ABC Evening News for
Monday, Sep 13, 1971

Headline: Attica State Prison / Recapture

Abstract:

(Studio) Police kill 28 Attica State Prison inmates in regaining control of prison; inmates kill 9 hostages.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

(Attica, New York) Film shows National Guard copters dropping riot gas into prison court yard.; police and national guardsmen attack 2 hrs. after New York correction commissioner Russell G. Oswald issues ultimatum to inmates. [OSWALD - says sympathetic with many inmates' grievances; accepted 28 of 30 inmates' proposals.] Some prisoners continue to resist.
REPORTER: John Johnson

(Studio) Film shows those injured at hospitals; New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller consents to attack after inmates reject ultimatum for hostages' release; President Nixon expresses support for Rockefeller's decision.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

Broadcast Type:Evening News Segment Type: News Content
Program Time:05:02:20 pm - 05:06:50 pm. Duration: 04:30
Record Number:17055
Link to this page http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/program.pl?ID=17055
Context
Reporters:Johnson, John; Reasoner, Harry
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