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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(State Department: Martha Raddatz) Reports on the incident in which a Peruvian fighter plane shot down a missionary plane examined; details given from the Peruvian report blaming the private plane. [White House press secretary Ari FLEISCHER - says facts are being gathered.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Bill Redeker) The story from pilot Kevin Donaldson, who was seriously wounded by the Peruvian air force plane, featured; photos shown of the missionary Veronica Bowers, who was killed along with her daughter, Charity. [On telephone Cessna pilot, DONALDSON - comments on what happened.] [ABWE aviation director Hank SCHELTEMA - says pilot Donaldson's voice has been recorded.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Later coverage of United States military involvement in Latin America noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Findings of a ABC News/Washington Post poll indicating Americans believe the United States is heading into an energy crisis and the rise in gasoline prices noted.
(Studio: Betsy Stark) The reasons for the high energy prices, especially gasoline, reviewed; details given about supply and demand. [Three Chicago MOTORISTS - complain about gas prices.] [AAA's Robert SINCLAIR, Petroleum Industry Research Foundation Larry GOLDSTEIN - predict higher prices.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Announcement by 3M of job cuts; the Navy's letter of reprimand ending the career of Commander Scott Waddle, whose submarine the USS Greeneville collided with a Japanese fishing boatletter of reprimand and work on the International Space Station with the new robotic arm reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Davenport, Iowa: Jim Williams) The flooding along the Mississippi River in the Midwest featured; scenes shown of flood water and temporary levees. [Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) director Joe ALLBAUGH - talks about having to bail out the flooded cities.] [Davenport Mayor Phil YERINGTON - defends the town.] [MAN - comments.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The United States involvement in the drug wars in Latin America introduced; statistics cited on the drug war costs.
(Pentagon: John McWethy) The United States role in the complex war on drugs in Central and South America featured; scenes shown of American soldiers on training missions. [Former National Drug Control Policy official retired Lieutenant Colonel Ralph PETERS, Inter-American Dialogue Michael SHIFTER - offer differing opinions on the drug program.] [At January 11 hearing, Senator John McCAIN, Secretary of Defense nominee Donald RUMSFELD - comment on United States involvement.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Decision by President Bush not to sell ships to Taiwan with the Aegis radar system and the ransacking of the South Africa home of young AIDS activist Nkosi Johnson reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The flight of a New Zealand plane to Antarctica to rescue four Americans needing medical attention and the delay in a separate flight to rescue an American doctor at the South Pole reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Mountain View, California: Deborah Amos) The SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Institution) Institution for communication with life outside out universe featured; details given about the institute's call for a set of rules on how to respond when a civilization is discovered. [Astrophysicist SETI Institution director Jill TARTER - says contact with an intelligence species will be lopsided since we are a young technology in an old universe.] [SETI Institution Doug VAKOCH - comments on ways of communication.] [Institution for Advanced Study professor Freeman DYSON - says man is a babbling species.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Dan Harris) The secret rituals of Yale University's Skull and Bones Society featured; grainy videotape shown of initiations rituals of the society founded in 1832. ["New York Observer" investigative reporter Ron ROSENBAUM - describes the initiation.] Famous Skull and Bones alumni listed. [President BUSH - wonders if the club even still exists.]
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