Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CBS Evening News for 1982-02-05

This program is 26 minutes long

• Introduction and Preview Dan Rather (New York City)

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:30:20 pm

• Budget

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  05:30:20 pm — 05:33:40 pm

  (Studio) President Reagan reported sending 1983 budget to Congress next week
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (DC) Details of proposed budget examined; details outlined on screen. [OMB director David STOCKMAN - acknowledges difficulty in decrease budget.] [Representative John DINGELL - criticizes administration] [Representative Richard OTTINGER - considers budget destructive.]
  REPORTER: Susan Spencer

  (Studio) Possible reorg. of President's cabinet discussed in light of Camp David mtg. on budget; Edwin Meese mentioned.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• Economy / Unemployment

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  05:33:40 pm — 05:39:00 pm

  (Studio) Unemployment for January discussed; related statistics outlined on screen.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (NYC) [PEOPLE - comment on need for jobs.] Interpretation of latest unemployment statistics explained. [Carol MARTINI - cites inability to find job.] No. laid off by Pratt and Whitney mentioned; actual work week last month considered. Implications for General Elec. employees in Louisville, Kentucky, noted.
  REPORTER: Ray Brady

  (Studio) Labor Department's approach to unemployment figs. noted.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) No. of jobs available in Oklahoma examined. [Allan BALLARD - comments on plight.] [Noni BALLARD - is thankful for the one room.] [Brian LaTOUR, Bernice LaTOUR - describe their situation.]
  REPORTER: Steve Kroft

• (Commercial: Upcoming Item; Republic Airlines; Free N' Soft.)

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  05:39:00 pm — 05:40:10 pm

• United Nations / Israel

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  05:40:10 pm — 05:40:40 pm

  (Studio) United Nations General Assembly reported adopting resolution condemning Israel for its annexation of Golan Heights; details given, films shown.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• Italy / Red Brigades

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  05:40:40 pm — 05:42:10 pm

  (Studio) Rescue of General James Dozier last week from Red Brigades abductors recalled.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (Verona, Italy) Arms cache uncovered in Red Brigades headquarters noted implying international support for terrorist group; details given, films shown.
  REPORTER: Larry Pintak

• Iran / United States Prisoners

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  05:42:10 pm — 05:42:30 pm

  (Studio) Several Americans reported imprisoned in Iran; details given.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• Laker Airways

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  05:42:30 pm — 05:45:10 pm

  (Studio) Collapse of Laker Airways reported.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (London, England) Freddie Laker's career recalled. [PEOPLE - comment on Airways.] [Travel writer Nigel COOMBES - doesn't anticipate decrd. air fares by other airlines.]
  REPORTER: John Blackstone

• Airlines / Air Fares

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  05:45:10 pm — 05:45:20 pm

  (Studio) Incr. in New York-Florida air fare announced; details given.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• (Commercial: Upcoming Item; Nabisco Cream of Wheat; Cadillac.)

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  05:45:20 pm — 05:46:30 pm

• Espionage

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  05:46:30 pm — 05:49:50 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (NYC) General Accounting Office investigator Ralph Sharer reported uncovering USSR spy in midst of GAO. [SHARER - outlines his findings on Vladimir Kvasov.] Kvasov noted USSR military attache as well as KGB agent. [Senator Orrin HATCH - agrees with Sharer.] FBI spokesperson Roger Young quoted; Senator William Roth noted calling for investigation of lax security measures at GAO; details given.
  REPORTER: Mike Wallace

• Poland

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  05:49:50 pm — 05:50:10 pm

  (Studio) Great Britain reported imposing sanctions against Poland and USSR due to crackdown in Poland; details given.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:50:10 pm — 05:50:20 pm

• (Commercial: Stouffer's Products; First Alert Smoke Alarms.)

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  05:50:20 pm — 05:51:20 pm

• Atlanta / Williams Trial

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  05:51:20 pm — 05:53:00 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (Atlanta, Georgia) Defense tactic in Wayne Williams' murder trial here examined; testimony by former police ofr. Ken. Lawson and Nellie Trammell, Dr. Dan. Stowens outlined. Victims Larry Rogers, Nathaniel Cater and Jimmy Ray Payne mentioned.
  REPORTER: Bruce Hall Artist: Howard Brodie

• Memphis / Hostage Incident

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  05:53:00 pm — 05:53:30 pm

  (Studio) Death of Michael Robert Goulet in 1980 reported triggering current hostage situation involving his father, Jean Claude Goulet, who is holding Dr. Paul Bowman, Jean Marie Cox and Jo Cummins in Saint Jude's Children's Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; details given.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• (Commercial: Upcoming Item; Sears.)

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  05:53:30 pm — 05:54:10 pm

• Abortion

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  05:54:10 pm — 05:54:50 pm

  (Studio) Center for Disease Control's findings on number of abortions in United States last yr. noted; details given.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• Lockheed / Carrier Pigeons

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  05:54:50 pm — 05:56:40 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (Sunnyvale, California) Lockheed's use of carrier pigeon to deliver technical designs to plant examined. [Tom BIRLEY - considers it a launch.] [Werner DEEG - notes program's success.] Cost of project mentioned.
  REPORTER: Barry Petersen

• Good Night

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  05:56:40 pm — 05:56:40 pm