Vanderbilt Television News Archive

NBC Evening News for 1985-12-07

This program is 28 minutes long

• Introduction and Preview Connie Chung (New York City)

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:30:10 pm

• Bonner / United States Arrival

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  05:30:10 pm — 05:32:20 pm

  (Studio) Yelena Bonner, wife of USSR dissident Andrei Sakharov, reported arriving in United States for medical treatment.
  REPORTER: Connie Chung

  (Boston, Massachusetts) Her departure from Italy and details of stay there examined; scenes shown. Bonner mentioned meeting with both Prime Min. Bettino Craxi and Pope John Paul II; KGB gag order on her as condition for allowing return to USSR noted. Background to couple's exile in Gorky reviewed; Tass denial that Sakharov is in poor health mentioned.
  REPORTER: Jennifer McLogan

• Paris / Terrorism

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  05:32:20 pm — 05:33:30 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Connie Chung

  (Paris, France) Department store bombings here examined; scenes shown. Palestinian Liberation Front splinter group, hijackers of Achille Lauro, said claiming responsibility in protest over French government's efforts to improve relations with Iran.
  REPORTER: David Phillips

• Upcoming Items (Studio)

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  05:33:30 pm — 05:33:50 pm

  REPORTER: Connie Chung

• (Commercial: Remington Razors; Whirlpool Dishwashers; Smokers' Polident.)

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  05:33:50 pm — 05:35:30 pm

• Tax Reform / Bal. Budget

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  05:35:30 pm — 05:39:10 pm

  (Studio) President Reagan's push for Congress approval of tax reform legislature noted.
  REPORTER: Connie Chung

  (DC) [Voice of REAGAN - encourages passage of House legislature] [Representative Dan ROSTENKOWSKI - gives Democrat response.] Upcoming Congress vote on legislature forcing balance budget discussed. [Senator Bob PACKWOOD - cites necessity of terminating some programs under balance budget proposal.] Details of proposed bill outlined on screen. [Econ. Charles SCHULTZE - thinks plan is escape; explains.] [Defense Secretary Caspar WEINBERGER - feels legislature will harm national security] Possibility Supreme Court will rule bill unconstitutional noted. [Harvard Univ. spokesperson Laurence TRIBE - explains constitutional factors involved.] [Senator Phil GRAMM - praises responsibility given Congress for budget.]
  REPORTER: Bob Kur

• Michigan / AIDS Arrest

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  05:39:10 pm — 05:39:30 pm

  (Studio) Arrest of AIDS carrier John Richards in Flint, Michigan, for spitting on police reported; details given.
  REPORTER: Connie Chung

• USSR / AIDS

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  05:39:30 pm — 05:39:50 pm

  (Studio) USSR reported admitting existence of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); details given.
  REPORTER: Connie Chung

• (Commercial: First Alert Autostat Thermostat; Oil of Olay; Fixodent; Total.)

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  05:39:50 pm — 05:41:30 pm

• Bishops Synod

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  05:41:30 pm — 05:43:30 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Connie Chung

  (Rome, Italy) Conclusion of bishops synod called by Pope John Paul II to review Vatican II reforms examined; scenes shown. [US Bishops Conf. pres. Bishop James MALONE - feels synod was successful.] Synod's conclusions outlined, discussed.
  REPORTER: Keith Miller

• South Africa / Racial Violence

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  05:43:30 pm — 05:45:50 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Connie Chung

  (Johannesburg, South Africa) Latest mass funeral for victims of anti-apartheid movement stemming from Queenstown massacre by police featured; details given, scenes shown. President P.W. Botha's claim that anti-apartheid movement is collapsing noted. [Deputy information minister Louis NEL - agrees.] Lack of evidence of pro-government sentiment in twps. noted.
  REPORTER: Peter Kent

• Nicaragua-China, PR Relations

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  05:45:50 pm — 05:46:10 pm

  (Studio) Nicaragua reported establishing formal relations with China (PR); details given.
  REPORTER: Connie Chung

• (Commercial: General Motors; Fleischmann's Margarine; Vanderbilt Cologne; Chaps.)

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  05:46:10 pm — 05:47:50 pm

• Compulsive Shopping

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  05:47:50 pm — 05:51:30 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Connie Chung

  (No location given) Soc. and economy problems experienced by compulsive shoppers examined. ["BETTY" - describes her addiction.] ["JUDY" - explains psychological problems underlying her obsessive shopping.] [Dr. William RADER - discusses psychiatric ramifications of compulsive spending.] [Buddy CHOU - notes his criminal activities as result of compulsive shopping.] Spender-Menders, self-help group, noted begun by Sandy Gosten following her release from prison for embezzlement as result of compulsive spending. ["BETTY" - comments.]
  REPORTER: Lee McCarthy

• Heisman Trophy

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  05:51:30 pm — 05:52:10 pm

  (Studio) Bo Jackson reported winning Heisman trophy over Chuck Long. [JACKSON - denies he's a quitter.]
  REPORTER: Connie Chung

• Stewart / Death

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  05:52:10 pm — 05:52:30 pm

  (Studio) Death of former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart reported; his career recalled.
  REPORTER: Connie Chung

• Tillstrom / Death

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  05:52:30 pm — 05:53:30 pm

  (Studio) Death of "Kukla, Fran and Ollie" puppeteer Burr Tillstrom reported; his career with Fran Allison recalled. Scenes shown.
  REPORTER: Connie Chung

• (Commercial: Ford Motor Company; "Meet the Press"; NBC Sports; AT&T.)

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  05:53:30 pm — 05:55:30 pm

• Halley's Comet

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  05:55:30 pm — 05:57:40 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Connie Chung

  (Manchester, England) British Airways flight to view Halley's Comet featured; scenes shown. [Captain Chris WREN - notes conditions conducive to viewing phenomenon.] [PASSENGERS - describe experience.] [Ellen BROWN - recalls first time she saw Halley's.] Historical figs. who viewed Halley's mentioned.
  REPORTER: Stephen Frazier

• Good Night

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  05:57:40 pm — 05:57:40 pm