Vanderbilt Television News Archive

NBC Evening News for 1974-06-06

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction John Chancellor (New York City)

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:30:10 pm

• President / Co-Conspirator

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  05:30:10 pm — 05:33:40 pm

  (Studio) President named as unindicted co-conspirator in Watergate case by Watergate grand jury. Revelation could hurt President' case in Supreme Court; details given.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (DC) Special prosecutor Leon Jaworski case against President improved according to executive privilege expert Alexander Bickel of Yale. [University of Chicago professor Philip KURLAND - says grand jury's action voids President' case for executive privilege.] [President' attorney James ST. CLAIR - insists President not guilty just because grand jury says so.]
  REPORTER: Carl Stern

  (Studio) President' lawyer asks court yield names of all named as co-conspirators by grand jury.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• White House / Ehrlichman Subpoena

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  05:33:40 pm — 05:34:10 pm

  (Studio) White House lawyers move to quash subpoenas that would supply evidence for John Ehrlichman's defense in Ellsberg break-in case.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Bull / Woods / 18 1/2-Min. Tape Gap

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  05:34:10 pm — 05:35:00 pm

  (Studio) White House aide Stephen Bull spends 4 1/2 hrs. before grand jury probing 18 1/2-min. tape gap; President' secretary Rose Mary Woods also before jury.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• (Commercial: Volkswagen; Spray'N Wash Stain Remover; Florida Orange Growers.)

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  05:35:00 pm — 05:36:30 pm

• House Judiciary Committee / Wiretaps

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  05:36:30 pm — 05:38:50 pm

  (Studio) House Judiciary Committee investigates wiretaps. Former Defense Secretary Clark Clifford supposedly tapped.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (DC) Wiretaps first authorized to stop national security leaks. [Representative Joshua EILBERG - believes wiretaps used for political reasons.] [Representative Robert DRINAN - doesn't think President has moral or legal right to wiretap.] Other committee members feel differently.
  REPORTER: Robert Goralski

• Kissinger / Press Conference

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  05:38:50 pm — 05:41:10 pm

  (Studio) Secretary of State Henry Kissinger holds news conference
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (DC) [KISSINGER - insists he made no direct recommendation to set up wiretaps.] Senate Foreign Relations Committee has no plans to recall Kissinger re: wiretap question.
  REPORTER: Richard Valeriani

  (Studio) Kissinger says United States made no commitments to Syria to bring about Syrian, Israeli disengagement. Kissinger also denies United States made any secret commitments to North Vietnam. United States not trying to edge USSR out of role in Mid. E. peace talks.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Kissinger, President / Saudi Arabia's Interior Min.

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  05:41:10 pm — 05:42:40 pm

  (Studio) President and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger meet with Saudi Arabia's interior minister Nixon to visit Saudi Arabia during Mid. E. trip.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (White House) Nixon and Kissinger say oil not major topic of talks.
  REPORTER: Tom Brokaw

• Sugar Subsidy Bill / House

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  05:42:40 pm — 05:43:00 pm

  (Studio) House kills sugar subsidy bill; details given.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:43:00 pm — 05:43:10 pm

  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• (Commercial: Carrier Air Conditioning; Arthritis Pain Formula; Shell Oil Company.)

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  05:43:10 pm — 05:44:40 pm

• Syrian, Israeli POWs

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  05:44:40 pm — 05:50:40 pm

  (Studio) Israel and Syria exchange POWs.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Tel Aviv, Israel) Departure of Syrian POWs subdued.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor (narrates)

  (Damascus, Syria) Syrians swarm around plane carrying Syrian POWs back home. Celebration shown.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor (narrates)

  (Tel Aviv, Israel) Crowd uncontrollable as Israeli POWs arrive home. Former Prime Min. Golda Meir and new Premier Rabin lost in crowd; too much joy felt for formal ceremony to be held. Homecoming celebration for one of POWs shown.
  REPORTER: David Burrington

  (Studio) Syrian and Israeli war dead also exchanged.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Golan Heights) Body exchange shown.
  REPORTER: George Montgomery

  (Studio) Egyptian President Anwar Sadat pledges all Arab territory occupied by Israelis will be recovered.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• (Commercial: Aqua Velva After Shave Lotion; Arm and Hammer Baking Soda; Di-Gel Antacid.)

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  05:50:40 pm — 05:52:10 pm

• Friedland Kidnapping

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  05:52:10 pm — 05:52:30 pm

  (Studio) Mrs. Annette Friedland, wife of Food Fair mkts. president kidnapped outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Friedland later returned; money recovered.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Troop Reduction

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  05:52:30 pm — 05:52:50 pm

  (Studio) Senator refuses to pass 2 attempts to reduce United States troops overseas.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• D-Day Commemoration

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  05:52:50 pm — 05:55:20 pm

  (Studio) June 6, 1944, was D-Day. Commemorative report follows.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (NYC) Frenchmen come to American to honor D-Day. Frenchmen recall details of D-Day. Film of Normandy invasion shown.
  REPORTER: Robert Hager

• Journal (D-Day)

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  05:55:20 pm — 05:57:10 pm

  (Studio) David Brinkley recalls D-Day.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Studio) D-Day brought Americans together in an approved, united effort. Perhaps Americans can again feel comradeship.
  REPORTER: David Brinkley

• Good Night

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  05:57:10 pm — 05:57:10 pm