Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CBS Evening News for 1984-12-18

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction Dan Rather (New York City)

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:30:00 pm

• Defense Budget Proposals

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:32:30 pm

  (Studio) President Reagan reported supporting Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger's opposition to cuts in Pentagon budget.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (DC) Admin.'s proposed defense budget examined. [WEINBERGER - praises President's decision.] Reagan's proposals outlined on screen, discussed. [WEINBERGER - conts. praise.] [Representative Les ASPIN - considers plan a total rout.] [Representative Thomas DOWNEY - comments.]
  REPORTER: David Martin

• Espionage / Stealth

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  05:32:30 pm — 05:34:00 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (NYC) Arrest of Northrop Corporation engineer Thomas Cavanagh for allegedly trying to sell stealth bomber secrets to USSR examined; films shown. FBI director William Webster's assessment of documents' importance to national security quoted on screen; Cavanagh quoted on screen as well. Sting said part of FBI efforts in California to thwart Soviet spies there.
  REPORTER: Rita Braver

• Afghanistan

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  05:34:00 pm — 05:36:50 pm

  (Studio) British camera team's film of continued guerrilla war against USSR in Afghanistan narrated.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• (Commercial: Upcoming Items; High Point Coffee; Bufferin.)

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  05:36:50 pm — 05:38:10 pm

• Iran / Hijacking Follow-Up

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  05:38:10 pm — 05:38:20 pm

  (Studio) Hijackers of Kuwaiti airliner to Iran reported being tried in Iranian courts; details of hijacking recalled.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• Terrorism / United States Embassy In Israel

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  05:38:20 pm — 05:40:00 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (DC) Israeli security forces reported foiling terrorist plot to attack United States embassy in Tel Aviv; details of plan examined. Israeli intelligence findings outlined on screen. Gaza Strip terrorists' hijacking of bus in April recalled; incrd. sec. for all United States embassies in Mideast since last year's bombing of Beirut embassy noted.
  REPORTER: Bob Simon

• Economy / Personal Income and Spending, Housing Starts and Permits

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  05:40:00 pm — 05:40:50 pm

  (Studio) Personal income and spending last month and White House reaction reported New home construction for November considered.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• Economy / Mortgages

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  05:40:50 pm — 05:43:50 pm

  (Studio) Mortgage Bankers Association's report on record past-due mortgages outlined.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (NYC) Homeowners' use of long-term reverse mortgage to prevent foreclosure examined; Ruth Robinson cited as example [ROBINSON - explains decision.] Implications of plan for elderly noted; reverse mortgage explained, illustrated on screen. [Prudential-Bache Secs. spokesperson Jim SETTEL - notes advantages under reverse mortgage concept.] Riskier reverse mortgage plan under experiment in California described. [American Association of Retired Persons spokesperson Leo BALDWIN - notes disadvantages to elderly of short-term reverse mortgage.] Implications of reverse mortgages for inheritors noted.
  REPORTER: Jane Bryant Quinn

• Economy / Prime

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  05:43:50 pm — 05:44:00 pm

  (Studio) Bankers Trust reported lowering its prime lending rate.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:44:00 pm — 05:44:10 pm

• (Commercial: Upcoming Item; American Family Publishers Sweepstakes; Ace Hardware)

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  05:44:10 pm — 05:45:20 pm

• Weather

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  05:45:20 pm — 05:45:40 pm

  (Studio) Unusually warm weather in N.E. and snow in California discussed; films shown.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• Clove Cigarettes

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  05:45:40 pm — 05:47:40 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (Los Angeles, California) Growing popularity among youth of clove cigarettes imported from Indonesia and health risks involved examined; films shown. [BOY - explains attraction.] [Carol CISLAW - describes son Tim's death after smoking clove cigarettes for period of time.] Physicians' belief that clove toxin in cigarettes inhibits natural defense mechanism in lungs discussed. [Dr. Frederick SCHECHTER - explains Cislaw's case.] [American Lung Association spokesperson Dr. Norman EDELMAN - notes potential for more problems with clove cigarettes due to unknown substances in them.] [Cigarette importer Hugh CASSAR - suggests those seeking evidence go to Indonesia.] [Carol CISLAW - hopes son's death will warn others.]
  REPORTER: Terry Drinkwater

• Bell Resignation

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  05:47:40 pm — 05:48:30 pm

  (Studio) Educ. Secretary Terrel Bell's outgoing report on state-by-state status of education reform outlined on screen, discussed.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• (Commercial: Upcoming Item; Andre Champagne; Norelco Razors.)

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  05:48:30 pm — 05:49:40 pm

• England / Gorbachev

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  05:49:40 pm — 05:50:00 pm

  (Studio) USSR Politburo member Mikhail Gorbachev's alleged response to British Parliament's questioning of him on USSR human rights reported; films shown.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• China, PR / Hong Kong

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  05:50:00 pm — 05:50:20 pm

  (Studio) Prime Min. Margaret Thatcher reported arriving in Peking, China, PR, for tomorrow's ceremony transferring Hong Kong to China in 1997; details given, films shown.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• China, PR / Economy Reforms

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  05:50:20 pm — 05:52:40 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (Peking, China, PR) China's experimentation with supply side socialism examined; films shown. Consumers' reaction to threat of price hikes under new econ. reform plan noted. [MAN - thinks plan encourages productivity.]
  REPORTER: David Jackson

• (Commercia: Upcoming Item; Equitable Fin. Services; Anusol; Maytag Appliances.)

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  05:52:40 pm — 05:54:20 pm

• Fur Trapping

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  05:54:20 pm — 05:56:40 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (Garrison, MT) Modern-day fur trappers featured. [Ron COOPER, Wendell COPENHAVER - comment on trapping.] [Buyer Ernie JUDKINS - ests. pelt's price.] [Trapper Les BARTON - notes good trapper fools the buyer.] [Len HOWELLS - hopes to improve his income.]
  REPORTER: Bob McNamara

• Good Night

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  05:56:40 pm — 05:56:40 pm