Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CBS Evening News for 1970-04-24

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction Walter Cronkite (New York City)

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  12:00:00 am — 12:00:30 am

  [AUDIO DIFFICULTIES]

• Cambodia / United States Aid / USSR

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  12:00:30 am — 12:03:10 am

  (Studio) Nixon administration says Cambodia foreign invasion victim, not civil war.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) White House preparing Americans for incrd. Cambodian involvement; 40,000 communists invade cntry.; Nixon studies aid requests; President encourages Asian allies; United States could supply more arms, send Cambodians fighting in South Vietnam home; same start as Vietnam.
  REPORTER: Robert Pierpoint

  (Studio) USSR accuses United States of provoking Cambodian trouble; could yield "serious consequences".
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Cambodia / Fighting / South Vietnam

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  12:03:10 am — 12:03:50 am

  (Studio) Communists cut Phnom Penh, major ports; foreign embassies evacuate dependents; Cambodia charges Vietnam in country 5th column for enemy, i.e. reason some killed; 5,000 South Vietnam in Cambodia complete anti-VC sweep; penetrations will continue
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Polident Denture Cleanser; Poligrip Adhesive.)

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  12:03:50 am — 12:04:50 am

• New York City / Formosa / Assassination Attempt

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  12:04:50 am — 12:06:40 am

  (Studio) New York City political protest almost becomes tragedy.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (NYC) Pickets protest for Formosa independence; assassination attempt made on Chiang Kai-shek's son; bullet missed; 2 arrested; gunman grabbed before shot. [Detective James ZIEDE - describes assassination attempt.]
  REPORTER: Robert Schakne

• Pope / Sardinia

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  12:06:40 am — 12:07:00 am

  (Studio) Anarchists stone Pope Paul motorcade and fight police in Sardinia, Italy.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Mideast / Fighting

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  12:07:00 am — 12:07:20 am

  (Studio) Israel hits Egypt, Syria and Jordan retaliating for Arab attacks.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Haiti / Mutiny

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  12:07:20 am — 12:07:40 am

  (Studio) Haiti Coast Guard crews mutiny, fire on Port au Prince; United States denies mil. aid; government reports situation under control.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Trinidad / Revolt

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  12:07:40 am — 12:08:00 am

  (Studio) Trinidad rebels surrender; black power leaders under arrest.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: York Air Conditioner; NCR Computers.)

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  12:08:00 am — 12:09:00 am

• Congress / Apollo 13

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  12:09:00 am — 12:11:30 am

  (Studio) Apollo 13 crewmen visit Congress
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) James Lovell, John Swigert receive warm Senator welcome; trouble corrected; Apollo 14 October launch may be on schedule. [LOVELL - expresses confidence in NASA.] [Senator Margaret Chase SMITH - says was impressed by confidence displayed by astronauts' wives.] [SWIGERT - would fly mission again.] House increases NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) budget; Apollo 13 failure a success.
  REPORTER: David Schoumacher

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  12:11:30 am — 12:11:40 am

  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Mortgages

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  12:11:40 am — 12:12:00 am

  (Studio) Private business pledge $2 billion home mortgage increase; will help lessen hseing. shortage.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Teamsters / Strike

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  12:12:00 am — 12:12:30 am

  (Studio) Teamster head proposes trucking strike solution; will submit new contract for $1.10 per hour over 3 years; Chicago and others may hold out.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Marlboro Cigarettes.)

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  12:12:30 am — 12:13:30 am

• Stanford / Arson

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  12:13:30 am — 12:14:00 am

  (Studio) Arsonists destroy Stanford University scholars' work; firebombs hit Center for Advanced Studies.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• White House / Tea

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  12:14:00 am — 12:14:30 am

  (Studio) Yippie leader Abbie Hoffman and Grace Slick try to crash Tricia Nixon's party; thrown out of White House
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• My Lai / Congress / Survivors

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  12:14:30 am — 12:19:50 am

  (Studio) Congress hears My Lai testimony from general accused of duty dereliction.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) Major General Samuel Koster testifies; Congress upset at Army's lack of cooperation.
  REPORTER: Steve Rowan

  (Studio) My Lai survivors' village visited.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Songmy, South Vietnam) My Lai abandoned; refugee village crowded and harassed by VC; small United States Marine force at Songmy avoided by Vietnam. [Corporal Curtiss JENKINS - says most Vietnam won't accept American help.] My Lai has bad luck and memories for survivors.
  REPORTER: Richard Threlkeld

• House / Douglas Impeachment

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  12:19:50 am — 12:20:10 am

  (Studio) House Rules Committee Chairperson shelves resolution to handle William O. Douglas' impeachment investigation; liberal Representative Emanuel Celler heads investigating committee ; set-back for anti-Douglas forces.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Shriner Dies

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  12:20:10 am — 12:20:30 am

  (Studio) Humorist Herb. Shriner and wife die in Del Rey, California, car wreck.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Karate Duel

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  12:20:30 am — 12:21:00 am

  (Studio) Karate experts fight each other to death in Seattle, WA; sword used.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Femiron; Sominex.)

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  12:21:00 am — 12:22:00 am

• Comic Books

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  12:22:00 am — 12:27:20 am

  (Studio) Kids buy comic books; new, old heroes.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Hollywood, California) Hollywood Cherokee Bookstore has large comic section. [Bert BLUM - estimates has 100-150,000 old comics; says are about 2000 serious comics collectors; displays old pep hat, spoon, silver bullet, medallions, "big little books"; charges 10 cents-$300.]
  REPORTER: Charles Kuralt

• Good Night

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  12:27:20 am — 12:27:20 am