Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CBS Evening News for 1974-02-27

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction Walter Cronkite (New York City)

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:30:30 pm

• Calley / Released

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  05:30:30 pm — 05:32:30 pm

  (Studio) Army Lieutenant William Calley, sentenced to 20 years for My Lai massacre, released today on bond.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Columbus, Georgia) Former military trial judge Colonel Reid Kennedy recommends Calley be released. Fiancee, Ann Moore, believes Calley useful to society. District Judge Robert Elliott grants Calley's release.
  REPORTER: Bruce Hall Artist: John Hart

• (Commercial: Di-Gel Antacid; Clear Eyes Eye Drops.)

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  05:32:30 pm — 05:33:30 pm

• Kissinger / Middle East / Syrian, Israeli Disengagement

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  05:33:30 pm — 05:36:00 pm

  (Studio) Secretary of State Henry Kissinger obtains list of Israeli POWs from Syrian President Assad.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Jerusalem, Israel) Syrian foreign minister Khaddam meets Kissinger on arrival. [KISSINGER - reports good progress made in Syria on arrival in Israel.] [Prime Min. Golda Meir announces news of prisoners of war list on nationwide TV.]
  REPORTER: Richard C. Hottelet

  (Israel) Israeli army doctor captured by Syrians; his wife waits 5 mos. for news of her husband. Official word comes that husband alive.
  REPORTER: Tom Fenton

• Damascus / Gromyko

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  05:36:00 pm — 05:36:20 pm

  (Studio) Few hrs. after Secretary of State Henry Kissinger leaves Damascus, Soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko arrives. Nature of visit undisclosed.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: People Magazine; Triscuit Wafer.)

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  05:36:20 pm — 05:37:20 pm

• Emergency Energy Bill

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  05:37:20 pm — 05:37:50 pm

  (Studio) House gives final Congress approval to emergency energy bill; President threatens veto. Details of bill outlined.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Feo / Gasoline Allocation

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  05:37:50 pm — 05:38:30 pm

  (Studio) FEO deputy director John Sawhill says fuel allocation system contains flaws. Nelson Benton reports FEO takes action to increase crude oil imports.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Coal Miners / Gasoline Shortage

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  05:38:30 pm — 05:40:40 pm

  (Studio) Many Appalachian miners stay off jobs because no gasoline available to get workers to mine.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Northfork, West Virginia) Coal miners react to shutdown. Gasoline availability almost

• Senior Citizens / Gasoline

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  05:40:40 pm — 05:40:50 pm

  (Studio) Annapolis, Maryland, station owner serves customers only over 70 in afternoon.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Vesco Case / Jury

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  05:40:50 pm — 05:41:10 pm

  (Studio) Federal judge in trial of John Mitchell and Maurice Stans expects jury to be chosen by tomorrow. Stans and Mitchell involved in Robert Vesco case; details given.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Watergate Indictments

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  05:41:10 pm — 05:42:40 pm

  (Studio) Mitchell, Stans case cited as reason for delay in Watergate indictments.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) Preindictment plea bargaining ends; special prosecutor Leon Jaworski fails to crack closest Nixon intimates. John Ehrlichman, John Mitchell, Charles Colson, H.R. Haldeman would have refused, or did refuse plea bargaining.
  REPORTER: Daniel Schorr

• Committee On Privacy / President

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  05:42:40 pm — 05:43:00 pm

  (Studio) President convenes cabinet-level committee on privacy; details of meeting reviewed.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Total Cereal; Sentry Insurance Company.)

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  05:43:00 pm — 05:44:00 pm

• Squatters / Shawnee On The Delaware, Pennsylvania

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  05:44:00 pm — 05:45:30 pm

  (Studio) United States marshals evict colony of squatters from area of Pennsylvania dam project near Pocono Mts.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Shawnee on the DE, Pennsylvania) Reasons for eviction reviewed. If squatters return, they'll be prosecuted.
  REPORTER: Chris Kelley

• Minimum Hrly. Wage / President

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  05:45:30 pm — 05:45:50 pm

  (Studio) President urges Congress to raise minimum hrly. wage to $2 and proposes 2 yearly increases thereafter.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• President / Public Appearances

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  05:45:50 pm — 05:46:10 pm

  (Studio) White House announces 2 public appearances next month by President in Chicago, Illinois, and Houston, Texas. Details given.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Byck / Hijack Attempt

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  05:46:10 pm — 05:47:40 pm

  (Studio) Tape recording sent to columnist Jack Anderson reveals frightening intentions of Samuel Byck, attempted hijacker.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) 3 killed during attempt at DC-Baltimore airport, incling. Byck. [On tape, BYCK - outlines hijack plan involving crashing into White House Believes action to wipe out those involved in Watergate scandal.]
  REPORTER: Neil Strawser

• Gold Prices

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  05:47:40 pm — 05:50:00 pm

  (Studio) Gold price drops somewhat on European mkts.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (NYC) Values of gold and silver skyrocket in US. [President Mocatta Metals Corporation Dr. Henry JARECKI - says Americans more concerned over devaluation of paper money.] Coin prices soar. [President "Dun's Review" Ray BRADY - thinks av. person should stay away from coin collecting because too many experts in market]
  REPORTER: Mitchell Krauss

• Trade Surplus

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  05:50:00 pm — 05:50:20 pm

  (Studio) Govt. reports United States had trade surplus of $644 million in January
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:50:20 pm — 05:50:30 pm

  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Gatch / Missing Balloonist

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  05:50:30 pm — 05:50:50 pm

  (Studio) Balloonist Thomas Gatch still missing.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

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

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  05:50:50 pm — 05:51:50 pm

• Ethiopia / Military Revolt

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  05:51:50 pm — 05:52:20 pm

  (Studio) Ethiopian navy and air force units join army in spreading military revolt over low wages.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Messmer and Cabinet Resign

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  05:52:20 pm — 05:52:40 pm

  (Studio) French Prime Min. Pierre Messmer and cabinet resign, but President George Pompidou renames Messmer and requests he form smaller cabinet.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Britain / National Election

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  05:52:40 pm — 05:57:00 pm

  (Studio) British national election to be held tomorrow.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (London, England) [Prime Minister Edward HEATH - blames unions and extremists for British troubles.] Labor party's. Harold Wilson bases campaign on inflation, high prices etc. [WILSON - insists Conservative party responsible for economy problems.] Leader of Liberal party Jeremy Thorpe blasts both ptys. [THORPE - reports Liberal support on increase]
  REPORTER: Charles Collingwood

  (London, England) Edward Heath's and Harold Wilson's backgrounds outlined.
  REPORTER: John Laurence

• Yale Restaurant

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  05:57:00 pm — 05:57:20 pm

  (Studio) Privately owned Yale Restaurant in New York City placed on health department's dirty restaurant list.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Good Night

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  05:57:20 pm — 05:57:20 pm