Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CBS Evening News for 1979-02-10

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction Bob Schieffer (New York City)

  #262014

  06:30:00 pm — 06:30:10 pm

• Iran Developments / United States Reaction

  #262015

  06:30:10 pm — 06:34:20 pm

  (Studio) Iran said close to civil war; 8 police stations burned.
  REPORTER: Bob Schieffer

  (Tehran, Iran) Battle with civilians, and air force cadets against Iran's army and Imperial Guard, described and shown.
  REPORTER: Betsy Aaron

  (Studio) Cameraman Norman Lloyd and soundman Tim Hollohan listed as having taped preceding report Joe Alex Morris Junior's death reported.
  REPORTER: Bob Schieffer

  (Tehran, Iran) Pol. positions said inflexible. Shahpour Bakhtiar's imposition of curfew and Ayatollah Khomeini's order for populace to ignore it noted.
  REPORTER: Richard Wagner

  (Studio) State Department report on Americans in Iran given.
  REPORTER: Bob Schieffer

• (Commercial: Anacin; Pond's Cream and Cocoa Butter Lotion and Pond's Bath Oil Beads.)

  #262016

  06:34:20 pm — 06:35:20 pm

• Saudi Arabia / Brown Visit / Taiwan Def.

  #262017

  06:35:20 pm — 06:39:20 pm

  (Studio) Reports with regard to United States warnings to China (PR) and USSR introduced
  REPORTER: Bob Schieffer

  (Riyadh., Saudi Arabia) Details of Defense Secretary Harold Brown's trip to Saudi Arabia given. [BROWN - is confident of United States strength.] Mtg. between Brown and Prince Fahd described. Incrd. arms sales, especially F-15's, said discussed. Saudi Arabia's position on Mideast peace noted. Impt. of defending Saudi oil fields cited.
  REPORTER: Ike Pappas

  (Studio) White House warning to China (PR) reported.
  REPORTER: Bob Schieffer

  (DC) President Carter's statement to newspaper eds.' conference with regard to United States ability to use either Pacific fleet or warfare to protect Taiwan given. Possible reactions from China (PR) anticipated.
  REPORTER: Robert Pierpoint

• Southeast Asian Developments

  #262018

  06:39:20 pm — 06:39:50 pm

  (Studio) "Pravda" said to have warned Chinese to end military pressure on Vietnam. Vietnam and China (PR) cited as protesting provocations along common border.
  REPORTER: Bob Schieffer

• (Commercial: Pan American Airlines; ITT.)

  #262019

  06:39:50 pm — 06:40:50 pm

• John Wayne

  #262020

  06:40:50 pm — 06:41:10 pm

  (Studio) John Wayne's release from University of California at Los Angeles Med. Center Hospital announced.
  REPORTER: Bob Schieffer

• Ohio Accident

  #262021

  06:41:10 pm — 06:41:50 pm

  (Studio) Rescue of 2 women who drove auto into Mad River near Fairborn, Ohio, described. Film shown.
  REPORTER: Bob Schieffer

• Billy Carter / Face The Nation

  #262022

  06:41:50 pm — 06:43:50 pm

  (Studio) Billy Carter said to have told "Atlanta Journal" that if federal grand jury indicts Bert Lance it will probably indict him too.
  REPORTER: Bob Schieffer

  (Studio) Details of Billy Carter's agreement to appear on "Face the Nation" and his cancellation of that appearance given. President adviser Gerald Rafshoon and Billy's lawyer, John Parks, mentioned. Billy Carter's meeting with Libyans and his personal finances cited.
  REPORTER: Diane Sawyer

• Susan Ford's Marriage

  #262023

  06:43:50 pm — 06:44:00 pm

  (Studio) Susan Ford's marriage to father's ex-guard, Charles Vance, announced.
  REPORTER: Bob Schieffer

• (Commercial: Triscuit Wafers; Sominex Sleeping Aid.)

  #262024

  06:44:00 pm — 06:45:00 pm

• Proposition 13

  #262025

  06:45:00 pm — 06:49:20 pm

  (Studio) Report with regard to effects of Prop. 13 introduced
  REPORTER: Bob Schieffer

  (Los Angeles, California) [Retired homeowner Ernest BARRIESSA - speaks of effect of lower taxes.] Effects on libraries, parks, schools and police forces cited. Noted that state government aided local govts. [San Jose school supt. Charles KNIGHT - terms Prop. 13 a meat cleaver approach.] [Los Angeles police chief Daryl GATES - speaks of low morale in depts.] [Howard JARVIS - comments.] [Stan JACOBS - says replacing lost services cost more than the difference in property taxes.]
  REPORTER: Barry Petersen

• Human Rights

  #262026

  06:49:20 pm — 06:51:00 pm

  (Studio) State Department release of report on human rights in cntrys. United States aids announced.
  REPORTER: Bob Schieffer

  (Studio) Comment on attempts to safeguard human rights given.
  REPORTER: Rod MacLeish

• New Orleans Police / Mardi Gras

  #262027

  06:51:00 pm — 06:51:20 pm

  (Studio) Mardi Gras preparations said proceeding in New Orleans since striking police have signed return to work agreement.
  REPORTER: Bob Schieffer

• (Commercial: Sanka Coffee; Shake `N Bake.)

  #262028

  06:51:20 pm — 06:52:20 pm

• Fast Food Chains

  #262029

  06:52:20 pm — 06:57:30 pm

  (Studio) McDonalds, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut representative at Senator Nutrition subcommittee hearing reported Claim that fast food is not junk food reported.
  REPORTER: Bob Schieffer

  (Atlanta, Georgia) Fast food business in United States described. [Wendy's founder River David THOMAS - comments on growth of company] [Burger King President Donald SMITH - comments on competition by Wendy's.] McDonalds company reported to view Wendy's as threat. [Financial analyst Robert EMERSON - comments on competition as destroyer of smaller chains.] Supermkts. as big losers noted.
  REPORTER: Martha Teichner

• Good Night

  #672065

  06:57:30 pm — 06:57:30 pm