NBC Nightly News - 1977-10-02

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[0:02] This is NBC Nightly News, Sunday,

[0:04] October 2nd with Gerald Harrington and

[0:08] Jessica Savage.

[0:12] Good evening. There is a hijacked

[0:14] Japanese airliner with 38 hostages on

[0:16] board in the air with no place to land.

[0:20] The five terrorists ordered the plane

[0:21] out of Dhaka, Bangladesh after 5 days of

[0:24] tense negotiations. With the Japanese

[0:26] exchanging money and prisoners for the

[0:28] lives of 100 hostages, the terrorists

[0:31] wanted to land in Kuwait. They flew

[0:33] there. Kuwait didn't want them. They've

[0:34] turned off the landing lights. That

[0:36] plane is now circling in the dark. The

[0:38] hijackers insisting they be allowed to

[0:41] land. Jerry,

[0:43] >> reaction to the Soviet American

[0:45] statement on the Middle East drew an

[0:46] unqualified rejection from Israel today.

[0:49] While Arab and Palestinian spokesman

[0:50] welcomed the joint statement that said

[0:52] any M East conference should establish

[0:54] the legitimate rights of the Palestinian

[0:56] people, it was another story in Israel.

[0:58] Bill Lord reports from Tel Aviv.

[1:02] The Israeli government today angrily

[1:04] denounced the Soviet American communique

[1:06] as unacceptable.

[1:08] It is viewed in Jerusalem as a dangerous

[1:10] shift in American policy toward

[1:12] admitting the Palestine Liberation

[1:14] Organization to a Geneva Peace

[1:16] Conference. Israel's government says

[1:19] that will prevent the peace conference

[1:20] from taking place.

[1:22] >> If the PM

[1:24] is in the represent representation of

[1:28] the Arab representatives, we are

[1:33] take part in this.

[1:36] >> The Israelis are closing ranks in the

[1:38] face of growing international isolation.

[1:41] The opposition Labor Party attacked the

[1:43] joint resolution as an obstacle to

[1:45] peace. point. I think by taking a

[1:47] one-sided position, they are enhancing

[1:50] the Arab position and are making or

[1:54] bringing the negotiations an extremely

[1:56] difficult situation.

[1:58] Israel's outrage over the joint

[2:00] statement is based primarily on Israel's

[2:02] fear of an imposed solution to the

[2:04] Middle East controversy. The Israeli

[2:06] government is asking the Americans to

[2:08] clarify the intentions of the

[2:10] superpowers, but it is asking at a time

[2:12] when many observers believe American

[2:14] Israeli relations have reached an

[2:16] all-time low.

[2:19] Those relations were strained even

[2:21] further this morning. Israel's cabinet

[2:23] gave the go-ahad to another Jewish

[2:25] settlement group found bound for the

[2:27] occupied West Bank. The Israelis believe

[2:30] the Americans have retreated from

[2:32] commitments to Israel and they

[2:34] apparently refuse to fall in line with

[2:36] American requests to curb settlements in

[2:39] the occupied Arab territories during the

[2:42] negotiating process.

[2:44] Bill Lord, NBC News, Tel Aviv.

[2:48] >> Here at home, Jewish reaction was swift

[2:50] and strong. The presidents of 32 major

[2:53] Jewish organizations fired off a

[2:55] telegram to Secretary of State Cyrus

[2:57] Vance. That telegram called the Soviet

[2:59] American agreement a shocking about face

[3:02] of President Carter's public pledges of

[3:04] support for Israel. Judy Woodruff has

[3:07] more from Washington.

[3:09] Some members of the Jewish community

[3:11] with close ties to the administration

[3:13] believe that national security advisers

[3:15] Big Nef Bjinski is behind White House

[3:17] attempts to force the issue of a M East

[3:19] peace settlement. They say Bjinski is

[3:22] convinced that the time is ripe to lean

[3:24] on the Israelis because he believes the

[3:26] Jewish influence in the United States

[3:28] isn't as strong as it used to be.

[3:30] Bjinski has reportedly been saying

[3:32] recently that the Jewish lobby in

[3:34] Congress has lost clout and that the

[3:36] White House is now safe to push for

[3:38] concessions that the Israelis have long

[3:41] rejected. Concessions like PLO

[3:43] representation at the Geneva peace

[3:45] talks. But the same observers say

[3:47] Bjinsky is making a mistake. They say

[3:50] the issue cannot be forced by bringing

[3:52] the Russians in, for example, without

[3:54] doing great political damage to the

[3:56] president. They say Jewish leaders who

[3:59] never felt comfortable with Mr. Carter

[4:01] now have serious doubts about his

[4:03] intentions. Some are showing their

[4:05] displeasure by refusing to give money to

[4:07] the Democratic Party. The president is

[4:10] aware of these feelings in the American

[4:12] Jewish community, but it isn't clear

[4:14] whether he's calculated the political

[4:16] cost of his M East moves. Some in the

[4:18] administration believe the cost is

[4:20] higher than Mr. Carter can afford. Judy

[4:24] Woodruff, NBC News, the White House.

[4:27] >> At the United Nations, Secretary General

[4:29] Kurt Valdime welcomed the US Soviet

[4:32] statement and said he hoped it would

[4:33] lead to a Geneva peace conference.

[4:35] President Carter will address the UN on

[4:38] Tuesday. And on Wednesday, he'll meet

[4:39] the meet with the Israeli foreign

[4:41] minister Moshi Dian presumably to try to

[4:43] talk him into sitting down with a PLO at

[4:45] Geneva.

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[5:52] The Senate is about to go into its third

[5:54] week of debate on natural gas pricing

[5:56] and it's still tied up in a filibuster.

[5:58] Two senators, James Abberesk of South

[6:00] Dakota and Howard Mezenbomb of Ohio say

[6:02] they'll keep on talking. Aberest said,

[6:04] "We're good for another 10 days."

[6:06] Meanwhile, there reports the White House

[6:08] may agree to a compromise on the gas

[6:10] price controls. Here's John Cochran.

[6:14] >> President Carter does not want to

[6:15] publicly abandon the two senators who

[6:17] are filibustering to prevent

[6:18] deregulation of natural gas prices. But

[6:21] it now appears that the other side,

[6:23] those who want to lift price controls,

[6:25] have the votes to win in the Senate.

[6:28] However, the House has voted to continue

[6:30] price controls. and energy secretary

[6:32] Schlesinger conceded today that the

[6:34] president may have to rely on a House

[6:36] Senate conference committee to come up

[6:38] with a gas bill that he would be willing

[6:40] to sign. I think that the president has

[6:43] ind indicated his inclination to veto an

[6:47] outright deregulation bill such as is

[6:50] being considered by the Senate at the

[6:51] present time. But I think that it's

[6:54] widely recognized in the Senate that uh

[6:57] that bill would not survive a conference

[6:59] with the House, that there would be a

[7:01] compromise, that the ultimate bill is

[7:03] likely to be closer to the House

[7:05] position, and that such a bill would be

[7:08] in the best interest of the country.

[7:10] >> And on NBC's Meet the Press, one of the

[7:13] president's supporters, Senator Henry

[7:14] Jackson, said the House will reject

[7:16] uncontrolled prices regardless of what

[7:19] the Senate does. We're going to end up

[7:21] in conference uh with a system of

[7:24] regulation, not deregulation. That's

[7:26] what'll happen. The forum where this

[7:28] decision will be made will be in a

[7:30] conference between the House and Senate.

[7:33] Some of the hardcore opponents of

[7:35] uncontrolled prices are still trying to

[7:37] rally enough support to win in the

[7:38] Senate without having to rely on the

[7:40] House. Senator Edward Kennedy will hold

[7:43] a special hearing tomorrow at which

[7:45] Ralph Mater and other consumer advocates

[7:48] are expected to say some unpleasant

[7:50] things about the producers of natural

[7:52] gas.

[7:54] John Cochran, NBC News, the capital.

[7:57] >> Also in Washington this week, both the

[7:59] House and the Senate will begin hearing

[8:01] more testimony on the Panama Canal. In

[8:04] New Orleans on Friday, the Republican

[8:05] National Committee produced a resolution

[8:07] opposing ratification of the Canal

[8:10] Treaty. However, there are those in the

[8:12] party opposed to the opposition. Don

[8:15] Harris reports that that conflict

[8:16] swelled the ranks of the normally

[8:18] sparsely attended California Republican

[8:20] Party Convention.

[8:24] This year, the number of delegates who

[8:25] registered for the state Republican

[8:27] convention in San Diego almost doubled.

[8:29] The reason was the fact that both Gerald

[8:31] Ford and Ronald Reagan would be here and

[8:33] there was the possibility of political

[8:35] fireworks. Ford and Reagan hold opposite

[8:38] views on the Panama Canal Treaty.

[8:40] California Republicans almost without

[8:42] exception opposed ratification of that

[8:44] treaty. At an afternoon news conference,

[8:47] the former president, whose

[8:48] administration negotiated with Panama,

[8:51] made it clear he still favors the

[8:52] treaty. I think in the long run, the

[8:56] majority of the American people uh and I

[8:59] hope Republicans as well as Democrats

[9:01] and independents will see the wisdom of

[9:04] affirmative action and the ratification

[9:06] of this treaty.

[9:08] >> But in his speech to convention

[9:09] delegates, Gerald Ford didn't mention

[9:11] Panama at all. His talk drew only modest

[9:14] applause.

[9:17] Ronald Reagan in his talk with reporters

[9:19] made it clear he still opposes any

[9:21] treaty that relinquishes this country's

[9:23] control of the Panama Canal. Uh I just

[9:26] think when you look at all of history

[9:28] and the history of treaties and you look

[9:29] at the loopholes in this one, you look

[9:31] at the ambiguous language in so many

[9:33] places where they couldn't get together,

[9:35] so they said, "Well, what can we say

[9:36] that'll leave leave each one of us walk

[9:39] out of here thinking that he's gotten

[9:40] something?" Uh I think we'd be buying

[9:43] trouble. I think is not this treaty at

[9:44] this time and with this government.

[9:47] >> But in his convention speech, Reagan

[9:49] also played down the issue of the canal.

[9:52] He mentioned the treaty only in passing.

[9:54] The capacity crowd didn't have to be

[9:56] told that Ronald Reagan opposes the

[9:58] canal agreement.

[10:00] >> And so the Republicans in San Diego

[10:03] didn't get the political fireworks they

[10:04] may have expected. GOP officials know

[10:07] they can't afford conflict. What they

[10:10] desperately need is party unity. and

[10:13] they're trying hard to shove whatever

[10:15] conflict may exist until they regain

[10:18] some of the territory they've lost to

[10:19] the Democrats.

[10:21] Don Harris, NBC News, San Diego,

[10:24] California.

[10:26] House Minority Leader John RH doesn't

[10:28] think Gerald Ford or Ronald Reagan will

[10:30] run for president in 1980. RH says he

[10:33] expects a field of newer faces competing

[10:35] for the Republican nomination.

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[12:12] >> You probably noticed we're doing some

[12:13] new things on the weekend. I'm not just

[12:15] talking about Jess and me. A part of

[12:17] those new things is all the latest

[12:19] sports news with an old buddy, Dick

[12:20] Shack. Richard,

[12:22] >> well, it was a good day for visitors. A

[12:24] horse who was trained in Ireland won the

[12:26] richest race in France. A driver who was

[12:28] trained in England won the Grand Prix of

[12:30] the United States. And a football team

[12:32] that was trained in Pittsburgh made a

[12:34] shorter but equally successful trip to

[12:36] Cleveland. Pittsburgh's passing

[12:38] combination of Terry Bradshaw and Lynn

[12:40] Swan connecting on this play for the

[12:42] game's first touchdown ruined the day

[12:44] for the Cleveland Browns and their fans.

[12:46] Cleveland quarterback Brian Cyp finding

[12:49] Dave Logan with this touchdown pass did

[12:51] keep the Browns even at halftime 1414.

[12:54] But the second half belonged to Bradshaw

[12:57] and Swan. This pass to Swan put

[12:59] Pittsburgh ahead 21-4.

[13:02] Later, Swan demonstrated once again that

[13:05] he could catch a pass from Bradshaw

[13:07] while he was lying on the ground. He

[13:09] also showed that he could catch one

[13:10] while gliding through the air. The catch

[13:12] that set up Pittsburgh's final

[13:13] touchdown. Bradshaw, who passed for

[13:16] three touchdowns, scored this one

[13:18] himself. Cleveland's defeat was its

[13:20] first, leaving Baltimore and Dallas

[13:22] among a handful of National Football

[13:24] League teams still undefeated. Tampa Bay

[13:26] extended its losing streak to 17 games

[13:29] over the two seasons of its existence.

[13:31] But another team ended its frustration.

[13:34] The New York Jets, seeking their first

[13:36] victory this season, took an early seven

[13:38] nothing lead on Charlie White's diving

[13:40] catch of a Richard Todd pass. But

[13:42] favored New England quickly came back

[13:44] and with rookie Raymond Claybornne going

[13:47] 100 yards to score on this kickoff

[13:49] return. The Patriots took a 2014 lead

[13:52] going into the last quarter. The Jets

[13:55] regained the lead 21-20 on Greg Buttle's

[13:58] 44 yd interception return. And then this

[14:01] pass play Todd to Wesley Walker put the

[14:05] Jets in front 2720. But the extra point

[14:08] attempt was blocked and that seemed

[14:10] costly when Steve Grogan of New England

[14:13] combined with Daryl Stingley to tie up

[14:15] the game at 27. But with one minute to

[14:17] play, a New England fumble put the Jets

[14:19] in scoring position. Bruce Harper then

[14:21] fought his way down to the 10yd line and

[14:23] with 23 seconds to play. Pat Ley kicked

[14:26] a 32-yd field goal that made New England

[14:29] for the second game in a row a 30-27

[14:33] loser. While the Jets were upsetting New

[14:35] England, New Orleans with Archie Manning

[14:37] passing for three touchdowns was doing

[14:39] the same to Chicago. Minnesota is now

[14:41] tied for first place in the Central

[14:43] Division of the National Conference,

[14:44] tied with Detroit, which beat

[14:46] Philadelphia today. Atlanta had little

[14:48] trouble with the New York Giants. In

[14:51] auto racing at Watkins Glenn, New York,

[14:53] James Hunt of England won the Grand Prix

[14:55] of the United States for the second

[14:56] straight year, holding off Mario Andredy

[14:59] by three seconds. Austrian Nikki Lauder

[15:01] finished fourth, clenching the world

[15:03] driving title. An ocean away in Paris. A

[15:06] different kind of race. The Arctic

[15:08] Triumph, Europe's richest race with a

[15:11] $240,000

[15:12] purse. Alleged trained in Ireland and

[15:15] ridden by British veteran Lester Pigot,

[15:17] held off a late run by Bal Marino. The

[15:20] third place horse belonged to the Baron

[15:21] Ge de Rothschild and the fourth place

[15:23] finisher to the Queen of England.

[15:25] Obviously a classy field. A classy

[15:28] finish to the baseball batting race,

[15:30] too. Three hits today for Minnesota's

[15:32] Rod Karu on the last day of the season,

[15:34] lifting his average to 388, tying Ted

[15:37] Williams for baseball's highest mark in

[15:39] 36 years. Karu's 239 hits are the most

[15:43] in 47 years. With the playoffs about to

[15:46] begin, three contenders, Kansas City,

[15:48] Philadelphia, and the Yankees won today.

[15:50] Kansas City's victory, it's 102nd, the

[15:53] most in the major leagues. A veteran of

[15:56] the playoffs, Yankee Reggie Jackson says

[15:58] the key to success now is concentration

[16:00] and faith.

[16:02] >> You get about 20 at bats and each one's

[16:04] like a a no deposit, no return throwaway

[16:07] can or or or soda pop bottle. And I look

[16:10] at it that way. You've got to capitalize

[16:12] on every pitch. Be thinking have your

[16:15] all your concentration almost to a to a

[16:17] very fine point. uh because you cannot

[16:20] afford to make a mistake because one

[16:22] mistake right here will cost you 162

[16:24] game schedule and uh if you can't get up

[16:27] for the playoffs if you have to force

[16:28] yourself to get up then you're just not

[16:29] an not an athlete.

[16:31] >> Japanese players they go to a shrine and

[16:33] they pray the day before the game. Will

[16:36] you won't go to a shrine obviously but

[16:38] will you pray the day before the

[16:39] playoffs?

[16:39] >> Well I'll play I'll pray every day. uh I

[16:43] try to talk to God through Jesus Christ

[16:45] every day and I will play during the

[16:47] pray during the national anthem which is

[16:49] my period of meditation for praying but

[16:52] uh and I'll ask for everyone's health

[16:54] and for the best team to win and for for

[16:56] for God to allow me to do certain things

[16:58] but uh God knows what I need and uh I

[17:02] don't have to ask him for too many

[17:03] things because he knows what I need and

[17:05] what's going to take care of Reggie

[17:06] Jackson. Reggie Jackson, sensitive and

[17:09] confident, a perfect blend for the

[17:11] pressure of the playoffs.

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[18:17] >> President Carter will ask Congress this

[18:19] week to back up one of his campaign

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[18:38] Strengthening American fighter pilots is

[18:40] the goal of a special dog fight school

[18:42] in Nevada. American pilots learn to

[18:45] fight like Russians, defend like

[18:46] Americans. Charles Quinn visited the

[18:49] school and files this report. talking

[18:51] with apparent uh over Thunderbird in a

[18:54] left hand. Trapped in, tracking,

[18:56] tracking the

[18:57] >> dog fights over Nevada, the best

[18:59] American fighter planes against other

[19:00] Americans trained to fight like

[19:02] Russians.

[19:03] >> Okay, we got two F4s that are dead.

[19:06] >> The bad guys are flying F5s, the closest

[19:09] we have to Russian Mig21s. Their mission

[19:12] to show other American pilots what they

[19:14] would be up against in combat. The

[19:16] aggressor pilots are special.

[19:19] There are fewer than a hundred of them

[19:20] in the Air Force.

[19:23] They only fly air-to-air combat and they

[19:25] fly a lot and they know more about how

[19:27] the Russian pilot flies and fights and

[19:29] thinks than any other Americans.

[19:32] >> He starts his training pretty early. U

[19:34] if you could equate programs such as Boy

[19:37] Scouts and so forth. Uh he gets involved

[19:39] in uh the idea of flying and uh serving

[19:43] mother Russia from a very early age. At

[19:46] Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, the

[19:48] aggressors fly simulated combat missions

[19:50] against all types of US planes, from the

[19:53] most modern F-14 fighters to the B-52

[19:56] bombers. They are wellprepared.

[19:59] Not only do they understand basic Soviet

[20:01] flying tactics, they have studied

[20:03] Russian airplanes. They read translated

[20:05] Russian newspapers and other documents,

[20:07] and they get weekly intelligence

[20:09] briefings. After each flying mission,

[20:11] the aggressors and the Americans debrief

[20:13] each other. Definitely nailed it.

[20:16] >> There's no doubt in my mind that

[20:17] somebody shot him in that attack.

[20:19] >> You must have shot both of us cuz there

[20:21] were you were all over me and he had

[20:23] someone within 30 seconds all over him.

[20:26] >> Captain Dan James, son of fourstar

[20:28] general Chappie James and Captain Mark

[20:31] Stevens explained what they teach

[20:32] Americans about the Russian pilot.

[20:35] >> Just because he's a well-trained Russian

[20:37] pilot flying a very good airplane and he

[20:39] might be fighting in his airspace with

[20:41] his GCI doesn't mean that you can't beat

[20:44] him. that if you know enough about him

[20:46] and the way he's been trained that you

[20:48] know his weaknesses maybe he's

[20:50] overregimented and that he'll he's more

[20:53] apt to follow direction rather than take

[20:55] the initiative in an air battle and

[20:57] direct it himself. If you know that you

[21:00] know say if you can get him split off by

[21:02] himself that he might not be able to to

[21:04] fight or function seemly very well. We

[21:07] tend to tell him to assume that that is

[21:10] the toughest adversary that they can

[21:12] produce and fight him as though he were

[21:15] until he proves himself not to be and

[21:18] therefore you don't give up any

[21:19] advantage in initiating a fight. Usually

[21:21] once the fight starts, uh, we pretty

[21:24] well fight it out to see who wins. And

[21:26] mainly the learning objective there is

[21:28] if if we're the best air-to-air train

[21:31] the Air Force has is, and we think if

[21:34] you can beat us in this type of

[21:36] situation, then you'll be able to easily

[21:38] hold your own against the Russians.

[21:41] >> The United States can't match the

[21:42] Russians in numbers, so the American

[21:44] pilots have to be better. That's what

[21:46] the aggressors are trying to do here.

[21:48] Make the Americans better. Charles

[21:50] Quinn, NBC News, Nellis Air Force Base

[21:52] in Nevada.

[21:54] >> That Hawaiian volcano has stopped

[21:56] erupting, but not before the lava had

[21:58] flowed to within a half mile, a mile

[22:00] rather, of the evacuated village of

[22:02] Kalapana. No problems though, and the

[22:04] villagers can go back home tomorrow. A

[22:06] gas well out in the Gulf of Mexico has

[22:08] been burning since noon yesterday. It's

[22:11] It's an exploratory well located about 6

[22:13] milesi off the Louisiana shore. There

[22:16] was a blowout on the drilling rig early

[22:18] Saturday, and the escaping gas caught

[22:20] fire several hours later. No one was on

[22:23] the big rig when it began burning. Heat

[22:25] from the fire was so strong that a

[22:27] drilling crew had to be taken off

[22:28] another rig several hundred yards away.

[22:32] A House subcommittee today proposed some

[22:34] income tax changes. Homeowners with

[22:36] incomes over $30,000 would pay over $300

[22:40] more. Those with lower incomes would get

[22:42] a tax cut. Jesse.

[22:44] >> Well, Jerry, some congressional help may

[22:46] be in the works for the much malign

[22:47] mothersin-law of this nation. Bills are

[22:50] expected to be introduced that would

[22:51] make October 23rd National Mothersaw

[22:54] Day. Nightclub comedy routines aside,

[22:57] most lawmakers called their

[22:58] mothersin-law their best supporters.

[23:01] However, before you mark your calendar

[23:03] for the big day, make sure your

[23:04] priorities are in order. October 23rd is

[23:07] the first day of National Cleaner Air

[23:09] Week. It's also the day the swallows

[23:11] leave Capistrado.

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[23:56] way. So small, it fits right in your

[23:58] pocket and it takes pictures this big.

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[24:02] >> Here, let me show you how it's done.

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[24:09] >> Okay, coach.

[24:11] Make the most of the times of your life.

[24:12] Own your own Kodak Trim Light Instatic

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[24:18] >> Anne Harmer disappeared from her

[24:20] Bloomington, Indiana College 3 weeks

[24:22] ago. A normal 20-year-old co-ed who

[24:24] could have become just another police

[24:26] statistic. Could have. But Mike Jackson

[24:29] reports that Anne's hometown won't let

[24:31] the case drop. They've organized an

[24:33] all-out effort to find Anne with a

[24:35] little help from her friends.

[24:41] Marjorie Harmire has a lot of friends

[24:44] and some of them helped her this weekend

[24:46] with the sad job of cleaning out her

[24:48] daughter Anne's apartment. Marjorie is

[24:50] losing hope of ever seeing Anne again.

[24:53] Each day brings a little less hope that

[24:56] maybe she's with a group of people and

[25:00] she may turn up.

[25:02] >> This is an 20 years old. Went to church

[25:06] regularly, sang and danced, was known as

[25:09] kind and considerate, a junior at

[25:11] college.

[25:13] Anne Harmier left home September 12th to

[25:15] drive more than a 100 miles to the

[25:17] campus of Indiana University, but she

[25:20] never made it here. Her mother found her

[25:22] car abandoned on the road, its doors

[25:24] locked and emergency flasher lights

[25:26] blinking. Since then, the people of

[25:28] Anne's hometown have been trying to find

[25:30] her.

[25:34] This is Anne's hometown, Cambridge City,

[25:36] Indiana. 3,000 people. They started a

[25:40] search and reward fund. More than

[25:42] $10,000.

[25:44] Printed up bumper stickers. The people

[25:46] also printed flyers with Anne's picture.

[25:49] One of the first places to post one was

[25:51] Bob Fortman's grocery store. And

[25:54] Harmire, he says, was like a member of

[25:56] his own family.

[25:57] >> Because I've known Ann. I remember when

[25:59] she was born, I knew her parents, her

[26:01] father long time ago.

[26:04] But this thing, this is nearly tops

[26:07] everything.

[26:09] >> Ann's small town neighbors have big city

[26:11] ideas about finding her. They put up

[26:13] billboards along the highway where she

[26:15] was last seen. Volunteers from the

[26:18] university have even been tromping

[26:19] through the woods near where Anne

[26:21] disappeared. Indiana State Police are

[26:23] investigating, too. But the town's

[26:25] people are following up on the smallest

[26:27] leads. Some the police don't bother

[26:29] with. The town's people are giving

[26:32] posters to cross-country truck drivers

[26:34] to help spread the word. The people here

[26:36] say they won't stop until they find out

[26:38] what happened to Anne. And Marjgerie

[26:40] Harmier can't thank them enough.

[26:43] Well, I think that's one advantage of

[26:45] living in a small town. Maybe in a city

[26:48] you're another statistic, but it's this

[26:53] town's fantastic.

[26:56] >> Mike Jackson, NBC News, Cambridge City,

[26:59] Indiana.

[27:01] >> And that's our report. John Chancellor

[27:03] and David Brinkley will be here

[27:04] tomorrow. I'm Jessica Savage.

[27:07] >> And I'm Gerald Harrington. Jess and I

[27:09] will be back next weekend. Until then,

[27:10] thanks and good night from from us and

[27:13] NBC News.

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