Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CBS Evening News for 1970-04-10

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction Walter Cronkite (Cape Kennedy, Florida); Harry Reasoner (New York City)

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  12:00:00 am — 12:00:30 am

• Apollo 13 / Submarine

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  12:00:30 am — 12:04:00 am

  (Studio) Apollo 13 on schedule; John Swigert substituted for Thomas Mattingly.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Cape Kennedy, Florida) [NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Admin. Thomas PAINE - reports measles exclude Mattingly from mission; discussed problem with astronauts; unanimous launch decision.] [Mission Director Chester LEE - says weather good.]
  REPORTER: No reporter given

  (Studio) If postponed, launch May 9; Mattingly disappointed; will be on later mission; Apollo 13 to land in lunar highlands, include 2 moon walks, color coverage; CBS coverage begins 12:30 P. M. tomorrow.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Bayer Aspirin.)

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  12:04:00 am — 12:04:50 am

• Unemployment

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  12:04:50 am — 12:05:30 am

  (Studio) 3.7 million unemployed, 4.4% labor force; highest rate in nearly 10 years; White House disclaims intentional unemployment increase; AFL-CIO President George Meany predicts 6% unemployment soon, wants economic policy change.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Teamsters / Lock-Out

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  12:05:30 am — 12:07:00 am

  (Studio) Teamster wildcat strikes scattered; teamster-trucker tentative agreement keeps most work rolling.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (Chicago, Illinois) Truckers lock drivers out. [Unidentified STRIKING DRIVERS - express frustration wish Strike.] If Contract Signatories trucks granted safe passage; full Chicago strike possible.
  REPORTER: Ike Pappas

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  12:07:00 am — 12:07:10 am

  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• New York / Abortion / Michaels

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  12:07:10 am — 12:10:20 am

  (Studio) New York Senator passes liberal abortion law by 1 vote.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (Albany, New York) [New York Asemblyman George MICHAELS - says he casts deciding vote; believes political career over.] Abortion legal if governor signs bill. [MICHAELS - expresses concern, changes vote to "yes".]
  REPORTER: Ben Silver

• Florida / Desegregation / Kirk

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  12:10:20 am — 12:10:50 am

  (Studio) Florida Governor Claude Kirk asks Supreme Court to settle desegregation dispute, averting state-federal conflict; Kirk skips ordered court appearance.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Department of Health, Education And Welfare / FDA / Food / Cancer

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  12:10:50 am — 12:11:30 am

  (Studio) Welfare Secretary Robert Finch says taking cancer-causing foods off market would cause shortage; FDA (Food and Drug Administration) revokes approval of thousands of food additives; safety must be proven before returned to market
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• (Commercial: Parliament Cigarettes; Polaroid Camera.)

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  12:11:30 am — 12:12:40 am

• Nixon / Brandt

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  12:12:40 am — 12:13:50 am

  (Studio) West German Chancellor Willy Brandt makes 1st official United States visit.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (DC) [BRANDT - acknowledges common US-German ground.] Brandt and Nixon discuss United States and Soviet European troop withdrawal.
  REPORTER: Robert Pierpoint

• Senate / Tonkin Resolution

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  12:13:50 am — 12:14:20 am

  (Studio) Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously votes for Gulf of Tonkin resolution repeal; bill let President send Americans to Vietnam; White House says repeal won't affect present Vietnam situation.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Vietnam / Fighting

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  12:14:20 am — 12:14:40 am

  (Studio) South Vietnam relief battalion reaches besieged Dakseang Green Beret base; Mai Loc camp hit.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Cambodia / Vietnam / Massacre

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  12:14:40 am — 12:15:20 am

  (Studio) 100 Vietnam civilians killed by Cambodian troops; United Press International calls incident massacre; conflicting reports
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• (Commercial: Maxim Coffee; Jell-O.)

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  12:15:20 am — 12:16:20 am

• Carswell Repercussion / Gore / Mansfield / Agnew

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  12:16:20 am — 12:22:20 am

  (Studio) G. Harrold Carswell debate conts.; Senator Albert Gore challenges Nixon charge of Senator bias against South
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (DC) [GORE - resents Nixon accusation.] [Senator Mike MANSFIELD - claims urgency of United States unity.]
  REPORTER: No reporter given

  (Studio) Agnew discusses Supreme Court fight.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (DC) [Vice President Spiro AGNEW - says Nixon just reacting to disappointment; thinks subjective objections to noms. unfair; lobby pressure from labor, civil rights groups heavy; blames defeat on liberal community; Senator received snow-job from media; Gore earmarked for trouble.]
  REPORTER: Roger Mudd

• Supreme Court / Third Nom.

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  12:22:20 am — 12:22:40 am

  (Studio) "Washington Star" reports Nixon's 3rd nomination between judges Harry Blackmun and Edward Gignoux.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Martha Mitchell / Phone Call

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  12:22:40 am — 12:24:00 am

  (Studio) Martha Mitchell discusses yesterday's telephone call.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (DC) [Mrs. MITCHELL - wanted to find out how Arkansas people feel about G. Harrold Carswell defeat.]
  REPORTER: Barry Serafin

• (Commercial: Rolaids Antacid; Efferdent Denture Soak.)

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  12:24:00 am — 12:25:00 am

• Commentary (Nixon, Senate)

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  12:25:00 am — 12:27:30 am

  (Studio) Comment on Nixon's reaction to G. Harrold Carswell's defeat.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (DC) 3 theories on President statement; inner anger became unbearable, statement calculated political ploy to exploit regional animosity, combination of 2; severe attack of Senator motives; American political process leading to division; Senator only wants qualified nomination; pol strategy to change Senator
  REPORTER: Eric Sevareid

• Good Night

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  12:27:30 am — 12:27:30 am