Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CBS Evening News for 1973-04-10

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction Walter Cronkite (New York City)

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:30:30 pm

• Mideast / Lebanese Raid

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  05:30:30 pm — 05:33:40 pm

  (Studio) Israeli commandos raid Beirut, Lebanon.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Beirut, Lebanon) Commandos kill 3 Arab guerrilla leaders in Beirut, include Kamal Nasser, spokesperson for Palestinian Liberation Org. Lebanese government, headed by Prime Min. Saeb Salam; offers resignation. Other Israeli commandos attack Palestinian refugee camp near Beirut and nearby offices Palestinian guerrillas. Over 40 Palestinians believed killed in raids. [Israeli Chief of Staff Lieutenant General David ELAZAR - feels operation serious blow to Arab guerrilla organization]
  REPORTER: Bill McLaughlin

  (Studio) Israel says casualties in raid were 2 dead and 2 wounded.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Exxon.)

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  05:33:40 pm — 05:34:40 pm

• Plane Crash / Switzerland

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  05:34:40 pm — 05:36:30 pm

  (Studio) British charter plane crashes in Switzerland.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Zurich, Switzerland) Most passengers young women, some with children, on excursion to Basel trade fair from England. Rescue efforts hampered by heavy fog and snow storm. At least 96 killed.
  REPORTER: Bert Quint

• Cambodia / United States Airlift

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  05:36:30 pm — 05:36:40 pm

  (Studio) United States begins airlifting fuel into Phnom Penh, Cambodia. City besieged by Communist forces. North Vietnam says will not accept Cambodian truce until Marshal Lon Nol ousted.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Thieu / German Visit

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  05:36:40 pm — 05:37:50 pm

  (Studio) South Vietnam President Thieu visits Bonn, West Germany.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Bonn, West Germany) Demonstrators protest Thieu visit in many German cities. Nobody in Willy Brandt administration talks with Thieu. President Gustav Heinemann urges Thieu to free South Vietnam political prisoners.
  REPORTER: John Sheahan

• (Commercial: Exxon.)

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  05:37:50 pm — 05:38:50 pm

• Veto Upheld / Pure Water

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  05:38:50 pm — 05:40:40 pm

  (Studio) House upholds President veto.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) Democrats fail to override president veto of rural water and sewer program. Republican Representative Jerry Ford says Democrats will be unable to override any President vetoes. Speaker Carl Albert upset by defeat.
  REPORTER: Roger Mudd Artist: Howard Brodie

• Executive Privilege

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  05:40:40 pm — 05:42:10 pm

  (Studio) 2 Senator subcmtes. hold hearings on doctrine executive privilege.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) [Senator Edmund MUSKIE - says 2 1/2 million employed in executive branch government Asks if Congress can require

• Trade Bill

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  05:42:10 pm — 05:42:50 pm

  (Studio) Nixon asks Congress for free hand in regulating American trade policy and connected matters. House Ways and Means Chairperson Wilbur Mills pledges first priority attention to matter. This means will be no tax reform this session, as agenda would be too crowded to include both matters.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Minimum Wage

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  05:42:50 pm — 05:43:20 pm

  (Studio) Admin. proposes raise in minimum wage from $1.60 to $2.30 in steps over 3 years AFL-CIO President George Meany unhappy with raise; accuses Labor Secretary Brennan of betraying unions.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Pentagon Papers Case

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  05:43:20 pm — 05:44:40 pm

  (Studio) Defendants take stand in Pentagon Papers case.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Los Angeles, California) Prosecutor David Nissen asks Anthony Russo if copied Pentagon Papers. Russo says was duty as American citizen to do so. [RUSSO - says feels jury on his side.]

  (Studio) Defendant Dan. Ellsberg begins testimony today.
  REPORTER: Fred Graham Artist: Don Juhlin Walter Cronkite

• IRS / Birth Control

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  05:44:40 pm — 05:45:00 pm

  (Studio) IRS (Internal Revenue Service) says birth control operation legitimate tax deduction.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Riland Indicted

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  05:45:00 pm — 05:45:20 pm

  (Studio) Medical specialist Kenneth Riland who went with Nixon to China indicted for tax evasion.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Exxon.)

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  05:45:20 pm — 05:46:20 pm

• Spring Storms / Snow, Floods

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  05:46:20 pm — 05:49:10 pm

  (Studio) Midwest plagued with blizzards and floods.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Estral Beach, Michigan) Waters from Lake Erie, blown by high winds, destroy much shore line property. 20,000 evacuated from area. [Carolyne BOETTNER - says will salvage what she can and move elsewhere.]
  REPORTER: Ike Pappas

  (Las Animas County, Colorado) Ranchers lose thousands cattle in Colorado; 90% spring calves dead because of snows. [Rancher William DOHERTY - says has lost 1/3 herd. Remaining cattle weak with pneumonia and snows continue. Has never seen such severe winter.]
  REPORTER: Randy Daniels

• Analysis (Energy Crisis)

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  05:49:10 pm — 05:51:50 pm

  (DC) Reporter contemplates ramifications of energy crisis for United States and world. Suggests over short term drastic reductions in energy consumption will be necessary.
  REPORTER: Eric Sevareid

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:51:50 pm — 05:52:10 pm

  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Exxon.)

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  05:52:10 pm — 05:53:10 pm

• Vietnam Veterans' Dilemma, Part 5

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  05:53:10 pm — 05:57:20 pm

  (Studio) Veterans Administration has generation gap with many young vets.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) Most vets. are soldiers from wars other than Vietnam. [Jim DUGGAN - says VA making special efforts to reach Vietnam vets.] [Larry BLUE - says VA benefits like Cadillac with no motor.] Experimental vets.' service center in Illinois employs Vietnam vets. in 2 offices in order to deal more effectively with Vietnam vets. [East Saint Louis office spokesperson Curtis THOMAS - says using Vietnam vets. as VA representatives makes communications easier with young vets.] Agency goes out and looks for Vietnam vets. Helps them find jobs, helps them with drug problems, etc.
  REPORTER: Bruce Morton

• Good Night

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  05:57:20 pm — 05:57:20 pm