Vanderbilt Television News Archive

NBC Evening News for 1970-04-08

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction David Brinkley (Washington, DC)

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  12:00:00 am — 12:00:00 am

• Carswell / Senate / White House / Mitchell

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  12:00:00 am — 12:08:00 am

  (Studio) Senator rejects G. Harrold Carswell 51-45; Nixon asks judge to retain federal post; Carswell agrees; new strict constructionist nomination to be named.
  REPORTER: David Brinkley

  (DC) Senator crowded for vote; Senator Marlow Cook throws balance to opposition; 3 uncommitted Republicans seal Carswell fate. [Senator Winston PROUTY - doubts Carswell judicial temperament. [ [Senator Marlow COOK - says Medal of Honor ceremony showed need for excellence in government]
  REPORTER: Paul Duke Artist: Steve Cohen

  (Tallahassee, Florida) [Judge G. Harrold CARSWELL - relieved, not bitter; will keep present job.]
  REPORTER: Fred Briggs

  (DC) Carswell's defeat shocks White House; pols. blamed for blow; South constructionist probably 3rd nomination Nixon needs good choice.
  REPORTER: Herbert Kaplow

  (DC) Attorney General John Mitchell chose 1st 2 Supreme Court noms; made Nixon look bad twice.
  REPORTER: Lem Tucker

  (Studio) Next nomination probably South conservative; announcement time unknown.
  REPORTER: David Brinkley

• (Commercial: Sominex.)

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  12:08:00 am — 12:08:20 am

• Osaka / Gas Blast

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  12:08:20 am — 12:10:30 am

  (Studio) Gas explosion kills and injures 200 in Osaka, Japan.
  REPORTER: David Brinkley

  (Osaka, Japan) Blast rips new subway site during rush hour; casualty toll increases
  REPORTER: John Rich

• Laos / Communists / US

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  12:10:30 am — 12:10:50 am

  (Studio) Laos Prince Souvanna Phouma wants United States bomb halt except on Ho Chi Minh Trail; communists demand halt before peace talks begin.
  REPORTER: David Brinkley

• Southeast Asia / Dakseang / Cambodia / Fighting

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  12:10:50 am — 12:12:50 am

  (Studio) Dakseang Green Beret camp post critical siege point; 1,300 communists reported killed.
  REPORTER: David Brinkley

  (Chi Phou, Cambodia) Site of Viet Cong attack on Cambodians shown; Viet Cong get weapons, flee; last government tour of war site was United States bombed town.
  REPORTER: Richard Hunt

• (Commercial: Ford Auto.)

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  12:12:50 am — 12:13:50 am

• Nixon / Bundy / Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)

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  12:13:50 am — 12:16:00 am

  (Studio) Nixon and National Security Council discuss United States approach for Vienna nuclear limitation talks.
  REPORTER: David Brinkley

  (DC) United States position on arms talks softens; United States to propose halt of all strategic nuclear weapons deployment. [Former President Adviser McGeorge BUNDY - claims best time for nuclear limitation since 1945; United States should take initiative.]
  REPORTER: Robert Goralski

• Congress / Railroad

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  12:16:00 am — 12:16:30 am

  (Studio) Congress passes forced railroad settlement.
  REPORTER: David Brinkley

• Air Controllers / Teamsters / Strikes

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  12:16:30 am — 12:19:20 am

  (Studio) Air controllers ignore courts, leaders, continue walkout; air traffic normal, some flights canceled. Some teamsters return; Chicago, Los Angeles wildcat strikes continue.
  REPORTER: David Brinkley

  (Los Angeles, California) 19,000 strike in Los Angeles, union leaders urge return; some workers fired. [Striker Art CARROLL - says strikers want sick leave.] Truck traffic halted; strike conts.
  REPORTER: Don Oliver

  (Chicago, Illinois) Air controllers get back-to-work orders; fewer delays, flights at O'Hare Airport; United Airlines lays off 300 workers due to flight curtailment; union sues United for not giving 10-day notice.
  REPORTER: John Dancy

• Senate / Federal Pay Raise

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  12:19:20 am — 12:19:40 am

  (Studio) Senator votes 6% pay increase for 5.5 million federal employees.
  REPORTER: David Brinkley

• Massachusetts / Kopechne Inquest

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  12:19:40 am — 12:19:50 am

  (Studio) Massachusetts Supreme Court holds Mary Jo Kopechne inquest transcript from publisher
  REPORTER: David Brinkley

• (Commercial: Gillette Razor Blades; Right Guard Deodorant.)

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  12:19:50 am — 12:21:00 am

• Abortion / Maryland / New York / Hawaii

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  12:21:00 am — 12:24:00 am

  (Studio) Maryland Legis. repealed abortion laws, governor hasn't signed bill yet. New York Legis. to revote on similar law; Hawaii has same law with 90-day residency requirement.
  REPORTER: David Brinkley

  (Honolulu, Hawaii) [Unidentified WOMAN - discusses recent abortion.] Hawaii forms take longer than operation; costs $300; 2 hospitals won't perform abortions.
  REPORTER: Jack Perkins

• (Commercial: True Cigarettes.)

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  12:24:00 am — 12:25:00 am

• Mansfield / Washington, DC Crime

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  12:25:00 am — 12:25:20 am

  (Studio) Senator Mike Mansfield says 2 Senator pages mugged and robbed outside Capitol; wants tougher Washington, DC law enforcement.
  REPORTER: David Brinkley

• Mideast / Fighting / School

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  12:25:20 am — 12:25:40 am

  (Studio) Egypt claims Israel killed 30 school children in raid; Israel says only military bases attacked.
  REPORTER: David Brinkley

• North Carolina / Busing

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  12:25:40 am — 12:25:50 am

  (Studio) Justice Department says federal court North Carolina busing order too extreme; case being appealed.
  REPORTER: David Brinkley

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  12:25:50 am — 12:26:00 am

  REPORTER: David Brinkley

• Apollo 13 / Measles

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  12:26:00 am — 12:27:20 am

  (Studio) Apollo 13 may be delayed by German measles; delay, astronaut replacement debated; 1 month delay will cost $1 million.
  REPORTER: David Brinkley

• Good Night

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  12:27:20 am — 12:27:20 am