Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CBS Evening News for 1974-04-23

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction Walter Cronkite (New York City)

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:30:20 pm

• President / Subpoena / Delay

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  05:30:20 pm — 05:33:40 pm

  (Studio) President requests 5-day delay in answering House Judiciary Committee's subpoena for 42 tapes.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (White House) Reasons for delay outlined. [Press Secretary Ronald ZIEGLER - insists President has no other reason for delay.]
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (Capitol Hill) Chairperson of House Judiciary Committee Peter Rodino says another request for White House evidence sent to President last week [RODINO - thinks 5-day delay to be granted by committee ] [Committee cnsl. John DOAR - says degree of White House compliance with subpoena unknown.] [Representative Jerome WALDIE - doesn't agree with Rodino on granting delay to White House]
  REPORTER: Bruce Morton

• (Commercial: Efferdent Denture Cleaner; Kendall Motor Oil.)

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  05:33:40 pm — 05:34:40 pm

• Oil Co. Profits

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  05:34:40 pm — 05:37:50 pm

  (Studio) Exxon and Texaco announce company profits.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (NYC) [Texaco chairperson Maurice GRANVILLE - announces 123% prof it in 1st qtr. of `74 to Texaco stkholders.] Exxon reports 39% profit increase in 1st qtr. of `74; Gulf up 76%; AMOCO up 81%; SUNOCO rises 85%. [Senator Henry JACKSON - calls oil company profits obscene.] [American Petroleum Institute president Frank IKARD attempts to justify profits.] Higher profits haven't led to incr in oil production.
  REPORTER: Mitchell Krauss

  (Studio) House Commerce Committee approves amendment to emergency energy bill, rolling back prices of most domestic crude oil. Consolidated Edison unable to pay dividends to stkholders.; blames financial difficulties on high fuel costs.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Reserve Mining Co.

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  05:37:50 pm — 05:40:30 pm

  (Studio) Court action leads to reopening of Reserve Mining Company in Silver Bay, Minnesota, after judge closed plant earlier for environmental reasons.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Silver Bay, Minnesota) Citizens shocked and upset by judge's ruling to close plant. [Appliance dealer Delbert FISH - says he'll be out of business if plant remains closed.] Shutdown ends temporarily; crisis only delayed. Employees react to situation.
  REPORTER: Bob McNamara

  (Studio) Reserve Mining dumps enormous amts of waste into Lake Superior daily: exact amts. given.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• New York Office Building Explosion / Gas Leaks

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  05:40:30 pm — 05:40:50 pm

  (Studio) New York fire cmsnr John O'Hagan reports office building explosion definitely caused by leaking gas.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Pan American Crash / Bali

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  05:40:50 pm — 05:41:00 pm

  (Studio) Rescue teams find no survivors at crash site of Pan American jet in Bali.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Lanacane Medication; Canadian Government, Office of Tourism.)

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  05:41:00 pm — 05:42:00 pm

• Middle East Fighting / Golan Hts.

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  05:42:00 pm — 05:43:40 pm

  (Studio) Fighting between Syria and Israel conts. in Golan Heights Secretary of State Henry Kissinger leaves Sunday for Geneva en route to Mid. E. in attempt to work out disengagement.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) Kissinger's plans for Syrian, Israeli troop withdrawal outlined. Kissinger to meet with Soviet foreign minister Gromyko in effort to gain Soviet support for disengagement plan.
  REPORTER: Marvin Kalb

• President / Egypt / Economy Aid

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  05:43:40 pm — 05:44:00 pm

  (Studio) President to ask Congress for $250 million economic aid for Egypt. Senator Frank Church opposes President' request.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• United Nations / Translators Refuse To Work

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  05:44:00 pm — 05:44:10 pm

  (Studio) United Nations General Assembly cancels meeting because translators refuse to work.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Cuba / Chrysler Subsidiary Sale

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  05:44:10 pm — 05:44:50 pm

  (Studio) Chrysler's Argentine subsidiary signs contract to sell 9000 vehicles to Cuba. Senate Foreign Relations Committee recommends Nixon end trade restrictions with Cuba.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• President / Potomac Cruise

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  05:44:50 pm — 05:45:10 pm

  (Studio) President cruises Potomac with chief of staff Alexander Haig.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Savings and Loan Association; RC Cola.)

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  05:45:10 pm — 05:46:10 pm

• Supreme Court / Reverse Discrimination

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  05:46:10 pm — 05:46:50 pm

  (Studio) Supreme Court decides not to review reverse discrimination case brought by Marco DeFunis; details given.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Stans, Mitchell Trial

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  05:46:50 pm — 05:48:10 pm

  (Studio) Defense begins closing argument in perjury, conspiracy trial for John Mitchell and Maurice Stans.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (NYC) Defense attorney Walter Bonner criticizes prosecution witnesses John Dean, Bradford Cook and others.

• Silbert / United States Attorney

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  05:48:10 pm — 05:48:30 pm

  REPORTER: Robert Schakne Artist: Aggie Whelan

  (Studio) Assistant United States attorney Earl Silbert nominated for United States attorney Special prosecutor Leon Jaworski says no evidence found of Silbert mishandling original Watergate trial.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Quello / FCC

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  05:48:30 pm — 05:48:50 pm

  (Studio) James Quello confirmed for 7-yr. term on Federal Communications Commission by Senator
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Television Safety

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  05:48:50 pm — 05:49:20 pm

  (Studio) television manufacturer's spokesperson admits television causes hundreds of deaths each year but disagrees that thousands of fires caused by TVs. Federal Consumer Products Safety Commission holds hearings.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Analysis (Inflation / Food Prices)

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  05:49:20 pm — 05:52:00 pm

  (Studio) President meets with all economy advisers to discuss economy problems.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) Inflation seems to be biggest problem. Admin. needs luck to combat inflation. Much depends on food prices; reserves now down. Most of world anxiously awaits news of crops from West and Mid. West US; this reporter hopes weather with us.
  REPORTER: Eric Sevareid

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:52:00 pm — 05:52:20 pm

  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Toastmaster Toaster; Skoal Tobacco Product.)

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  05:52:20 pm — 05:53:20 pm

• West Germany's Archie Bunker

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  05:53:20 pm — 05:56:30 pm

  (Studio) American's Archie Bunker extremely popular. West Germany has its own Archie.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Bonn, West Germany) German Archie Bunker described similarities and differences with American cousin reviewed. [Writer Wolfgang MENGE - says West Germany must create enemies on paper because no real problems exist in W. Germany as in American] West Germans react to popularity of show.
  REPORTER: John Sheahan

• Atlanta, Georgia / Bank Robbery

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  05:56:30 pm — 05:57:20 pm

  (Studio) Bank robbery in Atlanta, Georgia, looks like 1 for Sherlock Holmes.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Atlanta, Georgia) Burglars tunneled way from office bldg across street from bank target. Instead of tunnel reaching main bank vault, robbers came up in safe deposit vault and only got $1000. Rent for office bldg across street cost $1500.
  REPORTER: Tony Sargent

• Good Night

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  05:57:20 pm — 05:57:20 pm