Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CBS Evening News for 1979-03-21

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction and Preview Walter Cronkite (New York City)

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:30:20 pm

• Energy

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  05:30:20 pm — 05:32:20 pm

  (Studio) Warning of increase worldwide oil shortage from CIA and industry officials noted. Exxon president Robert Dolph quoted.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) CIA report with regard to oil supply decrease as result of Iran revolution and effects on future energy problems revealed at Senate hearing. [Senator Mark HATFIELD - states relationship of Iranian situation, oil supplies and economy] [Assistant Energy Secretary Harry BERGOLD - responds.] Ind. officials report situation serious, but not a crisis.
  REPORTER: Nelson Benton

• Iran / Oil

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  05:32:20 pm — 05:32:50 pm

  (Studio) Ayatollah Khomeini's representative to US, Shahriar Rohani, announcement re: Iranian oil output, exports and Egypt-Israel peace treaty quoted. Call for oil embargo by PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) leader Yasir Arafat cited.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Saudi Arabia / Oil

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  05:32:50 pm — 05:35:10 pm

  (Studio) Saudi Arabian oil minister Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani's response to administration energy policy quoted.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (No location given) [YAMANI - comments with regard to Carter administration handling of oil crisis; role of Alaska oil; United States troops in Saudi Arabia; USSR .]
  REPORTER: Doug Tunnell

  (Studio) Saudi newspaper's call for Arab war against Israel to regain Jerusalem and other Arab territories reported Arrival of Jordan's King Hussein in Saudi Arabia for mtgs. with King Khalid with regard to expected signing of Egypt-Israel peace treaty.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Old Spice Cosmetics; Mazola Margarine.)

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  05:35:10 pm — 05:36:20 pm

• Mideast Peace Developments

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  05:36:20 pm — 05:38:00 pm

  (Studio) Israeli Knesset said expected to conclude debates with regard to peace treaty tomorrow; possibility of Jerusalem and Cairo treaty signings after DC ceremony next Monday noted. Menahem Begin and Anwar Sadat's positions re: signing locations mentioned.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) Weapons to be include in Egyptian defense package as per treaty agreement discussed; Defense Department film shown. Discussed are: F-16 versus F-4 planes; Egyptian defense minister Kamal Hassan Ali; M-60 tanks. Size of arms pkgs. to Egypt and Israel compared; NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and Sinai mentioned
  REPORTER: Ike Pappas (KOBC-TV news film)

• Iran / Kurds

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  05:38:00 pm — 05:40:30 pm

  (Studio) Fighting in Sanandaj, Iran, between army and Kurdish tribesmen reported continuing Persian new year said beginning.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Sanandaj, Kurdistan) Fighting in Sanandaj detailed; film shown. Background on conflict given. Kurd's anti-Shah stance and demands for autonomy examined; casualties cited. Difference in religious sects of Kurds and Ayatollah Khomeini supporters noted as possible cause for historic discrimination against Kurds. Kurdish lifestyle cited.
  REPORTER: Bill Plante

• (Commercial: Bayer Aspirin; Eveready Batteries.)

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  05:40:30 pm — 05:41:30 pm

• Economy

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  05:41:30 pm — 05:41:50 pm

  (Studio) AFL-CIO president George Meany quoted with regard to labor response to corporation profits; last years business profits cited.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Teamsters

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  05:41:50 pm — 05:43:50 pm

  (Studio) Negotiations for new Teamster contract stated underway.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Arlington, Virginia) Expiration of present contract week from Saturday and negotiations with regard to new contract said test of President Carter's wage/price guidelines; involvement of Labor Secretary Ray Marshall in negotiations cited. Film shown. [Alfred KAHN - states administration position.] Reaction by Teamsters president Frank Fitzsimmons quoted on screen. Effect of administration policy and Kahn's statements on negotiations considered.
  REPORTER: Richard Roth

• Supreme Court / Unempl. Benefits / Parochial Schools

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  05:43:50 pm — 05:44:20 pm

  (Studio) Supreme Court ruling with regard to legality of unempl. benefits for striking workers and imposition of collective bargaining rules on teachers in parochial schools detailed.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Vaccine Recall

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  05:44:20 pm — 05:44:40 pm

  (Studio) Wyeth Labs ntnwide. recall of vaccine after death of 4 infants inoculated in Tennessee detailed.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Newton Trial

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  05:44:40 pm — 05:46:40 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced.

  (Oakland, California) [Huey NEWTON - states innocence.] July 3, 1977, San Francisco film shown; details of Newton's return from Cuba to stand trial on murder chgs. given. [NEWTON - comments.] Newton's response to chgs. with regard to FBI and Black Panther party noted. Testimony of Newton, Michelle Jenkins, Carlos Bueno quoted. Arguments of prosecutor Tom Orlaf and defense attorney Michael Kennedy outlined. Film shown.
  REPORTER: Bernard Goldberg Artist: Howard Brodie

• Carter Family Bus. Investigation / Byrd

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  05:46:40 pm — 05:46:50 pm

  (Studio) Senator Robert Byrd's criticism of Attorney General Griffin Bell's naming special cnsl. rather than prosecutor in Carter family business investigation detailed.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Cox Baby

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  05:46:50 pm — 05:47:10 pm

  (Studio) Release from New York City hospital of Tricia and Christopher Cox reported; Edward Cox and Richard Nixon mentioned. Film shown.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Economy

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  05:47:10 pm — 05:47:30 pm

  (Studio) Commerce Department report with regard to 1978 balance of payments given. Press. Secretary Jody Powell quoted with regard to profits.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:47:30 pm — 05:47:40 pm

  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Roman Meal Bread; Miller Beer.)

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  05:47:40 pm — 05:48:40 pm

• The Arms Race: Deadly Dilemma

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  05:48:40 pm — 05:53:50 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (NYC) Amt. spent internationally in past 15 years on arms race noted; war games Bob Parkinson's decisions with regard to building toy weapons arsenal cited Film shown Similarities between Parkinson's approach and that of United States and USSR noted. Game developed by psychologists, The Game of Guns and Butter, explained; results of study with regard to game stated. [Dr. Jerome FRANK - comments.] Arms buildup of Zaire, Ecuador, and Saudi Arabia area over past 10 years reported; figs. shown on screen. Washington, DC arms show featured. [SALES tapes played.] US-USSR budget expenditures on defense compared. Bob Parkinson's completion of toy division cited.
  REPORTER: Jed Duvall (WDVM-TV newstape)

• (Commercial: Wheat Thins; Ford Autos.)

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  05:53:50 pm — 05:54:50 pm

• Footprints

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  05:54:50 pm — 05:55:30 pm

  (Studio) Details given with regard to 3 1/2 million year old human footprints discovered in Tanzania; photograph shown. Anthropologist quoted with regard to important of find. National Geographic Society cited as sponsor of expedition.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Hodge Death

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  05:55:30 pm — 05:57:30 pm

  (Studio) Death of Al Hodge, radio's Green Hornet and former television star, reported Background on Hodge given, include job at Cartier's.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (No location given) Hodge's role in "Captain Video" television show recalled; photograph and scenes from program shown courtesy Donald Zimmerman. Hodge's life since show ended detailed. Film shown
  REPORTER: Steve Young

• Good Night

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  05:57:30 pm — 05:57:30 pm