NBC Nightly News - 1977-10-09

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[0:00] SMTV Nashville. This is NBC Nightly News

[0:05] with Gerald Harrington

[0:07] and Jessica Savage.

[0:13] Good evening. The Russians open the

[0:14] third decade of the space age today by

[0:17] blasting two cosminauts into space. The

[0:20] two men, both rookies, will try to link

[0:22] up with an orbiting space station. Paul

[0:24] Cunningham narrates this report.

[0:27] The

[0:27] >> So spacecraft was launched from the same

[0:29] site in Central Asia from which the

[0:32] world's first satellite Sputnik took off

[0:34] 20 years ago. This latest launching was

[0:37] to commemorate that and the 60th

[0:39] anniversary of the Bolevik revolution

[0:41] next month.

[0:51] >> The launching was not announced until

[0:52] the spacecraft was safely in orbit.

[0:59] The two newest Soviet cosmonauts are

[1:01] craft commander Vladimir Kovalanino, a

[1:04] former Air Force parachuting instructor,

[1:06] and Valerie Reuman, a former Army

[1:08] engineer. The mission of the cosminauts

[1:11] is to rendevous with a Soviet space

[1:12] station launched 10 days ago. Paul

[1:15] Cunningham, NBC News.

[1:18] One of the cosminauts reportedly said,

[1:20] "Ours is a simple mission to learn as

[1:23] much as possible about Earth so that we

[1:25] can contribute to making life on Earth

[1:27] better." Jessica,

[1:28] >> the 35 nation East West conference goes

[1:31] into a close session in Belgrad,

[1:32] Yugoslavia this week. The communists

[1:35] have been rejecting a US proposal for

[1:37] separate discussions of human rights,

[1:39] military, and economic questions. It's

[1:41] the human rights one that's causing the

[1:42] most conflict. It prompted the Soviet

[1:44] newspaper Prada to accuse the United

[1:47] States and the Netherlands of spoiling

[1:49] an atmosphere of friendship and

[1:50] cooperation during the first week of the

[1:52] conference. A conference on air security

[1:55] has put an end to the 1969 joke, the one

[1:58] that went flight leaving for Miami to

[2:02] New York via Havana, Cuba. 1969 was the

[2:06] worst year for hijackings in the United

[2:08] States. 40 of them, 33 of them

[2:10] successful. So far this year, there were

[2:13] only two hijackings in the United

[2:14] States, and both of them unsuccessful.

[2:17] Airport officials credit stepped up

[2:18] security measures and metal detectors

[2:20] for their success.

[2:28] >> Dappy. Oh, I don't dare, Mrs. Adams.

[2:31] >> What?

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[2:45] >> I use Fast Teeth powder. It does hold

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[2:50] of taffy.

[2:51] >> Fast teeth for a firm hole that feels

[2:53] more like your own teeth.

[2:55] >> It's a natural.

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[4:03] A week from Monday, the Port Authority

[4:05] of New York will have another round of

[4:06] public hearings on the advisability of

[4:08] landing this plane, the Concord SST at

[4:11] Kennedy Airport. But the attorney for

[4:14] citizens opposing the Concord says those

[4:16] hearings will resolve nothing. We've had

[4:18] public hearings obnauseium, says Brian

[4:20] Levenson. The problem is nobody up there

[4:23] listens to you. Well, up there are the

[4:25] courts. And some demonstrators took

[4:27] steps today to make sure the next court

[4:29] that hears that case, the Supreme Court,

[4:31] gets the message. Robert Bazelle

[4:34] reports.

[4:37] >> This was the sixth time in a year and a

[4:39] half that the access roads to Kennedy

[4:41] Airport have been tied up by opponents

[4:44] of the Concord. Most of today's several

[4:46] hundred demonstrators live near the

[4:48] airport.

[4:51] The protesters tied up airport traffic

[4:53] very successfully.

[4:55] A few travelers tried to escape the

[4:57] traffic jam,

[5:00] but most people just sat in their cars

[5:02] and stewed. They just stopping progress.

[5:04] That's all they're doing. They're just

[5:05] trying to stop a lot of progress. Are

[5:07] you trying to get a plane?

[5:08] >> Yeah, I'm I supposed to catch a plane

[5:10] right now? I don't know if I'm going to

[5:11] reach in time.

[5:12] >> The demonstrators say that if the US

[5:14] Supreme Court and the New York Port

[5:16] Authority allow the Concord to land,

[5:18] they will stop it from landing

[5:20] themselves.

[5:23] >> Eliminate it. Why? Because it's too

[5:25] noisy.

[5:26] >> Vibrates the house.

[5:29] >> They're moving destruction to the whole

[5:31] area.

[5:32] >> It's got to be banded.

[5:34] >> SST out.

[5:36] >> Okay.

[5:37] >> The police tried to keep traffic moving,

[5:40] but to no avail.

[5:46] The demonstrators say they will keep

[5:48] protesting, protesting, and protesting

[5:50] until the Concord is finally cancelled.

[5:53] Robert Bazelle, NBC News at Kennedy

[5:55] Airport, New York.

[6:03] Former budget director Bird Lance is

[6:05] back in the news. The New York newspaper

[6:08] News Day reports that Lance's bank, the

[6:10] National Bank of Georgia, got more than

[6:12] a million dollars worth of US government

[6:14] deposits this year, while all other

[6:16] national banks in that state got a total

[6:18] of only 39,000. Lance says he doesn't

[6:21] know anything about the deposits. And

[6:22] the Treasury Department says those

[6:24] deposits were assets were not government

[6:27] money rather, but assets of bankrupt

[6:29] corporations set aside by federal

[6:31] bankruptcy bankruptcy referees. Anyway,

[6:35] News Day says those federal deposits are

[6:38] federal deposits.

[6:39] >> Well, Gerald, among those advising

[6:41] President Carter during the Bert Lance

[6:42] affair was Vice President Walter

[6:44] Manddale. That situation was not the

[6:47] only one in which Manddale played an

[6:48] important part. Well, that has not

[6:50] always been so with vice presidents.

[6:52] Many have served out their terms in

[6:54] relative obscurity, but as John Cochran

[6:57] reports, that's not the case with Walter

[6:59] Montdale.

[7:02] >> Some call them the odd couple, but they

[7:05] were no odder than a lot of others

[7:06] who've run together on national tickets.

[7:08] And like the others, this was partly a

[7:10] marriage of convenience. Carter needed a

[7:13] northern liberal. In return, he promised

[7:15] that Montdale would be a working vice

[7:17] president. He kept his promise. After

[7:20] the inauguration, Montdale was sent off

[7:22] on a round the world trip. Other vice

[7:24] presidents have traveled abroad, but

[7:26] few, if any, have had Montdale's

[7:28] authority to negotiate tough issues like

[7:30] trade and nuclear proliferation. And at

[7:33] home, Montdale has lobbied hard for the

[7:35] president, trying with mixed success to

[7:37] change the votes of congressmen who know

[7:39] Manddale much better than they know

[7:41] Jimmy Carter. Unlike other number TWs,

[7:44] Manddale has his own office in the White

[7:45] House. And he spends a lot of time with

[7:48] the president advising him on everything

[7:50] from the Bert Lance affair to tax cuts.

[7:52] Manddale admits that Mr. Carter does not

[7:55] always take his advice and that the

[7:57] administration's economic policies are a

[7:59] little more conservative than he would

[8:01] have liked.

[8:02] >> I would frankly want them slightly more

[8:04] stimulative. I think it's a matter of

[8:06] record that I argued for the $50 rebate

[8:10] for additional stimulation. The

[8:12] president, it was a close case. The

[8:13] president, partly because of uh

[8:16] suggestions from the Congress, felt that

[8:18] uh that wasn't appropriate. This past

[8:21] week, Montdale was busy at his only

[8:23] constitutional job, presiding over the

[8:25] Senate. He angered some of his old

[8:27] liberal allies by ordering an end to the

[8:29] filibuster against natural gas

[8:31] deregulation. But except for rare

[8:33] instances like this, the power any vice

[8:36] president has is what the president lets

[8:38] him have.

[8:39] >> The president of the United States.

[8:41] >> Jimmy Carter realizes that Montdale can

[8:44] be useful to him only if the public in

[8:46] Congress think Montdale is close to him.

[8:49] >> So Mr. Carter has gone out of his way to

[8:51] emphasize that Montdale is not just

[8:53] another ineffectual vice president.

[8:56] There has never been,

[9:00] I believe, as close a relationship

[9:03] between a president and a vice president

[9:05] as exists in our country today, and I'm

[9:08] very proud of him.

[9:10] >> How easy are you with the president in

[9:12] private? Are the two of you becoming

[9:14] close friends now?

[9:16] >> I think so. And it seems that that bond

[9:18] grows all the time, and that's one of

[9:21] the things I find most comforting. He he

[9:24] takes criticism and suggestions well. I

[9:28] think he he he appreciates cander and he

[9:31] doesn't like to waste his time. Uh when

[9:33] I feel very deeply about an issue, as I

[9:36] often do, I will be very direct and uh

[9:40] with him and and I think he appreciates

[9:43] that.

[9:44] Several months ago, I seem to recall

[9:46] your saying that you had heard that when

[9:48] President Carter is unhappy with

[9:50] somebody, he gives them a pretty cold

[9:52] stare. And you said at that point you

[9:54] had not seen that cold stare directed at

[9:56] you. Have you seen it now? I

[9:58] >> I've seen it a couple times. Yes.

[10:00] >> Can you tell us about it?

[10:01] >> It's a cold stare.

[10:02] >> It is. It's hard to describe other than

[10:05] that. But he's he's been very good to

[10:07] me.

[10:08] >> Some presidents have kept their vice

[10:09] presidents on a short leash. That has

[10:11] not been the case with Montdale. But he

[10:14] has been smart enough not to abuse his

[10:16] freedom. He knows just how far he can go

[10:18] without provoking one of Mr. Carter's

[10:20] cold staires.

[10:22] John Cochran, NBC News, the White House.

[10:26] >> Israel's foreign minister, Mosha Dean,

[10:28] said today his country won't go to any

[10:30] Geneva conference that includes the

[10:32] Palestine Liberation Organization. But

[10:34] Egypt's foreign minister, Ismael Fami,

[10:36] said there won't be any Geneva

[10:38] conference if the PLO is not included.

[10:41] One of Dian's predecessors, Aba Even,

[10:43] held a news conference in Atlanta today.

[10:45] Bob Jimenez was there.

[10:48] former Israeli Foreign Minister Aba

[10:50] Iban, who says he finds many Americans

[10:52] concerned over the outcome of a

[10:54] permanent Middle East settlement. During

[10:56] the past four weeks, he's lectured at a

[10:58] number of American universities, telling

[11:00] his audiences it is time to put away the

[11:02] rhetoric and turn toward meaningful

[11:04] diplomacy. Addressing reporters at Emory

[11:06] University today, Iban said, "President

[11:08] Carter support of Palestinian rights

[11:10] should not be considered an obstacle to

[11:12] Middle East peace negotiations at

[11:14] Geneva."

[11:15] Now when you speak of the rights of the

[11:18] Palestine Arabs, the question is how

[11:20] those rights are defined. Those rights

[11:23] do not include anything that would have

[11:26] an adverse impact on Israel's

[11:30] security, independence, and integrity.

[11:32] The central moral imperative in the

[11:34] Middle Eastern dispute is not Palestine,

[11:36] but Israel. Even also said Russian

[11:38] involvement at Geneva is a necessary

[11:40] reality. As a major force to contend

[11:42] with, Russia was brought into

[11:43] negotiations early, says Ivan. Leaving

[11:46] them out in the past or in the future

[11:47] would not prove feasible. Ivan said once

[11:50] the Geneva talks begin, he hopes they

[11:51] will be an ongoing part of the

[11:53] settlement. In Ivon's words, it is now

[11:55] time to be urgent in action and patient

[11:57] in purpose. Bob Jimenez, NBC News,

[12:00] Atlanta.

[12:02] >> Residents of the United States will see

[12:04] a partial eclipse of the sun Wednesday

[12:06] afternoon. The best view smack in the

[12:08] middle of the Pacific Ocean. And 885

[12:11] people who call themselves eclipse

[12:13] freaks are paying between 17 and $1,700

[12:17] to go out and see it. In Washington

[12:20] tomorrow, more hearings on the Panama

[12:21] Canal. Admiral Elmo Zumbalt and General

[12:24] Maxwell Taylor are expected to tell the

[12:25] Senate Foreign Relations Committee the

[12:27] treaty will not damage US security. Also

[12:30] tomorrow, the winner of the Nobel Peace

[12:32] Prize will be announced. It's expected

[12:34] to go to someone working in the field of

[12:36] human rights.

[12:42] Sarah knows how to make me feel I'm all

[12:45] together.

[12:48] Sarah knows how to sparkle up my day.

[12:53] Sarah Sarah knows how

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[13:02] home show. For when and where called

[13:04] Sarah's in the yellow pages under

[13:05] jewelers because Sarah knows how.

[13:13] >> I really enjoy my family because I don't

[13:16] neglect myself. I've never been happier.

[13:19] To be good at anything, you got to be

[13:21] good to yourself. So, I eat right,

[13:24] exercise, and to make sure I get enough

[13:26] iron and vitamins, I take Geratl.

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[13:50] Want to know my personal secret for

[13:52] making deliciously thin crepes? It's

[13:54] this precisely controlled heat. I get it

[13:58] with the Msure crepe crepe maker from

[13:59] Sunbeam. It's almost foolproof and it

[14:02] even becomes a nice little fry pan.

[14:06] So now I can make perfect crepes with a

[14:10] little help from my friend Msure Crepe.

[14:12] It's from Sunbeam. I really love their

[14:15] quality.

[14:18] There is what you might call a varied

[14:20] menu of sports this Sunday, ranging from

[14:23] the Miami Baltimore football game all

[14:25] the way to a Goodwill dinner in a

[14:27] Chinese restaurant near Dick Sha.

[14:29] >> The New York Yankees face the Kansas

[14:31] City Royals this evening in the decisive

[14:33] fifth game of the American League

[14:34] playoffs. And the winner goes on to face

[14:36] the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World

[14:39] Series. No matter how fierce the rivalry

[14:41] between the Yankees and the Royals, and

[14:43] it is fierce, they'll be hardpressed to

[14:45] match the drama and the heroics provided

[14:47] this afternoon by two football teams,

[14:50] the Baltimore Colts and the Miami

[14:52] Dolphins. The first play from scrimmage

[14:54] set the tone for the game. Baltimore's

[14:56] Lidell Mitchell broke loose and sprinted

[14:59] 64 yards to give his team a quick lead

[15:01] in this duel between unbeaten teams.

[15:04] Baltimore's lead lasted only long enough

[15:06] for Miami's Freddy Solomon to gather in

[15:09] the ensuing kickoff and carry the ball

[15:11] back 90 yards, tying the game. It was a

[15:14] game of sudden individual explosions.

[15:16] This battle for first place in the

[15:18] Eastern Division of the American

[15:19] Football Conference, and no one was more

[15:21] explosive than Miami's Benny Malone.

[15:24] Malone, who gained 134 yards rushing

[15:27] just in the first half, got 52 of those

[15:30] yards on this touchdown run that broke

[15:32] the 7-7 tie. His next touchdown run was

[15:35] even longer. This play covering 66 yards

[15:38] and giving Miami what seemed to be a

[15:41] comfortable lead, 28-10.

[15:43] But favored Baltimore playing at home,

[15:46] was not about to quit. Bert Jones, the

[15:48] Colts gifted young quarterback, went

[15:50] swiftly to work. This touchdown pass to

[15:52] Glenn Dowy cut Miamiy's lead to 11

[15:55] points. Still in the first half, Jones

[15:57] connected with Raymond Chester to bring

[16:00] Baltimore within four points, 28-24.

[16:03] In the second half, Baltimore completely

[16:05] dominated Miami. Jones put his team in

[16:07] front with this pass to Don McCauley and

[16:10] the Colts rolled on to a stunning 4528

[16:13] victory. Jones completed 18 of 30

[16:16] passes. Mitchell ran for 142 yards. Two

[16:19] of Baltimore's Eastern rivals, the Jets

[16:21] and New England, evened their records at

[16:23] 2-2. The Jets coming from behind to keep

[16:26] Buffalo without a victory. Houston took

[16:29] over first place in the AFC's rugged

[16:31] Central Division. Dan Pastorini passing

[16:34] Houston to victory before spraining his

[16:36] right ankle. Pittsburgh lost its

[16:38] quarterback Terry Bradshaw with a broken

[16:41] wrist. Oakland kept pace with Denver

[16:43] unbeaten in the AFC West. Minnesota with

[16:47] Fran Tarkington throwing two touchdown

[16:48] passes took sole possession of first

[16:50] place in the central division of the

[16:52] national conference surprising San Diego

[16:54] has now won three games in a row. On the

[16:58] international front in the Canadian

[17:00] Grand Prix Mario Andrred of the United

[17:02] States had a two-mile lead with two laps

[17:04] to go. Then engine trouble forced him

[17:07] out of the race and gave South Africa's

[17:09] Jodi Shakar the victory. Yesterday, we

[17:12] mentioned that the Cosmos of New York

[17:14] and the People's Republic of China after

[17:16] playing a 1-1 tie in soccer went out to

[17:18] dinner together in New York. The dinner

[17:20] was a victory for both sides.

[17:25] Wonderful game. Very good.

[17:29] >> The opposing goalies sat side by side,

[17:32] and if anything symbolized the goodwill

[17:34] of the occasion, it was their

[17:36] traditional handshake. And if anything

[17:38] symbolized the good humor of the

[17:40] occasion, it was the American Chef

[17:42] Messing's attempt to teach his Chinese

[17:44] counterpart a more spirited handshake.

[17:48] After the handshakes and the laughter

[17:51] came the dinner. A sumptuous feast.

[17:54] Course after course of the most tempting

[17:56] Chinese delicacies,

[17:58] all prepared in the finest Manhattan

[18:02] style.

[18:03] The Chinese demonstrated athletic

[18:05] dexterity in their use of chopsticks

[18:09] and Spartan stamina and responding to

[18:12] toast after toast with great gulps of

[18:14] wine. The Chinese presented a miniature

[18:17] soccer ball to Pelle, who ended his

[18:19] playing career with the Cosmos last

[18:21] week. And Pelle, the man with the magic

[18:23] feet, demonstrated why soccer players

[18:26] never use their hands.

[18:31] >> The World Series starts Tuesday. The

[18:33] Yankees or Kansas City against the Los

[18:35] Angeles Dodgers. a team led by a rookie

[18:37] manager named Tom Lassort who loves

[18:40] baseball, loves his team, loves his job,

[18:42] and most of all loves to talk.

[18:44] >> I'm proud that I could be working for

[18:46] the greatest organization in baseball.

[18:48] And above all, I'm even prouder because

[18:50] I'm associated with 25 outstanding

[18:52] players and outstanding young men. Hey,

[18:54] I'm enjoying it. I'm the luckiest man in

[18:56] the world. And I every morning when I

[18:59] open my eyes, I thank the big Dodger in

[19:01] the sky because I'm able to do what I'm

[19:03] doing. And believe me this, Dick, when I

[19:04] say this, that uh it can only happen in

[19:07] this great nation of ours where the

[19:09] third string pitcher on a high school

[19:11] team, Narstown High School team, and the

[19:13] son of an Italian immigrant can go on to

[19:15] become the manager of the greatest

[19:16] organization in baseball.

[19:18] >> Tom Lord, the big Dodger in the dugout.

[19:21] Gerald, thanks. The Commerce Department

[19:25] reported today that the federal, state,

[19:27] and local governments collected more

[19:28] than $358 billion worth of taxes for the

[19:32] 1975-76

[19:33] fiscal year. That was 28 billion more

[19:36] than the year before. A little over half

[19:38] of all of that money went to the federal

[19:39] government. And if you've always

[19:41] wondered what the fastest growing

[19:42] country in the world is, the answer is

[19:45] Kuwait. A report just out today says

[19:48] that Kuwait, which has a lot of oil,

[19:50] will double it double its population to

[19:52] more than 2 million in the next 10

[19:55] years.

[20:03] >> Walking along.

[20:06] It's just that kind of day.

[20:09] >> Render bike lady.

[20:10] >> No thanks. I'd rather walk.

[20:14] >> A ride? No thanks. I'd rather walk

[20:17] naturalizing. Naturalizer.

[20:21] >> No thanks. I'd rather walk the

[20:25] naturalizer.

[20:30] >> This can't be coffee cuz it tastes so

[20:32] smooth.

[20:33] >> They took the bitter taste out.

[20:37] >> This can't be coffee cuz it tastes so

[20:39] smooth.

[20:39] >> They take the bitter taste out. New Melo

[20:43] starts with three kinds of rich, robust

[20:45] coffees, then blends in roasted grain to

[20:47] take away the bitter edge.

[20:48] >> This can't be coffee cuz it tastes so

[20:51] smooth.

[20:51] >> Enjoy a delicious full flavored coffee

[20:53] taste with Meow Roast coffee and grain

[20:55] beverage.

[20:56] >> They took the bitter taste out

[21:05] >> for red, sore, itching problem hands.

[21:07] What's the working lotion? The working

[21:09] lotion for me, it's Vaseline intensive

[21:12] care. The extra strength

[21:14] >> smells clean, not flowery, like a

[21:16] working lotion should.

[21:18] >> Doctors proved it. Extra strength really

[21:21] works on problem hands from too much

[21:22] moisture loss. Hey, I need a lotion that

[21:25] works, don't you?

[21:26] >> Extra strength for problem hands. Just

[21:29] one reason Vaseline Intensive Care is

[21:32] >> the lotion

[21:36] >> in Monte Carlo this weekend. Five plush

[21:38] railroad coaches from the Orient Express

[21:41] were auctioned off. The last trip

[21:43] together for the Grand Old Cars was to

[21:45] the auctioning block, and John Palmer

[21:47] was on the train.

[21:49] The station in Nice was crowded with

[21:51] celebrities, train buffs, and royalty

[21:54] for what was buil as a last nostalgic

[21:56] voyage by some of the old luxury cars of

[21:59] the French Railroad before they were

[22:01] sold at auction. The royalty was

[22:03] represented by Princess Grace of Monaco,

[22:06] who joined a hundred other guests for

[22:08] breakfast and the 40-minute trip along

[22:09] the Riviera to Monte Carlo. But much of

[22:12] the nostalgia wore off abruptly when the

[22:14] parlor car filled with black smoke. The

[22:17] chef was having a bit of trouble in the

[22:19] kitchen with the coal burning stove.

[22:22] Earlier this year, when the Orient

[22:23] Express made its last voyage across

[22:26] Europe, the railroad received a number

[22:28] of letters from people asking if they

[22:29] could buy one of the old cars. One man

[22:32] from Texas even telephoned saying he

[22:34] wanted to buy the whole train. There was

[22:36] so much interest they decided to hold an

[22:38] auction. After the train arrived in

[22:41] Monte Carlo, prospective buyers were

[22:43] allowed to inspect the three sleeping

[22:45] cars, one dining car, and a parlor car,

[22:48] all to be sold individually.

[22:50] When the auction got underway, only half

[22:52] a dozen people took part in the bidding.

[22:55] The parlor car went first for $70,000.

[22:59] One of the biders, an Englishman,

[23:00] complained that he would have paid more

[23:02] for the parlor car, but couldn't

[23:04] understand the French-speaking

[23:05] auctioneer. The other four cars went for

[23:08] a total of $200,000.

[23:11] Two of the old railroad cars went to an

[23:13] American, James Sherwood of Lexington,

[23:15] Kentucky. He wants to use them to carry

[23:18] tourists from London to Venice. Well, we

[23:20] own a luxury hotel in Venice, the Hotel

[23:23] Chipriani, and we're planning to run a

[23:26] classic train from London to Paris to

[23:29] Venice and back once a week. This train

[23:32] will be staffed by our hotel in Venice.

[23:36] >> A Swiss businessman was high bidder for

[23:38] the dining car, which will become part

[23:40] of a special train he's putting together

[23:42] to run between Zurich and Istanbul.

[23:45] As always, there is mystery connected

[23:47] with the Orient Express. This man who

[23:49] bought the parlor and sleeping cars

[23:51] preferred to remain anonymous. He

[23:53] hurried away from the auction saying

[23:55] only, "I am a Frenchman and the cars

[23:57] will remain in France." John Palmer, NBC

[24:01] News, Monte Carlo. Well, older is very

[24:04] often better when it comes to antique

[24:06] cars and also when it brings the type of

[24:08] retired life enjoyed by the residents of

[24:10] Iricasa, a tiny Greek island off the

[24:13] coast of Albania. The 400 residents of

[24:15] this island all live on United States

[24:18] social security checks. Steve Delaney

[24:20] visited Ikusa and found that it's not

[24:22] what the islanders get that counts, but

[24:25] what they don't get.

[24:29] Most Greek islands pride themselves on

[24:31] what they can offer to the visitor. This

[24:33] one prides itself on offering nothing.

[24:35] On Ericusa, there are no restaurants, no

[24:37] hotels, there are no police, there is no

[24:40] fire department, there are no locks,

[24:41] there is no crime, no traffic jams

[24:43] because there are no cars and no roads.

[24:46] What there is here is quiet.

[24:49] If you want to go somewhere on, you walk

[24:51] there. If you want to move something,

[24:54] you carry it. If you want seafood, you

[24:57] go out and get it. If you need water,

[25:00] you pull it up.

[25:02] Most of the 400 people who live here are

[25:04] American citizens. A 100 years ago, a

[25:07] man from this island jumped ship in New

[25:09] York went to work and began sending for

[25:11] his family.

[25:13] The men have been going to New York ever

[25:15] since, working as waiters and bartenders

[25:17] because there is no work here.

[25:20] And yet the Greek Americans keep coming

[25:22] back here, leaving the land of plenty

[25:24] for the island of nothing. Now, Ericasa

[25:27] lives on their pension checks because

[25:29] the island produces nothing at all.

[25:33] Nearly everybody turns out to meet the

[25:34] boat from Corfu. It brings people home

[25:37] and it brings in everything they need,

[25:40] even bread. The boatman's wife calls the

[25:43] names of those who ordered a loaf or

[25:45] two.

[25:46] There are a few donkeys to bear the

[25:48] heavy loads, but they eat imported hay

[25:51] because the island does not even grow

[25:53] enough food for its own animals.

[25:56] Some of the more Americanized men

[25:58] complain that the great government does

[25:59] not do enough for this island. The

[26:02] harbor is too small, too shallow, and

[26:04] unsafe in bad weather. The progressives

[26:07] believe that if the government would

[26:08] give them a good harbor, tourists would

[26:11] come here and they'd all make money.

[26:13] Others are not sure that's true. They've

[26:16] seen the beaches of New York and they

[26:18] prefer beaches this way. They've lived

[26:20] in crowded apartment blocks where they

[26:22] could not see a tree and they prefer to

[26:24] live this way. They've been afraid on

[26:27] the sidewalks of big cities and they

[26:29] prefer to walk this way.

[26:32] Maybe they come home simply because

[26:34] Ericusa is so completely the opposite of

[26:37] New York.

[26:39] Steve Delaney, NBC News, on the Greek

[26:41] island of Iricusa.

[26:44] And that's our news program for tonight.

[26:46] John Chancellor and David Brinkley will

[26:48] be here tomorrow. I'm Gerald Harrington

[26:50] >> and I'm Jessica Savage. Thanks for

[26:52] watching and good night for all of us at

[26:54] NBC News.

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