NBC Nightly News - 1977-09-02

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[0:03] This is NBC Nightly News with John

[0:06] Chancellor and David Brinkley. Tonight,

[0:08] Friday, September 2nd, with Tom Brokaw

[0:11] reporting from the NBC News Center in

[0:13] New York. Good evening. Labor Day

[0:16] weekend begins with some bad news for

[0:18] workers, especially black workers. The

[0:21] national unemployment rate went back

[0:22] over 7% during August, jumping from a

[0:25] 6.9 to a 7.1 rate in the last month.

[0:28] Unemployment among whites is running

[0:30] below the national average at just over

[0:33] 6%. But among blacks, unemployment is

[0:36] the highest it's been since World War

[0:37] II, 14.5%.

[0:40] A Labor Department spokesman called it a

[0:41] grim situation, something that a number

[0:44] of national black leaders have been

[0:45] saying all summer. Here are two reports.

[0:49] >> The White House is only a short walk

[0:51] from these scenes of boredom and

[0:53] despair.

[0:55] There are a lot of people out of work

[0:57] with nothing much to do. Some blame it

[1:00] on a lack of jobs. Others say

[1:02] foreigners, illegal aliens willing to

[1:04] work for very low wages have taken the

[1:06] jobs that are available. Many blacks say

[1:08] they helped Carter get elected. And now

[1:11] they want help from him.

[1:14] >> It's all right, man. But you going to do

[1:16] something then go ahead and do it and

[1:18] stop playing with it. You know, you

[1:19] going to tell the people you going to do

[1:21] one thing, let them go ahead and do it.

[1:23] I want a job. I want to work. I'm able

[1:26] to work.

[1:28] >> And I enjoy my work. Only thing, I've

[1:30] never been fortunate enough to get a

[1:31] break.

[1:33] >> It's a prettier scene 15 blocks away.

[1:37] But all around Washington, people hunt

[1:39] for jobs that don't exist. Some give up

[1:41] after countless rejections.

[1:44] There's less turmoil now than 9 years

[1:46] ago when there were riots near here. But

[1:48] a lot of people don't think conditions

[1:50] have improved very much since then. For

[1:54] row and NBC News, Washington

[2:00] 12 years ago at the time of the Watts

[2:02] riots, burn baby burn.

[2:06] Sociologists declared a root cause of

[2:09] this was the terrible unemployment in

[2:10] the area. Something must be done. Much

[2:14] has been done. This is but one example.

[2:16] a skill and training center set up with

[2:19] government money to make people ready

[2:20] for jobs. It works. Maybe 500 people a

[2:24] year are trained and get jobs through

[2:26] this program. But the program costs a

[2:29] million and a half dollars a year.

[2:32] There have been a lot of government

[2:33] agencies involved from the OEO to the

[2:35] CSA. There have been laws from the

[2:37] Emergency Employment Act to the

[2:39] Comprehensive Training and Employment

[2:41] Act. In Los Angeles this year alone,

[2:43] there are about $300 million available

[2:46] for unemployment and poverty programs,

[2:49] which is a lot and which is almost

[2:52] nothing

[2:53] >> that probably

[2:56] is able to successfully reach

[2:59] 5 to 10% of the people

[3:02] with the needs. Put it another way, at

[3:05] the time of the riots 12 years ago, it

[3:07] was estimated that unemployment in this

[3:09] area was about 30%.

[3:11] Now 35 to 40%.

[3:15] For all the government agencies, laws,

[3:18] money, and good intentions,

[3:21] unemployment in Watts is worse than

[3:24] ever.

[3:25] Jack Perkins, NBC News, South Central

[3:28] Los Angeles.

[3:30] President Carter was described as being

[3:32] deeply concerned about the unemployment

[3:34] rate. He is especially concerned about

[3:35] the high rate of unemployment among

[3:37] black teenagers, more than 40%. It turns

[3:40] out that most summer jobs went to white

[3:43] youngsters. Irving Ar Lavine and Bob

[3:45] Jameson with reports on the

[3:46] administration's dilemma.

[3:51] At the White House, they're asking the

[3:52] same questions. Why did black

[3:54] unemployment increase so dramatically in

[3:56] August? And what can be done about it?

[3:58] Before leaving for Camp David, where

[4:00] he'll spend the Labor Day weekend, Mr.

[4:02] Carter met with economic adviser Charles

[4:04] Schultz and called in Labor Secretary

[4:06] Ray Marshall. He asked them to find out

[4:08] why and recommend what to do. Mr. Carter

[4:11] said he wants at least partial answers

[4:13] before he meets next Wednesday with the

[4:15] Congressional Black Caucus. This comes

[4:17] while the administration is under fire

[4:19] from black leaders who charge that Mr.

[4:21] Carter is neglecting blacks. And it

[4:23] comes before the administration has

[4:24] formed its urban policy which would help

[4:26] blacks the most. The policy has been in

[4:28] the works since March. They promised an

[4:30] outline by late fall, but it won't be

[4:32] completely finished until February or

[4:34] March. It has taken a backseat to

[4:36] administration efforts on energy,

[4:38] welfare, and tax reform and the

[4:40] president's preoccupation with foreign

[4:42] affairs. There was evidence here this

[4:44] week that work on the urban policy had

[4:46] been speeded up, but not, says press

[4:47] secretary Jodi Powell, because of

[4:49] criticism from blacks. With no urban

[4:52] policy, administration officials admit

[4:53] they have no instant program to combat

[4:56] black unemployment. Jobs programs

[4:58] planned for this fall may not help.

[5:00] Officials say they may have to find

[5:01] something new. But tonight, the White

[5:03] House has no answers. Bob Jameson, NBC

[5:06] News, at the White House.

[5:09] Some White House officials say that the

[5:11] latest unemployment figures make it very

[5:13] doubtful that President Carter can

[5:15] achieve his goal of an unemployment rate

[5:18] of less than 6 and 3/4% by the end of

[5:21] this year. Charles Schulz acknowledges

[5:24] that the goal will now be more difficult

[5:26] to reach, but he says it is still

[5:28] attainable.

[5:30] Schulz points out that about $13 billion

[5:33] voted by Congress for government job

[5:35] programs and tax cuts will go into the

[5:38] economy in the next 3 months and this

[5:40] should create more jobs. But others in

[5:43] the administration such as Secretary

[5:45] Marshall are said to be privately

[5:48] advocating more government spending even

[5:50] at the risk of making inflation worse.

[5:53] More government spending also might make

[5:56] it impossible for President Carter to

[5:58] achieve his main economic goal of a

[6:01] balanced budget. And today's figures

[6:03] indicate that President Carter may soon

[6:06] have to make the crucial choice between

[6:08] a balanced budget or more jobs. Irving

[6:12] R. Lavine, NBC News at the White House.

[6:16] Back in a moment with more on the

[6:18] unemployment problem and other news.

[6:25] 1 oz of total gives you 100% of the

[6:27] recommended daily allowance of all these

[6:29] important vitamins and iron.

[6:30] >> Yeah.

[6:31] >> I'll pour this leading natural cereal.

[6:33] Stop me when you think the vitamin value

[6:34] equals total.

[6:35] >> Okay. No,

[6:37] >> not yet.

[6:39] >> Stop.

[6:39] >> Nope.

[6:41] >> This is unreal.

[6:42] >> It takes at least 16 ounces of any of

[6:45] the leading natural cereals to equal the

[6:47] vitamins in 1 oz of fortified total.

[6:49] >> Wow, what a difference. That's the total

[6:51] difference.

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[7:53] >> As though to underline the unemployment

[7:55] problem, the Bethlehem Steel Company

[7:57] will observe the Labor Day weekend in

[7:58] Buffalo, New York by laying off several

[8:01] hundred workers. The workers knew that

[8:03] the layoffs were coming and the city of

[8:04] Buffalo knew that they would further

[8:06] depress an already depressed economy.

[8:09] Roger Wolf reports.

[8:11] Bethlehem Steel's Lacawana plant is the

[8:14] third largest steel mill in the country,

[8:16] but production here is being cut 40%.

[8:19] The reasons, according to Bethlehem, are

[8:21] the high cost of meeting pollution

[8:23] standards and competition from cheap

[8:26] imported steel. 3,500 steel workers at

[8:29] this plant will lose their jobs by the

[8:31] end of the year. The first several

[8:33] hundred are being laid off this weekend.

[8:35] >> You get a job at the plant like this,

[8:37] you think you got a little security to

[8:38] last you for a few years. and uh next

[8:41] thing you know you're out the gate

[8:42] again. I mean to me I'm scared. I just

[8:45] bought a house. I got a chance to lose a

[8:46] house. I got five kids. What am I

[8:47] supposed to

[8:49] >> There is no place to go. There are no

[8:51] jobs. Even the head of the Chamber of

[8:53] Commerce admits that

[8:54] >> I would say the prospects are very

[8:56] bleak. Uh it's very difficult to

[8:58] relocate 3500 working people. Uh the

[9:02] jobs are just not here in Western York.

[9:05] >> There are no jobs because many firms

[9:07] have left the Buffalo area in recent

[9:09] years. Businessmen complain of high

[9:11] state taxes and the city's poor image.

[9:14] Unemployment in the Buffalo area is

[9:16] already well above the national average.

[9:18] And the layoffs at Bethlehem will boost

[9:21] the unemployment rate here to almost 9%.

[9:24] With jobs scarce and thousands of people

[9:26] looking for work, many may be forced to

[9:28] leave the area. Almost 40,000 people

[9:32] have left Buffalo since 1970. The loss

[9:35] of workers and their paychecks has

[9:37] already hurt the area. The layoffs at

[9:39] Bethlehem will take perhaps $325 million

[9:43] more out of the local economy. Roger

[9:45] Wolf, NBC News, Buffalo. At the same

[9:49] time, the Labor Department reported that

[9:50] membership in labor unions around the

[9:52] country has dropped by almost 3/4 of a

[9:54] million in the two years ending last

[9:56] December. More than half of those

[9:58] losses, according to the department,

[9:59] were among women. The federal law on

[10:02] workman's compensation is quite clear.

[10:05] If a worker is disabled in connection

[10:06] with a job, that worker is entitled to

[10:09] money from the government. The law, as

[10:11] we say, is quite clear, but as Carol

[10:12] Simpson has learned, the execution is

[10:14] still another matter.

[10:18] >> Mrs. Hazel Wolf was a supply clerk at

[10:20] the Naval Base in Norfol, Virginia. 10

[10:23] months ago, she fractured her knee on a

[10:25] file cabinet. Since then, she's been

[10:27] unable to work and is in constant pain.

[10:31] Mrs. Wolf is entitled to a percentage of

[10:33] her monthly salary under the federal

[10:35] workers compensation program, but she

[10:37] can't get it. She contacted her

[10:40] congressman, William Whitehurst, who has

[10:42] gotten hundreds of similar complaints

[10:44] about the agency. He's upset because

[10:47] even he couldn't help get her money.

[10:50] The people that we have called in

[10:51] relation to claims that we have had been

[10:55] uh either unresponsive, they have been

[10:58] rude, uh they have acted as if we were

[11:00] imposing on their time instead of

[11:02] behaving as they should behave as a

[11:04] servants of an office that has a great

[11:06] responsibility.

[11:07] >> With Mrs. Wolf unable to work, her

[11:10] family has to live on half the $10,000

[11:12] income they used to have. She says it's

[11:15] almost impossible. They don't seem to

[11:18] care that people have bills continually

[11:21] coming in, coming in, no money. I got

[11:24] family to take care of.

[11:27] What's it been like uh trying to live on

[11:29] your husband's salary?

[11:31] >> Rough. Uh can't uh buy the food that

[11:34] they need like fruit and uh

[11:51] It's rough. I don't like to see my kids

[11:54] do without.

[11:57] >> What do you want to happen?

[11:59] >> I want them to start paying me the money

[12:01] I'm going to be pay. They're not going

[12:03] to pay. I'm going to send my bills up to

[12:04] them and they can take care of it. I'm

[12:07] tired of them messing around.

[12:10] >> The naval base civilian personnel

[12:12] officer who has been trying to get Mrs.

[12:14] Wolf's claim settled, blames the

[12:16] Washington District Office.

[12:18] We wait to hear from the work office of

[12:21] workers compensation and unless we call,

[12:25] telephone, go in person, nothing

[12:27] happens.

[12:29] Why not incompetence?

[12:32] That's my best professional judgment.

[12:35] >> This is District 25, the workers

[12:37] compensation office against which the

[12:39] charges of incompetence and indifference

[12:41] were leveled. The people who run the

[12:43] office blamed the problems on too many

[12:45] cases and not enough people to handle

[12:47] them.

[12:50] >> This is what we found when we visited

[12:51] the office. Total disarray. Files

[12:55] containing the 25,000 claims the office

[12:58] is supposed to handle were stacked on

[13:00] window sills, on the floor,

[13:04] even on waste paper baskets.

[13:06] It was understandable how files could be

[13:09] misplaced and even lost entirely. The

[13:12] director of the office said he can't

[13:14] help it.

[13:16] That's true. We do have files

[13:19] that are in many areas and not where

[13:22] they are supposed to be. And we do not

[13:25] have the physical setup nor are the

[13:27] resources to handle it in the way that

[13:30] it should be handled.

[13:32] >> The labor department has promised

[13:33] changes within a few months. The office

[13:36] will finally install data processing

[13:38] computers and officials expect the

[13:41] nationwide operation to improve in a

[13:43] year's time.

[13:44] >> But that's little consolation to the

[13:46] thousands of claimants like Hazel Wolf

[13:49] who remain disabled, financially

[13:51] strapped, and still uncompensated.

[13:55] Carol Simpson, NBC News, Norfol,

[13:58] Virginia.

[14:00] >> Mrs. Wool finally did receive a check,

[14:02] but not until NBC interceded with the

[14:04] Labor Department. That check was

[14:05] received after this report was

[14:07] completed.

[14:14] >> Maybe my biggest secret is my coffee

[14:15] sitdowns. Morning, afternoon, anytime I

[14:18] can. Have a cup, relax, get lit, too.

[14:23] Hard to imagine Sodapop doing all that.

[14:26] My coffee is Maxwell House. I think it

[14:28] tastes best. More than that, it's always

[14:30] good. These days, that's something to

[14:33] think about. Like they say, good to the

[14:35] last drop.

[14:37] >> Maxwell House coffee. Ground and

[14:39] instant. Good to the last drop.

[14:43] >> Our dog Corki had an argument with a

[14:45] skunk and lost, so we had to take him

[14:47] for a special bath. I didn't know he had

[14:50] to stay overnight or I would have

[14:51] brought us canned dog food. Mom says he

[14:54] won't eat anything else.

[14:56] >> He ate Gainesburg.

[14:57] >> Sure. Piss moist he like can. And

[15:00] nutritionally balanced, too.

[15:02] He loves it. And he smells a lot better,

[15:05] too. Don't you, boy?

[15:07] >> Moist and meaty. Gainsburgers dog food.

[15:09] Beef, egg, and cheese flavor.

[15:12] Know where the cooking grease goes?

[15:15] Everywhere.

[15:17] Not quite like that, but every time you

[15:19] cook, grease particles are carried

[15:20] through the air. And if that's not bad

[15:22] enough, grease attracts dirt. Grease

[15:25] relief gets rid of dirt and grease. Some

[15:28] products only clean up the dirt, but

[15:29] leave a film of grease behind. Grease

[15:32] relief dissolves away that grease. It

[15:34] even gets rid of grease spots on your

[15:35] clothes. Wherever grease goes.

[15:40] Go after it with grease relief.

[15:43] Business was brisk when the United

[15:44] States officially opened a branch office

[15:46] in Havana today. Most of those who went

[15:48] to the new American diplomatic offices

[15:50] in the Cuban capital were trying to get

[15:52] out of the country. Here's Fred Francis.

[15:57] 50 Cubans desperate to get out of their

[15:59] country pleaded with American embassy

[16:01] officials this morning for visas to the

[16:02] United States. Most are dual nationals

[16:05] born of Cuban parents in the United

[16:07] States, but they are considered Cuban

[16:09] citizens by the Castro government and

[16:11] have been forbidden to leave. Some told

[16:13] Councelor officer Tom Holiday they were

[16:15] risking their jobs and might even be

[16:17] thrown in jail for coming to him.

[16:19] Holiday told them that no matter how

[16:20] sympathetic America might be, they must

[16:23] all have Cuban exit permits before he

[16:25] could help them. But most of these

[16:27] Cubans who would be considered citizens

[16:28] by birth in America could not

[16:30] understand. Michael PZA, 25, is one. He

[16:33] is a cashier in a hardware store. He was

[16:36] born in Belleview Hospital, New York,

[16:38] 1952. But his parents brought him back

[16:40] to Cuba when he was 8, and now he has a

[16:42] wife and child and no hope of leaving.

[16:44] He tried to flee by boat when he was 15

[16:47] and says he was sent to jail for 2

[16:49] years.

[16:50] >> Imagine it waiting for 16 years to leave

[16:53] and this big jail doesn't have any other

[16:55] name. Uh we are almost all disparated. I

[16:59] don't want my child to have the same

[17:00] destiny that I have. If the US embassy

[17:04] or the US embassy doesn't help me, I'll

[17:07] try to take my kid out. Even it's if

[17:09] it's the only thing or the last thing I

[17:11] do in my life, I'll try to take him out

[17:13] of here anyway.

[17:14] I don't want them to suffer what I

[17:16] suffered.

[17:17] >> There are several thousand dual

[17:19] nationals living here in Cuba and the

[17:21] presence of these American diplomats

[17:23] here now will only increase their

[17:24] frustration because they will not be

[17:26] allowed to leave unless Fidel Castro

[17:28] approves it. And that is not likely.

[17:31] Fred Francis, NBC News, Havana.

[17:35] >> Budget Director Bert Lance is getting

[17:37] additional attention from federal bank

[17:39] examiners these days. A land spokesman

[17:41] said that the budget director sometimes

[17:43] writes checks for more money than he has

[17:45] on deposit in one Georgia bank. When

[17:47] that happens, the overdrafts are covered

[17:49] automatically by money transferred from

[17:51] a Lance account in another Georgia bank.

[17:54] The White House defended that practice

[17:55] today, but bank examiners want to look

[17:57] into it. Tongsen Park, the Korean

[18:00] businessman now under indictment and

[18:02] suspected of bribing congressmen, may

[18:04] return to the United States to testify,

[18:06] but his attorney said today the park

[18:08] would come only if there is immunity

[18:09] from prosecution. Otherwise, according

[18:12] to the attorney, Park would have no

[18:14] incentive to cooperate. Hurricane Anita

[18:16] blew ashore during the night, missing

[18:18] the South Texas coast as it moved across

[18:20] northeast Mexico. George Lewis followed

[18:23] Anita into that area.

[18:27] As Anita was breaking up over Mexico,

[18:29] the storm left in its wake some flooded

[18:32] homes and washed out roads. But very few

[18:35] people live along this section of the

[18:37] Mexican Gulf Coast, and most of them had

[18:39] fled to higher ground. Mexican officials

[18:42] said they had not heard of any deaths

[18:44] from the storm.

[18:46] For a while last night, the fear was

[18:48] that Anita would strike the populated

[18:50] areas of the Rio Grand Valley in Texas.

[18:53] 10,000 people were moved to emergency

[18:55] shelters to ride out the storm. But this

[18:58] morning, as the sun came out, it was

[19:00] evident that Anita had passed without

[19:02] harm. The surf was up at the beach

[19:04] resorts, but there was little flooding

[19:06] and only minor property damage. At 8

[19:09] this morning, the wind was still

[19:10] whipping the trees, but the people in

[19:12] the shelters got the word it was safe to

[19:14] go home. Espiransa Mononttoya said she

[19:18] had been terrified when she heard the

[19:20] first hurricane warnings. Her husband

[19:22] left her a few months ago and she cares

[19:24] for six children by herself. She has

[19:27] lived here all her life and she

[19:29] remembers previous hurricanes. Her house

[19:31] was destroyed by Bula in 1967.

[19:35] Mrs. Mononttoya and her children had to

[19:37] wait 3 hours for a bus to take them

[19:39] home. When they got there, they were

[19:41] relieved to see their one-bedroom

[19:43] apartment was all right. It is not a big

[19:46] place, nor a fancy one, but tonight it

[19:49] is intact. And Mrs. Mononttoya and her

[19:51] children are grateful. George Lewis, NBC

[19:55] News, Port Isabel, Texas.

[19:58] >> These developments in Rhodesia today,

[20:00] Prime Minister Ian Smith had strong

[20:02] words for the British American plan to

[20:04] give blacks control of that country.

[20:06] Smith said the proposal was, in his

[20:07] words, crazy, insane, mad. And then he

[20:10] added that he would discuss it anyway.

[20:12] For his part, UN Ambassador Andrew Young

[20:14] said the United States would stand by

[20:16] its proposal to the end. There was more

[20:19] trouble along the Israeli Lebanese

[20:20] border today. An Israeli soldier was

[20:22] killed by a Lebanese mortar and in

[20:24] retaliation, Israeli troops reportedly

[20:27] raided two Lebanese villages, kidnapping

[20:29] at least 32 people.

[20:32] Senator Hubert Humphrey's doctors say

[20:34] that he has inoperable terminal cancer,

[20:36] but the former vice president was in

[20:38] characteristically high spirits today

[20:40] when he left the hospital ready to

[20:42] return to work. Al Johnson from

[20:44] Minneapolis.

[20:46] Humphrey walked out of the hospital,

[20:48] stopping along the way to thank the

[20:49] doctors, nurses, and members of the

[20:51] staff who were there to say goodbye. 15

[20:54] days ago, while in surgery for a bowel

[20:57] obstruction, doctors discovered Humphrey

[20:59] has terminal cancer, a tumor on his

[21:02] pelvis cannot be removed. Today, smiling

[21:06] all the way, Humphrey appeared to be

[21:07] pleased nonetheless with his progress.

[21:10] going out home to Waverly and uh trying

[21:13] to rest up a little while, keep in touch

[21:15] with my doctors and uh as soon as I come

[21:19] up to where I feel that I'm strong and

[21:22] uh go do my job, I'll go back to

[21:25] Washington. I don't think that'll take

[21:26] don't think that'll be very long.

[21:28] >> Dr. John Nagarian, Humphrey's surgeon,

[21:31] also is pleased with the way his patient

[21:33] is responding right now.

[21:35] >> Condition is superb. He really is in

[21:37] excellent shape now. Feels good. He's

[21:40] vigorous and he's ready to go and uh he

[21:43] feels good enough to go back today.

[21:46] >> The Jarian said the senator is in better

[21:48] shape now than he was when he came to

[21:50] the hospital and that his prognosis

[21:53] depends on how well he responds to

[21:55] further treatment with drugs and

[21:57] chemicals.

[21:59] >> Al Johnson, NBC News, Minneapolis.

[22:03] Some sue Indians want the government to

[22:04] give them back all of North Dakota, all

[22:06] of South Dakota, all of Nebraska, and

[22:08] parts of Montana and Wyoming. Russell

[22:10] Means and Indian militants said today

[22:12] that they would be willing to give up

[22:14] all of that land on the other hand if

[22:15] the government would give them $30

[22:17] billion.

[22:19] Striking British air traffic controller

[22:21] assistant said today that they're going

[22:22] to try to make things worse in that

[22:24] country. They said if they get enough

[22:25] support from other union members,

[22:27] including teletype operators and

[22:29] clerical help, all airports in Britain

[22:31] might have to shut down completely.

[22:34] Whenever there's an outbreak of crime in

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[22:38] government controlled Russian newspapers

[22:39] and commentators to deliver little

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[22:46] Ambassador Malcolm Ton disclosed today

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[22:54] on the side. Ton said that among other

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[24:35] >> There are any number of delicacies that

[24:37] come from the sea. Oysters, lobsters,

[24:39] squid, caviar, just to name a few.

[24:41] That's pretty fancy company for one

[24:43] oceangoing villain. But Bob Bazelle is

[24:45] thinking about putting it up for

[24:46] membership nonetheless.

[24:52] The cow-nosed ray, a type of stingray

[24:55] named for its snout.

[24:58] Chesapeake Bay and the rivers that feed

[25:00] it are the cow-nosed rays summer home.

[25:02] They winter off Florida. Until recently,

[25:05] the rays haven't been a problem, but

[25:07] with their powerful jaws, they eat

[25:09] shellfish. And in the past few years,

[25:12] they've begun to prefer oysters.

[25:14] Oyster harvesting is a major industry on

[25:17] the Chesapeake. And oystermen often

[25:19] discover that schools of rays get the

[25:22] oysters before they do. Wes Connelly, an

[25:25] oysterman on the Rapahhanic River in

[25:27] Virginia, pointed out hundreds of

[25:29] thousands of dollars worth of private

[25:30] oyster beds destroyed by the rays.

[25:33] They'll chew the ends off the shells,

[25:35] break the shells in half, and some

[25:37] shells are broken in many pieces. And

[25:39] consequently, all you have left is just

[25:41] a mass of broken up oyster shells.

[25:44] >> Biologists from the Virginia Institute

[25:46] for Marine Sciences catch the rays to

[25:48] study why they've been eating oysters.

[25:51] They always remove the poisonous spine

[25:53] at the base of the tail before they

[25:54] bring the ray on board. The scientists

[25:57] say the best way to keep the rays from

[25:59] eating oysters is for people to start

[26:02] eating rays. They have a program to

[26:04] encourage commercial fishermen to catch

[26:06] rays. So far, it hasn't been too

[26:08] successful. The biologists insist ray

[26:11] meat tastes good. We asked them to cut a

[26:13] fillet. We took it to Chef Rober Gal, a

[26:16] seafood specialist at a Washington

[26:18] French restaurant. It's very tasty, you

[26:21] know. It's very The flesh is white and

[26:24] it's cooked and very agreeable.

[26:26] >> The Americans have a hard

[26:28] >> No, not yet. But no, I'm sure one day

[26:30] they they will.

[26:31] >> The chef poached the ray in water with

[26:33] vinegar and spices. He served it with

[26:36] black butter sauce, capers, parsley, and

[26:38] lemon. It was quite good, at least to

[26:40] this correspondent's taste. Perhaps

[26:43] oyster lovers should demand it. Robert

[26:46] Bazelle, NBC News, Washington.

[26:49] But then you have to understand a

[26:50] reporter will eat about just about

[26:51] anything as long as it's free. That's

[26:53] the news for this Friday evening. Have a

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