World News Tonight (ABC) - 1999-05-29

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[0:00] News 2

[0:03] >> on World News Tonight this Saturday. On

[0:05] Memorial Day weekend, millions of

[0:07] Americans take to the roads while police

[0:09] crack down on those who don't buckle up

[0:11] their kids.

[0:15] A deadly fire in a tunnel in the Alps

[0:17] forces dozens of drivers to run for

[0:19] safety. And deep in the Atlantic, a

[0:22] missing coffin and new questions about

[0:24] President Kennedy's assassination.

[0:33] From ABC,

[0:35] this is World News Tonight, Saturday.

[0:39] >> Good evening. I'm Elizabeth Vargas. On

[0:41] this Memorial Day weekend, a nationwide

[0:43] campaign to make US highway safer for

[0:46] children. An estimated 25,000 people

[0:49] will be injured in car accidents before

[0:51] the holiday ends. Nearly 500 will die.

[0:54] Many of those lives would be saved if

[0:56] the crash victims were wearing seat

[0:58] belts. Getting parents to comply with

[1:00] the law is the focus this weekend.

[1:02] Here's ABC's Ned Potter.

[1:05] >> It's a nationwide crackdown. 6,000 law

[1:08] enforcement agencies with zero tolerance

[1:10] for those who do not buckle up.

[1:12] >> How you doing?

[1:13] >> Got everybody buckle up in there.

[1:15] >> Today at this checkpoint near Atlanta,

[1:17] this driver was fined $250 for not

[1:19] having her kids wear belts.

[1:21] >> No, I'm not mad. And this I have learned

[1:23] my lesson with these three tickets that

[1:24] I have to pay.

[1:25] >> The crash tests and the numbers show why

[1:27] the government safety agency takes the

[1:29] issue so seriously. It reported this

[1:32] week that 41,000 people were killed on

[1:35] American highways last year and 62% of

[1:38] those who died were not wearing seat

[1:41] belts.

[1:41] >> It's borderline child neglect if you

[1:43] don't have your child buckled up.

[1:45] >> Joe Hill is a safety officer in Fairfax

[1:47] County, Virginia. This right here is a

[1:49] prime example of of a citizen not

[1:51] wearing their seat belt and what can

[1:52] occur. Uh, no seat belt on. You can see

[1:55] the deformation of the steering wheel.

[1:57] This resulted in a fatality.

[1:59] >> The deck family's car flipped over on

[2:01] the ice two years ago. Three children

[2:03] badly hurt.

[2:04] >> We were in the emergency room and when

[2:05] my wife uh arrived, I turned to her and

[2:08] I said, "You know, we wouldn't be here

[2:10] if they had buckled their seat belts."

[2:12] But clear as the evidence may seem to

[2:14] authorities, millions of people never

[2:16] imagined they'll be a statistic. Hence

[2:19] the crackdown.

[2:20] >> We know exactly what's proven to work.

[2:22] It's high visibility enforcement. That's

[2:24] why the zero tolerance effort of more

[2:26] than 6,100 law enforcement agencies this

[2:28] week is so critically needed. Every

[2:31] state now has a seat belt law and 70% of

[2:34] drivers buckle up. That's way up in the

[2:36] last few years and authorities hope the

[2:38] number will keep rising with this

[2:40] crackdown. Led Potter, ABC News, New

[2:43] York.

[2:44] >> On the road overseas, a nightmare for

[2:46] drivers in the Austrian Alps. At least

[2:48] one person is dead and 100 injured

[2:50] following a crash and explosion inside a

[2:53] narrow mountain tunnel. More than 12

[2:56] hours after it began, firefighters have

[2:58] finally put out the fire that caused so

[3:00] much damage. Details now from ABC's Mike

[3:03] Lee. Deep inside this four-mile mountain

[3:06] tunnel, the flames and smoke were so

[3:08] intense that for hours, Austrian

[3:10] firefighters and rescue workers could

[3:12] not reach the scene of the accident.

[3:14] Dozens of drivers and passengers managed

[3:16] to run or crawl to safety, many

[3:19] suffering from smoke inhilation and

[3:21] shock. Others never made it. Witnesses

[3:24] say the pileup occurred when a car and

[3:26] truck, which had stopped at a red light

[3:28] inside the tunnel, were rammed from

[3:30] behind by another truck filled with

[3:32] paint, setting off a huge fire with

[3:34] temperatures reaching 1,800°.

[3:38] The burning paint created a toxic cloud

[3:40] which enveloped those trying to get out.

[3:44] >> All we saw was a big black thing, said

[3:46] this man. People were shouting, "Get

[3:48] out! Get out!" But you couldn't see

[3:50] because there was so much smoke. It was

[3:52] all black. "The only thing you can do is

[3:55] run for your life," said another

[3:56] witness. "Otherwise, you don't know what

[3:58] to do. You only think about your own

[4:00] life."

[4:01] >> Two months ago, 42 people died in a

[4:03] multiple car crash in this tunnel called

[4:05] Mont Blanc connecting France and Italy.

[4:08] In both tragedies, there was no separate

[4:10] escape tunnel. Reacting to today's crash

[4:13] in Austria, officials said the

[4:15] government had 10 years ago proposed

[4:16] construction of an escape tunnel here,

[4:19] but the idea was abandoned because of

[4:21] public concern the local environment

[4:23] might be damaged. Mike Lee, ABC News,

[4:26] London.

[4:27] >> In Switzerland today, authorities closed

[4:29] a series of tunnels after tests showed

[4:31] they could also become death traps if

[4:33] fire broke out. The tests have been

[4:35] planned for a long time, but were moved

[4:37] up after that deadly fire in the Mont

[4:38] Blanc Tunnel in March. In Washington

[4:41] State, Mother Nature is posing a holiday

[4:44] danger despite warnings from the

[4:46] National Forest Service and other

[4:47] agencies. Thousands of visitors are

[4:49] spending this weekend in the mountains

[4:52] where forecasters say the danger of late

[4:54] spring avalanches is high. Here's ABC's

[4:57] Deborah Wong. It is the price they're

[5:00] paying for a very white winter. Leninia

[5:02] dumped record amounts of snow here this

[5:04] year. In some places, two to three times

[5:07] the norm. The Mount Baker Ski Resort has

[5:09] now set the world record for snowfall,

[5:12] more than 93 feet. At one point, they

[5:14] had to close the lifts so they could dig

[5:16] themselves out. With so much snow still

[5:19] in the mountains, there are serious

[5:21] concerns that it could come tumbling

[5:23] down.

[5:24] >> It's not a matter of whether we uh will

[5:26] have avalanches or not in here. It's a

[5:29] matter of when and where.

[5:32] Even in the balmy spring weather, crews

[5:34] were out this week trying to stabilize

[5:36] slopes that may be vulnerable to slides.

[5:38] They planted explosives in the snow and

[5:41] then set them off,

[5:44] sending unstable sections cascading

[5:47] down.

[5:48] >> There's a lot of snow that's that's

[5:49] still waiting there unconsolidated

[5:52] um to be warmed up by the sun and come

[5:54] sliding down.

[5:55] >> Huge volumes of snow literally hang off

[5:57] the tops of mountains posing a constant

[6:00] avalanche threat. All it needs is

[6:02] somebody skiing or snowshoeing or almost

[6:05] looking at it wrong and it will go.

[6:09] >> Which is why on Washington's Mount

[6:10] Reneer, park rangers carefully monitor

[6:12] the snow pack for signs of instability.

[6:15] >> As you can see, how much snow would

[6:17] release.

[6:18] >> Tens of thousands of people are expected

[6:20] to venture into these mountains in the

[6:21] coming weeks. Not all of them

[6:23] experienced enough to spot the dangers.

[6:26] Visitors are strongly advised to carry

[6:28] avalanche beacons that would transmit

[6:30] their position if they get buried by

[6:32] snow.

[6:33] >> But I mean, it's always a little bit of

[6:35] a gamble, but you just want to minimize

[6:38] minimize the risk.

[6:39] >> The danger from avalanches continues

[6:40] well on into the summer when melting

[6:43] snows and higher temperatures create

[6:45] even more unstable conditions. In fact,

[6:47] there are more deaths from avalanches in

[6:49] these mountains in the month of June

[6:51] than at any other time of year. So this

[6:54] spring and summer after record

[6:55] snowfalls, all eyes will be focused on

[6:58] these very beautiful and potentially

[7:00] very dangerous mountains. Deborah Wong,

[7:03] ABC News, Mount Reineer, Washington.

[7:06] There are new pictures tonight from

[7:08] space. It is the International Space

[7:10] Station with the Earth behind it that

[7:12] you're seeing there. The shuttle

[7:14] Discovery astronauts connected smoothly

[7:16] with the station today and are preparing

[7:18] for tonight's spacew walk. It was the

[7:20] first of dozens of shuttle dockings

[7:22] ahead.

[7:23] And still ahead for us on World News

[7:25] Tonight this Saturday, an unexpected

[7:27] guilty verdict for an Australian aid

[7:29] worker, Australian aid workers in

[7:30] Belgrade and why skateboard parks are

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[9:39] of Bgrade today, a conviction for two

[9:41] Australian aid workers causing concern

[9:44] about the dangers of providing relief.

[9:46] Here's ABC's Bob Woodruff.

[9:49] >> The verdict was read in this Bgrade

[9:50] courthouse. The stiffest sentence, 12

[9:53] years in prison, was given to Australian

[9:55] Steve Pratt, who was shown on Serbian TV

[9:57] in April, apparently confessing a

[10:00] confession that was later thrown out in

[10:02] court.

[10:02] >> When I came to Yugos,

[10:06] >> performed some intelligence tasks by

[10:08] using the cover of K Australia.

[10:11] >> Pratt's two colleagues were given

[10:12] sentences of four and six years. No

[10:15] spectators were allowed to attend the

[10:16] trial. Prosecutors say Pratt and the

[10:18] others were gathering and passing on

[10:20] documents and computer discs containing

[10:22] intelligence about Yugoslavia's

[10:24] defenses. But the defendants claim they

[10:26] were simply trying to figure out the

[10:28] positions of mines, troops, and tanks so

[10:30] that they would be safe delivering

[10:32] humanitarian aid.

[10:33] >> It was really for that sort of logistic

[10:35] purpose that the information was

[10:36] collected. It wasn't collected with

[10:37] anything to do with spying in mind.

[10:39] >> Whether correct or not, this verdict

[10:41] comes at a crucial time. Humanitarian

[10:43] groups are negotiating how to get aid to

[10:45] both ethnic Albanians and Serbs

[10:47] displaced by this war. The

[10:49] representative for Care Australia says

[10:51] today's decision could make it difficult

[10:53] to operate safely.

[10:54] >> This verdict will have deep impact not

[10:58] only for care operation but for all

[11:01] other humanitarian aid organizations.

[11:03] >> There is of course the possibility that

[11:05] Pratt and his two colleagues are in fact

[11:07] guilty. He was caught leaving this

[11:09] country with a significant number of

[11:10] documents and discs filled with military

[11:13] information. Those facts may become

[11:15] clear on appeal which is expected to

[11:17] happen within the next 2 weeks. Bob

[11:19] Woodruff, ABC News, Belgrade.

[11:22] >> Diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis

[11:24] in Kosovo are intensifying. Today,

[11:26] France and Germany called for a meeting

[11:27] of the seven major industrialized

[11:29] nations plus Russia to work out a

[11:32] diplomatic solution. Clinton

[11:33] administration officials endorsed the

[11:35] idea while holding firm on the issue of

[11:37] force. In a commencement speech today,

[11:39] Secretary of State Maline Albbright

[11:41] declared that NATO will not back down.

[11:45] >> The crisis must end on NATO's terms. Not

[11:48] because we're being macho, but because

[11:50] there is no way the refugees will or

[11:53] should return without a credible

[11:56] military force to protect them. NATO

[11:59] Secretary General Javier Solana has also

[12:01] endorsed the proposal by France and

[12:03] Germany. NATO warplanes attacked

[12:05] Yugoslavia at a furious pace today. Even

[12:08] as diplomatic efforts inched forward,

[12:10] diplomacy on all sides has been

[12:12] complicated by the indictment of Slovadm

[12:15] Mallich for war crimes this past week.

[12:18] Here's ABC's John Cochran.

[12:21] Western officials who actually know

[12:23] Mallosvich agree on several key points

[12:25] about him, especially the impact from

[12:27] his indictment as a war criminal.

[12:29] >> First of all, it's more difficult to

[12:30] have dealings with him.

[12:32] >> Dame Pauline Neville Jones led the

[12:34] British delegation to the Dayton peace

[12:35] talks on Bosnia.

[12:36] >> I think he will be much more reluctant

[12:38] now to make any kind of concession which

[12:40] leads to a peaceful environment because

[12:42] he is immediately more vulnerable. His

[12:44] interest now is in continuing the war.

[12:46] And now that Mallosvich has been

[12:47] indicted, it is more important than ever

[12:50] for him to remain in power. Peter

[12:52] Galbreth is a former American diplomat

[12:54] who often dealt with the Yugoslav

[12:55] leader.

[12:56] >> If Mallosvich loses power, he has to

[12:58] worry for the rest of his life that

[13:01] there'll be a regime in Belgrade one day

[13:04] that will turn him over to the

[13:06] International Criminal Tribunal for

[13:08] trial in the HEG as a war criminal.

[13:11] >> And to stay in power, he must not lose

[13:13] in Kosovo. Otherwise, he believes the

[13:15] Serb people and his own military will

[13:17] turn on him. Former CIA analyst Gerald

[13:21] Post reminds us that Malloich is not

[13:23] universally loved by his people.

[13:25] >> While there's a show of support now as

[13:27] the bombs are raining down upon him, it

[13:30] was only a few years ago where upwards

[13:32] of 200,000 were parading in the streets

[13:35] of uh Belgrade protesting his

[13:38] fraudulently stealing elections. Several

[13:41] of those who have dealt with Malloich

[13:43] say the only way to reach an agreement

[13:45] now is to offer him a deal he can sell

[13:47] to his people.

[13:48] >> Eventually, the question for Malloich

[13:50] must come down to this. Is NATO willing

[13:52] to accept a compromise that does not

[13:55] humiliate the Serbs?

[13:57] >> What he has to try and do is to get NATO

[13:59] to compromise and to fall short of its

[14:01] objectives. That's his best hope.

[14:05] If NATO refuses to bend, then some who

[14:07] know Melvich well say he would rather

[14:09] have NATO invade with ground troops even

[14:12] though it would mean losing Kosovo.

[14:14] >> If Kosovo is lost on the ground, he is

[14:17] not the one that has given it up. He

[14:19] fought bravely to hold on to it, but he

[14:21] lost to overwhelming NATO power and that

[14:24] is something he can explain to the

[14:26] Serbian people.

[14:27] >> Whatever Mallich decides, whether it is

[14:29] war or peace, now more than ever, he

[14:31] must try to satisfy the Serb people. As

[14:33] an indicted war criminal, he can never

[14:36] be safe outside Serbia. And if he

[14:38] guesses wrong about the mood of his

[14:40] people, he may not be safe inside Serbia

[14:42] either. John Cochran, ABC News,

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[17:32] >> Three and a half decades after the death

[17:34] of President Kennedy. Many questions

[17:36] surrounding his assassination remain.

[17:38] But tonight, one more piece of the

[17:40] puzzle.

[17:43] On that day in November 1963, President

[17:45] Kennedy's body was carried from Dallas

[17:47] to Washington in a bronze casket.

[17:50] >> Bronze casket carrying President

[17:52] Kennedy's body will be taken from here

[17:54] to Bethesda Naval Hospital.

[17:56] >> For years, the fate of that bronze

[17:58] casket has been a mystery. But documents

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[18:03] Archives will reportedly show it was

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[18:13] Best Evidence, argues the president's

[18:15] body was removed from the bronze casket

[18:17] and tampered with before the autopsy.

[18:22] President Kennedy was buried in a

[18:23] mahogany casket. And to mourners today

[18:26] at Arlington National Cemetery, the

[18:28] mysteries were less important than the

[18:30] man honored today on what would have

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[18:38] A former member of the assassination

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[20:58] >> It is a fast-paced pastime rising in

[21:00] popularity. Skateboarding. New parks

[21:03] dedicated to the sport are popping up at

[21:05] a brisk pace along the West Coast in

[21:07] part because kids have been fighting

[21:08] city hall and winning. Here's ABC's

[21:11] Brian Rooney.

[21:13] In most cities, skateboarders are the

[21:15] bandits of urban athletes, sneaking into

[21:18] parking areas, shooting off church

[21:20] steps, and lots of places where they

[21:22] aren't wanted. You're not supposed to be

[21:24] skating on the plaza. You're not

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[21:27] right here.

[21:27] >> Skateboarding was thought to be so high

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[21:31] lawsuits forced the closure of nearly

[21:33] all skateboard parks. Skateboarders have

[21:36] been pushed into the streets where their

[21:38] sport is often illegal.

[21:39] >> I've never been arrested, but a lot of

[21:41] my friends have been arrested. numerous

[21:43] times and uh it was really bad.

[21:47] >> But finally, the grown-ups are getting

[21:48] smart. Last year, the state of

[21:50] California limited liability for

[21:52] accidents in public skateboard parks.

[21:54] And since then, there's been an

[21:56] explosion of new ones.

[21:57] >> You know how an 8oot transition goes.

[21:59] >> The cities enlist skateboarders into the

[22:01] design and construction of the parks.

[22:03] Steve Rose has built 14 of them and he

[22:06] has 48 more in planning. Let's say that

[22:08] there's a water fountain or water

[22:10] feature that they really like to skate.

[22:12] Well, we take those dimensions and we

[22:14] duplicate them in the skate park.

[22:16] >> Copying the rails and ledges known as

[22:18] street furniture pulls the skaters off

[22:20] the streets into the park. But this

[22:22] week, the neighbors took some convincing

[22:24] when they saw kids like this at a public

[22:26] planning meeting.

[22:27] >> I really think it should be very close

[22:30] to the police station. I believe that's

[22:33] the proper place.

[22:34] >> I don't look at ourselves as hoodlams or

[22:35] anything. We're all getting good grades

[22:36] in school and

[22:40] >> all right, maybe not all of us.

[22:41] >> Not all of us.

[22:43] >> Despite the friction between adults and

[22:45] skateboarders, usually the two sides

[22:47] come together and the kids get a park

[22:49] where they can skate with no fines, no

[22:52] lawsuits, and the only thing they can

[22:54] hurt is themselves. Brian Rooney, ABC

[22:57] News, Los Angeles.

[23:00] >> In Conjur, Georgia, an emotional

[23:02] farewell at one of the high schools

[23:03] shattered by recent gunfire. Seniors

[23:05] from Heritage High graduated last night.

[23:08] On May 20th, six fellow students were

[23:11] injured in a shooting rampage at the

[23:13] school. In the wake of the shootings

[23:15] like the one in Conjurs, new security

[23:17] measures are in force at many schools.

[23:19] At all 30 high school graduations in

[23:21] Houston, Texas this weekend. Graduates

[23:24] and guests were subject were subject to

[23:27] metal detector searches for the first

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[25:21] >> A birthday for Bob Hope today. The

[25:23] entertainer is celebrating his 96th

[25:26] today at a private party in Burbank.

[25:28] Hope's wife, Dolores, celebrated her

[25:30] 90th birthday yesterday. Finally,

[25:33] tonight, millions of Americans are

[25:35] indulging in a little rest and

[25:36] relaxation this holiday weekend. One

[25:39] group of guys in Chicago likes to work

[25:40] up a sweat on the basketball court. And

[25:43] as ABC's Jim Williams reports, theirs is

[25:45] a team filled with a rich and colorful

[25:47] history.

[25:49] >> Up we go. At this inner city gym,

[25:52] everything is old school. The passing,

[25:56] >> the shooting, there is

[25:58] >> and the players.

[25:59] >> The attrition level is pretty rapid in

[26:01] this age level. You know, broken

[26:03] fingers. We've had open heart surgery.

[26:06] >> All the players in the Windy City Senior

[26:08] Basketball League are over 50. While

[26:11] there are some concessions to maturity,

[26:13] no one here will even try a slam dunk.

[26:16] This is no casual pickup game. It's the

[26:19] same game they played as teenagers.

[26:21] >> Same attitudes, same competitive spirit.

[26:25] >> Have a good time. Don't hurt yourself.

[26:27] >> But that mental drive sometimes takes a

[26:29] physical toll. 63-year-old Fred Rosen

[26:33] needs new needs.

[26:34] >> I'm going to do a a tibola osteotomy

[26:36] where they're going to straighten my

[26:37] legs out, put wedges in so I won't be so

[26:40] bull and the arthritis won't rub.

[26:42] Considering a pro alete is called old at

[26:45] 35, why would guys this age put their

[26:48] bodies through this kind of punishment?

[26:51] First, there is the thrill of still

[26:53] being able to make a great play.

[26:57] But just as important as the competition

[26:59] are the friendships.

[27:01] >> Okay, we got a 31 short sleeve. Okay. In

[27:04] 1953, Charlie Brown and Mickey Rottman

[27:07] were high school basketball stars in

[27:09] Chicago. In a racially divided city,

[27:12] Brown's all black team took on Rottman's

[27:15] all-white team. It was the biggest game

[27:17] of the year.

[27:18] >> I took a dribble. I threw the ball up in

[27:20] the air and uh it went I heard the

[27:22] crowd.

[27:23] >> Sweet Charlie Brown made the

[27:24] game-winning shot over Mickey Rottman.

[27:28] >> It was a sad day. And uh I've always

[27:31] said that if two guys from Roseell High

[27:33] School get together, they're going to

[27:36] talk about how we how Charlie scored

[27:37] that last basket over me.

[27:39] >> Today, Brown and Rottman are close

[27:41] friends and play in a fully integrated

[27:44] league.

[27:45] >> We put a league together, but we also

[27:49] joined a family.

[27:51] >> It's a family they could not have

[27:52] imagined 46 years ago. It's made the

[27:56] aches and pains. Technical file right

[27:58] here on 21 white

[28:00] >> and the punishment worth it.

[28:02] >> Nice game, man.

[28:03] >> Jim Williams, ABC News Chicago.

[28:07] >> That's our report. Tomorrow, this week

[28:09] with Sam Donaldson and Koki Roberts will

[28:11] be on at a special time. So do check

[28:13] your local listings. They will have the

[28:15] very latest on the war crimes indictment

[28:16] of Sloan Mallosvich. I'm Elizabeth

[28:19] Vargas. For all of us at ABC News,

[28:21] thanks for joining us and have a great

[28:22] night.

[28:28] Sunday, an inside look at the secret

[28:30] life of jockeyies. Why are they taking

[28:33] desperate measures to keep their jobs?

[28:35] Watch ABC's World News Tonight, Sunday.

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