First presidential votes will come from Dixville Notch, New Hampshire. Both Presidential and vice-presidential candidates finish their campaigns.       

A profile of incumbent President Gerald R. Ford, one day before the presidential election, won by Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia.           

Live radio coverage of President-Elect Jimmy Carter's first press conference after being elected the President of the United States.          

A repeat of an earlier newscast.           

President-Elect Jimmy Carter spends the day on Capital Hill. Upcoming items are outlined.                         

President-Elect Jimmy Carter to announce two new cabinet officers. President Ford meets with top economy advisers.
One topic of discussion expected to be tax cuts.          

President-Elect Jimmy Carter holds a press conference to announce the naming of his cabinet. Tom Brokaw reports.         

A special report on the death of long-time Chicago Mayor Richard Daley.            

A nationwide poll on the thinking of the American people as 1976 comes to a close. John Chancellor reports.             

A live wrap-up of the day's news.         

Edwin Newman moderates this look into violence in America.  Reporters include Linda Ellerbee and Floyd Kalber. 

NBC pre-empted its entire prime-time schedule for this three hour study of violence in America, from street crime to movie mayhem.  
Profiled are the gunshot and stabbing victims in  Detroit, where the crime rate is reported t o be five times the national average; youth-gang members in New York's South Bronx, who talk about the omnipresence of violence in their lives; and concerned citizens of Friendship, Wisconsin (population: 641) where eight homicides have occurred in the past four years.

Other segments trace the role violence has played in American history and folklore; in sports like football and hockey; in movies ranging from  "The Great Train Robbery" (1903) to "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974); and on TV shows that, some say, may inure people to real-life violence.

Also investigated: child-abuse, wife-beating and rape, a sequence that includes an encounter session conducted in a prison between convicted rapists and victims of the crime. 

NOTE:  NBC REPORTS first appeared as a regularly scheduled serIes of investigative documentaries designed to probe and expose current issues. First broadcast September 12, 1972 - September 4, 1973 and then resuming on January 5, 1976, broadcasting a number of irregularly scheduled special NBC REPORTS that aired approximately once a month and continued into the 1980's.                      

A half hour special 11:30pm-Midnight panel discussion moderated by Edwin Newman about reactions to the NBC special, "Violence in America,"  telecast this evening from 8:00pm to 11:00pm.                                  

An NBC special report on the execution of convicted murderer Gary Mark Gilmore on January 17th, 1977.             

Jimmy Carter names two cabinet appointees, one of which his cousin Hugh, named assistant for administration.          

New wave of cold weather settles over country. Senate takes up amendment for the abolition of the Electoral College. 
Ray Marshall is sworn in as Secretary of Labor.          

Extremely cold weather continues spreading over northeast and midwest. President Carter planning several TV talks.            

Congress debating president's energy bill. His economy package goes to Congress.             

Uganda President Idi Amin changes date and place of meeting with all Ugandas American population. Pope Paul continues ban on women priests in Catholic Church.        

Idi Amin again postpones meeting with Americans in Uganda. National governors conference meeting in Washington.           

Latest news update.             

President Carter announces lifting of flight ban to Cuba, Vietnam, Cambodia, and North Korea. Oath of office given to new CIA Director Stansfield Turner.            

British Prime Minister John Callaghan visits White House. Progress in New York City financial problems.        

Snowstorms in Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas kill 17. Teamsters President Frank Fitzsimmons and 3 others resign as trustees of Teamsters Central States Pension Fund.            

Paul Warnke sworn in as chief disarmament negotiator and head of Arms Control and Disarmament agency. Congress and White House battle over deletion of water projects.        

Representative Sam Gibbons in charge of investigating Teamsters Central States Pension Fund.          

A look at the last disastrous voyage of the oil tanker, the Argo Merchant which caused the worst oil spill in Atlantic Ocean history.           

Two jet airliners (KLM- Pan American) collide on runway of Canary Island airport off Morocco coast. At least 249 dead and maybe as many as 563. United States sending investigative team. Pan Am plane mostly boarded in Los Angeles. Egyptian President Sadat meets with President Carter in Washington for Mideast peace talks.                      

      Headline Events Include:

Catholic priest Howard Hubbard installed as the 9th Bishop of Roman  Catholic Diocese of Albany, yesterday. At 38 Bishop Hubbard becomes the youngest Roman Catholic bishop in the nation.    

Jumbo Jets Collide, 570 Dead. 
A Dutch jet plowed into a packed Pan American jumbo jet on a foggy runway in the Canary Islands, yesterday, and the two Boeing 747s erupted in flames killing 570 persons in the worst disaster in aviation history. 
The entire compliment of 235 passengers and 14 crew members aboard the Royal Dutch KLM jumbo jet perished as the plane hit an American jetliner while attempting ta takeoff at a speed of over 150 miles per hour. 

NOTE:
In actuality this disaster remains, to date, the worst passenger airline disaster in aviation history. 23 crew members were killed. 560 passengers were killed. Total dead, 583 people.                

Secretary of State Vance Carries arms proposal limitations to USSR. Death toll in Pan American-KLM plane crash now stands at 577.           

NBC news correspondent John Chancellor examines a Presidential day in the life of President Jimmy Carter.         

President Carter asked for adoption of energy plan by joint resolution of Congress. Social Security recipients to receive 5.9% increase in July.            

Moderators Tom Brokaw, John Chancellor, and Edwin Newman examine Presidential elections. This is an excerpted program.         

President Jimmy Carter addresses the United Nations, General Assembly.            

A special news broadcast regarding the Richard M. Nixon-David Frost interviews.                                       

A major blackout hits New York City for the second time in twelve years. The city stays in darkness for 25 hours, leading to total chaos with widespread looting and fires in the streets. 
Live coverage continues on July 14th, 1977. 

OMB Director Bert Lance used same stock shares as collateral for two separate loans. SEC says New York City Mayor Abraham Beame deliberately misled the public in 1974-75 in order to sell city bonds.          

Hostages freed from hijacked Lufthansa plane. Bing Crosby is buried in early morning ceremony.            

Ticker tape parade in New York City for Yankees World Series win over Los Angeles Dodgers. President Carter's energy bill important item on agenda as he meets with Congress.            

Egyptian President Sadat travels to Syria. He sends cable regarding Palestinian statehood to political group meeting in Tel Aviv. Medical marijuana considered for use in treatment of glaucoma and cancer.      

Egyptian President Sadat to visit Israel. American Film Institute lists ten best movies ever made. Includes "Casablanca," "Citizen Kane," "Star Wars," and "Gone With The Wind."           

Egyptian President Sadat visits Israel.           

Coverage of Anwar Sadat's historical visit to Israel.              

An NBC News special report on Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's two-day visit to Israel.        

Acceptance of Israel by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. Israeli public reacts to Sadat's speech.        

Earthquake in Argentina, cyclone in India. Commentary on Sadat's visit to Israel.          

House rejects compromise bill on abortion. New York City woman Rose Marie Maniscalco and unborn fetus both die after woman falls unconscious on Thanksgiving eve in her Brooklyn home.        

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat speaks of his weekend meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Begin. Report of Bert Lance's sale of National Bank of Georgia stock to Saudi businessman.     

President Carter not reappointing Arthur Burns as head of Federal Reserve Board.           

Foreign Ministers Conference in Jerusalem. First signs of division at dinner given by Israeli Prime Minister Begin. Former Los Angeles police chief Edward Davis announces Republican candidacy for governor of California.      

Blizzard in New York City and Northeast. President Sadat talks to 
Congressmen regarding Mideast situation.