Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CBS Evening News for 1981-10-06

This program is 28 minutes long

• Sadat Assassination

  #274193

  05:30:00 pm — 05:30:40 pm

  (No location given) [President REAGAN - praises Sadat.] Assassination of President Anwar Sadat today in Cairo, Egypt, described, shown.
  REPORTER: Report unidenified

• Introduction Dan Rather (Washington, DC)

  #274194

  05:30:40 pm — 05:30:50 pm

• Sadat Assassination

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  05:30:50 pm — 05:38:50 pm

  (Studio) President Anwar Sadat's assassination reported.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (Cairo, Egypt) Details of assassination examined; films shown. (Camera and sound operators' names appear on screen.) Vice President Hosni Mubarak and defense min. Abu Ghazala incld. in report UASF Lieutenant Colonel Charles Loney, United States Air Force Captain Christopher Ryan and Marine Major Jerald Agenbroad noted present during shooting. Independent Org. for the Liberation of Egypt said claiming responsibility for assassination. Sufi Abu Taleb, speaker of Peoples' Assembly, noted president pro tem.
  REPORTER: Mitchell Krauss

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (DC) [President REAGAN - comments on Sadat's murder.] United States forces in Mideast said on low level alert; vice president Mubarak's remarks on Camp David accords noted easing concern here.
  REPORTER: Bill Plante

  (Studio) [Gerald FORD, Henry KISSINGER, Cyrus VANCE, Herman EILTS, Edward KENNEDY, Jimmy CARTER - praise Sadat.] Americans wounded in attack said identified by Pentagon as Colonel Charles D. Loney, Captain Christopher Ryan and Major Jerald River Agenbroad; photos shown. Extent of United States forces in Mideast outlined on map.

• (Commercial: Cadillac; Total Cereal.)

  #274196

  05:38:50 pm — 05:39:50 pm

• Sadat Assassination

  #274197

  05:39:50 pm — 05:42:50 pm

  (Studio) Libya's celebration of President Anwar Sadat's assassination reported, shown; similar celebrations said allegedly occurring in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. Colonel Muammar el-Kadhafi mentioned. Islamic extremists noted claiming responsibility for assassination, although authorities believe it was not linked to any outside organization Exiled Egyptian General Saad El-Shazli reported calling for overthrow of Egyptian government
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (Tel Aviv, Israel) Assassination's impact on government of Prime Min. Menahem Begin discussed. [BEGIN - hopes peace process will continue despite murder.] General concern over fate of Israel-Egypt peace considered; Moshe Dayan quoted.
  REPORTER: Bob Faw

  (Studio) Assassination's impact on international gold market noted.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

  #274198

  05:42:50 pm — 05:43:00 pm

• (Commercial: Conoco; Florida Grapefruit Growers.)

  #274199

  05:43:00 pm — 05:44:00 pm

• Sadat Assassination

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  05:44:00 pm — 05:50:50 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (NYC) Egyptian vice president Mohammad Hosni Mubarak, probable successor to assassinated President Anwar Sadat, examined; films, photos shown. [October 15, 1980, MUBARAK - comments on meeting with Secretary of State Edmund Muskie.] His pol. career outlined.
  REPORTER: David Culhane

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (No location given) Sadat's life and political career reviewed; films, photos shown. Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian-Israeli wars, 1977 trip to Jerusalem, Camp David accords with Menahem Begin and Jimmy Carter incld. in report Sadat's remarks on several issues featured, include 1977 exchange with Golda Meir.
  REPORTER: Mike Wallace

• Sadat Assassination

  #274201

  05:50:50 pm — 05:54:40 pm

  (Studio) No. of heads of state assassinated since World War II mentioned.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (New York City) Arab world's criticism of Sadat's peace agreements with Israel recalled; films shown. [Iranian foreign minister Hussein MOUSSAVI - (thru interpreter) thinks Islamic revolution will overwhelm Egypt.] Unanswered questions raised by assassination examined. [Former CIA director Stansfield TURNER - claims USSR will use shooting for propaganda.] Colonel Muammar el-Kadhafi's possible profit from assassination mentioned.
  REPORTER: Richard C. Hottelet

  (Studio) Implications of Sadat death for United States sale of AWACS to Saudi Arabia noted.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (DC) [Senator Robert BYRD - agrees with Senator Howard Baker's call for postponement of sale debates.] Position of Representative Clement Zablocki noted. [Senator Orrin HATCH - says assassination changed his mind about AWACS sale.] Call here for Saudis to assume larger role in Mideast peace process due to Sadat's murder noted.
  REPORTER: Phil Jones

• Northern Ireland

  #274202

  05:54:40 pm — 05:55:00 pm

  (Studio) Britain reported agreeing to 2 demands of IRA (Irish Republican Army) prisoners in Belfast, North Ireland; details given.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• (Commercial: Sentry Insurance; Dr. Scholl's Air-Pillo Insoles.)

  #274203

  05:55:00 pm — 05:56:00 pm

• Sadat Assassination

  #274204

  05:56:00 pm — 05:57:30 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (NYC) Reporter recalls President Anwar Sadat.
  REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

• Good Night

  #673884

  05:57:30 pm — 05:57:30 pm