Richard Nixon Vice Presidential Choice Announcement (ABC) from the Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Friday, Oct 12, 1973

Title: Richard Nixon Vice Presidential Choice Announcement

Abstract:	Live ABC coverage of President RIchard Nixon's announcement of his choice of Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as Vice President, reported by Howard K. Smith, David Schoumacher, Tom Jarriel, Stephen Geer, Bill Beutel, Gregory Jackson, Bob Clark, Herbert Kaplow, Sam Donaldson. Includes a brief statement by Gerald Ford. Interviews with Alexander Haig, Howard Baker, George Bush, Carl Albert, Hugh Scott, Robert Griffin, Howard Cannon, Daniel Evans, Marlow Cook. Taped interviews with Gerald Ford, James Ford, Philip Buchen, Marba Perrott. Picture disturbances throughout due to trouble with original 1-inch tape.
Begin Time:	08:00:00 pm
End Time:	08:58:30 pm
TVN Record Number:	843457
Copyright:	Abstract and Metadata (c) 1973-2009 Vanderbilt University
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