Vanderbilt Television News Archive

NBC Evening News for 1985-03-28

This program is 28 minutes long

• Introduction Tom Brokaw (Washington, DC)

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:30:00 pm

• Reagan / MX, Economy Policies

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:32:30 pm

  (Studio) House reported giving final approval to President Reagan's request for further MX missile funding; details given.
  REPORTER: Tom Brokaw

  (DC) Reagan's address to New York Stk. Exchange and Saint John's Univ. to promote his policies featured; films shown. [REAGAN - remains committed to budget cuts.] [Chief of staff Don. REGAN - tells President to hurry up.] [REAGAN - criticizes Congress opponents to his budget proposals.] President noted attacking Senate Democrats while Senator Republicans are leading opposition to his defense budget. [REAGAN - will compromise on noncritical defense areas.]
  REPORTER: Andrea Mitchell

• Economy / Trade Deficit

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  05:32:30 pm — 05:32:50 pm

  (Studio) February trade deficit reported, explained.
  REPORTER: Tom Brokaw

• US-Japan Relations / Autos

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  05:32:50 pm — 05:35:20 pm

  (Studio) Japan reported planning incrd. auto exports to US; details given.
  REPORTER: Tom Brokaw

  (NYC) Anticipated effect of Japan's export increases on United States examined. [Trade ministry SPOKESPERSON - asks Japanese auto. mfrs. to be prudent in trade with US.] Japanese auto imports since 1974 graphed on screen. [UAW spokesperson Odessa KOMER - cites incrd. United States unemployment and attendant soc. problems as result.] [Senator Bob PACKWOOD - criticizes Japan's trade attitude.]
  REPORTER: Mike Jensen

• (Commercial: Vanish; John Deere Riding Mowers; Metamucil Laxative.)

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  05:34:40 pm — 05:37:10 pm

• Upcoming Items (Studio)

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  05:35:20 pm — 05:34:40 pm

  REPORTER: Tom Brokaw

• Gen. Electric / Def. Contracts

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  05:37:10 pm — 05:39:20 pm

  (Studio) Govt. reported temporarily suspending defense contracts with General Electric following indictment for defrauding government; details given.
  REPORTER: Tom Brokaw

  (DC) Possible economy impact of suspension on General Electric Company and signal to entire aerospace industry discussed; extent of suspension explained. United States Air Force suspension and General Electric Company response quoted on screen. [Representative Bill NICHOLS - is pleased with United States Air Force secretary's actions.] GE's defense contracts in 1983-84 mentioned.
  REPORTER: Fred Francis

• Medicare

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  05:39:20 pm — 05:39:40 pm

  (Studio) Medicare's economy solvency reported; details given.
  REPORTER: Tom Brokaw

• Texas / Lejun Uv Dume

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  05:39:40 pm — 05:41:30 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Tom Brokaw

  (Fort Worth, Texas) Right-wing anti-Semitic and racist high school students organizing under name of Lejun uv Dume, allegedly to eradicate drugs and crime-from Paschal HS, examined; films shown. [Principal Radford GREGG - notes students' concern over organization] [Student Trey HILL - comments on organization's bombing of his car.] [Investigator D.M. EUBANKS - notes swastika symbol used by Lejun.] Message typed below swastika quoted. [STUDENT - notes students fear reprisals for cooperating with investigators.]
  REPORTER: Dan Molina

• (Commercial: Burger King; Pfizer Pharmaceuticals; Volkswagen Golf.)

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  05:41:30 pm — 05:43:10 pm

• Special Segment (Miami Vice)

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  05:43:10 pm — 05:48:10 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced.
  REPORTER: Tom Brokaw

  (Miami, Florida) City's vice squad featured; scenes from "Miami Vice" shown. [SUSPECT - claims innocence.] [Police chief Clarence DICKENSON - notes danger of street work.] Strain on undercover officers discussed. [sergeant John DALTON - notes consequences of poor undercover work.] [OFR. - explains commitment to his work; describes raids, frustration with courts]
  REPORTER: Dennis Murphy

• (Commercial: Nabisco Shredded Wheat; Firestone Tires and Service; Oil of Olay; Fixodent.)

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  05:48:10 pm — 05:49:40 pm

• Honduras / Political Unrest

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  05:49:40 pm — 05:50:00 pm

  (Studio) Possibility of pending military coup in Honduras reported, discussed.
  REPORTER: Tom Brokaw

• El Salvador / Elections

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  05:50:00 pm — 05:51:40 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Tom Brokaw

  (San Salvador, El Salvador) Incr. violence as upcoming election nears examined; films shown. President Jose Napoleon Duarte's efforts to gain control of parliament mentioned; possibility of guerrilla infiltration of San Salvador in anticipation of election day violence considered.
  REPORTER: Mike Boettcher

• Acid Rain

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  05:51:40 pm — 05:53:40 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Tom Brokaw

  (Sequoia National Park) Discovery of acid rain's destruction of west US forests examined; films shown. [Park scientist Dave PARSONS - describes pollution sources creating acid rain.] World Resources Institution study findings outlined; WA's Cascades, California's Sierra Nevada mtns. and Colorado's Rockies said most vulnerable. [University of California spokesperson Dr. John HARTE - explains geological factors contributing to acid rain destruction.] Current status of problem mentioned.
  REPORTER: Heidi Schulman

• Chagall / Death

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  05:53:40 pm — 05:53:50 pm

  (Studio) Death of artist Marc Chagall reported; his career recalled.
  REPORTER: Tom Brokaw

• (Commercial: Riunite Wine; Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera; "Today"; Kellogg's Fruitful Bran.)

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  05:53:50 pm — 05:55:40 pm

• Special Olympics

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  05:55:40 pm — 05:58:00 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Tom Brokaw

  (Park City, UT) Special Olympics featured; competitor Peter Vyas noted. Films shown. [Special Olympics president Eunice SHRIVER - praises courage of Special Olympians.] Kennedy Fndn.'s organization of event recalled. [Pat VYAS - praises son's courage.] [SKIER - comments.]
  REPORTER: Roger O'Neil

• Good Night

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  05:58:00 pm — 05:58:00 pm