Vanderbilt Television News Archive

NBC Evening News for 1970-09-03

This program is 28 minutes long

• Introduction John Chancellor (Washington, DC); Frank McGee (New York City)

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  12:00:10 am — 12:00:20 am

• Mideast / Cease-Fire Violations / United States / Israel

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  12:00:20 am — 12:02:40 am

  (Studio) United States has United Arab Republic cease-fire violation proof.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (DC) [State Department spokesperson Robert McCLOSKEY - announces proof; wants peace talks begun; United States won't let Israel security suffer.]
  REPORTER: No reporter given

  (Studio) Israel demands United Arab Republic and USSR withdraw SAMs from Suez Canal Zone; US wants violations stopped, doesn't want SAMs moved back.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Studio) Israel may boycott peace talks till SAMs moved back.
  REPORTER: Frank Mcgee

• (Commercial: Rapid Shave; Wilkinson Razor Blades.)

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  12:02:40 am — 12:03:50 am

• Paris Peace Talks

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  12:03:50 am — 12:04:20 am

  (Studio) North Vietnam negotiator Xuan Thuy at talks, nothing new.
  REPORTER: Frank Mcgee

• Vietnam / Student Tour

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  12:04:20 am — 12:05:40 am

  (Studio) Students For Just Peace visit Vietnam.
  REPORTER: Frank Mcgee

  (South Vietnam) American students opposed Cooper-Church Amendment; Saigon,South Vietnam,government sponsors tour; Americans wanted to see war, didn't.
  REPORTER: Lou Davis

• Indochina / Fighting

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  12:05:40 am — 12:05:50 am

  (Studio) Cambodians retake Srang, Cambodia; Communists had left; South Vietnam vets. have gunfight with police and American MPs.
  REPORTER: Frank Mcgee

• Vietnam / Casualty Report

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  12:05:50 am — 12:06:20 am

  (Studio) Casualties reported.
  REPORTER: Frank Mcgee

• Draft Records

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  12:06:20 am — 12:06:40 am

  (Studio) 271 attacks on draft board bldgs. this year; Selective Service keeps duplicate records in each state.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• University Wisconsin / Bomb Damage / Suspects

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  12:06:40 am — 12:09:10 am

  (Studio) FBI seeks 4 men for University Wisconsin bombing.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Madison, WI) Much damage to building and research. [Prof. David PEARLMAN - says medical research set back, momentum lost.]
  REPORTER: David Klein

  (DC) FBI has trouble finding revolutionaries; fugitives slip into communes; hard for FBI to infiltrate hippie groups.
  REPORTER: Carl Stern

• (Commercial: Downy Fabric Softener; Top Job Cleaner; Anacin.)

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  12:09:10 am — 12:11:30 am

• Diaz / United States Visit

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  12:11:30 am — 12:13:20 am

  (Studio) Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz visits Nixon.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (San Diego, California) Diaz leaving office soon. [NIXON - praises Mexican-American contributions to US.] Some protesters en route to banquet.
  REPORTER: Herbert Kaplow

• Desegregation / Alabama / North Carolina

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  12:13:20 am — 12:17:10 am

  (Studio) 25,000 Alabama white students leave public schools this year
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Charlotte, North Carolina) Concerned Parents Association takes busing issue to courts [Mbr. William BOOE - says people won't comply with busing order.] Parents plan boycott. [Principal Preston ALLISON - announces open house to help lessen fear of desegregation.]
  REPORTER: Fred Briggs

  (Studio) Mississippi NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) field director goes to court to prevent state-supplied books going to private academies.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Florida / Judicial Paper Shortage

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  12:17:10 am — 12:17:50 am

  (Studio) Jacksonville, Florida judge says no official forms can be printed till his needs supplied.
  REPORTER: Frank Mcgee

• (Commercial: Wilkinson Razor Blades; Colgate Toothpaste.)

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  12:17:50 am — 12:18:50 am

• Environment / United States / Japan

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  12:18:50 am — 12:19:10 am

  (Studio) Japan and United States unite environmental protection efforts.
  REPORTER: Frank Mcgee

• Kentucky / Strip Mining

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  12:19:10 am — 12:21:00 am

  (Studio) Incrd. underground mining safety rules increases strip mining.
  REPORTER: Frank Mcgee

  (Perry Cnty., Kentucky) Strip mining more efficient, hurts environmental
  REPORTER: Stephen Schiff

  (Frankfort, Kentucky) [Governor Louie NUNN - urges work to keep industry and save environmental] Destructive mining conts.
  REPORTER: Stephen Schiff

• UAW / Negotiations

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  12:21:00 am — 12:21:20 am

  (Studio) UAW (United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America) President Leonard Woodcock meets with Chrysler and GM, tries to avoid strike.
  REPORTER: Frank Mcgee

• Construction / Work Warning

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  12:21:20 am — 12:21:40 am

  (Studio) Construction Union Leader C.J. Haggerty warns members may lose jobs if work not improved.
  REPORTER: Frank Mcgee

• Government / Economy Boost

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  12:21:40 am — 12:23:10 am

  (Studio) Govt. exaggerates economy recovery.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (DC) Federal figures 1st reported good, later revised down.
  REPORTER: Paul Duke

• (Commercial: Dristan Cold Tablets.)

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  12:23:10 am — 12:23:40 am

• Lombardi / Death

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  12:23:40 am — 12:24:10 am

  (Studio) Football Coach Vince Lombardi dies of cancer at 57.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Ohio / Police Indictments

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  12:24:10 am — 12:24:20 am

  (Studio) 8 Cleveland, Ohio policemen indicted for brutality; 1 beat NBC cameraman 2 years ago.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Sweig / Conviction

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  12:24:20 am — 12:24:30 am

  (Studio) John McCormack's former aide Martin Sweig fined $2,000, imprisoned 30 mos. for perjury.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Illinois / Gang Indictments

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  12:24:30 am — 12:24:50 am

  (Studio) Chicago, Illinois grand jury indicts 7 Black P. Stone Nation gang members for police murder and conspiracy.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  12:24:50 am — 12:25:10 am

  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• American Legion

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  12:25:10 am — 12:28:00 am

  (Studio) American Legion backs Nixon Indochina and domestic military policies.
  REPORTER: Frank Mcgee

  (Portland, OR) American Legion convs. notorious for ribaldry; shop owners and residents don't like legionnaires; things changed; this year not much action.
  REPORTER: Jack Perkins

• Good Night

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  12:28:00 am — 12:28:00 am