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ABCNEWS VideoSource
WALLKILL TOXIC LANDFILL
11/16/1995
ABC
NYBA15245E
CBS BROADCAST MAY 27, 1994 FTG ON MIDDLETOWN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' DOCUMENTARY ON WALLKILL TOXIC LANDFILL 12:32:56 REPORTER SU 12:33:25 CU STUDENT SU FROM DOCUMENTARY 12:33:38 CU PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON GREETING STUDENTS AT STEWART AIRPORT 12:33:53 MCU CONGRESSMAN MAURICE HINCHEY (D-NY) 12:34:15 WS MUDDY AREA AND GRASSES 12:34:20 PUSH IN TO CU GATE W/ SIGNS TO LANDFILL 12:34:46 CU FORMER LANDFILL WORKER DUTCH SMITH 12:35:09 MS FOUR STUDENTS WHO WORKED ON PROJECT W/ THEIR TEACHER FRED ISSEKS IN STUDIO CU INTV W/ THEM ON AIR 12:35:27 ISSEKS TELLING HOW THE PROJECT BEGAN 12:35:50 STUDENT JEFF DUTEMPLE DESCRIBING GOVERNMENT WORK AS FAR AS HE HAD FOUND OUT CONCERNING THE LANDFILL AS A LOT OF DEAL MAKING AND COVER UP 12:36:13 MCU NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION (DEC) WILDLIFE PATHOLOGIST WARD STONE ARGUING W/ TOWN SUPERVISOR BILL CUMMINGS ABOUT SAMPLES STONE WANTED TO HAVE FROM LANDFILL 12:36:43 CU STUDENT DAVID BIRMINGHAM SPEAKING ABOUT THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN REPORTING AND INTERVIEWING FOR THE STORY AND THEN BECOMING PART OF THE STORY, HIGH SCHOOL KIDS UNCOVER CORRUPTION IN CONTAMINATION OF LANDFILL 12:37:17 CU STUDENT BRENT NYLAND TALKING ABOUT MOB CONNECTIONS W/ LANDFILL AND ANY FEARS HE MIGHT HAVE HAD FOR HIMSELF 12:37:40 MCU STUDENT TREY LONG GIVING INFORMATION HE OBTAINED FROM LANDFILL WORKERS ABOUT TRUCKS GETTING PERMITS IN LESS THAN AN HOUR TO DUMP AT THE SITE 12:38:48 MS HINCHEY MENTIONING THE TAINTED CHAIN OF COMMAND INVOLVED IN THE ILLEGAL DUMPING 12:39:15 CU REMOTE INTV W/ REPRESENTATIVE HINCHEY COMMENTING ON BRIBE ATTEMPT 12:40:33 HINCHEY TALKS ABOUT ORGANIZED CRIME CONNECTION TO THE WASTE INDUSTRY 12:43:23 EXCERPT FROM WWOR I TEAM COVERAGE OF KIDS' RESEARCH 12:43:45 CU GARY GROSSMAN, EDITOR OF TIMES HERALD RECORD, EXPRESSING HIS DISINTEREST IN THE STUDENTS' VIDEOTAPE 12:43:48 CU ROBERT HENLEY WHO WROTE STORY ABOUT THE DUMP AND STUDENT DETECTIVES IN VILLAGE VOICE IN MAY 1993 CU HEADLINE 12:43:54 STILL SHOT LESLIE STAHL OF 60 MINUTES W/ STUDENTS 12:44:01 CU FULL PAGE EDITORIAL RUN BY TIMES HERALD AFTER OTHER PUBLICITY 12:44:41 CU DUTEMPLE COMMENTING ON INTV W/ GROSSMAN OF TIMES HERALD WHERE THIS EDITOR DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT LANDFILL AND REFUTED ANY INFORMATION THE KIDS PUT FORTH 12:45:15 CU ISSEKS WHO SAYS HE FEELS THERE IS MORE TO DO, IT IS AN ONGOING PROJECT, SINCE THE ONLY OFFICIAL PLAN CONCERNING THE LANDFILL IS TO PUT A CAP OVER THE DUMP 12:45:48 BLANK
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