Vanderbilt Television News Archive

NBC Evening News for 1974-06-02

This program is 28 minutes long

• Introduction Floyd Kalber (New York City)

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:30:10 pm

• General Accounting Office / Government Costs Overruns

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  05:30:10 pm — 05:33:10 pm

  (Studio) General Accounting Office reports development of new weapons system costs $20 billion more than anticipated. Senator William Proxmire releases information to press.
  REPORTER: Floyd Kalber

  (DC) [PROXMIRE - discusses problems with new weapons systems.] B-1 bomber very controversial.
  REPORTER: John Cochran

  (Studio) Defense Department's request for bigger budget comes up for debate in Senate this week
  REPORTER: Floyd Kalber

• (Commercial: Exxon.)

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  05:33:10 pm — 05:34:10 pm

• Flixborough Fire

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  05:34:10 pm — 05:36:00 pm

  (Studio) Massive fire burns uncontrollably in Flixborough, England; 55 believed dead.
  REPORTER: Floyd Kalber

  (Flixborough, England) Fire shown. Damage to nearby towns and villages extensive.
  REPORTER: Michael Buerk (BBC)

• Middle East Agreement / Technical Details

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  05:36:00 pm — 05:36:30 pm

  (Studio) Officers from Syrian and Israeli delegations meet again in Geneva, Switzerland, to work out technical details of disengagement agreement. Cease-fire holds firm on Golan Heights Israelis report killing 2 Arab guerrilla infiltrators along Lebanese border.
  REPORTER: Floyd Kalber

• Arab Guerrilla Leaders / Meeting

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  05:36:30 pm — 05:38:30 pm

  (Studio) Arab guerrilla groups meet in Cairo, Egypt, to decide future plans.
  REPORTER: Floyd Kalber

  (Cairo, Egypt) Palestinian National Council meets, supposedly to adopt strategy for continuing confrontation with Israel. Militant guerrilla leaders also attend meeting Yasir Arafat, head of Palestinian Liberation Organization, under heavy guard. Till fate of Palestinians resolved, Mid. E. peace unlikely.
  REPORTER: John Palmer

• Arab Oil-Producing Countries / Meeting

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  05:38:30 pm — 05:38:50 pm

  (Studio) Arab oil-producing cntrys. also meet in Cairo, Egypt. Holland and Denmark still affected by Arab oil cuts and bans.
  REPORTER: Floyd Kalber

• President / Middle East Visit

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  05:38:50 pm — 05:39:10 pm

  (Studio) President to visit Cairo, Egypt, beginning June 13.
  REPORTER: Floyd Kalber

• (Commercial: Exxon.)

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  05:39:10 pm — 05:40:10 pm

• Sun. Profile / El Cordobes

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  05:40:10 pm — 05:46:10 pm

  (Studio) El Cordobes was daring bullfighter, El Cordobes now retired multimillionaire.
  REPORTER: Floyd Kalber

  (Cordoba, Spain) Cordobes shown in bull-ring. Background reviewed. Cordobes invested money wisely since leaving ring. Cordobes nearly gored to death by bulls 3 times; insists he'll never step into ring again, but his drive to succeed in all areas conts. Cordobes believes in excellence; past and present life proves it.
  REPORTER: George Montgomery

• (Commercial: Exxon.)

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  05:46:10 pm — 05:47:10 pm

• Carter / Nixon

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  05:47:10 pm — 05:48:40 pm

  (Studio) NBC's "Meet The Press" interviews 6 govs. [Georgia Jimmy CARTER - believes President guilty of Watergate crimes.]
  REPORTER: Floyd Kalber

• The Week Ahead

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  05:48:40 pm — 05:50:10 pm

  (Studio) Govs. hold conference in Seattle, WA. Primary elections to be held in 7 states; California gubernatorial primary among elections.
  REPORTER: Floyd Kalber

  (DC) House Judiciary Committee to examine ITT (International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation) and milk fund.
  REPORTER: Robert Goralski

  (Belfast, North Ireland) British Parliament to debate North Ireland's problems of extreme violence.
  REPORTER: George Montgomery

  (Tel Aviv, Israel) Syrian and Israeli POWs to be exchanged. Israeli parliament meets to approve new government of Rabin.
  REPORTER: Charles Quinn

  (Studio) Clothing workers to strike; impact to be felt this week
  REPORTER: Floyd Kalber

• Auto Industry / Overtime

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  05:50:10 pm — 05:52:30 pm

  (Studio) Auto industry faces problem with workers turning down overtime work.
  REPORTER: Floyd Kalber

  (Detroit, Michigan) Many workers refuse to work on wkends.; some auto plants forced to close on wkends. [Ford labor relations Sidney McKENNA - says production schedule backed up because workers refuse overtime.] [UAW Vice President Ken BANNON - believes Ford Company could come up with alternate plan; ex of plan outlined.]
  REPORTER: Lou Davis

• United Nations / Food Shortage

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  05:52:30 pm — 05:52:50 pm

  (Studio) United Nations reports world-wide food shortage worst in history.
  REPORTER: Floyd Kalber

• Daley / Surgery

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  05:52:50 pm — 05:53:10 pm

  (Studio) Chicago mayor, Richard Daley, undergoes surgery; details given
  REPORTER: Floyd Kalber

• Mansfield / Wages, Cost of Living

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  05:53:10 pm — 05:53:30 pm

  (Studio) Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield to propose all wages and salaries be tied to cost of living index.
  REPORTER: Floyd Kalber

• Walther Killed

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  05:53:30 pm — 05:53:40 pm

  (Studio) George Walther, hydroplane driver, killed.
  REPORTER: Floyd Kalber

• Horse Race / Fixed Race

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  05:53:40 pm — 05:54:10 pm

  (Studio) 8 of lding. drivers in harness racing found not guilty in yesterday's court decision with regard to race fixing. 2 gamblers convicted.
  REPORTER: Floyd Kalber

• (Commercial: Exxon.)

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  05:54:10 pm — 05:55:10 pm

• Beef / Japan

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  05:55:10 pm — 05:57:50 pm

  (Studio) American housewife doesn't pay any less for beef at supermarket, although whsle. prices down. Much American beef exported to Japan.
  REPORTER: Floyd Kalber

  (Tokyo, Japan) Japan's supply of beef limited; United States beef skyhigh in Japan, but many consider it a bargain.
  REPORTER: Jack Reynolds

• Good Night

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  05:57:50 pm — 05:57:50 pm