Vanderbilt Television News Archive

NBC Evening News for 1971-12-13

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction John Chancellor (New York City)

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  05:30:50 pm — 05:31:30 pm

• India-Pakistan / War East

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  05:31:30 pm — 05:38:40 pm

  (Studio) Indian troops advance to within 6 mile of Dacca. Pakistan refuses surrender. City said unnaturally calm.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Dacca, E. Pakistan) Indians bomb Dacca airports, military posts, accidentally destroy orphanage. Film of bombing shown.
  REPORTER: Phil Brady

  (Studio) Today Dacca quiet, Mukti Bahini guerrillas stay out of sight until Indian invasion.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Dacca, E. Pakistan) [Earlier film shown.] Dacca under siege, refugees leave city. Intercontinental Hotel hses. foreign ntls. awaiting evacuation. Trenches dug in lawn for safety.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor (narrates)

  (Jessore, E. Pakistan) Bangladesh sets up government after Indian capture of Jessore. Ldrs. must unite rebel forces, restore law and order in country of guerrillas.
  REPORTER: George Montgomery

• (Commercial: Polident Denture Cleaner; Phillips' Milk of Magnesia Laxative.)

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  05:38:40 pm — 05:39:40 pm

• Pompidou / Nixon

  #455299

  05:39:40 pm — 05:42:20 pm

  (Studio) President Nixon and French President Georges Pompidou meet in Azores Island Secys. of State and Treasury accompany both hds. of state. Trade, international monetary system, European defense, India-Pakistan discussed.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Angra, Azores) Mtg. called courtesy and West unity gesture prior to Nixon trips to Moscow and Peking. Film of Nixon and Pompidou shown.
  REPORTER: Herbert Kaplow

  (Angra, Azores) Secretary Treasury John Connally attends meeting to discuss economy measures. France hesitant to raise currency value, urging United States dollar devaluation.
  REPORTER: Ray Scherer

• United States Prisoners / China Release

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  05:42:20 pm — 05:44:40 pm

  (Studio) Chinese release 2 American prisoners Mary Ann Harbert and Richard Fecteau; Gerald and McLaughlin said to have committed suicide. John Downey life sentence commuted to 5 more years
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Lynn, Massachusetts) [Ex-wife Margaret and daughter Suzon FECTEAU - discuss return, correspondence of Richard Fecteau; developed a great sense of humor.]
  REPORTER: No reporter given (WBZ-TV Boston film)

• (Commercial: Fireman's Fund American Insurance Company.)

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  05:44:40 pm — 05:45:40 pm

• Lake Huron / Tunnel Blast

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  05:45:40 pm — 05:48:00 pm

  (Studio) Michigan governor flies to Port Huron to see tunnel where 22 workmen lost lives in explosion Saturday
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Port Huron, Michigan) Explosion in tunnel under Lake Huron described. [Former safety director Roger ROUBAUD - says he complained about job conditions.] [Mgr. Detroit water systems Gerald REMUS - describes condition of tunnel after explosion.]
  REPORTER: Lou Davis

• Jackson / Negro Organization

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  05:48:00 pm — 05:48:30 pm

  (Studio) Civil rights activist, Reverend Jesse Jackson, may be preparing new organization for Negroes. Resigns from Christian Ldrship. Conf.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Attica Prison

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  05:48:30 pm — 05:50:10 pm

  (Studio) Legal action follows alleged mistreatment of prisoner following press interview.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Attica, New York) In November 16 interview with NBC, inmate Steven Barney said that inmates never had a chance when riot ended in gunfire; conditions still bad. Today Barney testified in deposition before United States magistrate Edmund Maxwell to mistreatment by guards after November interview. Civil liberties Attorney Herman Schwartz wants to use Barney's case to get fed. court order forbidding such retaliation. Attica inmate Richard Clark gives similar testimony.
  REPORTER: Steve Delaney; Artist: Verna Sadock

• Phase II

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  05:50:10 pm — 05:51:00 pm

  (S)House-Senator Conf. Committee extends President economy powers; grants most retroactive raises.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• (Commercial: Absorbine Arthritic Pain Lotion; Geritol Tablets; Turns Antacid.)

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  05:51:00 pm — 05:53:00 pm

• Military Costs / Pol.

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  05:53:00 pm — 05:53:30 pm

  (Studio) Retiring Deputy Secretary Defense David Packard says Pentagon could save $1 billion per year by closing some military bases; powerful politicians prevent it.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Mrs. Onassis / Volunteer Work

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  05:53:30 pm — 05:53:40 pm

  (Studio) Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis reported to have secretly spent part of yr. as volunteer social worker in Harlem, New York.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Water Pollution / Florida

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  05:53:40 pm — 05:54:00 pm

  (Studio) Florida files suit against City Service Oil Company for phosphate pollution of Peace River
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Prime Interest Rate

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  05:54:00 pm — 05:54:10 pm

  (Studio) Morgan Guaranty Trust and Chase Manhattan Banks of New York reduce prime interest rate from 5 1/2% to 5 1/4%.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:54:10 pm — 05:54:20 pm

  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Medal of Honor Winners

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  05:54:20 pm — 05:58:30 pm

  (Studio) Status change noted in Congress Medal of Honor winners of today.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Cleveland, Ohio) Medal of Honor winners shown. [Medal winner Frank HERDA - says medal of honor isn't as respected as formerly.]
  REPORTER: Fred Briggs

  (Petaluma, California) Medal doesn't mean much to others in town. [Medal winner Richard PENRY - says medal hasn't changed life much.]
  REPORTER: Fred Briggs

  (Menasha, WI) Medal doesn't mean much more in Army or out. [Medal winner Kenneth STUMPF - says medal sometimes a hindrance in Army, causing jealous reactions.]
  REPORTER: Fred Briggs

• Good Night

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  05:58:30 pm — 05:58:30 pm