Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CBS Evening News for 1970-12-29

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction Charles Collingwood (New York City)

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  12:00:00 am — 12:00:30 am

• Congress / Legis.

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  12:00:30 am — 12:02:00 am

  (Studio) Congress working hard after Christmas break.
  REPORTER: Charles Collingwood

  (DC) Senator increases Social Security benefits, bans United States troops and advisers from Cambodia; Senator Appts. 2 confs. for SST.
  REPORTER: Bruce Morton

• Nixon / Television Talk

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  12:02:00 am — 12:02:20 am

  (Studio) Nixon sets conversation with 4 major newscasters Monday
  REPORTER: Charles Collingwood

• (Commercial: Winston Cigarettes; Budweiser Beer.)

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  12:02:20 am — 12:03:30 am

• Vietnam / Defoliants

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  12:03:30 am — 12:07:50 am

  (Studio) American Association for Advancement of Science reports Vietnam defoliants have killed forests for decades.
  REPORTER: Charles Collingwood

  (Vietnam) Communist film shows destruction of vegetation, people, and wildlife by Americans
  REPORTER: No reporter given (VC newsfilm)

  (Chicago, Illinois) Defense Department refuses television interview with head of United States research team; says defoliant use in Vietnam ended by next June.
  REPORTER: Ike Pappas

• New Jersey / Chemical Pollution

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  12:07:50 am — 12:08:20 am

  (Studio) Great Meadows, New Jersey, Fisher Gamma Chemical Corporation ordered to stop tear gas leaks or shut down; leakage hurting people, animals, crops.
  REPORTER: Charles Collingwood

• Indochina / Fighting

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  12:08:20 am — 12:08:50 am

  (Studio) South Vietnam claim victory over North Vietnam; Cambodians claim beating North Vietnam on Highway 4.
  REPORTER: Charles Collingwood

• (Commercial: Tegrin Shampoo; Dentu-Creme.)

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  12:08:50 am — 12:09:50 am

• Basques / Death Sentence

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  12:09:50 am — 12:10:30 am

  (Studio) Condemned Basque says prefers execution to clemency; General Francisco Franco consults cabinet on issue.
  REPORTER: Charles Collingwood

• Mideast / Positions

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  12:10:30 am — 12:11:30 am

  (Studio) Israeli Prime Min. Golda Meir says will keep Jerusalem and some other captured lands; United Arab Republic President Anwar Sadat alerts government agencies to prepare for war.
  REPORTER: Charles Collingwood

• Ellis / Brown / Defection Rejection

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  12:11:30 am — 12:14:00 am

  (Studio) Coast Guard officers tell House committee about Soviet defection attempt.
  REPORTER: Charles Collingwood

  (DC) Rear Admiral William Ellis says didn't want to hurt US-Soviet fishing negotiations; Captain Fletcher Brown said was ordered to return Lithuanian sailor. [Representative Wayne L. HAYS - says Ellis should be court-martialed.] [ELLIS - says he's not solely responsible.]
  REPORTER: Barry Serafin

• Arkansas / Life Sentences

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  12:14:00 am — 12:14:20 am

  (Studio) Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller commutes sentences of all 15 Arkansas condemned prisoners to life imprisonment.
  REPORTER: Charles Collingwood

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  12:14:20 am — 12:14:40 am

  REPORTER: Charles Collingwood

• (Commercial: Pontiac Auto.)

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  12:14:40 am — 12:15:40 am

• Oil Rigs / Fire / Life

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  12:15:40 am — 12:20:20 am

  (Studio) Shell Oil Company fights 3 1/2 week old fire.
  REPORTER: Charles Collingwood

  (Gulf of Mexico) Blazing offshore rig doused with seawater. [Shell Engineer Rich PATTAROZZI - describes fire-fighting technique.]
  REPORTER: Foster Davis

  (Gulf of Mexico) Rig workers live on wells; work 12 hrs. per day 7 days per week, then have week off. [WORKERS - say watch TV, fish, play pool during time off; don't worry about fire danger.] [ENGINEER - describes emergency shut-off valves.]
  REPORTER: Del Vaughn

• Royal Divorce Rumor

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  12:20:20 am — 12:20:40 am

  (Studio) Britain denies Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon getting divorce; Lord Snowdon reported seeing other women.
  REPORTER: Charles Collingwood

• (Commercial: Fem-Iron; Sominex.)

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  12:20:40 am — 12:21:50 am

• Texas / 6 Man Football

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  12:21:50 am — 12:27:20 am

  (Studio) Report on Texas football follows.
  REPORTER: Charles Collingwood

  (Iredell, Texas) Cranfills Gap versus Iredell for 6 man district football champ.; all but 2 boys in school on team. [Coach WHITE - urges team on.] 15 yds. needed for 1st down; all players can receive passes; Cranfills Gap won 70-20.
  REPORTER: Charles Kuralt

• Good Night

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  12:27:20 am — 12:27:20 am