Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CBS Evening News for 1985-12-10

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction Dan Rather (New York City)

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:30:10 pm

• Congress / Bal. Budget, Tax Reform

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  05:30:10 pm — 05:33:10 pm

  (Studio) President Reagan and Congress reported reaching compromise on defense cuts in new bal. budget legislature
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (DC) Contd. disagreement between House Republicans and Reagan over tax reform plan discussed. [Representatives Trent LOTT, Robert MICHEL - oppose Democrat legislature] [Treasury Secretary James BAKER - praises plan.] [Representative Bill GRADISON - comments.] House Ways and Means Committee's proposal outlined on screen, discussed.
  REPORTER: Phil Jones

  (Studio) Gramm-Rudman balance budget legislature explained, discussed.

• Kentucky / Toyota Plant

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  05:33:10 pm — 05:35:10 pm

  REPORTER: Dan Rather, Phil Jones

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (Georgetown, Kentucky) Toyota's selection of Georgetown, Kentucky, as site for new assembly plant examined. [Governor Martha Layne COLLINS - praises decision.] [University of Kentucky business school spokesperson Richard FURST - notes political advantages for Japanese auto industry] Location of other Japanese auto plants in US illustrated on map. General Motors' selection of Tennessee site for Saturn plant said due to Japanese. [FURST - cites economy importance of mid-south plant sites.] [MAN - hopes for incrd. employment in region.]
  REPORTER: Bruce Hall

• Farm Credit Crisis / Iowa Killings

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  05:35:10 pm — 05:37:30 pm

  (Studio) House approval of new emergency farm credit legislature reported; Representative's reference to Iowa farm killings quoted.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (Hills, Iowa) Indebted farmer Dale Burr's murder of wife, banker, neighbor and self examined as illustrating strain on United States farmers. [Ruth FORBES - feels brother broke down psychologically.] [Keith FORBES - notes bro.-in-law's recent losses.] [Farmer Bill ELLISON - empathizes with Burr.] [Farm counselor Joanne DVORAK - describes psychological ramifications.] [Farm management expert Jolene BROWN - agrees.] [Keith FORBES - hopes Burr hasn't started a trend.]
  REPORTER: Ned Potter

• EPA / Superfund

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  05:37:30 pm — 05:38:00 pm

  (Studio) House vote on funding of EPA's superfund cleanup program reported.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• Texaco Award

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  05:38:00 pm — 05:38:10 pm

  (Studio) Texas court reported upholding Texaco award to Pennzoil; details given.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• (Commercial: Upcoming Items; Andre Champagne; General Motors.)

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  05:38:10 pm — 05:39:30 pm

• Nobel Peace Prize

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  05:39:30 pm — 05:41:30 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (Oslo, Norway) Controversy surrounding selection of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War co-founders Doctors Bernard Lown and Yevgeny Chazov as this year's Nobel Peace Prize winners examined; Chazov's membership in Soviet central committee and public criticism of dissident Andrei Sakharov noted. Scenes shown. [LOWN - notes organization's goal.] [Former Nobel Committee CHRM. - feels this year's prize is against humanity.] Chairperson recalled presenting Yelena Bonner with husband's Nobel Peace Prize; scenes shown. [LOWN - explains asking President Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev for meeting]
  REPORTER: Tom Fenton

• Declaration of Human Rights Anniversary

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  05:41:30 pm — 05:43:30 pm

  (Studio) "Pravda's" praise of USSR human rights, in anniversary of UN's declaration of human rights, quoted.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (Moscow, USSR ) Arrest of participants in silent vigil in support of human rights here reported, shown. Mikhail Gorbachev's meeting with United States business delegate, visiting here in effort to improve US-USSR trade on basis that such improvement would also aid Soviet human rights situation, featured. [Commerce Secretary Malcolm BALDRIGE - notes President Reagan's policy not to publicly discuss human rights.] KGB's manhandling of CBS News crew recording arrest of demonstrators reported, shown courtesy ABC News.
  REPORTER: Mark Phillips

• South Africa / For. Loans

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  05:43:30 pm — 05:43:50 pm

  (Studio) South Africa reported extending freeze on repayment of foreign loans; details given.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• (Commercial: Upcoming Item; Seiko Watches; K Mart.)

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  05:43:50 pm — 05:45:00 pm

• Tobacco Ads. / AMA

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  05:45:00 pm — 05:45:10 pm

  (Studio) American Med. Association reported launching campaign to outlaw all tobacco ads.; details given.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• AIDS / AMA

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  05:45:10 pm — 05:45:20 pm

  (Studio) American Med. Association reported rejecting proposal to require AIDS test for couples intending to marry.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• AIDS Arrest

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  05:45:20 pm — 05:46:00 pm

  (Studio) Arraignment of AIDS carrier John Richards on attempted murder chgs. after he spat on police reported; details given. [Prosecutor Robert WEISS - explains chgs.]
  REPORTER: Dan Rather Artist: Marcia Danits

• AIDS

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  05:46:00 pm — 05:48:20 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (Miami, Florida) Controversy over demand by some employers that workers submit to test for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) due to test's unreliability examined; Greg Duff's experience cited as example [DUFF - describes ordeal.] [FDA (Food and Drug Administration) spokesperson Dr. Thomas ZUCK - cites lack of reliability in predicting AIDS with test.] Johnny Warner's termination by employer due to test results, despite later test's confirmation that he was AIDS-free, noted. [WARNER - comments.] [Dr. Margaret FISCHL - explains her opposition to test.]
  REPORTER: Richard Schlesinger

• Hedgecock

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  05:48:20 pm — 05:48:30 pm

  (Studio) San Diego, California, Mayor Roger Hedgecock reported denied new trial.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• Harvard / Media Center

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  05:48:30 pm — 05:48:40 pm

  (Studio) Harvard Univ. reported announcing center to study media and the public with gift from Walter H. and Phyllis J. Shorenstein; center said named for late Jane Shorenstein Barone, producer of CBS News.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• (Commercial: Upcoming Item; Mercedes-Benz; Clorets; Efferdent.)

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  05:48:40 pm — 05:50:00 pm

• Schools / Drug Testing

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  05:50:00 pm — 05:50:20 pm

  (Studio) Court order preventing New Jersey high school from implementing drug testing program explained.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• Michigan / Helicopter Crash

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  05:50:20 pm — 05:52:10 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (Detroit, Michigan) Crash of hospital helicopter examined; deaths of pilot John Harrison and Dr. Jean Hollister and injury of nurse Julie Miller noted. Trio said en route to accident emergency. [Life Flight spokesperson Dr. Randy KING - cites impact of accident on other teams.] [Pilot Mike BURKE - describes hazard of such flights.] [Nurse Pat YANCY - thinks victims would want program contd.]
  REPORTER: Frank Currier

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:52:10 pm — 05:52:10 pm

• (Commercial: Vicks Cough Syrups; Independent Insurance Agents; Stetson Cologne; Jell-O.)

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  05:52:10 pm — 05:53:50 pm

• Egg King Debate

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  05:53:50 pm — 05:57:00 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (DC) Capitol Hill debate over Egg King, machine that shells eggs, examined. [POLS. - claim issue must be addressed.] [Baker John KINO - believes machine improves quality of his product] Lobby by egg-cracking ind. against machine noted. [United Egg Producers spokesperson Al POPE - claims Egg King poses health hazard.] Machine's use in United States society described. [Representative Robert BADHAM - believes issue is economy, not health related.] [Egg King manufacturer Mike KING - agrees.] [Representative Tony COELHO - thinks issue illustrates bureaucracy's ludicrousness.]
  REPORTER: Bob Simon

• Good Night

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  05:57:00 pm — 05:57:00 pm