Senator Bill FRIST - offers a moderate approach.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Census Bureau report on economic stress and earnings for General Electric reported. Stock Market Report.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Statement from the State Department that it would negotiate with Afghanistan's Taliban to get its hands on Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden reported.
(Pentagon: John McWethy) Intelligence report that bin Laden's terrorist operation is under way and the effort to cut off bin Laden's funding examined; details given of two moves against his financing out of Dubai and Saudi Arabia. [State Department deputy spokesman James FOLEY - says Dubai is cleaning up bank laundering for bin Laden.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The investigation by NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) peacekeepers of a concentration of mass graves in Kosovo reported; scenes shown from Ljubenic. NATO's conclusion that the damages in Yugoslavia from NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and the Serbs is less widespread that claimed during the war noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Ned Potter) British medical study finding that the benefits of sunbathing outweigh the danger from skin cancer examined. [University of Bristol Dr. Andrew NESS - says sun in moderation is good.] [British Cancer Research Program Dr. Joanne REYNOLDS, New York Weill Cornell Center Dr. Richard GRANSTEIN - call the study disappointing.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) "Lancet" study finding that CAT scans can reduce lung cancer deaths reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Death of former astronaut Pete Conrad after a motorcycle accident reported.
(New York: Morton Dean) Conrad's career in space reviewed; scenes shown from the moon and some of his four space missions.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Mountain View, California: Jack Smith) The breakthrough in virtual reality technology called a "reality center" allowing groups to experience virtual reality examined; examples shown. [University of California at Los Angeles Urban Stimulation Lab professor William JEPSON, Los Angeles assistant deputy mayor Jamie De la VEGA, SGI's Janet MATSUDA, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Ames Research Center Paul KUTLER, Lear Corporation vice president Patrick MURRAY, SGI senior vice president William KELLY - show off the new system and discuss the possible uses.] The use of the technology for air traffic control and in the design world noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Harrowing incident for Miami air traffic controllers after an accident shut off the whole system reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The extraordinary impact of Frederick Winslow Taylor, the first efficiency expert in the business world, examined; historical film and photos shown. ["The One Best Way" author Robert KANIGEL - says Taylor changed the factories in the Northeast by scientifically analyzing the work process.] How Taylor revised the steel industry system detailed. [Historian Thomas HUGHES - explains why workers hated Taylor's system.]
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