NBC Nightly News - 1979-07-08

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[0:00] report. This is NBC Nightly News

[0:03] with Jessica Savage and Dick Shap with

[0:06] sports.

[0:08] >> Good evening. NBC News correspondent Bob

[0:11] Kerr reports the FAA is expected to lift

[0:14] the ban on DC10s either Monday or

[0:17] Tuesday. Once the ban is lifted, there

[0:19] will be a 24-hour delay for judicial

[0:21] proceedings. Kerr additionally reports

[0:23] there will be corrective action or

[0:25] improved inspections dealing with engine

[0:27] mounts, wing slats, and warning lights.

[0:31] According to a reliable oil journal,

[0:33] Saudi Arabia plans to make good on its

[0:35] promise to increase oil production. The

[0:37] Middle East Economic Survey today

[0:39] reported the Saudis will produce 1

[0:41] million more barrels of oil per day for

[0:44] 3 months. US oil experts say that could

[0:46] ease the world oil shortage and act to

[0:48] hold prices down. Word of that possible

[0:51] break in the energy impass comes in the

[0:53] midst of a domestic summit at Camp

[0:55] David. White House correspondent Bill

[0:57] Lynch reports.

[0:59] >> Secretary the latest group shuttled to

[1:02] Camp David includes energy secretary

[1:04] Slesinger, several non-government oil

[1:06] experts, and three governors.

[1:07] Schlesinger is the first cabinet officer

[1:09] to join Mr. Carter's self-styled

[1:11] domestic summit. He is said to be urging

[1:13] Mr. Carter to end price and allocation

[1:15] controls on gasoline. He reportedly

[1:18] wants to prevent windfall profits with a

[1:20] 25 cent a gallon excise tax that would

[1:22] go into the social security system. The

[1:25] president's top domestic adviser, Stuart

[1:27] Eisenstat, is described as strongly

[1:29] opposed to lifting controls, but agrees

[1:31] with other energy saving measures

[1:32] proposed by Schlesinger. These official

[1:35] photographs released last night are the

[1:37] only glimpse of President Carter the

[1:39] country has had since he went into

[1:40] seclusion at Camp David 6 days ago. Here

[1:43] he's talking with the eight governors

[1:44] who stayed over Friday night. some of

[1:46] the more than 30 people in and out of

[1:48] government who've been brought to the

[1:49] mountain hideway. This morning, a Marine

[1:52] helicopter returned to Washington with

[1:53] several private citizens Mr. Carter had

[1:55] consulted. And White House aids Hamilton

[1:57] Jordan and Gerald Rafune. Democratic

[2:00] elder statesman Clark Clifford said the

[2:01] president is in a good solid mood. And

[2:03] the Reverend Jesse Jackson said Mr.

[2:05] Carter is grappling with a

[2:06] civilizational crisis, not just problems

[2:09] of energy and the economy. Late today,

[2:11] presidential spokesman Jodie Powell

[2:13] agreed that decisions growing out of

[2:15] this freewheeling summit could have a

[2:17] profound effect on American society

[2:18] through the end of this century. He

[2:20] urged reporters not to underestimate the

[2:23] extent to which Mr. Carter is

[2:24] considering the entire shape of our

[2:26] society, not just narrow energy and

[2:28] economic issues. Bill Lynch, NBC News,

[2:31] at the White House.

[2:33] While the president was at Camp David,

[2:34] first lady Rosalyn Carter and Vice

[2:36] President Manddale represented the

[2:38] president at the National Governor's

[2:39] Conference in Louisville today. The two

[2:42] were sent to win support for Mr. Carter.

[2:44] We have two reports from Louisville.

[2:50] >> Vice President Montdale and Mrs. Carter

[2:52] substituted for the president at a $100

[2:54] a plate Democratic fundraiser last

[2:56] night, handshaking and asking Democrats

[2:58] to support the president. Part of the

[3:00] reason for their trip here was to rally

[3:02] party leaders behind Mr. Carter. In her

[3:05] speech, the first lady defended her

[3:07] husband.

[3:08] >> This time for him is a time of decision,

[3:12] not a time of indecision.

[3:15] >> Vice President Montdale met with

[3:17] Democratic governors over breakfast this

[3:19] morning, urging them to get behind Mr.

[3:21] Carter and support his policies.

[3:23] Apparently, the appeal worked. After

[3:25] breakfast at White House urging, the

[3:27] governors took up a resolution of

[3:28] support for the president. 20 of the

[3:31] Democratic governors here voted in favor

[3:33] of a resolution supporting the

[3:34] president's policies and endorsing him

[3:36] for reelection. A strong commitment 16

[3:39] months before the election. But four of

[3:41] the governors abstained, saying that

[3:43] while they like the president all right,

[3:45] they weren't ready to endorse anybody

[3:46] yet. Thank you very much. This

[3:48] afternoon, Montdale addressed all the

[3:50] governors, Democrat and Republican, and

[3:52] brought them a report from the domestic

[3:54] summit. Now going on at Camp David.

[3:56] >> As we meet today, the president is

[3:59] conducting a comprehensive domestic

[4:02] summit at Camp David. He knows, as you

[4:06] do, that a crisis that cuts this deep is

[4:10] not an energy crisis alone. It is a

[4:13] challenge that touches every aspect of

[4:16] our economy. Now is the time for us

[4:19] together as Americans to stand together

[4:22] and meet this crisis. And once again, as

[4:25] a nation, do as we've done before. Show

[4:28] the world that America knows how to lead

[4:31] mankind into a stronger, more secure and

[4:34] free society. Thank you very much. The

[4:37] vice president returned to Washington

[4:39] after his speech. John Dancy, NBC News,

[4:42] at the National Governor's Conference in

[4:44] Louisville. [applause] Obviously,

[4:47] >> the resolution which 20 Democratic

[4:49] governors approved endorsing President

[4:51] Carter for renomination and reelection

[4:53] came as no surprise here. It was

[4:55] primarily a matter of party loyalty of

[4:58] incumbent Democratic governors backing

[5:00] an incumbent Democratic president. When

[5:02] the vote came, uh there was a loud

[5:05] resounding vote in favor. There were a

[5:08] few abstensions, very few. There were no

[5:10] nos. and I think it was a very strong

[5:13] vote of support for the president.

[5:16] >> Governor Ella Graasso of Connecticut,

[5:18] who introduced the resolution, said it

[5:20] was her own idea and there was no

[5:21] pressure from the White House.

[5:23] >> I think it's particularly appropriate at

[5:25] this time for those of us who are

[5:27] Democratic governors to rally together

[5:29] and to ask the president to be a

[5:31] candidate for renomination and

[5:33] re-election.

[5:35] >> Did the White House ask you to make this

[5:36] move, Governor?

[5:37] >> No, they did not. Abstaining but not

[5:40] voting against the endorsement were

[5:41] governors Nye of Oklahoma, Hughes of

[5:44] Maryland, Brennan of Maine, and Lamb of

[5:47] Colorado. Mostly they considered the

[5:49] move premature. I think he's gutsy. I

[5:51] think he's got integrity. I think he's

[5:53] brilliant. Uh the convention though is a

[5:55] year away. I don't feel that I want to

[5:58] come here and endorse anyone at this

[6:00] time. I will endorse somebody in my time

[6:03] at my place. He really is he's he's

[6:05] burdened very heavily and he needs he

[6:07] needs support. But I think that a lot of

[6:09] us thought it was unwise to try to

[6:11] decide who the candidate of the

[6:12] Democratic party ought to be next

[6:14] November when we got too many problems

[6:16] today. Although the abstaining governors

[6:19] would not confirm it. There was intense

[6:21] pressure by the White House to make the

[6:23] endorsement of the president unanimous.

[6:25] Eight other Democratic governors did not

[6:27] attend this meeting and therefore did

[6:29] not vote on the resolution. The

[6:31] absentees include both Governor Kerry of

[6:33] New York and Governor Brown of

[6:35] California. And sources say Senator

[6:37] Edward Kennedy's name simply did not

[6:39] come up at the caucus. Douglas Kiker,

[6:42] NBC News, at the National Governor's

[6:44] Convention in Louisville.

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[8:27] >> In Nicaragua today, President Samosa

[8:29] stepped up the drafting of thousands of

[8:31] young men in an effort to reverse his

[8:33] desperate military situation. Meanwhile,

[8:35] a National Guard offensive to take back

[8:37] the town of Messiah from the Sandonista

[8:39] guerillas has bogged down and the

[8:41] fighting has left no area in Nicaragua

[8:44] safe. As Ike Seaman reports,

[8:48] >> this boy is only 12. Like many his age,

[8:51] he joined the Sandinista gorillas last

[8:53] month to fight against the Nicaragua

[8:55] National Guard. When the battle is over,

[8:57] many of the young rebels slip back into

[8:59] civilian life. That has made things very

[9:02] dangerous for any young man in his teens

[9:04] or early 20s. At roadblocks, government

[9:07] soldiers carefully look for suspected

[9:09] Sandinistas. And the National Guard is

[9:12] also checking places that are usually

[9:14] considered to be above suspicion. They

[9:17] stormed into the Managa Red Cross

[9:19] headquarters, firing machine guns when

[9:21] the gate was not open quickly enough.

[9:23] Hundreds of refugees live here. Three

[9:26] boys were wounded and seven were taken

[9:28] away over the protest of Red Cross

[9:30] officials.

[9:31] >> This is the first time they do it by

[9:33] force into our base here in Manawa. Of

[9:36] course, it created a lot of panic among

[9:37] all the refugees. Juan Morales was

[9:40] wounded by the soldiers. He charges that

[9:42] every young Nicaraguan is believed to be

[9:44] a Sandisa by the government. He says

[9:46] he's not afraid, but others are for good

[9:50] reason. These boys were apparently

[9:52] executed this morning. Their hands were

[9:55] tied. They were blindfolded. The bodies

[9:58] are near the smoldering ashes of others

[10:00] who were killed in the same place. This

[10:03] occurs throughout Nicaragua as the

[10:05] National Guard tries to eliminate all

[10:07] those it believes are the enemy.

[10:11] Ike Semens, NBC News, Managa.

[10:14] >> The fighting in Nicaragua has forced

[10:16] thousands of refugees to flee to nearby

[10:18] Costa Rica. Freelance journalist John

[10:20] Albert reports.

[10:24] >> The war in Nicaragua has sent more than

[10:26] 100,000 refugees into Costa Rica. They

[10:30] are packed into 10 cities all along the

[10:31] border. Conditions are primitive. There

[10:34] are outbreaks of malaria and chalera.

[10:37] And almost all the children are

[10:38] suffering from malnutrition.

[10:40] It's so bad the relief workers are

[10:42] desperate. Look at this little guy here.

[10:46] You know, uh this is because he is not

[10:49] in good health. We need clothing. We

[10:53] need medicine. We need shoes. We need

[10:55] help.

[10:56] The Salvation Army serves two meals a

[10:59] day, but there is no meat, only rice and

[11:01] beans. The refugees and the Costa Ricans

[11:04] blame all this suffering on Samosa, and

[11:06] as a result, support for the Sandinistas

[11:09] continues to grow.

[11:12] [music and singing]

[11:14] Every Sunday, there are rallies all over

[11:16] Costa Rica.

[11:19] In Liberia, 50 mi from the front,

[11:21] Sandinista toll boots are set up at all

[11:23] the bridges and street collections raise

[11:25] thousands of dollars. Food and clothing

[11:28] are gathered by the truckload and

[11:30] shipped to the front or to the refugee

[11:31] camps. But all the supplies and money

[11:34] cannot erase the pain and suffering of

[11:36] refugees like Mrs. Castano.

[11:38] She was 8 months pregnant when she

[11:40] escaped from Nicaragua.

[11:42] Three of her children came with her, but

[11:44] two others were trapped by the National

[11:46] Guard. She doesn't know if they are dead

[11:48] or alive.

[11:50] >> John Alpert for NBC News in Costa Rica.

[11:55] >> Senate Majority Leader Robert Bird, just

[11:57] back from Moscow, said today the Soviets

[12:00] might accept Senate amendments to the

[12:01] salt treaty, but might also seek further

[12:04] concessions of their own if that

[12:05] happened. Speaking on the CBS broadcast,

[12:08] Face the Nation, Bird said that that

[12:09] could open the treaty for renegotiation.

[12:12] The Senate Foreign Relations Committee

[12:14] opens debate on the treaty tomorrow and

[12:16] Senate correspondent Tom Pettit reports

[12:18] on its chances there.

[12:22] >> The first searching examination of Salt

[12:24] 2 begins under the television lights

[12:26] tomorrow morning here in the Senate

[12:28] caucus room where the Watergate hearings

[12:30] were held. Witnesses on both sides of

[12:33] the issue will be heard in the weeks

[12:34] ahead. From Secretary of State Vance to

[12:37] retired Admiral Elmo Zumwalt.

[12:40] The CIA and other intelligence agencies

[12:42] will testify in secret about our

[12:45] intelligence monitoring of Soviet

[12:47] missile testing.

[12:48] All 15 members of the Foreign Relations

[12:51] Committee are committed to a thorough

[12:53] inquiry and wellprepared.

[12:56] Their views are a political and

[12:58] philosophical jumble which should get

[13:00] sorted out in the months ahead. Frank

[13:02] Church, Democrat of Idaho, is the

[13:04] chairman.

[13:06] Church is presumed to favor the treaty

[13:08] but declares himself neutral through

[13:10] these hearings.

[13:12] Pel of Rhode Island is for the treaty.

[13:15] among other Democrats. If Glenn of Ohio

[13:18] and Biden of Delaware resolve their

[13:20] doubts about verification of Soviet

[13:22] missile testing, they could be for the

[13:25] treaty. Musky probably will be for it.

[13:28] Republicans, Javitz probably will come

[13:31] to favor the treaty while Percy still is

[13:34] agonizing over Soviet intentions. Baker

[13:37] will oppose Salt while also trying out

[13:39] his presidential campaign in his spare

[13:41] time. Conservative Republicans Helms,

[13:44] Hayakawa, and Luger are expected to be

[13:46] in opposition demanding amendments. We

[13:50] don't know what Sarbain of Maryland,

[13:51] Stone of Florida, and Zerinsky of

[13:53] Nebraska will do. We do know McGovern

[13:56] will be against it. On the ground, it

[13:58] doesn't do much for arms control.

[14:02] The administration will face tough

[14:03] questions here, important questions

[14:06] about future relationships between the

[14:08] United States and the Soviet Union. Yet

[14:11] this entire drama could be upstaged by

[14:14] public concern over gasoline and Skyab.

[14:18] Tom Pettit, NBC News at the capital.

[14:22] >> There is uranium in the Black Hills of

[14:24] South Dakota. Industrialists say it is

[14:26] valuable. Environmentalists and some

[14:28] residents say it is dangerous. And that

[14:31] conflict brought a protest near Edgemont

[14:33] today. Ted Elbert reports.

[14:37] Mount Rushmore is one of the most

[14:39] popular tourist attractions in the

[14:40] United States. These presidents are

[14:43] surrounded by the Black Hills, which are

[14:45] not only beautiful, but also valuable.

[14:48] It's estimated that there is $800

[14:50] billion dollar worth of uranium in the

[14:53] area.

[14:55] This weekend, thousands of people from

[14:57] all over the country gathered in Rapid

[15:00] City to protest the mining of uranium in

[15:02] the Black Hills. Uranium is needed for

[15:05] nuclear fusion and therefore it is high

[15:08] in radioactivity.

[15:10] Led by Sue Indians, the people took part

[15:13] in a 15-mi protest walk. The chance

[15:17] varied,

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[15:27] >> but the message was the same.

[15:32] news.

[15:34] >> The protesters point to a closed uranium

[15:36] mine in Edgemont, South Dakota, near the

[15:38] Wyoming border. It was closed by the

[15:41] Nuclear Regulatory Commission last year

[15:43] when it was discovered that the

[15:44] radioactivity in the area was four times

[15:47] above legal standards. And some

[15:50] residents such as Neil Brford and his

[15:52] pregnant wife and two children are

[15:54] worried. It's kind of scary, like, you

[15:57] know, I don't want it to mentally or

[16:00] physically affect my kids.

[16:03] >> The companies that plan to mine the

[16:04] uranium say the economy of the area will

[16:07] be helped. Others say more mining will

[16:09] scar the Black Hills and further pollute

[16:11] what is now one of the most beautiful

[16:13] areas of the country. Ted Elbert, NBC

[16:15] News, Edgemont, South Dakota.

[16:20] >> He's got to catch up, Chris. The time I

[16:23] spend with my family is important. And

[16:25] pictures like these mean a lot. That's

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[17:59] >> Time for the Sunday news and sports. And

[18:01] here with details, Dick Shap. Dick.

[18:04] >> Thank you, Jessica. Bobby Knight, the

[18:06] Indiana basketball coach, was involved

[18:07] in controversy again today. This time in

[18:09] San Juan, Puerto Rico. Knight, coach of

[18:12] the US basketball team in the

[18:13] Pan-American games, had a scuffle with a

[18:15] local policeman. Knight then visited a

[18:17] police station and the matter apparently

[18:19] was peaceibly resolved. The emphasis in

[18:22] San Juan, of course, has been on

[18:23] competition, and the American swimmers

[18:25] have been the dominant force.

[18:26] 14-year-old Mary Mayor of the US last

[18:28] night set a world record here in the 200

[18:31] meter butterfly.

[18:33] Boxing is a less pretty sport and Alexis

[18:35] Arguo of Nicaragua retained his WBA

[18:38] Super Featherweight Championship by

[18:40] making Raphael Lemon's face an unpretty

[18:42] sight. The fight was stopped in the 11th

[18:45] round. Larry Nelson has won the Western

[18:47] Open Golf Championship in a playoff and

[18:49] the National League All-Star Baseball

[18:50] Team has just been announced. Los

[18:52] Angeles Steve Garvey has beaten out Pete

[18:54] Rose at first base. Dave Winfield, Davy

[18:57] Lopes, and Mike Schmidt have been

[18:58] elected starters for the first time. Not

[19:01] a single member of the first place

[19:02] teams, Houston and Montreal, was picked.

[19:06] Two years ago, Steve Cawan became the

[19:08] first jockey to win $6 million in purses

[19:10] in a year. One year ago, Cawan guided a

[19:12] firm to horse racing's triple crown.

[19:15] Three months ago, Cawin made his debut

[19:17] as a contract jockey in England. Cawin

[19:19] won his first race, and even though he's

[19:21] had his share of losers since, he said

[19:23] at Wimbledon a few days ago, he loves

[19:25] riding and living in Europe.

[19:28] I've been to France. Um I've ridden

[19:31] wooden in Italy, Germany. Um next week

[19:35] I'm going to Vienna. Um to see all the

[19:39] different people, all the different

[19:40] lifestyles. Um to meet them and to

[19:43] realize how nice they really are. I

[19:44] mean, if you would have told me to go

[19:47] meet that I was going to meet go to

[19:48] Germany and I would have expected the

[19:50] Nazi uh tanks to be standing all around,

[19:53] but I mean, it's not at all like that.

[19:55] And it's great to to go places and to

[19:59] it's I mean to come to Europe many

[20:02] people pay um thousands and thousands of

[20:04] dollars and um here I am enjoying my

[20:08] life working with what I want to do and

[20:11] I'm getting to um travel Europe as well.

[20:14] It's great.

[20:15] >> The first Saturday in May, did you feel

[20:18] any twinge that day? Yeah, I won the 200

[20:21] guineies and that was it was quite a lot

[20:24] of it was a super thing to me. Um I

[20:28] wouldn't say it was ever as much as the

[20:30] derby was Kentucky Derby.

[20:32] >> When you go home, will you still call it

[20:34] the Kentucky Derby?

[20:36] >> I'll have to get used to changing it

[20:37] again. Yeah.

[20:39] >> How old are you now?

[20:40] >> 19.

[20:41] >> How old do you feel?

[20:43] >> I feel younger than I did when I was in

[20:45] New York.

[20:46] It sounds conceivable that you could end

[20:48] up spending your whole career here.

[20:50] >> It's conceivable. Yes.

[20:52] >> Cawin says he definitely will spend next

[20:54] year in England. He loves the working

[20:56] schedule and he enjoys the social

[20:58] schedule. His privacy is respected and

[21:00] says Steve Cawan, the people are more my

[21:03] size. Jessica,

[21:04] >> thank you, Dick. I'll be back with more

[21:06] news after this.

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[22:51] While the world waits for Skyab to fall,

[22:54] NASA says the Voyager 2 spacecraft is

[22:56] functioning well as it comes within a

[22:58] million miles of the planet Jupiter

[23:00] today. Frank Burkholtzer has a report.

[23:05] A whole new program of scientific

[23:07] studies is functioning today in Voyager

[23:09] 2's computer. A program based on the

[23:12] many discoveries of Voyager 1 earlier

[23:14] this year. Voyager 2's cameras now will

[23:17] take especially close looks at two of

[23:19] Jupiter's satellites. IO, which is alive

[23:21] with volcanic activity, and Europa,

[23:24] which Voyager 1 saw only from a great

[23:26] distance. Then there's the ring around

[23:28] Jupiter. Today, Voyager 2 zeroed in on

[23:31] the spot where Voyager 1 discovered that

[23:34] ring, and it was there, all right, just

[23:36] where it should be. Whereas Voyager 1

[23:38] had seen the ring looking straight on at

[23:40] its outer edge, and thus could not

[23:42] determine how far in toward Jupiter it

[23:44] extended, Voyager 2 today got some

[23:47] pictures at an angle, looking across one

[23:49] section of the ring. And this is the

[23:51] picture that came back from Jupiter's

[23:53] ring. very very faint because there

[23:56] hasn't been time for the computers to

[23:58] work on it and enhance its contrast, but

[24:01] detailed enough to show scientists that

[24:03] this artist's conception superimposed on

[24:05] a real photo of Jupiter was amazingly

[24:08] accurate. The ring is very, very thin.

[24:11] Next on Voyager's program, a near

[24:13] encounter with Europa. Frank Berg

[24:15] Holtzer, NBC News at Jet Propulsion

[24:17] Laboratory.

[24:19] NASA says it is sticking with its

[24:21] prediction that Skyab will fall on

[24:23] Wednesday or early Thursday. This is

[24:25] serious business for NASA, but

[24:27] apparently not for everybody. We have

[24:29] two reports.

[24:31] This is a Skyab that's already on the

[24:33] ground in one piece, part of a display

[24:35] at Washington's Air and Space Museum.

[24:37] NASA today stuck by its projection that

[24:40] the other Skyab will fall from space

[24:42] most likely Wednesday. But the space

[24:44] agency did some new calculations and

[24:45] refined and narrowed the time frame

[24:47] during which it says Skyab re-entry

[24:49] should occur from a 40-hour period to a

[24:52] 30-hour period between 7:28 p.m. Tuesday

[24:55] and 1:28 a.m. Thursday. NASA, however,

[24:58] would not predict exactly when or where

[25:00] the 77 1/2 ton vehicle would fall. 500

[25:04] pieces of Skyab, most 10 lb or less, but

[25:07] some weighing up to a ton, will survive

[25:09] the flaming ride through the Earth's

[25:10] atmosphere. They will scatter over an

[25:12] area 4,000 mi long and 100 m wide.

[25:16] Wednesday, when NASA believes re-entry

[25:18] is most likely, Skyab will cross the

[25:20] United States on eight of its 16 orbits.

[25:22] But NASA puts the chances someone will

[25:24] be hurt by falling debris at 150 to one

[25:27] and expects most of the debris to fall

[25:29] into the ocean. The space agency begins

[25:32] its full-scale roundthe-clock Skyab

[25:34] watch tomorrow morning. Bob Jameson, NBC

[25:36] News, Washington.

[25:40] American Ingenuity may not know how to

[25:42] keep Skyab in orbit, but it knows how to

[25:44] make a buck on its fall. $4 in Los

[25:47] Angeles will get you a Skyab survival

[25:49] kit complete with predictor module to

[25:51] show you where it will crash and

[25:53] protective gear in case that's where you

[25:55] are. In Montgomery, Alabama, Sun

[25:57] Manufacturing is working overtime

[25:59] bottling Skyab repellent. They can't say

[26:01] what's in it, just that it forms a

[26:03] protective barrier. Another aerosol

[26:05] maker claims he knows his works because

[26:08] no one who's used it has been hit by

[26:09] Skyab yet. In San Francisco, a

[26:12] subscription to the Chronicle will get

[26:13] you $100,000 worth of insurance in case

[26:16] yours is the unlucky roof Skyab crashes

[26:19] through. The rival examiner will pay

[26:21] $10,000 for the first real piece of the

[26:24] satellite turned in. Mark Stewart

[26:26] figures he'll pick up the pieces that

[26:27] hit his Ventura target and sell them.

[26:30] Then sue NASA. The pros in Las Vegas

[26:32] have laid odds on the crash site. 20 to1

[26:35] in most states, 250 to1 in Rhode Island.

[26:38] It's a smaller target. One Skyab

[26:40] survival group wanted to hold a rally

[26:42] this weekend underneath the Santa Monica

[26:44] Pier, but they couldn't get enough

[26:46] insurance. Seems it just isn't safe

[26:48] anywhere anymore. Heidi Schulman, NBC

[26:50] News, Santa Monica.

[26:53] And that is our report this Sunday. I'm

[26:55] Jessica Savage from New York. Thank you

[26:57] and good night from all of us at NBC

[26:59] News. Clearing house triple sweep.

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[27:16] >> I keep forgetting. Oh, it's not that

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[27:21] >> You know that publishers clearing house

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[28:03] Tomorrow on today, a special Skyab

[28:06] watch, including updates on the

[28:07] scientific, diplomatic, legal, and

[28:09] preparedness problems created by its

[28:11] coming crash to Earth.

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