Vanderbilt Television News Archive

NBC Evening News for 1974-04-15

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction John Chancellor (New York City)

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:30:10 pm

• Mideast / Fighting / Egypt

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  05:30:10 pm — 05:30:40 pm

  (Studio) Israel fights Syria on Golan Heights. Egyptian foreign minister Fahmy says Egypt may strike Israel if more retaliation raids made in Lebanon or fighting conts. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger soon goes to Cairo for diplomatic visit.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Mideast / United Nations / Lebanon-Israel

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  05:30:40 pm — 05:32:10 pm

  (Studio) United Nations Security Council debates terror and retaliatory raids.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (New York City) Lebanon protests Israel retaliatory raid on them. Foreign minister Naffah noted raid in retaliation for Palestine strike on Israel Thursday Says not up to Lebanon to guard Israel's frontier against guerrillas. Israel could recognize Palestinian rights. Israel Amb, Yosef Tekoah charges Lebanon with sheltering murderers. Says up to Lebanon to suppress raids, [TEKOAH-says neighbors will treat Lebanon like lawless state if it acts like one.]
  REPORTER: Richard Hunt

• Mideast / Israel-Syria

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  05:32:10 pm — 05:34:50 pm

  (Studio) Syria and Israel defense, mins, visit Golan Heights, as fighting grows intense. Moshe Dayan forced to take cover.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Golan Heights, Syria) Israeli officers, expect Syrian attack. Both sides deadlocked. Syria wants land lost in October and in 1967. They also want timetable of total pullout. Israeli forces on alert. Syria could well win mile or more and Israel be forced to ceasefire by UN.
  REPORTER: David Burrington

• Mideast / USSR

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  05:34:50 pm — 05:35:50 pm

  (Studio) USSR has no political leverage with Israel. They continue to sell more arms to Arabs.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• (Commercial: Mazda; Decaf Coffee.)

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  05:35:50 pm — 05:36:50 pm

• Conspiracy Trial / Mitchell

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  05:36:50 pm — 05:38:50 pm

  (Studio) Former Attorney General, John Mitchell, takes stand and says not guilty of influence peddling on financier Robert Vesco's behalf.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (NYC) MITCHELL says feels fine about testifying in own behalf.] Assistant US Attorney, John Wing, cross-examines Mitchell. Mitchell says didn't know Vesco expected help with Securities and Exchange Commission in exchange for campaign contribution. Mitchell didn't think his talking to Securities and Exchange Commission chairperson on behalf of Vesco would influence case. Mitchell accidentally called Wing "Mr. Dean", his chief accuser. Codefendant, Maurice Stans, to testify later in week
  REPORTER: Robert Hager

• Campaign Gifts / Steinbrenner

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  05:38:50 pm — 05:39:10 pm

  (Studio) Chairperson American Shipbuilding Company, George Steinbrenner, and major stockholder of New York Yankees, accused by Securities and Exchange Commission of not rpting, illegal campaign gifts, 11 corps. accused of illegal gifts in 1972.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Taxes / Nixon

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  05:39:10 pm — 05:39:30 pm

  (Studio) Tax day for most Americans Pres, Nixon given extra 60 days due to his problems. White House says over 5000 people sent over $40,000 to Nixon to pay his back taxes. Money to be returned.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Discrimination Suit / Steel Cos,

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  05:39:30 pm — 05:41:50 pm

  (Studio) 9 steel companies and United Steel Workers of America agree to give $31 million in back pay to workers who were discrimination victims. Some civil rights groups say settlement not big enough.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (DC) 9 steel companies have total employment of 347,000, Back pay goes to 34,000 black and Spanish males and 5600 women, Each gets $250-3000, [Secretary, Labor Peter BRENNAN says proud 3 government agencies worked together to get settlement,] [NOW spokesperson, Ann SCOTT says steel industry buying off United States government with this decree, Doesn't cover discrimination felt.] Steel ind, might have had to pay more if it'd gone to court
  REPORTER: Irving R, Levine

• Lending Rate

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  05:41:50 pm — 05:42:00 pm

  (Studio) 1st Ntl, Bank of Chicago raises prime lending rate to 10.1%,
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Penny Demands

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  05:42:00 pm — 05:42:30 pm

  (Studio) Treasury Department says penny demands doubled because many feel copper in penny to be worth more. Anyone melting or exporting pennies faces $10,000 fine or 5 years prison.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Food Prices

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  05:42:30 pm — 05:42:40 pm

  (Studio) Cost of Living Council removes wage and price controls from food whslers. and retailers, incling. supermkts. Council doesn't expect large rise in food prices.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Food Stamps

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  05:42:40 pm — 05:42:50 pm

  (Studio) Congress study says if food prices continue to rise, 1 of 4 Americans eligible for food stamps by 1976.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• (Commercial: Hush Puppies Shoes; Anacin.)

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  05:42:50 pm — 05:43:50 pm

• SLA Bank Robbery / Hearst Kidnapping

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  05:43:50 pm — 05:45:30 pm

  (Studio) Gang of Symbionese Liberation Army mbrs, (SLA) rob bank and wound 2 people.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (San Francisco, California) Men and women, armed with carbines, get $700. On way out, they fire guns; 2 seriously wounded. [MAN tells of seeing 3 girls and 1 man run out of bank. Was fired at.] Witnesses see 3 white women and 5 black and white males involved. Security cameras take photos of robbery, FBI has film.
  REPORTER: Gail Christian (KRON-TV)

  (Studio) In last tape recd., Patricia Hearst said she would stay with her kidnappers, the SLA.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Floods / Louisiana / Mississippi

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  05:45:30 pm — 05:47:00 pm

  (Studio) Floods kill 7 in Mississippi and 2 in LAB 1000s homeless.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) Flooded area shown. Many evacuated. Mississippi Governor William Waller calls in National Guard. Wants south Mississippi declared disaster area.
  REPORTER: Steve Delaney (WDAM-TV)

• Tornado Damage / Ohio

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  05:47:00 pm — 05:49:50 pm

  (Studio) Ohio town hardest hit by tornado. Rebuilding begun.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Xenia, Ohio) Fed., state and local govts, coordinate through 1 office. Neighbors help each other. [Gale STEPHENS says it'll be year until new home's ready. Staying with mother-in-law,] Many live in local schools. Red Cross feeds and helps find shelter for families, Damaged bus, section shown. [Store owner Russ REMICK says we'll make it better town than before, No one says they're through.]
  REPORTER: Jack Paxton

• President War Powers

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  05:49:50 pm — 05:50:10 pm

  (Studio) Supreme Court refuses to set limits on war-making powers of President Lets lower court decision stand, which permitted Nixon to order last year's bombing of Cambodia,
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• (Commercial: Florida Grapefruit Growers; Polaroid Cameras.)

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  05:50:10 pm — 05:51:10 pm

• World Economy / Kissinger

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  05:51:10 pm — 05:52:50 pm

  (Studio) Secretary Kissinger goes before United Nations to talk about world economy development Warns against confrontation between rich and poor cntrys.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (NYC) Kissinger says world economy under stress and cooperation needed. [KISSINGER warns against price increases and production restrictions. All ntns. would suffer.) Until crisis dvts., nothing likely to be done.
  REPORTER: Richard Valeriani

• Niger

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  05:52:50 pm — 05:53:20 pm

  (Studio) Niger government seized by army due to drought-imposed conditions.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Michigan Cong. Election

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  05:53:20 pm — 05:53:40 pm

  (Studio) High voter turnout expected for 8th congress district in Michigan. Nixon campaigned for James Sparling there recently. Democratic candidate, Robert Traxler, says President and Watergate are main issues.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Quayle Death

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  05:53:40 pm — 05:54:10 pm

  (Studio) Public opinion pollster, Oliver Quayle, 52 dies of heart attack.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• (Commercial: Honeywell Thermostats; Clear Eyes Drops; Tums Antacid Tablets.)

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  05:54:10 pm — 05:55:40 pm

• Easter Egg Roll

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  05:55:40 pm — 05:56:50 pm

  (Studio) Annual White House easter egg roll held.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (DC) Games and events shown. Julie North Eisenhower there.
  REPORTER: No reporter given

• Good Night

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  05:56:50 pm — 05:56:50 pm