Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CBS Evening News for 1971-06-14

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction Walter Cronkite (New York City)

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  05:30:20 pm — 05:30:40 pm

• Supreme Court / Swimming Pool Integration

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  05:30:40 pm — 05:35:00 pm

  (Studio) Supreme Court rules cities may close public swimming pools to avoid integration.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) Decision upholds Jackson, Mississippi, closing 5 pools following integration order; blacks pushing for integration may now lose what recreational facilities had.
  REPORTER: George Herman

  (Studio) Plan for integrated swimming-in Jackson, Mississippi.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Jackson, Mississippi) [Mayor Russell C. DAVIS recommends bond referendum for construction of 10 swimming pools.] [NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) spokesperson Alex WAITES - says will present necessity of integrated pools to city cncl.]
  REPORTER: David Dick

• Justice Department / Black Jack, Missouri, Suit

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  05:35:00 pm — 05:35:50 pm

  (Studio) Justice Department sues Black Jack, Missouri, for zoning to prevent building of low cost housing project; suit claims zoning subterfuge for racial discrimination.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Glass Container Mfrs. Institute; Motorola Television.)

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  05:35:50 pm — 05:36:50 pm

• Classified Pentagon Report

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  05:36:50 pm — 05:43:00 pm

  (Studio) "New York Times" publishes portion of classified Pentagon report on US involvement in Vietnam War; most controversial disclosure involves report statements former President Lyndon B. Johnson planning escalation of war while running as peace candidate in 1964 election.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) [Senator Stuart SYMINGTON - asks if Senate Foreign Relations Committee can see documents since have been made public.] [Defense Secretary Melvin River LAIRD - says classification of documents not changed; publication of report violates United States government security regulations; not hard to determine who leaked report to "New York Times."] Possible sources listed.
  REPORTER: Bob Schieffer

  (Studio) Senator Barry M. Goldwater comments on report contents.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) [GOLDWATER - says knew of Johnson administration's plans to expand war before 1964 election; believes Johnson could have been re-elected in 1968 if leveled with American people; thinks American people deceived; but didn't think public would believe him because of public image during 1964 campaign.]
  REPORTER: Marvin Kalb

• Vietnam War

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  05:43:00 pm — 05:44:10 pm

  (Studio) United States planes bomb enemy in Laos, near Khe Sanh, South Vietnam; United States troop strength in South Vietnam drops below 250,000. GI Glenn Storer's twin brother tried to take his place in South Vietnam; demoted from Sp/4 to private; fined $146.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• India / Refugees

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  05:44:10 pm — 05:46:20 pm

  (Studio) USSR to help fly E. Pakistan refugees from Calcutta, India, area to central India.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (India) 200,000 refugees invade Barasat, India; cholera epidemic breaks out among refugees and fills hospital.
  REPORTER: Don Webster

• Air Force Jet

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  05:46:20 pm — 05:46:40 pm

  (Studio) United States Air Force jet with 24 passengers disappears between American Samoa and Hawaii.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Shell Gasoline; Savings and Loan Association)

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  05:46:40 pm — 05:47:40 pm

• Albuquerque, New Mexico / Rioting

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  05:47:40 pm — 05:49:30 pm

  (Studio) 1,300 National Guardsmen called into Albuquerque, NM, to quell rioting.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Albuquerque, NM) Rioting begins after police try to arrest persons in crowd of young people for public drinking; film shows police battling youths, bldgs. burning; 13 injured by gunshot wounds; 75 arrested.
  REPORTER: Bill Kurtis (KGGM-TV film)

  (Studio) New rioting reported in Albuquerque, NM, tonight.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Detroit, Michigan / Murders

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  05:49:30 pm — 05:50:50 pm

  (Studio) Police find 7 murdered in Detroit.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Detroit, Michigan) Murders believed related to war among black drug dealers; 3 escape, turn selves in; 8th victim in critical condition.
  REPORTER: Bill Plante (WJBK-TV film)

• Rev. Kelly Resignation

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  05:50:50 pm — 05:51:10 pm

  (Studio) Providence, Rhode Island, Reverend Bernard Kelly resigns from priesthood due to frustration with conservatism of United States Bishops.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Multiple Birth

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  05:51:10 pm — 05:51:30 pm

  (Studio) Doctors trying to keep alive remaining 4 of 9 babies, born to Mrs. Leonard M. Brodrick in Sydney, Australia.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Volkswagen; Norelco Shaver.)

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  05:51:30 pm — 05:52:30 pm

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:52:30 pm — 05:52:50 pm

  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Prime Interest Rate

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  05:52:50 pm — 05:53:10 pm

  (Studio) Banks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Chicago, Illinois, increase prime interest rates from 5 1/2 to 5 3/4%.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Industrial Production

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  05:53:10 pm — 05:53:30 pm

  (Studio) Ind. production up .7% for May.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• CWA Strike

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  05:53:30 pm — 05:55:20 pm

  (Studio) CWA announces intention to strike Bell Telephone System.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Kansas City, Missouri) [CWA President Joseph A. BEIRNE - announces strike vote.] CWA asks 25% wage increase; Bell offering 11%; strike date to be set Wednesday
  REPORTER: Murray Fromson

  (Studio) Bell says strike will delay installations, repairs.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• President Limousine

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  05:55:20 pm — 05:55:50 pm

  (Studio) Ford Motor Company building $250,000 bulletproof president limousine; White House will lease it for $5,000 per year
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Nytol; Confident Denture Cream.)

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  05:55:50 pm — 05:56:50 pm

• Navy Uniforms

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  05:56:50 pm — 05:57:50 pm

  (Studio) United States Navy making uniform changes.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) Navy eliminating enlisted man's bell bottom trousers, soft hats, jumper top by 1975.
  REPORTER: Barry Serafin

• Good Night

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  05:57:50 pm — 05:57:50 pm