This program is 27 minutes long
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Booming oil industry profits while gasoline prices rise outlined on screen.
(Studio: Betsy Stark) The reasons for oil company profits examined. [In Los Angeles, two MOTORISTS, Phoenix MOTORIST - complain about gasoline prices.] [Public Citizen Joan CLAYBROOK - accuses the industry of a "criminal act" by making enormous profits.] [CATO Institution Jerry TAYLOR - defends the oil industry.] [FTC chairman Robert PITOFSKY - assesses the ethics of holding back gasoline.] The issue of "summer" and "winter" gasoline that lead to short-term supply glitches discussed.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Brian Rooney) The reasons for higher gasoline prices in California featured. [MOTORIST - comments.] [At Senate hearing, Senator Barbara BOXER - worries about a recession.] [California Service Stations Association Dennis DeCOTA - says there is no industry competition.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(White House: Terry Moran) Problems raised in President Bush's 100 days interviews about United States policy towards Taiwan and his view on funding the government lawsuits against the tobacco industry reviewed.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Pentagon update on the March incident in Kuwait in which five Americans soldiers were killed in a mistaken bomb drop by Navy pilot Commander David Zimmerman; the Federal Aviation Administration study on the ability of airports to handle flights and a report that Interior Secretary Gail Norton will probably not reintroduce grizzly bears to Montana and Idaho reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Huge FBI bust of organized crime introduced.
(New York: John Miller) The FBI crackdown in New York City on five crime families featured; details given about the realities of modern-day organized crime. [US attorney Loretta LYNCH - says this is the real thing.] [FBI Barry MAWN - says mobs families need to fear inside their ranks.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Admission by former Senator Bob Kerrey that his Navy SEAL unit killed women and children during a tragic mission in the Vietnam War reported; war photos shown.
(New York: George Stephanopoulos) Interview held with Kerrey. [KERREY - recalls a night patrol fire fight in Vietnam on February 25, 1969 in which civilians were killed; denies intentionally targeting civilians as reported by squad member Gerhard Klann.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The UN's preparations to fight AIDS in Africa via a multi-billion dollar fund and a report from the International Red Cross on deaths in Africa from an outbreak of meningitis reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The issue of transmitting the execution of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, bomber Timothy McVeigh on the Entertainment Network's Internet Website noted.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The last public execution in the United States in 1936 in Owensboro, Kentucky, featured; details given of the Depression-era public hanging of a young black man, Rainey Bethea, for raping and killing 70-year-old Lisha Edwards; many photos shown. [Owensboro newspaper editor Keith LAWRENCE, Owensboro residents Hugh McFARLAND, Morton HOLBROOK - comment on the era and the August 14 hanging.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The applications from 1400 journalists to cover the McVeigh execution in Terre Haute, IN, noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings; Punta Arenas, Chile: Mike von Fremd) The story of Dr. Ronald Shemenski, who has just been airlifted out of South Pole research facility because he has pancreatitis, discussed; photos shown of the physician and the rescue plane while the rescue operation is explained.
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