Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CBS Evening News for 1971-12-22

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction Walter Cronkite (New York City)

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  05:30:40 pm — 05:31:00 pm

• President / Economy Powers

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  05:31:00 pm — 05:31:30 pm

  (Studio) President Nixon signs bill extending economy powers to April, 1973; predicts inflation defeat in `72.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Cost of Living Index / Price Commission / Pay Board

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  05:31:30 pm — 05:34:30 pm

  (Studio) Cost of Living Index rises .2% in November
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) Rent action taken: 5% over May, 1970, rent permissible. [Price Commission C. Jackson GRAYSON - explains how rents can rise.] Taxes, services, improvements can be incld. [Tenant member rent control board Mrs. Rose WYLIE - charges hoax.] [GRAYSON - defends action.] [WYLIE - threatens rent strikes.] [GRAYSON - cites reasoning.] Pay Bd. wage conflict predicted. Aerospace workers' contract noted. Labor threatens Pay Bd. walkout on issue.
  REPORTER: Daniel Schorr

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:34:30 pm — 05:34:50 pm

  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Amana Radarange; Glory Rug Cleaner.)

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  05:34:50 pm — 05:35:50 pm

• United Nations / Secretary Gen.

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  05:35:50 pm — 05:38:10 pm

  (Studio) Austrian Ambassador Kurt Waldheim OK'd as United Nations Secretary General
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (NYC) Waldheim takes office; profiled. [WALDHEIM - accepts appointed] Homage paid to retiring Secretary General U Thant. [U THANT - speaks of need for deputy]
  REPORTER: Richard C. Hottelet

• Bangladesh

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  05:38:10 pm — 05:39:10 pm

  (Studio) Bangladesh leaders return to Dacca. Massive crowd grows unruly, frenzied. Sheik Mujibur Rahman put under house arrest, rather than imprisoned.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Prime Minister Gandhi

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  05:39:10 pm — 05:40:10 pm

  (Studio) India-Pakistan victory increases popularity of Prime Min. Indira Gandhi.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (New Delhi, India) [Mrs. GANDHI - expresses optimism regarding United States relations]
  REPORTER: Peter Kalischer

• Mideast Meeting

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  05:40:10 pm — 05:40:40 pm

  (Studio) Egypt, Syria, Libya leaders meet in Cairo. Egypt President Anwar Sadat on pol. settlement deadline may be extended.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Aqua Velva Shave Prdts.; Sominex Sleeping Tablets.)

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  05:40:40 pm — 05:41:40 pm

• Campaign `72 / Muskie

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  05:41:40 pm — 05:43:20 pm

  (Studio) Ohio Governor John Gilligan endorses Senator Edmund Muskie for Democrat President nom. [GILLIGAN - says people tired of being had.] [MUSKIE - says hasn't got nomination wrapped up.] Successes to date noted; leading in most polls.
  REPORTER: David Schoumacher

• Ed. Hanrahan

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  05:43:20 pm — 05:44:10 pm

  (Studio) Illinois State's Attorney Edward Hanrahan to seek reelection despite withdrawal of party support.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Chicago, Illinois) [HANRAHAN - denies charges; says not to run would be best propaganda for Black Panthers.]
  REPORTER: No reporter given

• Christmas Tragedy

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  05:44:10 pm — 05:45:00 pm

  (Studio) John E. Fitzpatrick of Cleveland, Ohio, stabbed to death waiting with children in department store Santa Claus line. Suspect arrested.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Mogen David Wine; Pam Vegetable Spray.)

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  05:45:00 pm — 05:46:00 pm

• Vietnam War / Air War

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  05:46:00 pm — 05:52:50 pm

  (Studio) United States jets fire missiles at North Vietnam radar base. Secret United States air bases in Thailand featured.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Thailand) Most air power directed toward Laos. NKP, Nakhon Phanom base cited as large, secret operation; heart of electronic war against Ho Chi Minh Trail; battery operated sensors used, computers interpret signals; TV, laser beams guide bombs.
  REPORTER: Phil Jones

  (DC) [Air Force Secretary Robert SEAMANS, JR. - tells of success in interrupting North Vietnam supply lines.]
  REPORTER: Bob Schieffer

  (Thailand) NKP one of 5 Thailand bases. Utapao base cited.
  REPORTER: Phil Jones

  (Udorn, Thailand) Control point for air war. F-4 Phantoms filmed. Large munition supplies reported C-141 jet freighters extensively used for supply haul. Laos supplied. Unmarked planes present; CIA connection cited.
  REPORTER: Phil Jones

  (No location given) [US ambassador to Thailand Leonard UNGER - says actions necessary.]
  REPORTER: Phil Jones

  (Udorn, Thailand) Source of most F-4 activity against Cambodia.
  REPORTER: Phil Jones

  (Korat, Thailand) Source of much North Vietnam bombing. F-l05's pictured; base for super Constellation radar planes. EB-66 radar jammers also present. Most of filming done outside of bases. Thai security objected to filming; US embassy did not want pix taken.
  REPORTER: Phil Jones

  (No location given) [UNGER - says United States Embassy following Thai government rules.] Secrecy criticized, but massive, busy operations said at heart of air war.
  REPORTER: Phil Jones

• Prisoners of War Mail

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  05:52:50 pm — 05:53:40 pm

  (Studio) Defense Department charges Communist withholding prisoners of war mail. 1000 letters recd. by Committee of Liaison, headed by Mrs. Cora Weiss; 18 letters report prisoners held by VC. Pentagon says 1 letter from prisoner earlier reported killed in action, Marine Corporal Alfonso Riate.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Havoline Motor Oil.)

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  05:53:40 pm — 05:54:50 pm

• Nuclear Testing / USSR

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  05:54:50 pm — 05:55:20 pm

  (Studio) Federal of American Scientists says detection techniques so improved, on-site inspection of underground nuclear testing not necessary. US urged to relax position with respect to Moscow., United States believes to have detected USSR underground nuclear test.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Analysis (Nixon Summit Meetings)

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  05:55:20 pm — 05:57:50 pm

  (Studio) Nixon summit mtgs. subject of analysis
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Studio) Mtgs. recounted; meeting with French President George Pompidou most realistic. Peking, Moscow trips anticipated.
  REPORTER: Eric Sevareid

• Good Night

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  05:57:50 pm — 05:57:50 pm