NBC Nightly News - 1980-05-21
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[0:02] This is NBC Nightly News
[0:06] with John Chancellor who is on
[0:08] assignment. David Brinkley in New York.
[0:10] And tonight's special segment, Jimmy
[0:12] Carter, the politician.
[0:15] Good evening. Love Canal in upstate New
[0:18] York where years ago the ground was
[0:20] poisoned by the dumping of chemicals and
[0:23] where more recently houses have been
[0:25] built and families have been moved into
[0:27] them. Now, President Carter has declared
[0:29] Love Canal an emergency area, and the
[0:32] federal government said it would help
[0:33] the families living there to move out.
[0:36] Here are two reports.
[0:40] 239 families who lived closest to the
[0:42] Log Canal dump had already been moved
[0:44] permanently, but new studies indicate
[0:46] chromosome and nervous damage to some
[0:48] residents living farther from the dump.
[0:50] Today in Washington, the Environmental
[0:52] Protection Agency's Barbara Blum said
[0:54] the president had declared an emergency.
[0:56] Today, the federal government and the
[0:57] state of New York are setting in motion
[0:59] an action plan to temporarily relocate
[1:02] over 700 families in Love Canal area of
[1:05] Niagara Falls.
[1:07] >> Temporarily was the key word. The
[1:09] government's emergency management
[1:10] director, John Macy, elaborating the
[1:12] temporary housing may very well be
[1:14] hotel, motel, uh vacancies available in
[1:18] in hospitals, uh residences that uh are
[1:23] open at the present time. Many of these
[1:26] people may opt to live with relatives or
[1:29] some other housing of their own choice.
[1:32] Officials are also considering a nearby
[1:34] military base and mobile homes may be
[1:36] brought in. Family expenses will be
[1:38] paid. The cost 3 to5 million wi