Vanderbilt Television News Archive

NBC Evening News for 1980-08-29

This program is 28 minutes long

• Introduction John Chancellor (New York City)

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:30:10 pm

• Peru / Hijacking

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  05:30:10 pm — 05:32:10 pm

  (Studio) Cuban refugees reported hijacking United States plane at Lima, Peru, airport; details given.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Lima, Peru) Details of plane takeover examined; films shown courtesy Peruvian TV.
  REPORTER: Roberto Martinez

• Pennsylvania / Cuban Refugee Riot

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  05:32:10 pm — 05:32:20 pm

  (Studio) Riot last night at Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, Cuban refugee resettlement camp reported; details given.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• (Commercial: Upcoming Items; Sanka Coffee; American Express Travelers Cheques.)

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  05:32:20 pm — 05:33:20 pm

• Poland / Strikes

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  05:33:20 pm — 05:38:50 pm

  (Studio) Polish workers and government reported working on possible settlement of strike; Reuters, strike leader Lech Walesa quoted.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Gdansk, Poland) Situation in Gdansk examined; Walesa quoted, film shown. Possible demand being pushed by workers outlined; impact of strike on Gdansk lifestyle detailed. Spread of strike to other areas of Polish industry outlined; poem, written by striking worker, quoted.
  REPORTER: Gene Randall

  (Studio) Strikes in Edward Gierek's home province of Poland reported; significance of strikes for Gierek noted.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (No location given) Gierek's life and political background examined; films shown. Pope John Paul II's visit to Poland last year recalled; role of Gdansk in Gierek's life noted.
  REPORTER: John Hart

• US-USSR Relations

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  05:38:50 pm — 05:39:20 pm

  (Studio) USSR president Leonid Brezhnev, appearing on Soviet television today, said not mentioning strikes in Poland, but attacking President Carter's new nuclear policy. Details given, film shown
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• US-Iraq Relations

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  05:39:20 pm — 05:39:40 pm

  (Studio) State Department said recommending that Commerce Department not sell commercial planes to Iraq due to its terrorist policy; details given.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:39:40 pm — 05:39:50 pm

• (Commercial: Fasteeth Denture Adhesive; Fantastik Cleaner; Whirlpool Washers.)

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  05:39:50 pm — 05:41:20 pm

• Iran Crisis

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  05:41:20 pm — 05:46:40 pm

  (Studio) President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr's warning to parliament with regard to trying US hostages, held for 300 days today, reported
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (DC) Carter administration's response to continued captivity of hostages noted; details given. [Secretary of State Edmund MUSKIE - comments.] Efforts undertaken by United States in past 300 days to obtain hostages' release recalled; file film, photos shown. Current United States position noted.
  REPORTER: Bernard Kalb

  (Studio) Report introduced.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Loup City, Nebraska) Situation with hostage Michael Moeller's family, Keith and Dorris, examined; films shown, friend mentioned, shown. [Keith and Dorris MOELLER - comment.] [Reverend Connie BUEHLER - comments.] Indications of town's support noted.
  REPORTER: Jim Cummins

  (No location given) Dorothea Morefield's efforts to cope with husband Richard's continued captivity in Iran examined; films shown. [Dorothea MOREFIELD - comments with regard to President Carter, Ronald Reagan.] Family's efforts to prepare for Morefield's return outlined; children named, shown.
  REPORTER: Roy Neal (KCST-TV newstape)

• USS Pueblo

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  05:46:40 pm — 05:47:00 pm

  (Studio) Seizure by North Koreans of USS Pueblo and its crew recalled; details given, Iran crisis mentioned.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• (Commercial: Upcoming Item; Drano; Atlantic Richfield; Ship `N Shore Shirts.)

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  05:47:00 pm — 05:48:40 pm

• Economy

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  05:48:40 pm — 05:49:00 pm

  (Studio) Index of leading economy indicators for July reported
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• General Motors / Employment

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  05:49:00 pm — 05:49:10 pm

  (Studio) General Motors reported recalling laid-off workers here and in Canada in October; details given.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Road Radar

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  05:49:10 pm — 05:51:00 pm

  (Studio) Complaints about police radar recalled; National Bureau of Standards reported entering argument with new set of guidelines.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (DC) New standards affecting traffic radar examined; details of problems existing with current radar outlined. Film shown. Prof. Lee Nichols mentioned; probable impact if new standards are adopted noted.
  REPORTER: Robert Hager

• Campaign `80 / Carter / Elec. Lore

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  05:51:00 pm — 05:53:40 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (DC) President Carter's activities today outlined; films shown. His unpublicized visit to government-subsidized hsing. project reported; photos shown courtesy Edwina Smith. President's visit said for future campaign commercial; details given. Similar unannounced trips for commercial noted. [Ella BATES - comments.] 1st batch of commercials reported appearing late next week
  REPORTER: John Palmer

  (Studio) Official opening date for 1980 presidential campaign noted Labor Day; election lore with regard to DE, Gallup polls, president dying in office after winning election in 0-ending year, World Series theory reported.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• (Commercial: Upcoming Item; Ford Motor Company; Preparation H.)

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  05:53:40 pm — 05:55:30 pm

• America's Cup

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  05:55:30 pm — 05:55:30 pm

  (Studio) Yacht, Freedom, reported chosen to represent United States in America's Cup against either Australia or France.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• France / Fishermen's Blockade

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  05:55:30 pm — 05:57:50 pm

  (Studio) Strike by French fishermen in recent weeks noted.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (France) Future of French fishermen's lifestyle discussed; film shown. French couple named, shown; impact of foreign fish sales in France on native fishermen outlined; current strikes and blockades by fishermen noted as example of consequences. Plight of individual fisherman outlined; fisherman named.
  REPORTER: Jim Bittermann

• Good Night

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  05:57:50 pm — 05:57:50 pm