Drop Dead

This is Nightline, your tieline to the world and this is Walter O'Keepe. Tonight, a visit to worlds strangely different from ours, the world of the future. The world of X minus one. Now, here is the future, X minus one.

Countdown for blast off. X minus five, four, three, two, X minus one, fire. From the far horizons of the unknown come tales of new dimensions in time and space. These are stories of the future, adventures in which you'll live in a million could be

years on a thousand maybe worlds. The National Broadcasting Company in cooperation with Galaxy's Science Fiction Magazine presents the Clifford D. Simax story, Drop Dead. But first, hear this. Have you ever asked yourself what this country's most important natural resource is? I'm Dorothy Olsen, NBC Bandstand, singing schoolteacher. Our most important resource? Well, you might

considered our mineral deposits or our tremendous sources of water power or maybe our just our great forest. Well these are all very important natural resources but there's one resource that's more important than all these combined.

Our children don't neglect them or their educational facilities. Four schools breed inadequate citizens for tomorrow and another thing keep your youngsters in tip-top shape so that they won't miss important school days. Draft them against the weather so they won't catch needless winter cold. Check their wardrobe as they go back to school this fall to be sure that they

have plenty of the right kind of clothing. Remember, our children are this nation's most important natural resource. It's your job to protect their future as they go back to school this fall. Our X minus one and the story of an unbelievable planet. Listen to... drop dead. Exactly one hour and twenty minutes after we sent the