Vanderbilt Television News Archive

NBC Evening News for 1971-12-02

This program is 26 minutes long

• Introduction Bypassed John Chancellor (New York City)

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:31:30 pm

• India / Pakistan

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  05:31:30 pm — 05:34:50 pm

  (Studio) Pakistan strafes Indian air field; accuses India of invasion. Pakistan civilians accused of helping Bangladesh guerrillas tortured by Pakistani army.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Subhadya, E. Pakistan) Village 5 mile from Dacca burned. Film shown. Valuables taken, girls raped, 20 people slaughtered. Survivors lectured.
  REPORTER: Phil Brady

• India / Gandhi

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  05:34:50 pm — 05:35:10 pm

  (Studio) Indian Prime Min. Indira Gandhi reacts to United States decision to halt arms shipments to India; charges "racism."
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Cambodia

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  05:35:10 pm — 05:35:20 pm

  (Studio) Cambodian troops abandon Baray to enemy.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Vietnam / Casualties

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  05:35:20 pm — 05:35:30 pm

  (Studio) Casualties reported No action taken at Paris Peace Talks.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• (Commercial: NyQuil Cold Medicine; Savings and Loan Assns.)

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  05:35:30 pm — 05:36:40 pm

• Campaign `72 / Jackson

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  05:36:40 pm — 05:36:50 pm

  (Studio) Washington Senator Henry Jackson will not run in New Hampshire Press primary, calling it "Muskie Cntry."; but will run in Florida.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Campaign Financing

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  05:36:50 pm — 05:41:00 pm

  (Studio) House-Senator Conf. Committee postpones tax campaign check-off provision of tax bill until after `72 campaign.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (DC) Democrat President candidates needing money disappointed. [Senator Hubert HUMPHREY calls President' objections to provision baloney.] [Democratic National Chairperson Lawrence O'BRIEN - terms postponement deplorable.] Democrat contenders agree to limit spending in primary campaigns to 10 cents per voter per state, reserving funds for election. [Treasury, national Democratic party Robert STRAUSS - says debts will be paid when Democratic party back in office.]
  REPORTER: Douglas Kiker

• Campaign Spending Limit

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  05:41:00 pm — 05:42:00 pm

  (Studio) Congress working on plan to limit money spent campaigning for Fed. office. Would limit money spent for advertising to $14 million; $8 1/2 for TV.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Party Conventions / Police

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  05:42:00 pm — 05:43:40 pm

  (Studio) Taxes used for police protection of national pole convs Justice Department grants Miami, Florida, $400,000 for Democrat conv.; San Diego, California site of Republican convention may get similar amount
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (DC) Money uses cited: mine detector, handcuffs, gas grenades, armor, mobile command post, police retraining, etc
  REPORTER: Carl Stern

  (Studio) No evidence of such protests; many will vote instead.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Youth Vote / Part II

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  05:43:40 pm — 05:47:10 pm

  (Studio) List of potential `72 voters enlarged by 18. yr old vote.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Kingston, Rhode Island) Groups enlisting youth to register to vote find lack of enthusiasm. At University Rhode Island, rock band used to lure students for voter registration. [Student vote coordinator Anthony ROBINSON - stresses importance of registering.] National Mvt. for Student Vote Org. assembles drives to make registration easy.
  REPORTER: Don Oliver

  (DC) [Student vote movement Marshall LICHETENSTEIN, Edward ROEDER, Gary CRAWFORD - discuss problems getting students to vote.]
  REPORTER: Don Oliver

  (Kingston, Rhode Island) Most expect youth to vote liberal.
  REPORTER: Don Oliver

• (Commercial: Phillips' Milk of Magnesia; Sunbeam Heat Comb; Colgate Toothpaste; Michelob Beer.)

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  05:47:10 pm — 05:49:20 pm

• Chile / Protest / Riot

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  05:49:20 pm — 05:51:30 pm

  (Studio) President Salvador Allende declares state of emergency in Santiago, Chile. Antileftist youth defy decree; fight riot police.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Santiago, Chile) Women protest food shortages and Castro visit. Counter-demonstration of Allende and Castro supporters attack women. Police move in.
  REPORTER: Tom Streithorst

• International Econ / Dollar

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  05:51:30 pm — 05:52:20 pm

  (Studio) Chairperson House subcommittee on international financial Henry Reuss says Press Nixon has agreed to devaluation of dollar. West, German financial minister Karl Schiller hints same at Rome meeting of 10 large noncommunist trading cntrys. Dollar fell sharply in Europe and Japan.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• (Commercial: Absorbine Arthritic Pain Lotion; Pepto Bismol.)

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  05:52:20 pm — 05:53:30 pm

• Secretary Agriculture / Nom. Butz

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  05:53:30 pm — 05:54:10 pm

  (Studio) Secretary Agriculture nomination Earl Butz confirmed by Senator 51-44. Butz opposed for having worked under former Secretary Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson who was unpopular in farm belt. Republican national chairperson Senator Robert Dole concerned with political overtones.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Aging / White House Conference / Nixon

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  05:54:10 pm — 05:55:50 pm

  (Studio) President Nixon speaks to White House conference on aging.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (DC) Conf. concerned with adequate guaranteed income for elderly. [NIXON - cites merit of welfare reform bill.]
  REPORTER: Alvin Rosenfeld

• Meir / US

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  05:55:50 pm — 05:56:00 pm

  (Studio) Israeli Prime Min. Golda Meir in Washington, DC for talks with president Nixon. No jets granted; tensions eased.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• United Nations / United States Support

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  05:56:00 pm — 05:56:20 pm

  (Studio) United States to cut United Nations support to 25% from 30% of United Nations budget.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Soviet Jews

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  05:56:20 pm — 05:56:30 pm

  (Studio) 600-700 Jews leave USSR each week with government permission.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:56:30 pm — 05:56:40 pm

  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• New Arab Ntn.

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  05:56:40 pm — 05:57:40 pm

  (Studio) New nation, Union of Arab Emirates, on Persian Gulf formed; made of 6 feudal Arab sheikdoms; 2 rich with oil.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Good Night

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  05:57:40 pm — 05:57:40 pm