Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Wednesday, Jan 21, 1981

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Title: Good Morning America (re: released hostages) Abstract: ABC "Good Morning America" re: Iran Hostage situation - released hostages now in West Germany, and post-inauguration coverage, reported by David Hartman, Joan Lunden, Steve Bell, Bob Sirkin, Al Dale, Jack Smith, David Ensor, Charles Gibson, Spencer Christian, Jerry King, Rita Sands, Ruth Batchelor, Sylvia Chase, Peter Jennings, Rebecca Chase, and Ann Compton. Excerpts of messages from former hostages in Algiers: Duane Gillette, John McKeel Jr, James Lopez, Paul Lewis, William Gallegos, Kathryn Koob, William Belk, Robert Ode, Steven Kirtley, Clair Barnes, Rodney Sickmann, Paul Needham, and David Roeder. Excerpts of interviews with Hazel Albin, Jimmy Carter, Theresa Lodeski, and Sylvester Stallone. Excerpts of statements by Ronald Reagan and Jack Cannon. Live interviews with Elsie Koob, Anna Beth Voigts, Hamilton McCubbin, William Niehous, Lloyd Bucher, Donald Regan, Ed McMahon, Jerold Duttman, Gretchen Malaski, Anita Schaeffer, and Erma Bombeck. Begin Time: 07:00:00 am End Time: 08:58:30 am TVN Record Number: 866208 Copyright: Abstract and Metadata (c) 1981-2009 Vanderbilt University More Information: Contact the staff of the Archive.

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