Vanderbilt Television News Archive

NBC Evening News for 1972-01-03

This program is 26 minutes long

• Introduction John Chancellor (New York)

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  05:30:40 pm — 05:31:20 pm

• POWs / Nixon

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  05:31:20 pm — 05:34:00 pm

  (Studio) President Nixon said United States withdrawal from Vietnam blocked by Vietnam holding US P.O.W.s. White House says withdrawal also contingent on Vietnamization. In CBS interview, Nixon also noted North Vietnam refusal of United States withdrawal offers in exchange for P.O.W.s.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (D.C.) [Senator George MCGOVERN - says Nixon uses P.O.W. issue to justify bombing.]

• Laos, Vietnam

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  05:34:00 pm — 05:37:00 pm

  (Studio) Communists continue to pressure Laos forces, financed by CIA. South Vietnam pull out of Cambodia to protect central highlands.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Cam Rahn Bay, South Vietnam) United States Air Force division supplies outposts in Vietnam. (Dak Seang, South Vietnam) Outposts built to prevent infiltration of enemy into South Vietnam. Tribesmen man outposts. South Vietnam must take over United States Air Force missions.
  REPORTER: Arthur Lord

• United States Bombing North Vietnam

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  05:37:00 pm — 05:38:00 pm

  (Studio) President Nixon cited 3 reasons for United States air attacks on North Vietnam: to halt infiltration, to counter shelling of Saigon, to counter assaults on US reconnaissance planes. There have been dubious North Vietnam efforts. Raids somewhat ineffective due to bad weather.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• (Commercial)

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  05:38:00 pm — 05:39:00 pm

• Campaign `72 / Nixon, Ashbrook, Hartke

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  05:39:00 pm — 05:40:40 pm

  (Studio) President Nixon's name entered in New Hampshire primary. Representative John Ashbrook to run against him there. Senator Vance Hartke announces New Hampshire primary candidacy.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Boston) [HARTKE - relates campaign plans.]
  REPORTER: WBZ-TV Film

• Campaign `72 / Muskie

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  05:40:40 pm — 05:40:50 pm

  (Studio) Senator Edmund Muskie 1st to enter Ill. primary.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Campaign `72 / Equal Time

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  05:40:50 pm — 05:41:30 pm

  (Studio) Democratic National Committee asks CBS and NBC for equal time to reply to President Nixon's speeches. Representative Paul McCloskey also requests equal time.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Price Control Enforcement

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  05:41:30 pm — 05:43:50 pm

  (Studio) Phase II price controls subject to enforcement in retail stores, required to post pre-freeze prices. IRS (Internal Revenue Service) inspectors responsible for enforcement.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Wheaton, Md.) IRS (Internal Revenue Service) agent Harvey Pearlmutter checks for display of prices in stores, finds little compliance due to confusion among merchants.
  REPORTER: Irving R. Levine

• Welfare

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  05:43:50 pm — 05:44:10 pm

  (Studio) Department Department of Health, Education and Welfare releases Welfare figures. Mistaken payments blamed on bureaucratic bungling rather than cheating.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• New Army and Enlistment

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  05:44:10 pm — 05:46:10 pm

  (Studio) United States army's recruitment campaign reported.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Los Angeles, Cal.) Los Angeles reports high enlistments, mostly due to "new army" program. [Recruiting officer, Major Robert JACKSON - describes advantages offered to enlistees.]
  REPORTER: Jack Perkins

• (Commercial)

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  05:46:10 pm — 05:48:00 pm

• Pakistan, India, Bangladesh

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  05:48:00 pm — 05:51:10 pm

  (Studio) Sheik Mujibur Rahman, Bengali leader, to be released. Pakistani President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto announces release after one more talk in Rawalpindi. Bengali refugees begin returning home from India.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (India) Refugee train leaves for Jessore, overflowing. (Jessore, Bangladesh) Trucks and buses carry refugees from Jessore, past which RR line has not been repaired.
  REPORTER: David Burrington

• United States - India, Pakistan

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  05:51:10 pm — 05:51:50 pm

  (Studio) President Aide Henry Kissinger, quoted by columnist, Jack Anderson, as having said Nixon wanted to be tougher on India during India-Pakistan crisis.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Russia, Egypt

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  05:51:50 pm — 05:52:00 pm

  (Studio) United Press International reports Russians building airbase in Egypt near Aswan Dam.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Weather

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  05:52:00 pm — 05:52:10 pm

  (Studio) Bad winter storm hits central plains.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Gasoline In Sewer

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  05:52:10 pm — 05:52:30 pm

  (Studio) In Midland, Mich., trucker accidentally unloads gasoline into sewer system rather than service station tank.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Northern Ireland

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  05:52:30 pm — 05:52:40 pm

  (Studio) In Belfast, bomb explosion injures 63.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• International Economy / Volkswagen

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  05:52:40 pm — 05:52:50 pm

  (Studio) Volkswagen Company in West Germany shuts down 6 plants for 1 week due to slow sales.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• US, Japan / Textile Trade

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  05:52:50 pm — 05:53:00 pm

  (Studio) Japan agrees to limit exports of wool and man-made fibers to US.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:53:00 pm — 05:53:20 pm

  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• (Commercial)

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  05:53:20 pm — 05:54:50 pm

• Polish Farmers

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  05:54:50 pm — 05:57:40 pm

  (Studio) United States small farmers complain of being squeezed out. In Poland, farmers do well.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Poland) Farmer cited as a capitalist in Communist Poland. System is clumsy and inefficient, but more profitable than factory work. Gov't. can't assure enough food, prices are high.
  REPORTER: Charles Quinn

• Good Night

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  05:57:40 pm — 05:57:40 pm