Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CBS Evening News for 1980-11-12

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction Walter Cronkite (New York City)

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:30:10 pm

• Congress / Lame-Duck Session

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  05:30:10 pm — 05:33:20 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) Opening of lame-duck session of Congress examined; Senators George McGovern and Robert Byrd mentioned. [Response to House speaker Tip O'Neill's announcement that President Carter would veto any tax cut approved examined. [Senators Russell LONG and Robert DOLE - comment.] Byrd's assessment of Senator legislature outlined on screen. [Representative Robert MICHEL - comments on session.]
  REPORTER: Phil Jones, Artist: Dick Flood

  (Studio) Alaska Lands Bill reported approved by House; details given. House Interior Committee chairperson Morris Udall quoted.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• President Transition

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  05:33:20 pm — 05:36:40 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) Transition efforts by Ronald Reagan's staff examined. [Edwin MEESE - comments.] Meese's later statement on Reagan's proposed tax and budget programs outlined; his later meeting with President aide Jack Watson noted. [WATSON - comments.] Joint meeting between Carter and Reagan transition teams mentioned.
  REPORTER: Bill Plante

  (Studio) President Carter's expressed skepticism of Reagan's budget claims reported.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) Carter's remarks during news briefing on various Reagan proposals, Walter Mondale, own future and criticism of his early concession speech discussed.
  REPORTER: Jed Duvall

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:36:40 pm — 05:37:00 pm

• (Commercial: Conoco; Safeco Insurance.)

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  05:37:00 pm — 05:38:00 pm

• Iran / Hostage Crisis

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  05:38:00 pm — 05:41:40 pm

  (Studio) Apparent change in President Carter's attitude towards Iran hostage crisis with return of deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher from Algerian mission noted.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) Christopher's mission to Algeria discussed. [CHRISTOPHER - comments.] Algerian assessment of internal situation in Iran said close to United States perspective; details given.
  REPORTER: Robert Pierpoint

  (Studio) Christopher's White House meeting with Carter and Secretary of State Edmund Muskie and Carter's later remarks reported Composition of Algerian delegation to Iran said indicating that nation's seriousness in acting as liaison in crisis; details given.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (London, England) Iranian cabinet mbr.'s statement on cabinet's consideration of United States response and hostages' transfer to custody of Iranian government outlined; suggestion of Ayatollah Mohammed Beheshti reported Outcome of today's parliament session noted; update on Iran-Iraq war given.
  REPORTER: Tom Fenton

• Kuwait

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  05:41:40 pm — 05:42:00 pm

  (Studio) Kuwaiti border post on frontier with Iraq reported under rocket attack today from uniden. plane; details given. Iraq reported claiming to have shot down Iranian plane over Kuwaiti border.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Portugal

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  05:42:00 pm — 05:42:30 pm

  (Studio) Portugal reported refusing permission of any nation, include US, to use its ports to transport arms supplies to Iran; details given. Implications for US-run base on Azores Island noted.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Anacin; Buick Electra.)

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  05:42:30 pm — 05:43:30 pm

• Voyager I and Saturn

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  05:43:30 pm — 05:46:20 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Pasadena, California) Voyager I's latest photos of Saturn and its moons shown, discussed. [Voyager project scientist Edward STONE, imaging scientist Larry SODERBLOM - comment.] Voyager I's fate and possible course of United States space program examined; recording of United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim aboard Voyager I heard.
  REPORTER: David Dow

  (Studio) Sounds contained on recording aboard Voyager I listed; President Carter mentioned. Course of Voyager II outlined.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: Mazola Margarine; Roman Meal Products.)

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  05:46:20 pm — 05:47:20 pm

• Haitian Refugees

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  05:47:20 pm — 05:47:40 pm

  (Studio) Bahamian authorities reported forcibly removing Haitian refugees from is. of Cay Lobos and transporting them to Haiti; details given.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Hurricane Jeanne

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  05:47:40 pm — 05:48:10 pm

  (Studio) Hurricane Jeanne's progress through Gulf of Mexico and related storm in Key West, Florida, reported; details given, films shown.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite (WTVJ newstape)

• Iowa / Building Collapse

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  05:48:10 pm — 05:48:20 pm

  (Studio) Collapse of building during its demolition in Ottumwa, Iowa, trapping workers, reported; details given, films shown.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite (KTVO newstape)

• European Sec. Conference

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  05:48:20 pm — 05:50:20 pm

  (Studio) European Sec. Conf. reported deadlocked on human rights issue.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (Madrid, Spain) Address by Spain's Prime Min. Adolfo Suarez outlined; continued divisiveness of conference examined. USSR invasion of Afghanistan noted basis of West criticism at meeting [Canadian delegate Mark MacGUIGAN - comments.] Possible course of conference considered.
  REPORTER: Don Kladstrup

• Spain / Dissident's Death

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  05:50:20 pm — 05:50:50 pm

  (Studio) Death of exiled USSR dissident Andrei Amalrik in auto accident in Spain while en route to European security conference reported; details given.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Cholesterol Study

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  05:50:50 pm — 05:51:20 pm

  (Studio) Benefits of certain type of cholesterol as heart attack preventative in women, blacks and some others reported discovered in study conducted by National Heart, Lung and Blood Institution; details given.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Washington, DC Auto Accident

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  05:51:20 pm — 05:52:00 pm

  (Studio) Mistaken identification of victim in Sunday's auto accident in Washington, DC due to severity of injuries of both the living and dead reported; discovery that Cathy Storey, presumed dead and recently cremated, is among survivors noted. Others involved in accident named.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• (Commercial: VW Rabbit Diesel; Sanka Coffee.)

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  05:52:00 pm — 05:53:00 pm

• Presidential Election / Legis.

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  05:53:00 pm — 05:53:30 pm

  (Studio) Legis. reported introduced in both hses. of Congress aimed at controlling announcement of election returns prior to closing of polls; details of Senator and House bills outlined.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Supreme Court / Television In Ctrooms.

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  05:53:30 pm — 05:55:20 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (DC) Supreme Court's consideration of challenge to Florida law allowing television cameras in ctroom. by Noel Chandler and Robert Granger examined; Chandler and Granger's conviction on robbery chgs. recalled. Defense argument outlined. [Attorney for the plaintiffs Joel HIRSCHHORN - comments.] Argument of Florida attorney general detailed. [Florida attorney general Jim SMITH - comments.] Irony of Chief Justice Warren Burger's court deciding case in light of Burger's position on television cameras in Supreme Court noted.
  REPORTER: Fred Graham, Artist: Ann Munro Wood

• Abscam Trials / Murphy and Thompson

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  05:55:20 pm — 05:57:30 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

  (NYC) Abscam trial of Representatives Frank Thompson and John Murphy, featuring FBI videotapes of each involved in conversations with FBI agent Anthony Amoroso and Howard Criden examined; tapes shown, discussed. Defense argument noted.
  REPORTER: Chris Kelley, Artist: Al Herr

• Good Night

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  05:57:30 pm — 05:57:30 pm