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Special Segment (Prices: The Perilous Future) #515727

NBC Evening News for Thursday, Mar 19, 1981
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: John Chancellor

(Coal City, Illinois) Impact of rising energy costs on United States farmers examined. [Farmer Richard WHITCALFER - notes incring. fuel costs.] Mac McDaniel's commuting expenses discussed. [McDANIEL - cites reason he moved.] Dr. Myron Yanov's heating expenses examined. [YANOV - notes waste.] Hearse operator Jerry Dowd's fuel problems reported [DOWD - mentions necessity of fuel.] Dowd's solution outlined; incring. wood expenses such as those faced by Polly Logan noted. [LOGAN - notes her fear.] Anticipated changes in United States lifestyle due to energy problems noted; Neil Leonard's alternative life discussed. No. of underground and solar homes in US mentioned.
REPORTER: Andrea Mitchell

Reporter(s):
Chancellor, John;
Mitchell, Andrea
Duration:
00:04:20

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