Vanderbilt Television News Archive

NBC Evening News for 1974-02-08

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction John Chancellor (New York City)

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:30:10 pm

• Skylab III Splashdown

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  05:30:10 pm — 05:33:50 pm

  (Studio) Skylab III astronauts Gerald Carr, William Pogue and Edward Gibson end 84-day mission.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (No location given) Splashdown shown. Astronauts shaky, but seem in good condition. Skylab project ends with this flight.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor (narrates)

  (Studio) Skylab lab to burn up within 5-8 years
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• (Commercial: Mr. Coffee Drip Coffeemaker; Kellogg's Product 19 Cereal; Vicks Sinex Nasal Spray.)

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  05:33:50 pm — 05:35:20 pm

• Truckers' Strike

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  05:35:20 pm — 05:39:30 pm

  (Studio) Truck strike conts. despite tentative settlement. More violence occurs. Admin. officials discuss issue with President
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (White House) Admin. to take hard line against lawbreakers. [Federal mediator William USERY - believes settlement is good one.] [Attorney General William SAXBE - outlines upcoming investigation into federal violations during strike.]
  REPORTER: Gordon Graham

  (Studio) Pennsylvania Governor Milton Shapp tries to talk drivers into accepting agreement.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Bartonsville, Pennsylvania) [SHAPP - requests drivers examine settlement closely. Explains agreement to drivers.] Trucker reaction to agreement reviewed. [SHAPP - urges truckers not to use violence if rigs stay shut down.]
  REPORTER: Robert Hager

• Gasoline Rationing

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  05:39:30 pm — 05:40:10 pm

  (Studio) Gasoline rationing increases in several states. Senator puts off vote on revamped energy bill; rationing decision not likely to be made any time soon.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• (Commercial: Alka-Seltzer.)

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  05:40:10 pm — 05:41:10 pm

• Watergate Developments

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  05:41:10 pm — 05:42:50 pm

  (Studio) Federal Judge Gerhard Gesell rules against enforcing Senate Watergate committee 's subpoena for 5 White House tapes and documents. However Judge Gesell rejects Nixon's argument that courts don't have right to judge disputes between President and Congress Special Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski meets with White House lawyer James Saint Clair to discuss Jaworski's request for more Watergate material.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (DC) Gesell's ruling doesn't affect any House Judiciary Committee requests for Watergate tapes and documents. Jaworski, Saint Clair meeting makes no headway.
  REPORTER: Tom Brokaw

• Nixon / Back Taxes

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  05:42:50 pm — 05:43:20 pm

  (Studio) Senator Russell Long says Nixon owes back taxes. Long heads joint Congress committee probing President' finances.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Agnew / Secret Service Protection

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  05:43:20 pm — 05:43:30 pm

  (Studio) Controller General Elmer Staats rules former Vice President Spiro Agnew's Secret Service protection illegal.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Hearst Kidnapping

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  05:43:30 pm — 05:46:30 pm

  (Studio) New developments in Hearst kidnapping reviewed.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Berkeley, California) Symbionese Liberation Army sends letter to Berkeley radio stn., claiming responsibility for Hearst kidnapping. [Randolph HEARST - questions kidnappers' motives in seizing daughter. Demands may not be met if request reaches beyond Hearst's influence.] Liberation army may want to trade Patricia for 2 members of liberation organization in prison on murder charges. Composite sketches of suspects shown. [Student association Paul JOANNIDES - says campus united in prayer for safe return of Patricia Hearst.]
  REPORTER: Don Oliver

• Pro-Arab Terrorists / Kuwait

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  05:46:30 pm — 05:47:00 pm

  (Studio) In Kuwait, 5 Pro-Palestinian terrorists fly to Aden, Yemen, along with 4 other guerrillas from Singapore. Terrorists take Japanese hostages in Kuwait to win safe passage for commandos from Singapore.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• (Commercial: Sominex Sleeping Pills; Amana Radarange.)

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  05:47:00 pm — 05:48:00 pm

• Washington, DC / Snowfall

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  05:48:00 pm — 05:49:00 pm

  (Studio) Heavy snowfall keeps President from appointed for annual physical exam.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (DC) Federal government workers not allowed to leave work early so snowplows could keep ice and snow from building up.
  REPORTER: John Cochran

• Britain / Coal Miners' Strike

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  05:49:00 pm — 05:49:10 pm

  (Studio) Militant coal miners reject Prime Minister Edward Heath's plea to delay strike till after national elections.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Israel / Golan Hts.

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  05:49:10 pm — 05:49:30 pm

  (Studio) Israeli Prime Min. Golda Meir insists Israel won't give up Golan Heights as part of Mid. E. peace settlement.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:49:30 pm — 05:49:40 pm

  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Oglala Sioux Elections

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  05:49:40 pm — 05:50:20 pm

  (Studio) Wounded Knee controversy reviewed. Oglala Sioux Indians vote for new leader Candidates were incumbent Dick Wilson and Wounded Knee leader Russell Means; Wilson wins. Means to demand recount.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• (Commercial: Mazda RX-4 Auto; Total Cereal.)

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  05:50:20 pm — 05:51:20 pm

• Space Program in Review

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  05:51:20 pm — 05:57:00 pm

  (Studio) Skylab III ends American space exploration program.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Houston, Texas) Space program reviewed, incling. Alan Shepard's 1st flight in 1961, John Glenn, Neil Armstrong and skylab missions. Future of mission control bleak; next project to be joint US, USSR mission in 1975.
  REPORTER: Roy Neal

  (Studio) United States space exploration ends with routine landing. Space program is glorious accomplishment for US.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Good Night

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  05:57:00 pm — 05:57:00 pm