Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CBS Evening News for 1974-06-07

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction Walter Cronkite (New York City)

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:30:30 pm

• President / Contempt of Court

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  05:30:30 pm — 05:32:30 pm

  (Studio) President may be found in contempt of court for refusing to abide by subpoena in Ellsberg trial. Judge Gerhard Gesell presides over case.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) John Ehrlichman wanted subpoenaed evidence for use in defense case in Ellsberg trial. President' attorney James Saint Clair and Ehrlichman testify before Judge Gesell with regard to matter. Judge Gesell extremely angry at White House [EHRLICHMAN - insists he's not plea bargaining with prosecutors.]
  REPORTER: Lesley Stahl Artist: Howard Brodie

• Unindicted Co-Conspirators

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  05:32:30 pm — 05:32:50 pm

  (Studio) Judge John Sirica to name unindicted co-conspirators in Watergate case.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Kleindienst

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  05:32:50 pm — 05:34:40 pm

  (Studio) Former Attorney General Richard Kleindienst won't be put in jail although he testified inaccurately to Senator with regard to ITT.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) Judge George Hart imposes sentence on Kleindienst. [KLEINDIENST - expresses gratitude for light sentence.] Kleindienst probably won't lose license.
  REPORTER: Fred Graham Artist: Howard Brodie

• Haldeman / Rebozo Money / Legal Aid

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  05:34:40 pm — 05:36:30 pm

  (Studio) H.R. Haldeman reacts to yesterday's Lesley Stahl report
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (No location given) [HALDEMAN - says he's never received money from any fund set up by Rebozo.]
  REPORTER: No reporter given

  (Studio) Dep. press secretary Gerald Warren insists President never gave money to aides for legal defense
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Lindh / White House Position

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  05:36:30 pm — 05:36:50 pm

  (Studio) Patricia Sullivan Lindh named new White House assistant for women's special programs. Mrs. Lindh reacts to Watergate.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: ORAfix Denture Adhesive; Arthritis Pain Formula.)

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  05:36:50 pm — 05:37:50 pm

• Hearst / SLA Tape

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  05:37:50 pm — 05:40:00 pm

  (Studio) Tape from SLA member Patricia Hearst found.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Los Angeles, California) Patricia Hearst, William and Emily Harris all speak on tape. Hearst expresses love for Cujo, possibly William Wolfe, killed during SLA shootout 2 weeks ago. Hearst tape played. Family spokesperson for Hearst says parents glad Patricia alive.
  REPORTER: David Dow

• (Commercial: Nestea Instant Tea; American Tourister Luggage.)

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  05:40:00 pm — 05:41:00 pm

• Vietnam Peace Talks

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  05:41:00 pm — 05:41:30 pm

  (Studio) South Vietnam agrees to restore communication and transportation to Viet Cong in effort to keep peace talks moving.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Kissinger / Jewish Emigration / USSR

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  05:41:30 pm — 05:43:20 pm

  (Studio) Secretary of State Henry Kissinger says congress pressure may be causing reduction of Jewish emigration from Soviet Union. Former ballet star Valery Panov and wife attempt to emigrate from USSR .
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Moscow, USSR ) Soviet authorities now plan to issue exit visas to both Panovs. Soviet motives for visas discussed.
  REPORTER: Murray Fromson

• Kissinger / Wiretaps / Senate Foreign Relations Committee

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  05:43:20 pm — 05:45:10 pm

  (Studio) Secretary of State Henry Kissinger appears at Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) Anti-Vietnam demonstrators break up committee hearings. Kissinger then confronted by wiretap controversy. [KISSINGER - insists he never initiated wiretap program.] [Senator Edmund MUSKIE - queries Kissinger re: matter.] Kissinger says President, late FBI director J. Edgar Hoover and former Attorney General John Mitchell instituted plan.
  REPORTER: Bernard Kalb

• Price Sisters / Fast

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  05:45:10 pm — 05:45:30 pm

  (Studio) Marion and Dolours Price, members of IRA, supposedly give up fast.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Guinness Brewery Strike

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  05:45:30 pm — 05:46:00 pm

  (Studio) Strike occurs at Guinness Brewery in Irish Republican
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Geritol; Sominex Sleeping Pills.)

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  05:46:00 pm — 05:47:00 pm

• May / Unemployment

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  05:47:00 pm — 05:47:30 pm

  (Studio) Govt. reports unemployment edges up to 5.2% in May. Worst unemployment among teenagers.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Prime Interest Rate

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  05:47:30 pm — 05:47:40 pm

  (Studio) New York 1st National City Bank lowers prime lending rate to 11 1/4%.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:47:40 pm — 05:47:50 pm

  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Tornado / Forrest City, Arkansas

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  05:47:50 pm — 05:48:50 pm

  (Studio) Tornado hits Forrest City, Arkansas.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Forrest City, Arkansas) Destruction shown; at least 2 persons killed.
  REPORTER: Charles Kelley (KTHV-TV)

• Reserve Mining Co.

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  05:48:50 pm — 05:50:40 pm

  (Studio) Reserve Mining Company focal point of environmental court case.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Silver Bay, Minnesota) For 4 years, courts hear cases to stop Reserve Company from dumping wastes into Lake Superior. [Pollution control agency Grant MERRITT - believes Reserve's continued dumping dangerous to public health.] Econs. of situation outlined.
  REPORTER: Bill Plante

• Analysis (Watergate Effects)

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  05:50:40 pm — 05:53:10 pm

  (Studio) Effect of Watergate on Nixon administration analyzed by Eric Sevareid.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) Americans wonder who's in charge at White House Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's popularity never higher; Nixon's never lower. Top policy and directive decisions hard to come by from White House these days.
  REPORTER: Eric Sevareid

• (Commercial: Grecian Formula 16 Hair Color; Denta Fresh Denture Cleaner.)

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  05:53:10 pm — 05:54:10 pm

• Chimpanzee

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  05:54:10 pm — 05:57:30 pm

  (Studio) Boston scientist teaches chimpanzee to communicate with language.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Atlanta, Georgia) Lana, the chimp, able to construct sentences to get results wanted. Various experiments shown. [Psychology department chairperson University of Georgia Dr. Duane RUMBAUGH - believes system could be used to help deaf children.]
  REPORTER: David Dick

• Good Night

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  05:57:30 pm — 05:57:30 pm

• Good Night

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  05:57:30 pm — 05:57:30 pm