Vanderbilt Television News Archive

NBC Evening News for 1973-08-16

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction Garrick Utley (New York City)

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:30:20 pm

• Watergate Speech / White House Reaction

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  05:30:20 pm — 05:31:30 pm

  (Studio) Nixon's Watergate speech begins White House counterattack on Watergate investigations.
  REPORTER: Garrick Utley

  (White House) Press believes goal achieved. White House says correspondence runs 5-1 in President' favor. Many news conferences and speeches to restore American trust in President scheduled now.
  REPORTER: Robert Goralski

• Nixon / Watergate Speech

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  05:31:30 pm — 05:32:10 pm

  (Studio) 4 main points in Nixon's Watergate speech reviewed.
  REPORTER: Garrick Utley

• Watergate Speech / Ervin Reaction

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  05:32:10 pm — 05:34:40 pm

  (Studio) Senate Watergate committee chairperson Sam Ervin comments on Watergate speech and Nixon charges.
  REPORTER: Garrick Utley

  (Gastonia, North Carolina) [ERVIN - claims all Watergate committee members would like to end Watergate probe without involving President President' refusal to release tapes obstructs Senate Watergate committee 's duty.]
  REPORTER: Kenley Jones

• (Commercial: Fixodent Denture Adhesive; Volkswagen.)

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  05:34:40 pm — 05:35:40 pm

• Watergate Speech / Politics Reaction

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  05:35:40 pm — 05:36:20 pm

  (Studio) Reactions mix on President' Watergate speech. Senator Edward Gurney, Governor Ronald Reagan, Senator Edward Brooke, Senator Barry Goldwater air views on Watergate speech.
  REPORTER: Garrick Utley

• Watergate Speech / Americans' Reaction

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  05:36:20 pm — 05:40:30 pm

  (Studio) Av. American forms own opinion about Watergate speech.
  REPORTER: Garrick Utley

  (Chicago, Illinois) [Iron worker Jerry TOOMEY - believes President wasn't involved in Watergate. Hard hat reaction to Nixon generally unfavorable now.]
  REPORTER: Dick Kay

  (Navarre, Ohio) Goodman family remain staunch Nixon supporters. [Dean GOODMAN - feels Nixon's aides responsible for Watergate.] [Shirley GOODMAN - says confidence in President still present.] [Jill GOODMAN - thinks Press' speech unenlightening, but confidence unshaken.]
  REPORTER: Lou Davis

  (Palos Verdes, California) Reaction to President' speech generally good in this mostly wealthy, Republican neighborhood.
  REPORTER: Don Oliver

• Nixon, Watergate Committee Witnesses / Contradictions

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  05:40:30 pm — 05:43:30 pm

  (Studio) Nixon's Watergate speech didn't deal with specific charges.
  REPORTER: Garrick Utley

  (DC) Contradictions exist between President' version and testimony from former acting FBI director L. Patrick Gray, former White House cnsl. John Dean, former Attorney General Richard Kleindienst and assistant Henry Petersen. Contradictions restated.
  REPORTER: Douglas Kiker

• Watergate Speech / Special Report

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  05:43:30 pm — 05:43:50 pm

  (Studio) Special report narrated by John Chancellor on Watergate speech. To be aired at 10 p.m. EDT. on NBC.
  REPORTER: Garrick Utley

• (Commercial: Pledge Furniture Polish; Raid Insecticide.)

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  05:43:50 pm — 05:44:50 pm

• Watergate / Magruder

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  05:44:50 pm — 05:46:40 pm

  (Studio) Former deputy director Nixon reelection committee , Jeb Magruder, admits role in planning Watergate burglary and cover-up. Appears before Judge John Sirica and pleads guilty to 1 charge of conspiracy.
  REPORTER: Garrick Utley

  (DC) [MAGRUDER - feels better since pleading guilty although jail sentence scares him. Believes Watergates have no place in American pols.] Sirica delays sentencing Magruder. Since Magruder to help investigators in Watergate probe. Magruder will probably serve small sentence.
  REPORTER: Gordon Graham

• Agnew Probe

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  05:46:40 pm — 05:48:20 pm

  (Studio) Special federal grand jury hears testimony allegedly involving Vice President Spiro Agnew in bribery and kickback scandal.
  REPORTER: Garrick Utley

  (Baltimore, Maryland) Assistant Attorney General Henry Petersen meets with United States attorney, George Beall on Agnew case. No contractors appear before federal grand jury. At least 3 Agnew friends admit taking bribes from Maryland contractors. Jerome Wolff, Lester Matz involved in scandal. Allen Green alleges payoffs given to Agnew regularly. Agnew maintains innocence.
  REPORTER: Ron Nessen

• Agnew / Nixon Support

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  05:48:20 pm — 05:48:40 pm

  (Studio) Vice President Spiro Agnew supports President Nixon on Watergate in speech at boilermaker's convention
  REPORTER: Garrick Utley

• (Commercial: Greyhound Bus; Nestea.)

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  05:48:40 pm — 05:49:40 pm

• Arab Hijacking

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  05:49:40 pm — 05:52:10 pm

  (Studio) Arab gunman hijacks Lebanese plane and forces it to land at Tel Aviv, Israel.
  REPORTER: Garrick Utley

  (Tel Aviv Airport) Israelis refuse hijacked plane landing space till gunman threatens to blow plane up. Hijacker overpowered without violence. [Flight engineer Ole OLSON - says hijacker deranged; would blow plane to pieces.] Another crewmember thinks hijacker drunk, but crew reacted very seriously. Arab passengers allowed to resume flight. Hijacker insists he meant no harm; wants Arabs and Jews to live in peace. Israel's chief of staff jokes with crew members about setting up special place for Arab planes. Arab plane 2nd to land forcibly in Israel in 1 wk.
  REPORTER: David Burrington

• Phase IV / Gas, Diesel Fuel

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  05:52:10 pm — 05:52:30 pm

  (Studio) Freeze on gas and diesel fuels remains till August 31.
  REPORTER: Garrick Utley

• Economy / Wheat

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  05:52:30 pm — 05:52:40 pm

  (Studio) Agriculture Department lifts all planting restrictions on wheat. Wheat futures drop in price on Midwest commodities mkts.
  REPORTER: Garrick Utley

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:52:40 pm — 05:53:00 pm

  REPORTER: Garrick Utley

• (Commercial: Phillips' Milk of Magnesia; Dap Home Fixer Products.)

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  05:53:00 pm — 05:54:00 pm

• Cambodia / Ground Offensive

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  05:54:00 pm — 05:54:10 pm

  (Studio) Govt. troops recapture town S.E. Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Scattered fighting conts.; no sign of insurgent offensive against capital.
  REPORTER: Garrick Utley

• Bradley / Surgery

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  05:54:10 pm — 05:54:30 pm

  (Studio) Last of 5 star gens., Omar Bradley, undergoes unscheduled surgery for blood clots on lungs. Condition serious.
  REPORTER: Garrick Utley

• Third Skylab Mission

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  05:54:30 pm — 05:54:40 pm

  (Studio) Space officials tentatively set December 9 as launch day for 3rd skylab mission.
  REPORTER: Garrick Utley

• Chrysler Plant / Work Resumes

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  05:54:40 pm — 05:54:50 pm

  (Studio) Work resumes at Chrysler plant in Detroit, Michigan, after wildcat strike caused shutdown.
  REPORTER: Garrick Utley

• Pecheur Dies

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  05:54:50 pm — 05:55:10 pm

  (Studio) New York actor and model, Bruce Pecheur, fights burglar to death. Burglar shot; Pecheur stabbed. Both die.
  REPORTER: Garrick Utley

• Train Hijack / Northern Ireland

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  05:55:10 pm — 05:56:40 pm

  (Studio) Gunmen overtake freight train in North Ireland. Train filled with explosives.
  REPORTER: Garrick Utley

  (Newry, North Ireland) British army tries to disarm or remove explosives. Sharp-shooters decide to blow up explosives. Gunmen's identity unknown.
  REPORTER: Liz Trotta

• Andrea Doria Treasure Hunt

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  05:56:40 pm — 05:57:00 pm

  (Studio) Divers work for weeks to bring up sunken treasure from Andrea Doria. Conditions too risky; divers decide to give up.
  REPORTER: Garrick Utley

• Good Night

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  05:57:00 pm — 05:57:00 pm