Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CBS Evening News for 1971-10-18

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction Walter Cronkite (New York City)

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  05:31:10 pm — 05:31:30 pm

• Canada / Kosygin

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  05:31:30 pm — 05:34:10 pm

  (Studio) Demonstrations, bombs found near Soviet Embassy and attack mark Premier Aleksei North Kosygin's 8-day visit to Canada.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Ottawa, Canada) Mbr. of Canadian-Hungarian Freedom Fighters Federation attacks Kosygin while he and Premier Pierre E. Trudeau take walk. Attack shown. Kosygin brushes it off. Man arrested.
  REPORTER: Ron Collister (Canadian Broadcasting System)

• USSR Naval Force

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  05:34:10 pm — 05:34:40 pm

  (Studio) Soviet naval force sighted in Atlantic, near Bermuda. Defense Department attaches no significance to event.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Soviet Defector

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  05:34:40 pm — 05:35:10 pm

  (Studio) Soviet trade representative, Anatoly Chebotarev defects in Belgium and names 37 Soviet spies there; seeks asylum in US.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Thermos Vacuum Bottles; Heet Liquid and Spray Ointment.)

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  05:35:10 pm — 05:36:10 pm

• United Nations / Chinas Debate

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  05:36:10 pm — 05:39:20 pm

  (Studio) United Nations debates United States 2 Chinas policy.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (New York City) [Albania foreign minister Nesti NASE - condemns United States' imperialist attitude for wanting to separate China and People's Republic of China] [United States ambassador George BUSH - says let's debate without namecalling.] Albania says United States wants to cut China in 2. United States says Albania wants to expel loyal member [China foreign minister Chow SHU-KAI - says country discharged all charter obligations; points out China has served cause of peace well.] Compromise does not seem possible.
  REPORTER: Richard C. Hottelet

• India-Pakistan

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  05:39:20 pm — 05:39:30 pm

  (Studio) United States talks with USSR , France and Great Britain with regard to India and Pakistan war possibility.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Vietnam / Fighting

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  05:39:30 pm — 05:39:50 pm

  (Studio) Communist forces battle South Vietnam near Saigon, South Vietnam. Casualties reported.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Cambodia

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  05:39:50 pm — 05:40:30 pm

  (Studio) Reporter Marvin Kalb says Senator Mike Mansfield to propose cutting off all aid to Cambodia.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Ford Motor Company Trucks.)

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  05:40:30 pm — 05:41:30 pm

• Cancer Research

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  05:41:30 pm — 05:41:50 pm

  (Studio) President Nixon flies to Fort Detrick, MD, to mark change from germ warfare center to cancer research center
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Analysis (Supreme Court and Football)

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  05:41:50 pm — 05:44:10 pm

  (Studio) Nixon to name Supreme Court nominees soon.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) Eric Sevareid uses football analogy to compare Nixon and George Allen's problems with regard to filling Supreme Court vacancies and Washington Redskins. Both men plan for today, not future.
  REPORTER: Eric Sevareid

• School Lunches

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  05:44:10 pm — 05:44:20 pm

  (Studio) Agriculture Department gave up efforts to cut school lunch program for needy children.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Housing / Sullivan

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  05:44:20 pm — 05:44:50 pm

  (Studio) Representative Leonor Sullivan says government doesn't owe everyone place to live; accuses project leaders of not screening applicants carefully and watching them after they get in.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• C-5A

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  05:44:50 pm — 05:45:00 pm

  (Studio) 1st 1 of grounded Air Force C-5As returns to service. 16 expected soon.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Giffe Hijacking

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  05:45:00 pm — 05:45:40 pm

  (Studio) "Washington Post" prints radio pleas, from Pilot Brent Downs to FBI, for fuel to take off. After FBI refuses, hijacker killed pilot, wife and self. Federal Aviation Administration and FBI have no comment.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Hijacking

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  05:45:40 pm — 05:46:10 pm

  (Studio) Hijacker takes over jet in AK; gets fuel and food in Vancouver, British Columbia, for flight to Cuba via Mexico City; rptdly. en route to Vancouver now for larger plane.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Geritol Tablets and Liquid; Sominex Sleeping Tablets.)

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  05:46:10 pm — 05:47:10 pm

• Connally / Thieu

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  05:47:10 pm — 05:47:30 pm

  (Studio) Treasury Secretary John B. Connally to attend Thieu's inauguration as Nixon representative
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Greece / Agnew

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  05:47:30 pm — 05:48:40 pm

  (Studio) Vice President Spiro T. Agnew meets with Premier George Papadopoulos for 3rd time; visits tomb of Unknown Soldier.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Athens, Greece) Vice President Agnew places wreath; band plays; crowd cheers; will visit father's birthplace Tuesday
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite (narrates)

• Oil Fire

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  05:48:40 pm — 05:49:50 pm

  (Studio) Amoco Production Company offshore oil well on fire.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Off Louisiana Coast) Fire shown. Chart shows Amoco's plan to stop fire. [Spokesperson Richard DARLING - talks of different plans.] Safety valves didn't work.
  REPORTER: Del Vaughn

• Ocean Pollution

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  05:49:50 pm — 05:50:20 pm

  (Studio) Underseas explorer, Jacques Cousteau tells Senate Committee ocean life may die in 30-50 years unless water pollution stopped; wants industry ntns. to get together and stop underseas dumping.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• World Series / Riot

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  05:50:20 pm — 05:52:30 pm

  (Studio) Clean-up occurs after Pittsburgh Pirates' fans celebrate.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) 100,000 greet victorious team home. Fires set, cars overturned and violence ensues. 98 arrested and 100 injured. [Mayor Peter F. FLAHERTY - calls it overreaction by news media; notes no rapes here; some unruly but 95% of people just caught in massive jam.] [Pirate Roberto CLEMENTE - says fans get excited in different ways.] [Mrs. CLEMENTE - says never saw crowd like that before.]
  REPORTER: Robert Schakne

• Economy

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  05:52:30 pm — 05:52:50 pm

  (Studio) Ind. production increases .5% last month Homebuilding rate drops.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:52:50 pm — 05:53:00 pm

  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Apollo Health

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  05:53:00 pm — 05:53:40 pm

  (Studio) During Apollo XV flight, astronauts David River Scott and James B. Irwin suffered irregular heartbeats. Dr. Charles A. Berry says both lost 15% of supply of potassium, key element in regulating heart pace.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Maxwell House Coffee; Glass Container Mfrs. Institution, Incorporated)

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  05:53:40 pm — 05:54:30 pm

• Polar Bears / Canada

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  05:54:30 pm — 05:58:30 pm

  (Studio) Polar bear population on rise in Canada, despite decrs. elsewhere.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Churchill, Manitoba) Bears gather in herds. Most stay out of towns, but others forage for food there. [SPKR. - describes problem.] [CHILD - tells of scaring bear away.] [2nd SPKR. - says possible to work out co-existence without problem.] Mounties lecture on subject. Bears tranquillized last week for study. Humanitarian organization head, Brian Davies, suggests flying bears to unpop. point of Hudson Bay rather than kill them. Govt. agrees if Davies comes up with bear fare. [DAVIES - says they're not being killed for anything they've done; deserve chance to live.] 1st air lift shown.
  REPORTER: Ike Pappas

  (Studio) 4 more bears picked for air lift.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Good Night

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  05:58:30 pm — 05:58:30 pm