Vanderbilt Television News Archive

NBC Evening News for 1970-04-16

This program is 21 minutes long

• Apollo 13 / Reentry Plans

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  12:00:00 am — 12:06:40 am

  Bypassed Introduction Chet Huntley (NYC)

  (Studio) Apollo 13 speeds toward Earth; critical course correction; maneuvers precede reentry tomorrow.
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

  (No location given) Spacecraft cold due to power conservation; astronauts receive instructions for unprecedented reentry moves; trouble may have been caused by foreign matter in oxygen tank; other astronauts confident in space program.
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (No location given) [Astronaut Neil ARMSTRONG - says emergencies prepared for before flight; all problems unique.]
  REPORTER: No reporter given

  (No location given) Pre-reentry maneuvers explained. [Astronaut Alan BEAN - reports engines capable of reentry power; no trouble expected; reentry routine after cmd. module separation.]
  REPORTER: John Chancellor

  (Studio) Splashdown area weather good; live NBC coverage.
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

• (Commercial: Silva Thins Cigarettes.)

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  12:06:40 am — 12:07:20 am

• United States / USSR / Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)

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  12:07:20 am — 12:15:00 am

  (Vienna, Austria) If arms race rate conts. 10 years, money spent will equal value of US, everything in it; arms race folly obvious; Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) opening ceremony today. [US negotiator Gerard SMITH - hopes arms limitation, reduction possible.] 1st meeting takes place; outcome unknown.
  REPORTER: David Brinkley

  (Vienna, Austria) USSR doesn't want talks in Vienna, not neutral cntry.; Austrians criticize Soviet rule; Austrian television beams anti-Soviet programs to Czechoslovakia; chief USSR money black market; Sovs. consider Vienna temporary site; want talks in Helsinki.
  REPORTER: David Burrington

  (Vienna, Austria) Americans optimistic; both sides strong, tired of needless arms expense.
  REPORTER: David Brinkley

  (Studio) Reception tonight, talks resume tomorrow. Nixon briefs Congress leaders on United States Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) approach; impressed them with sincerity.
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

  (DC) [Senator Hugh SCOTT - praises President Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) aims.] [Senator J. William FULBRIGHT - says Nixon stand sensible.]
  REPORTER: No reporter given

  (Studio) Past talks secret; unclear why Congress briefed now; United States flexible, even on anti-ballistic missile development.
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

• House / ABM

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  12:15:00 am — 12:15:10 am

  (Studio) House approves 3rd anti-ballistic missile site.
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

• (Commercial: Gleem II Toothpaste; Ivory Liquid.)

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  12:15:10 am — 12:16:10 am

• Indochina / United States / USSR

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  12:16:10 am — 12:16:30 am

  (Studio) State Department confirms United States Cambodian arms request consideration; Soviet UN delegate Malik softens Indochina peace conference line.
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

• Cambodia / Vietnam

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  12:16:30 am — 12:18:00 am

  (Studio) More bodies floating in Cambodian Mekong; hundreds spotted; government says angry Cambodians may be killing Vietnam as VC.
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

  (Phnom Penh, Cambodia) Police check Vietnam I. D.; government claims Viet Cong leaders hiding among 100,000 Vietnam civilians in cntry.; Vietnam without I. D. confined in isolation camps.
  REPORTER: Richard Hunt

• Vietnam / Casualty Report

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  12:18:00 am — 12:18:50 am

  (Studio) Casualties reported.
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

• (Commercial: Pepto-Bismol; Texize Cleaner; Anacin.)

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  12:18:50 am — 12:21:00 am

• Nixon / P. O. Reform

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  12:21:00 am — 12:21:40 am

  (Studio) Nixon submits P. O. reform plan; 1st class rate 8 cents; revises independent corporation request to apol. sub-cabinet executive status; 8% pay raise for workers.
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

• Douglas / Impeachment

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  12:21:40 am — 12:21:50 am

  (Studio) Representative Emanuel Celler wants House Judiciary Committee to hear William Douglas impeachment case, bury whole business
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

• Massachusetts / Anti-War Violence

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  12:21:50 am — 12:23:40 am

  (Studio) Anti-war protests across nation yesterday; most peaceful; 1 not.
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

  (Boston, Massachusetts) 50,000 demonstrate for war end; 3,000 radicals march to Cambridge.
  REPORTER: Dean Brelis

  (Cambridge, Massachusetts) 4,000 students battle 2,000 police; fires set; 40 arrests; 200 hurt; $1 million damage; radical student leaders claim planning destruction as Vietnam war frustration symbol.
  REPORTER: Dean Brelis (narrates)

• Blackmun / Value

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  12:23:40 am — 12:24:00 am

  (Studio) Justice Department reports Harry Blackmun worth $125,000.
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

• Welfare Reform

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  12:24:00 am — 12:24:30 am

  (Studio) House passes Nixon Welfare Reform Bill providing guaranteed annual income, extra pay for working poor; Senator may increase benefits.
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

• (Commercial: Tareyton Cigarettes.)

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  12:24:30 am — 12:25:30 am

• Sisco / Jordan

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  12:25:30 am — 12:25:40 am

  (Studio) Assistant Secretary of State Joseph Sisco cancels Jordan visit due to anti-American demonstrations of last 2 days.
  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  12:25:40 am — 12:25:50 am

  REPORTER: Chet Huntley

• Vienna / Belvedere

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  12:25:50 am — 12:27:30 am

  (Vienna, Austria) Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) opening ceremony at Belvedere, magnificent cottage; history discussed.
  REPORTER: David Brinkley

• Good Night

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  12:27:30 am — 12:27:30 am