Vanderbilt Television News Archive

NBC Evening News for 1970-04-14

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction Chet Huntley (New York City)

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  12:00:00 am — 12:00:10 am

• Apollo 13 / Trouble

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  12:00:10 am — 12:11:20 am

  (Studio) Apollo 13, power sources damaged, mission canceled, to land near New Zealand Friday; only LEM power working.
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

  (Houston, Texas) [Flight Director Glynn LUNNEY - reports most critical NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) in flight situation ever; trouble stabilized.] Spacecraft in lunar gravity; astronauts plan speed-incring. rocket fire for trip home; Thursday return plans abandoned; ship crippled, supplies short.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Studio) Rescue ship speeds to projected splashdown site. Malfunction in Apollo 13 occurred 10:15 P. M. EST last night; power, oxygen to cmd. ship cut, LEM Sources saved men; [TV BROADCAST FROM SPACECRAFT SHOWN.] Astronauts relaxed. [AUDIO TAPE OF TROUBLE DISCOVERY.]
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

  (No location given) Service module oxygen tank ruptured; cause unknown; 2 of 3 fuel cells immobilized; cmd. rocket useless; maneuver with LEM descent engine.
  REPORTER: Frank McGee

  (Studio) Many cntrys. offer help; House and Senate pass resolutions for Americans to pray.
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

  (Goddard Space Flight Center, MD) Nixon briefed on events; concerned; cancels White House after-dinner entertainment. Houston astronauts' families in seclusion.
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley (narrates)

  (Denver, Colorado) [J. Leonard SWIGERT - surprised by trouble; says son in tight spots before.]
  REPORTER: No reporter given

  (Houston, Texas) Many visitors to astronauts' homes; [Astronaut Alan BEAN - foresees no difficulty in home flight.]
  REPORTER: Lee Tucker (KPRC-TV)

• (Commercial: Metropolitan Life Insurance; Buick Auto.)

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  12:11:20 am — 12:13:00 am

• Vietnam / Fighting

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  12:13:00 am — 12:13:10 am

  (Studio) North Vietnam attack Allied South Vietnam frontier post from Cambodian bases; repulsed with heavy losses.
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

• Cambodia / Nol / Communists

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  12:13:10 am — 12:15:10 am

  (Studio) Cambodian Premier Lon Nol asks military arms from foreign cntrys.; North Vietnam, VC won't negotiate.
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

  (Samrong Thom, Cambodia) Govt. troops depart for Svay Rieng; Vietnam refugee village Samrong Thom destroyed by Cambodian troops, 600 people moved to internment camp; government says Vietnam communists sympathizers.
  REPORTER: Richard Hunt

• Vienna / Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)

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  12:15:10 am — 12:16:50 am

  (Studio) American Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) leader Gerard Smith and delegation reach Vienna; United States proposals unknown; Soviet representatives pledged to business-like, constructive attitude.
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

  (Vienna, Austria) New delegations twice size of old; Sovs. prepared to negotiate positively, constructively; USSR demands United States recognition of equal power forces; American should grant request.
  REPORTER: David Burrington

• (Commercial: Geritol Tonic; Sominex; Citibank Travelers Checks.)

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  12:16:50 am — 12:18:40 am

• Supreme Court / Blackmun

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  12:18:40 am — 12:19:00 am

  (Studio) Nixon noms. Harry Blackmun to Supreme Court; from Minnesota, strict constructionist; friend of Justice Warren Burger.
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

• Florida / Desegregation / Kirk

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  12:19:00 am — 12:21:20 am

  (Studio) Manatee Cnty., Florida, busing starts.
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

  (Bradenton, Florida) Cross-town busing instituted; schools integrated; situation mildly confusing; school officials in control after Governor Claude Kirk's departure.
  REPORTER: Fred Briggs

  (New Orleans, Louisiana) Kirk appeals busing order to higher court; Florida support growing; desegregation block political helpful.
  REPORTER: Fred Briggs (narrates)

• Agnew / Minority Ed.

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  12:21:20 am — 12:24:30 am

  (Studio) Vice President Spiro Agnew criticizes minority group college education programs; says create false hope, deprive advantaged people of college placement.
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

  (Des Moines, Iowa) [AGNEW - wants expanded programs for deprived aimed at secondary education, not college; derides quota, open admissions standards lowering; can't atone for discrimination by depriving others.]
  REPORTER: No reporter given

  (Studio) Agnew criticized University Michigan for 10% black goal.
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

  (Ann Arbor, Michigan) [U. Michigan President Robben FLEMING - regrets Vice President remarks, badly informed; supports University Michigan program.]
  REPORTER: No reporter given

• (Commercial: True Cigarettes.)

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  12:24:30 am — 12:25:30 am

• House / Federal Pay Raise

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  12:25:30 am — 12:25:40 am

  (Studio) House passes 6% federal pay raise; Nixon will sign it.
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

• New York City / Air Controllers

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  12:25:40 am — 12:25:50 am

  (Studio) New York City court orders striking air controllers to work; most return.
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  12:25:50 am — 12:26:10 am

  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

• Apollo 13

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  12:26:10 am — 12:27:10 am

  (Studio) Latest on Apollo 13.
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

  (Houston, Texas) Spacecraft will lose earth contact as it rounds moon; supplies and power only adequate; Houston officials more confident; coverage follows news.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

• Good Night

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  12:27:10 am — 12:27:10 am