Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CBS Evening News for 1985-03-19

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction Dan Rather (New York City)

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:30:00 pm

• MX Missile

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:34:40 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (DC) Senator approval of President Reagan's request for further MX missile funding examined; films shown. Intensity of lobbying on both sides described, illustrated. [REAGAN - equates passage of bill with peace; mentions USSR .] [Senator Robert BYRD - explains refusing to meet with President] Arms agency director Ken. Adelman's lobbying of Senator Arlen Specter mentioned. Final vote outlined on screen. [Senator John WARNER - claims current arms talks depend on MX.]
  REPORTER: Phil Jones

  (Warren AFB) MX deployment plan discussed; films shown. [Former defense secretary Harold BROWN - doesn't feel plan is best choice.] [October 1982, Senator John TOWER - denies MX provides bargaining leverage with USSR ; does not feel system is best one.] [General Gordon FORNELL - acknowledges MX vulnerability remains the same.] [BROWN - cites role of rhetoric in MX debate.]
  REPORTER: David Martin

• Supreme Court / Draft Resisters

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  05:34:40 pm — 05:34:50 pm

  (Studio) Supreme Court ruling on selective prosecution of draft resisters detailed. Majority opinion of Justice Lewis Powell quoted.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• (Commercial: Upcoming Items; Kellogg's Special K; Western Union.)

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  05:34:50 pm — 05:36:00 pm

• Iran-Iraq War

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  05:36:00 pm — 05:38:50 pm

  (Studio) Efforts of fors. in Tehran, Iran, to beat Iraq deadline for closing air corridors in region described.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (London, England) Latest escalation of Iran-Iraq war and apparent defeat of major Iranian offensive examined; films shown. Est. losses mentioned. Internal dissension in Iran, illustrated by recent bombing by regime's opponents, considered.
  REPORTER: Tom Fenton

• Cuba / Drug Trafficking, Castro Interview

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  05:38:50 pm — 05:41:40 pm

  (Studio) Cuban President Fidel Castro's willingness to cooperate with United States and other cntrys. to stop international drug trafficking detailed. [CASTRO - (thru translator) denies drug abuse or trafficking in or through Cuba.] [Admiral Dan MURPHY - claims Castro could close air lane used by drug traffickers.] Reactions of national security adviser Robert McFarlane quoted.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• (Commercial: Upcoming Item; Riopan Plus; Commodore 64 Computer.)

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  05:41:40 pm — 05:42:50 pm

• Economy / Hsing Starts

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  05:42:50 pm — 05:43:10 pm

  (Studio) February hsing. starts reported, discussed.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• Ohio / Savings and Loan Crisis, International Money Market

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  05:43:10 pm — 05:45:20 pm

  (Studio) Ohio Governor Richard Celeste's temporary closing of savings and loan insts. to avoid run following collapse of Cincinnati company recalled.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (NYC) Apparent impact of Ohio savings and loan crisis on international gold prices examined; today's prices graphed on screen. [TRADER~notes fear's role in gold run.] Drop in United States dollar's value overseas said attributed to Ohio situation; legislature's emergency proposals mentioned. [DEPOSITOR - feels raped.] [CELESTE - praises federal agencies' cooperation.]
  REPORTER: Ray Brady

• US-Mexico Relations / Peso

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  05:45:20 pm — 05:46:50 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (Brownsville, Texas) Laundromat owner Kent Copenhaver's losses due to customers' use of Mexican peso coin in machines noted; similar problem along US-Mexico border examined. [Vending company executive Bill DEOUDES - echoes complaints.] [Senator Lloyd BENTSEN - hopes Mexican government will cooperate.]
  REPORTER: David Dick

• Screenwriters' Strike

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  05:46:50 pm — 05:47:00 pm

  (Studio) Screenwriters reported ending strike.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• Baby Fae Follow-Up

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  05:47:00 pm — 05:47:30 pm

  (Studio) Dr. Leonard Bailey's second thoughts on last year's transplant of baboon heart into Baby Fae detailed.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• Burford

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  05:47:30 pm — 05:48:00 pm

  (Studio) Former Environmental Protection Agency administration Anne Burford reported prepared to sue Reagan administration over payment of her legal fees; Attorney General, then White House cnsl., Edwin Meese said allegedly promising her payment of such fees.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:48:00 pm — 05:48:10 pm

• (Commercial: Bayer Aspirin; Stouffer's Lean Cuisine Products.)

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  05:48:10 pm — 05:49:10 pm

• US-Argentina Relations

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  05:49:10 pm — 05:49:40 pm

  (Studio) Argentine President Raul Alfonsin's White House visit with President Reagan discussed; films shown. His warning against pressure to repay international loans outlined.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• World War 11 40 Years Later (Part III)

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  05:49:40 pm — 05:52:50 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (Aleutians) Japan's occupation of some Aleutian Island during World War II and US response reviewed; historical films shown. General James Doolittle mentioned. [Historian John CLOE - recalls battle conditions.] [Admiral James RUSSELL (ret.) - describes Japanese troops' refusal to surrender alive.] War relics remaining on island shown, discussed.
  REPORTER: Terry Drinkwater

• (Commercial: Upcoming Item; Burger King; Dr. Scholl's Air-Pillo Insoles; IBM Typewriters.)

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  05:52:50 pm — 05:54:20 pm

• Winter Weather

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  05:54:20 pm — 05:54:50 pm

  (Studio) No. new potholes estimate caused by this season's winter weather reported, explained.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• Pepitone Arrest

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  05:54:50 pm — 05:57:00 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

  (NYC) Arrest of former baseball star Joe Pepitone for cocaine and gun possession examined; his career reviewed. Films shown. [Former Yankee Jim BOUTON - thought Pepitone was own worst enemy.] [FANS - comment.] Reaction of Yankee manager Yogi Berra shown. Pepitone's autobiography "You Could Have Made Us Proud" mentioned.
  REPORTER: Harold Dow

  (Studio) Pepitone's lack of conviction yet noted.
  REPORTER: Dan Rather

• Good Night

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  05:57:00 pm — 05:57:00 pm