Vanderbilt Television News Archive

ABC Evening News for 1970-04-02

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction Howard K. Smith (New York City); Frank Reynolds (Washington, DC)

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  12:00:00 am — 12:01:10 am

• (Commercial: Metropolitan Life Insurance.)

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  12:01:10 am — 12:01:30 am

• Japan / Korea / Hijack

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  12:01:30 am — 12:03:50 am

  (Studio) Hijackers and passengers still abd. Japanese jet in South Korea; after 3 days hijackers agree to exchange hostages for Japanese government official and socialist Parliament mbr.; will then fly to North Korea.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

  (Seoul, South Korea) Hijackers allow food, water brought abd.; hijackers growing calmer; passengers all right.
  REPORTER: Lou. Cioffi

• (Commercial: Metropolitan Life Insurance.)

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  12:03:50 am — 12:04:50 am

• Senate / Indochina / Cambodia / Fulbright / Rogers

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  12:04:50 am — 12:06:50 am

  (Studio) 2 Senators introduction resolution for international conference to neutralize Indochina; Senator J. William Fulbright says let North Vietnam have Indochina control; Senator For. Relations Committee and Secretary of State William Rogers discuss Cambodia.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (DC) Rogers wants closed session, FuIbright objects; after closed meeting [ROGERS - reports no plans for United States intervention in Cambodia.] [FULBRIGHT - assured that administration only trying to preserve Cambodian neutrality.]
  REPORTER: John Scali

• Cambodia / Nationalism / Students

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  12:06:50 am — 12:08:30 am

  (Studio) Cambodia wants no foreign troops; communist assaults helping government mobilize people against VC, North Vietnam.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

  (Phnom Penh, Cambodia) Pol. ntlism. growing on campuses; government says almost 100% students enlisted in Army; students will fight if diplomacy fails.
  REPORTER: Steve Bell

• Casualty Report

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  12:08:30 am — 12:08:50 am

  (Studio) Casualties reported.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

• Massachusetts / Vietnam War Legality

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  12:08:50 am — 12:10:00 am

  (Studio) Massachusetts Governor Francis Sargent signs bill preventing government from forcing Massachusetts men to fight undeclared war; idea to get Supreme Court ruling on Vietnam war Const.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

  (No location given) [Governor SARGENT - says American should know if Vietnam war legal.]
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds (narrates)

• Chicago / Students For A Democratic Society / Indictment

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  12:10:00 am — 12:10:20 am

  (Studio) Chicago federal grand jury indicts 12 Students for a Democratic Society Weathermen on riot conspiracy charges; Judge Julius Hoffman presides.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

• (Commercial: Lanacane Cream; Johnson's Foot Soap)

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  12:10:20 am — 12:11:20 am

• Strike Settlements / P. O. / Patco / Teamsters

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  12:11:20 am — 12:13:50 am

  (Studio) P. O., air controllers 1st to strike against government; strikes seem resolved.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (DC) Postmaster General Winton Blount announces 6% pay raise retroactive to December 27 for all federal employees, additional increase for P. O. workers upon reorg. [BLOUNT - reports 8% post office pay raise when legislature becomes law, new wage scale.] [AFL-CIO President Ceo. MEANY - says collective bargaining now incls. government]
  REPORTER: Christine Huneke

  (Studio) Govt., air controller leaders meet.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (DC) Pro. Airtraffic Control Org. Attorney F. Lee Bailey and Judge George Hart discuss strike settlement; reach agreement to be announced within 24 hrs.
  REPORTER: Stephen Geer

  (Studio) Teamsters, truckers tentatively agree on 3 year contract.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• (Commercial: Metropolitan Life Insurance; ABC Sports.)

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  12:13:50 am — 12:16:00 am

• Mideast / Fighting

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  12:16:00 am — 12:16:20 am

  (Studio) Most intense Mideast fighting since 1967 war; losses reported.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

• Greece / Martial Law

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  12:16:20 am — 12:18:40 am

  (Studio) Athens court jails 5 newspaper execs.; opposition political figure for spreading false rumors; Greek press not free.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

  (Athens, Greece) Greek martial law not openly seen; regime provides stability; civil rights don't exist; government won't lift martial law and hold elections; political prisons packed; government denies torture, rumors persist.
  REPORTER: Peter Jennings

• (Commercial: North American Van Lines.)

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  12:18:40 am — 12:19:40 am

• California / Pollution

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  12:19:40 am — 12:21:40 am

  (Studio) United States Forest Service cutting 1,000 pine acres; man at fault.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (San Bernardino, California) Smog kills old California trees; photosynthesis ability broken; mount atmosphere polluted.
  REPORTER: Bill Wordham

• Weather / Washington, DC / Chicago

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  12:21:40 am — 12:23:20 am

  (Studio) Washington, DC sunny; Chicago cold.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (Chicago, Illinois) Record snow chills Chicago; O'Hare airport closed; baseball exhibition game moved.
  REPORTER: Kenneth Gale

• Ft. Lawton / Indian Land Claim

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  12:23:20 am — 12:25:00 am

  (Studio) Fort Lawton, Washington Indians want land.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (Fort Lawton, WA) Indians camp on Fort Lawton, claim ownership. [Bernie WHITEBEAR - reads claim to land for Indians.] MP's eject 80 from post.
  REPORTER: Rodney Chandler

• (Commercial: ABC Sunday, Monday Movies.)

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  12:25:00 am — 12:26:10 am

• Commentary ( Nixon, Senate, Const.)

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  12:26:10 am — 12:28:00 am

  (Studio) Nixon disputes Senator appointed rejection right.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

  (Studio) President claims Senator Const. tradition wrong; 18 of 72 Pres'. Supreme Court noms. have been rejected; Senator rights exist; Nixon got bad legal advice.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Good Night

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  12:28:00 am — 12:28:00 am