Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CBS Evening News for 1974-02-01

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction Walter Cronkite (New York City)

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:30:30 pm

• Economy Report

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  05:30:30 pm — 05:34:40 pm

  (Studio) President sends economy report to Congress Labor Department says unemployment rises considerably.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) Econ. report hints at decontrol plans for wages, prices. Inflation, unemployment, economy growth all look gloomy for `74. Details of economy report follows.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (Studio) Unemployment rises to 5.2% in January; energy crisis blamed. Los Angeles unemployment reaches 6.8%.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Los Angeles, California) Plastic industry hit hardest by unemployment. Oil needed for plastic production; energy squeeze affects Products and Design Corp.'s un- employment. [John PETERSON - explains plastic companies' losses.] Reporter Foster Davis interviews plastic company's employee Hayden Elliott. [ELLIOTT - says family can probably live 6 mos. without his working.3
  REPORTER: Terry Drinkwater

  (Studio) Auto sales drop 31% over last January More unemployment foreseen.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:34:40 pm — 05:34:50 pm

  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: The Hartford Insurance Company; Dristan Tablets For Sinus.)

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  05:34:50 pm — 05:35:50 pm

• Food / Monthly Grocery Store Checks

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  05:35:50 pm — 05:39:30 pm

  (Studio) President and economy advisers warn of incring. prices. Grocery store checks prove warning necessary.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (NYC) Grocery items rise 5.2% in 1 month March 1973 - $20.01; February `74 - $22.09
  REPORTER: Sharron Lovejoy

  (Atlanta, Georgia) March `73 - $20.00; February 1, `74 - $23.02 February's items show 15% increase since last March.
  REPORTER: Bruce Hall

  (Chicago, Illinois) All staples increase March `73 - $19.99; February 1, `74 - $24.00. 20% increase since last year noted.
  REPORTER: Bill Plante

  (Los Angeles, California) March `73 - $20.00; February 1 - $21.97. Items increase 10% in past year
  REPORTER: David Dow

• Economy / Wage, Price Controls

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  05:39:30 pm — 05:39:50 pm

  (Studio) Cost of Living Council lifts price controls on major chain stores; other controls remain intact. Details given.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Oil Cos. / Gasoline, Heating Oil Prices

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  05:39:50 pm — 05:40:10 pm

  (Studio) Some oil companies announce whsle. gasoline price increases; companies named. Heating oil prices expected to rise also. Texaco maintains prices at January level.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Truckers Strike

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  05:40:10 pm — 05:42:40 pm

  (Studio) Independent truckers strike; violence occurs.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Woodbridge, New Jersey) Dozens of truckers stop gasoline shipments to N.E.
  REPORTER: David Henderson

  (N. Lima, Ohio) Truckers react to strike; many comply with requests to shut off trucks in effort to stop violence.
  REPORTER: Richard Roth

  (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Governor Milton Shapp places National Guard on alert. Many truckers travel in groups to ward off violence. Teamsters insist truckers work; Steel Hauler's Association says truckers should strike.
  REPORTER: Bob McNamara

• Sawhill / Energy

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  05:42:40 pm — 05:43:10 pm

  (Studio) Dep. Federal Energy Office John Sawhill states United States can begin solving energy crisis in `74, but all problems won't be solved in '74 Statement made after President comments on energy in state of union message.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: United States Brewers Association)

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  05:43:10 pm — 05:44:10 pm

• Sao Paulo, Brazil / Fire

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  05:44:10 pm — 05:45:30 pm

  (Studio) More than 100 die in Sao Paulo, Brazil, office building fire.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (NYC) New office building had no fire escapes; rescue work painfully slow. 18 jump to their death; total death toll unknown.
  REPORTER: Robert Schakne

• Britain / Coal Miners

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  05:45:30 pm — 05:45:40 pm

  (Studio) British coal miners vote on strike. Tally to be counted over wkend.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Britain / Energy Crisis / Conservation Suggestion Contest

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  05:45:40 pm — 05:48:10 pm

  (Studio) Britain's power shortage evokes unusual conservation suggestions.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (London, England) Winning conservation suggestion in gas. company contest calls on British couples to share the bath and conserve energy. [British Gas Bd. Geoff MILLS - doesn't think suggestion is vulgar.) [Parliament member Joseph KINSEY - finds cartoon offensive.] [Contest winner Mrs. Ida JONES - thinks idea is good for laugh.]
  REPORTER: John Laurence

• Middle East / Diplomatic Meetings

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  05:48:10 pm — 05:48:20 pm

  (Studio) Mid. E. diplomatic efforts continue. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and President to meet with Soviet foreign minister Gromyko and later in week Jordan's King Hussein.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Russian Bus Driver / United States Embassy

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  05:48:20 pm — 05:48:50 pm

  (Studio) Russian bus driver slams bus into United States embassy compound in Moscow; 14 yr. old son also in business Father doesn't seek political asylum; proper emigration laws explained.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Florida Grapefruit Growers; The Hartford Insurance Company.)

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  05:48:50 pm — 05:49:50 pm

• White House Tapes / Watergate

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  05:49:50 pm — 05:51:10 pm

  (Studio) White House tapes controversy conts.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) Possibly more Watergate tapes exist. Conversations between Gordon Liddy, Howard Hunt and high White House officials may have been taped. CIA admits destroying some tapes pertinent to Watergate probe.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• California / President / Income Tax

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  05:51:10 pm — 05:51:40 pm

  (Studio) California state tax official Martin Huff says President isn't resident of California for tax purposes.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• White House Tape / 18-Min. Gap / Rhyne

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  05:51:40 pm — 05:52:10 pm

  (Studio) Rose Mary Woods' attorney, Charles Rhyne, states 6 technical experts have little knowledge of White House tape with 18-min. erasure. Miss Woods testifies before grand jury with regard to gap.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Scott, Prosecutor's Office / President, Dean / Watergate

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  05:52:10 pm — 05:53:50 pm

  (Studio) Senator Hugh Scott believes John Dean lies about President' involvement in Watergate; special prosecutor's office trusts Dean.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (White House) [SCOTT - questions prosecutor's office's confidence in Dean.] Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler refuses comment on existing evidence capable of proving President' noninvolvement.
  REPORTER: Robert Pierpoint

• Railroad Lines / Discontinued

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  05:53:50 pm — 05:54:10 pm

  (Studio) Transportation Department recommends 1/4 of railroad routes in 17 N.E. and Mid. W. states be abandoned.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Bayer Timed-Release Aspirin; Haley's M-O Laxative.)

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  05:54:10 pm — 05:55:10 pm

• Sex Discrimination / Little League Baseball

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  05:55:10 pm — 05:57:40 pm

  (Studio) New Jersey civil rights office signs ruling prohibiting sex discrimination in Little League baseball in New Jersey. Carolyn Anne King case reviewed.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Hoboken, New Jersey) Maria Pepe's case brought about new ruling. [Maria PEPE - likes sports because it keeps her active.] [Mrs. Angie PEPE - watches Maria play basketball.] Maria too old to play in Little League. New ruling won't affect her baseball playing. Basketball more fun now.
  REPORTER: Sylvia Chase

• Good Night

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  05:57:40 pm — 05:57:40 pm