this year. There is some disturbing news today for vacationers planning to visit
national parks in the eastern United States, side to say industrial pollution
is making the air quality in some parks there worse than in Los Angeles. They
blame sulfates from coal burning power plants and other industries. In the West
meanwhile, strict emission regulations have actually improved conditions at
several national parks there. In Washington there is a move on to clean up
America's waterways. Supporters say it will be good for America's coastline and
bottom line. Deborah Potter with more. Closed beaches keep the tourists away.
Warnings not to eat the fish keep boats at the docks. Polluted water drains over a
billion dollars a year from the US economy. With Congress debating expensive
new requirements to clean up the water, administration officials are making the
case that it makes economic sense. Touring areas like Coney Island in New
York where business is driven by water. Clean water is not only good for the
health of the people of this country, for the health of our environment, but it's
also good for the health of the economy. But cleaning up the water won't be cheap.
New sewage plants will cost more than a hundred billion dollars and state and
local governments say they'll be squeezed unless Washington puts up a
bigger share of the money. What happens at the local levels then you don't have
enough for money for K through 12 education. You start robbing your higher
education. You get into other matters or you raise taxes to the point local
governments raise taxes through the roof. Farmers worry too about the cost of
controlling agricultural runoff, pesticides and fertilizers that foul the
waterway. Some fear that tougher rules could put them out of business. In some
areas they may have to take the dramatic steps and in some areas they may not. But
for those in certain areas very likely they may choose to do something else.
The Clean Water Act was supposed to ensure that all US waters would be
fishable and swimmable by 1983. Now more than ten years later the government says
over a third of coastal waters, lakes and rivers like the Anacostia are still too
dirty. Officials say there's really no way to put a price tag on the value of
clean water but to counter complaints about the cost of cleaning up a major
factor in the congressional debate the administration argues that the benefits
add up to billions. Debra Potter, CNN, Bladensburg, Maryland. The fire is out now but there's
no explanation yet today for a deadly chemical plant fire in Ohio. An explosion
yesterday morning rocked a plastics factory owned by the Shell Oil Company.
At least one worker is confirmed dead, two others are missing and presumed dead.
The plant is located near Belle Pre which is 70 miles north of Charleston, West
Virginia. 1,700 people were evacuated for several hours from the area. Federal
safety officials are now at the site. It was the beginning and end of life at a
Miami hospital last night. Jorge Morales had just taken flowers to his wife who
had given birth two days ago as he left the hospital. Morales and his five-year-old
daughter got caught in a police crossfire. He was killed, his daughter was
unharmed though. Police who called Morales an innocent victim were trying
to capture some armed robbers at the time. Two Milwaukee police officers are
suspects today in a Chicago murder. They're also being questioned about the
spraying of bullets into the home of Chicago Cardinal Joseph Bernadine, the
head of the Chicago Catholic Archdiocese slept through the shooting yesterday but
later spotted bullets lodged inside of a door. Police believe the same gun was
used in the murder of a nightclub bouncer. The officers have been suspended but are
not yet charged. Police in a small Pennsylvania town say they've cracked a
23 year old murder mystery. They insist they could not have done it without a
local man who claims his buried memory of the crime has now resurfaced.
Randall Waters reports that man's account has led to an arrest. When you talk to
people in downtown Contanning Armstrong County, few people remember Franklin
Crawford or the woman he is charged with killing back in October 1971. Is this a
big deal in this town that this man has been arrested after 23 years? No because
everybody's asking everybody you know do you remember this or you know who is this
man? No. But the case is a big deal for the district attorney's office. It was a
year ago that the big break came through. That's when John Reed, a man from Apollo
came forward to say he had witnessed the murder of 21 year old Pearl Mae Altman.
He gave facts that were corroborated by other facts that would be known to the
persons who were involved or who were present at the time of the offense. Such
as the location of the body, where the parties were immediately before the body
was found, bodies found the next day, things that would be known primarily by those
people who were there. According to the assistant DA, Reed says he saw Crawford
beat Pearl Mae and then throw her body in the Allegheny River. She was found in
this area. Reed, who could not be reached today, told police he now only remembers
what allegedly happened because he had repressed the details saying he had been
threatened by Crawford. Reed was 16 years old at the time but claims a year ago he
saw a woman who looked like the victim and something clicked. Did you know
Crawford? Did you associate with him at all? I knew him, yes. How was he? He was a
partier too. Drank and partied, carried on a lot, done a lot of wild things. DAB told
me she used to party with Crawford and Altman at this place, now called the pub,
but in the 70s it was known as the hole. She wasn't all mentally there and
a lot of people in town took advantage of her. I remember that and I just tried to
be her friend and party with her. Was she fun going? Yeah, carrying on all the time whenever
she drank and she trusted everybody. Crawford, now 49 years old, is being
housed at the Armstrong County Jail without bond. This is not his first time
behind bars. Police say he served eight years of a 14-year sentence for the
murder of a three-year-old child in 1973. Congressman Dan Rostenkowski is denying
reports he's turned down a plea bargain offer from the federal government.
Chicago sometimes today is reporting however Rostenkowski will be charged
Tuesday with multiple felony charges of corruption. Barring any last-minute
changes in that, sometimes says Rostenkowski will be indicted on charges
he got cash illegally from the House Post Office, used government cars for
personal use, employed as many as 18 ghost employees on his federal payroll
and that he illegally used taxpayer money to buy gifts. Rostenkowski has
consistently denied any wrongdoing. Senior Clinton administration officials
admit that two and not one presidential helicopters were used in a golf outing
this week. They flew in tandem and took a White House aide David Watkins and two
senior officials to a Maryland golf course. Watkins resigned over the
controversy this week. The cost of the trip by the way could top ten thousand
bucks. White House officials are now pitching in to help Watkins pay for it.
They say they're doing it as a gesture of friendship but other sources indicate
Watkins has refused to pay for it himself. President Clinton is hailing a
military milestone in his weekly radio address today. He praised the Allied
landing in Normandy 50 years ago next week. The D-Day offensive gave the Allies
the upper hand in World War II. It was the turning point of World War II and in
many respects the turning point of the 20th century. It was the beginning of the
end of Nazi tyranny and a down payment on all the years of freedom the rest of
us have enjoyed ever since. Wednesday President Clinton flies to Italy where
he'll begin an eight-day European trip devoted to D-Day observances. North
Korea's nuclear crisis is heating up again. UN inspectors warn Poynang is
quickly removing fuel rods at its main nuclear reactor. If it continues they say
they'll lose the ability to detect any plutonium at the reactor within days.
Inspectors want to confirm that no plutonium is being used to build nuclear
weapons. Some members of the UN Security Council call that matter grave. They're
meeting informally this weekend to consider what to do next. Business
classes are rapidly replacing courses on Marxism at Chinese universities but for
citizens of the communist nation not everything has changed. Patrick Brown
reports students may still be penalized if they question government policies.
People's University was founded to turn out graduates who'd make China into a
socialist paradise. Now it's trying to turn out graduates who will make money.
In the alma mater of generations of Marxist Leninist bureaucrats many of
the library's three million books and now just so much waste paper. A third of
the courses are being dropped. Planned economics, scientific socialism and
international communism are out. Business management, taxation and
marketing are in. Deputy Principal Lee Wenhai is reluctant to concede that the
university has spent 40 years teaching nonsense. You can't say those
subjects were totally useless he says. Historically they had a great deal of
influence. And indeed Marxism isn't completely dead. A philosophy class
still struggles with dialectical materialism. Philosophy is about
human thought, world materialism and ideology he says. The class gets the
attention it deserves while just next door Professor Lin Zhangjie is explaining
what a real estate broker does. These middlemen make enormous
commissions he says. They make a fortune. The subjects taught in the university are
changing but one aspect of university life is not. Students are expected to
take notes and not to ask too many questions. When people's universities
start teaching capitalism it's quite obvious to everyone that the emperor has
no ideological clothes. But asking why a country which has abandoned communism
still needs the Communist Party is a sure way to get a transfer out of the
university and in to the penal system. Patrick Brown CBC News Beijing. The
Environmental Protection Agency has given Utah State University a half
million dollars to study cow belches. Researchers will round up the cows put
them with special masks and measure the amount of methane the animals release
when they burp. Methane is a known contributor to global warming. Some
researchers estimate confined cattle produce 20% of global methane emissions.
Six athletes in California's Stanford University have been charged with
vandalizing a statue titled gay liberation. Two students face felony
vandalism charges now which carry possible prison time and fines of up to
ten thousand dollars each. Some students say there needs to be more awareness and
understanding of gays and lesbians on campus. The direct vandalism is a result
of deeper things that are going on that could have been prevented if some of
these guys had been had more exposure to these issues from the time that they
entered this university. The gay and lesbian community has to be a little bit
more tolerant of the fact that some people aren't very tolerant of them and
they have to communicate their lifestyle to them and make sure that you know they
aren't offended by it and I think all of us will get along a lot better once
that happens. And university officials are estimating it'll cost about eight
thousand dollars to fix that statue. Next in headline consumer news we'll
review the week in business and later after 29 years of making left turns
Mario Andretti prepares to say goodbye to the old brickyard. A stationary front
will continue to bring showers and thunderstorms along the Gulf Coast. A
cold front in the plains will bring rain. The East will stay dry and sunny.
This is headline news a CNN network.
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Kentucky Fried Chicken says it'll invest an additional 200 million dollars in
China over the next four years. The announcement coming at the opening of the
company's latest Chinese outlet. The investment will boost the number of KFC
stores in China to at least 200 in 45 cities. The expansion is also expected to
create about 20,000 jobs. Kentucky Fried Chicken's announcement came a day after
President Clinton's renewed China's most favored nation trading status. Jim Dexter
has that and more in his look back at the week in business. President Clinton
renewed most favored nation trade status for China but the future of trade with
Japan was renewed most favored nation trade status for China but the future of
trade with Japan was still something of a mystery. Washington and Tokyo agreed to
resume formal talks on opening up the Japanese market but not everyone was
impressed. What this means is that 10 months after starting talks with Japan
we've agreed to start talks with Japan. There were big bucks in the baby
business a Swiss conglomerate agreed to pay 3.7 billion dollars to swallow Gerber
baby food. Rupert Murdoch's plan for a fourth network was once considered a
crazy idea but some people now say crazy like a fox. Murdoch's Fox television
network announced an investment deal that gives Fox some former CBS affiliates
and gives CBS a black eye. I think that CBS stock is probably going to be dead
money for a while. The tobacco industry started the week by launching an
offensive against workplace smoking restrictions but by the time the week
ended the industry had other problems. Florida and Mississippi took steps to
sue cigarette makers to recover public money spent treating smoking related
illnesses. A tall order for Denny's, a restaurant chain agreed to pay 46
million dollars to settle charges that discriminated against African-American
customers. These settlements are not an admission that Denny's has had a policy
or practice of discrimination against African-Americans.
Walmart conceded that always the low price does not necessarily mean always
the lowest price. The retailer agreed to change its longtime slogan to a less
ambiguous claim, always low prices. How's this for a beer slogan? Tastes great, less
filling and reduces the national debt. The brewers of Billery beer named after
President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton said they'll help
reduce the federal deficit with a 25 cent donation for each case of Billery beer
sold. Company officials say the national debt could be wiped out. If they sell 200
trillion cases that was the week in business. I'm Jim Dexter, CNN reporting.
Headline Sports is next. This is Headline News, a CNN network.
This baby's a glum in hellcat, the toughest fighting bird in the Pacific
and that fact was proven again just last week. Seems the Japanese were getting
concerned because we were steadily advancing up their coastline. So they
met off lead in the Philippine Sea where 24 carriers and more than 1,000 planes
went at it for two days. The first morning they sent in almost 400 zeros and jibs, but
we splashed 243 of them in just the first couple of hours. That was over half
their total fighting force. It's no surprise really, our hellcats have four wing guns to the
zeros too and we had over twice the engine power for better speed and maneuvering.
They called it the great Marianas turkey sheep and most of the credit went to my
baby. As long as our boys need help at turnout, I'll be here to keep them flying.
The Battle of the Philippine Sea, an event that helped shape the outcome of
World War II.
Hey Shawn, what you gonna do now? I don't know, maybe hang out for a while? Hang out for a while?
Hey, why not give one of the youth programs a try? Come on in here. Yeah, in here.
I'll show you what it's all about.
Hey Shawn, what's going on? Yeah, you taking a nap in there or what? Hey, why
don't we head over to the youth center? I'll tell you guys all about it.
Looking for something to do? Check out the youth programs where you live.
Stefan Matode did it again as the Rangers advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals in a
dramatic win over New Jersey. After the Devils forced the extra period on
Valerie Zellipukin's goal with only seven seconds remaining, Matode scored the game
winner in double overtime for the second time in the series. This one in game seven
to won the final. On the hardwood the Jazz picked up a must-win to cut the
Rockets' lead to two games to one in the NBA's Western Finals. Carl Malone scored
22, Jeff Hornacek 17 in the 95-86 final. Baseball and it's good to see Steve
Palermo back at the ballpark. He was telling the scooter that Wade Boggs has
a glove too. The fine leather work helped the Yankees beat David Cone in KC 5-2.
Unlike Cone's shutout streak that ended, Wilson Alvarez kept his winning ways
intact. A White Sox record 15th straight decision in a three-zip beating of
Baltimore. Sandy Alomar and Jim Tomey went deep for
Cleveland but it was Paul Sereno's blast in the bottom of the ninth that
lifted the tribe by the A's 3-2 Mesa picking up the win. California topped
Toronto, big crank with number 18 in the White Sox win. Jimmy Kee the victory for
New York. Milwaukee snapped his 14-game losing skid by beating Seattle. The
Twins topped the Tigers and the Rangers a winner over the Red Sox. The Dodgers
blew a four-run lead in the ninth but rallied with two in the bottom of the
tenth to beat the Pirates 6-5. Rookie pitcher Darren Dreifert the big hit in
his first official big league at bat. For a moment the Mets reverted back to the
team that lost 103 games last year. Not one, not two throwing errors but three on
the same play that allowed one run to score. Still leaving with the Shenanigans
at Shea, New York won easily 10-2 over Cincinnati.
Galarraga hit his 17th in a loss to Montreal. Mitch Williams back at the vet.
He walked one hit another. Houston still won. Greg Maddux winning eighth on the
year for the Braves. Keith Smith an eight hitter for the Mets. The Dodgers in
extras. The Padres beat Bob Tootsbury and Patterson's grand slam led the Giants by
the Marlins. At nine under Scott Simpson is the leader by two shots among golfers
who have finished two rounds at the rain-plague Southwestern Bell Colonial.
Oscar De La Hoya survived a knockdown nine seconds into the fight and retained
his WBO junior lightweight title by stopping Giorgio Campanella in round
three. While at the French Arantxa Sanchez and Conchita Martinez move on
American Lindsey Davenport did not. While on the men's side Michael Chang bounced
back in five. Jerome Jurenovich, Headline Sports.
This is Headline News, a CNN network. Court convenes in a few minutes. I'm the
trial counsel, same as a prosecutor in a civilian case. This is a general court
marshal which is for the most serious offenses, murder, treason, major crimes
like that. There's already been a formal pretrial investigation that's required
for a general court marshal. Soon I'll be joined by the military judge, a panel of
five service members, like a jury in a civilian case, the defense counsel, and a
court reporter. The defense and I shall present the facts and the law and argue
our cases. The judge decides questions of law, the panel decides innocence or
guilt. It's similar to a civilian trial when you think about it. Judge, prosecutor,
defense, jury, innocent until proven guilty. A general court marshal has the
same goal, to achieve justice. All rise. Now you'll have to excuse me. The trial's
about to start.
The Eagles have landed again in Irvine, California. The reunited rock band played
their first public show in 14 years to a sold-out crowd. The group split up in 1980
after a 10-year career that included four Grammy Awards. The group will tour the
United States and then much of the rest of the world throughout next year. In
Garden Grove, California, some ducks have put residents there in a foul mood. A
mother duck and her six ducklings have taken over a swimming pool at a local
apartment complex. A Wildlife Protection Act, by the way, bars residents from
bothering the ducks. Though they could hire an authorized company to take them
away. As one resident put it, they're sweet but they're very messy. Ladies and
gentlemen, start your engines. With that traditional call, officials will begin
tomorrow's Indianapolis 500 for driver Mario Andretti. The call will signal the
beginning of the end to 29 years of racing at the old brickyard. Nick Charles
reports.
Mario Andretti's won everything worth winning in his five decades as a race
driver. He's won in every kind of car on every kind of surface but being at Indy,
Memorial Day weekend, has been perhaps his most compelling fascination. I've been
dreaming about coming to this place since I was 13 years old back in Italy.
That's when I started racing. Well now I'm here. It certainly is a realization of a
dream. That was 29 years ago when Andretti's Indy Odyssey began with a bang.
He finished third and was named rookie of the year. Four years later he won it
all in 1969 and who could have imagined that would be the last time Mario Andretti
would roar into victory lane at the most famous racetrack on earth. There were
checkered flags by the dozens elsewhere but only setbacks and disappointments at
the old brickyard. When something good happens to you there, it's the biggest reward.
When something doesn't happen, the biggest letdown. It's that simple. So because of that you have
all that roller coaster of emotions. So while pieces of Mario Andretti's soul may be
scattered around Indy's two and a half mile oval, his talent, endurance, sheer
will to win and matchless style have been the cylinders that have fired his
own personal engine, made him a hero, a millionaire and won him the lasting
admiration of those who have gone wheel to wheel against him and those who have
been thrilled by his persona. I think Mario is bigger than life. He's always been the Indy 500 main.
They don't make heroes like they used to a long time ago and like we see Mario
for example as one of the last. They really have a fabulous fan following and
all just going away. As for the legend himself, his final Indy brings regret,
relief and hope that those blurring 500 miles this time can be stretched out to
last a lifetime. In the sense I feel sad but in the sense I feel thankful that I've been able to be in it for all these years.
So this last time here, this last go-around, I just I want to try to really have some fun in the sense of
trying to enjoy it even more than before. To the original Super Mario, the enjoyment
has been ours every Memorial Day weekend for the last 29 years.
Nick Charles, CNN Sports.
Coming up in the next half hour of headline news, the man claims he can make
breasts bigger through hypnosis. Comfort at work can mean a more comfortable profit
margin and pleasingly plump figures are the art scene in Buenos Aires.
I'm Charles Z. We hold day's news every half hour. This is headline news.
This is headline news by CNN Network.