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NBC Evening News for 1971-12-03

This program is 25 minutes long

• Introduction John Chancellor (New York City)

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  05:30:50 pm — 05:31:40 pm

• India-Pakistan

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  05:31:40 pm — 05:34:20 pm

  (Studio) Cities in India and Pakistan blacked out, including Delhi, India, and Karachi, Pakistan. India declares state of emergency. Pakistan calls up reserves. Pakistan attacks Indian air fields. United States may take problem to UN Security Council
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (DC) [India Ambassador L.K. JHA - says new dimension added to conflict by air strike on west border.] [Pakistan Ambassador N.A.M. RAZA - calls on international community to settle dispute.]
  REPORTER: No reporter given

  (Studio) United Nations Security Council to meet on situation tomorrow.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Pakistan / Paris Hijacking

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  05:34:20 pm — 05:36:00 pm

  (Studio) Hijacking in name of E. Pakistan attempted at Orly Airport.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Paris, France) Pakistani International Airways jet threatened by bomb unless 20 tons medical supplies loaded for Bengali refugees. Police disguised as stevedores capture hijacker.
  REPORTER: Aline Saarinen

• India-Pakistan / Military Balance

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  05:36:00 pm — 05:36:20 pm

  (Studio) Should war break out Indians have edge in military balance over Pakistan. Figures cited.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• (Commercial: Allstate Auto. Insurance; American Tourister Luggage.)

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  05:36:20 pm — 05:37:20 pm

• International Economy / Dollar

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  05:37:20 pm — 05:39:40 pm

  (Studio) Dollar to be devalued, though no official admission. Value drops on intl. money mkts.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (DC) Treasury Department says Nixon administration to devalue dollar. [Treasury Secretary John CONNALLY - refuses to give specifics due to intricate negotiations.] [Council Econ. Advisers, Herbert STEIN - disqualifies self for comment.]
  REPORTER: Irving R. Levine

• Rent Raises

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  05:39:40 pm — 05:40:10 pm

  (Studio) Govt. says tenants may make landlords open books to justify rent increases IRS (Internal Revenue Service) to enforce rent restrictions.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Price Index / Unemployment

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  05:40:10 pm — 05:41:00 pm

  (Studio) Whsle. Price Index up 0.1% in November Unemployment up to 6%; number employed up to 80 million.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• (Commercial: A&P 8 O'Clock Coffee.)

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  05:41:00 pm — 05:41:30 pm

• Supreme Court / Nom. Rehnquist / Muskie

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  05:41:30 pm — 05:41:50 pm

  (Studio) Senator Edmund Muskie urges Senator rejection of Supreme Court nomination William Rehnquist.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Campaign `72 / Muskie / Youth Vote / Part III

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  05:41:50 pm — 05:45:30 pm

  (Studio) Democrat President contender Senator Edmund Muskie seeks youth vote. Students are a minority of young voters.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Los Angeles, California) [Senator George McGOVERN - tells youth they have capacity to change cntry.]
  REPORTER: Don Oliver

  (San Jose, California) [Representative Paul McCLOSKEY - says wages youth registration.] Politicians courting youth vote visit college campuses, but most potential young voters are working.
  REPORTER: Don Oliver

  (Pittsburgh, California) Thinly spread orgs. seek to register young non-students. [Frontlash Penn KEMBLE - says ignoring young non-students hurts their self-image.]
  REPORTER: Don Oliver

  (San Diego, California) [Frontlash Steve BIERINGER - says few believe pols. affects daily lives.] Frontlash, organization to register young workers, funded by organized labor. Working youth tend to be more conservative.
  REPORTER: Don Oliver

• (Commercial: Remington Electric Shavers.)

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  05:45:30 pm — 05:46:30 pm

• Berlin Pact

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  05:46:30 pm — 05:46:50 pm

  (Studio) Berlin negotiations between E. and West Germany produce 2 agreements: transit to and from West Berlin; travel restrictions.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Chile / Protests

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  05:46:50 pm — 05:49:30 pm

  (Studio) Chile imposes curfew in Santiago to curb opposition to Marxist President Salvador Allende. Hsewives. angered by food shortages and visit of Cuban Premier Castro.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Santiago, Chile) Anti-Marxist students violated state of emergency yesterday, rioting in streets. Pro-Marxists march to bid farewell to Castro. Allende speaks, condemning rioters. Castro speaks to half-empty stadium.
  REPORTER: Tom Streithorst

• Mideast / United Nations

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  05:49:30 pm — 05:50:00 pm

  (Studio) Egypt takes case to United Nations General Assembly as debate on Mideast begins. Egyptian For. Min. Mahmoud Riad asks United Nations to demand Israel leave occupied Arab territory. Blames United States for supplying Israel with Phantom jets.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Meir / US

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  05:50:00 pm — 05:51:20 pm

  (Studio) Israeli Prime Min. Golda Meir ends visit with President Nixon.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (DC) [MEIR - cites United States understanding of Israeli problems.] Israel's request for United States Phantom jets refused.
  REPORTER: Richard Valeriani

• Cambodia

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  05:51:20 pm — 05:51:50 pm

  (Studio) Communist troops assault area north of Phnom Penh. South Vietnam troops fight to relieve pressure on capitol.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• (Commercial: Cream of Wheat Cereal; Absorbine Arthritic Pain Lotion.)

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  05:51:50 pm — 05:52:50 pm

• Corn Boost / Department Agriculture

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  05:52:50 pm — 05:53:00 pm

  (Studio) Secretary Agriculture Earl Butz to drive corn price up by government purchasing.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Treas. / Nom. Banuelos

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  05:53:00 pm — 05:53:20 pm

  (Studio) Treasury nomination, Mrs. Romana Banuelos, cleared by Senator Fin. Committee despite controversy over hiring illegal aliens.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Brokerage Firm Ad

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  05:53:20 pm — 05:53:40 pm

  (Studio) Wall Street brokerage firm Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, and Smith reported pro-American television commercial filmed in Mexico.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Space Exploration / Sun

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  05:53:40 pm — 05:53:50 pm

  (Studio) NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) orbiting observatory finds sun has polar regions like planets. Colder temperatures still 1 million degrees.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:53:50 pm — 05:54:10 pm

  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Nuclear Test / Amchitka Island

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  05:54:10 pm — 05:57:00 pm

  (Studio) Results of Amchitka nuclear test on environmental reported.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Amchitka, Alaska) Debris on island shown. Earth sunk and faulted, though no radioactive material escaped. [Blast effects expert Dr. Melvin MERRITT - says effects minor.] 1,000 sea otters killed. [Alaska wildlife department John VANIA - says otter loss not serious.]
  REPORTER: Jack Perkins

• Good Night

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  05:57:00 pm — 05:57:00 pm