Vanderbilt Television News Archive

ABC Evening News for 1970-04-28

This program is 27 minutes long

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

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  12:00:00 am — 12:01:10 am

• (Commercial: Easy-Off Oven Spray.)

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  12:01:10 am — 12:01:20 am

• Stock Market Decline / Nixon

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  12:01:20 am — 12:02:50 am

  (Studio) Continued decline demoralizes stock market; Nixon to act.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (DC) Nixon will speak within two weeks to reassure nation on economic state; inflation expected to continue this year; major Republican contributors hurt by market
  REPORTER: Tom Jarriel

  (Studio) Nixon tells business execs. if he had money he'd buy stock; urges continued market support.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• (Commercial: Easy-Off Oven Spray; Sani-Flush.)

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  12:02:50 am — 12:03:50 am

• Peking / United States Aggression

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  12:03:50 am — 12:04:20 am

  (Studio) China warns United States held responsible for Indochina aggression, pledges support for communists, no troops.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

• Cambodia / South Vietnam / Fighting

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  12:04:20 am — 12:05:00 am

  (Studio) 40,000 communist troops in Cambodia; South Vietnam massing on border; newsmen barred from area; Cambodia government attempt to recapture vital Angtassom bogs down; military leader needs ammunition, supplies, awaits Nixon decision.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

• Cambodia / United States Aid

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  12:05:00 am — 12:06:20 am

  (Studio) 8 days since Lon Nol's appeal for United States aid; no decision.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (DC) Nixon won't allow communist Indochina domination; hears top advisers, won't ask Congress approval for military aid; Saigon ambassador Ellsworth Bunker flies to Washington, DC conf.; President assumes full responsibility; statement next week
  REPORTER: Bill Gill

• Vietnam / Bunker

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  12:06:20 am — 12:08:10 am

  (Studio) State Department denies Ellsworth Bunker resignation reports; ambassador key US S. E. Asian figure.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (Saigon, South Vietnam) [South Vietnam Ambassador BUNKER - claims Vietnam maintains United States commitment credibility; Congress range goal, requires American patience.] Bunker keeps rigid work schedule, wants out; resignation on President desk 15 mos.; may be replaced this year
  REPORTER: George Watson

• Vietnam / Draft

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  12:08:10 am — 12:08:40 am

  (Studio) Secretary Defense Melvin Laird says Vietnamization success may cut draft call by 100,000.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• (Commercial: Aerowax Floor Wax; Easy-On Spray Starch.)

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  12:08:40 am — 12:09:30 am

• American Bar Association / Blackmun

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  12:09:30 am — 12:11:30 am

  (Studio) American Bar Association endorses Harry Blackmun for Supreme Court; Senator Judiciary Committee opens confirmation hearings tomorrow.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (DC) Blackmun and committee meet. [BLACKMUN - evades reporters'. questions.] Senator wants quick confirmation.
  REPORTER: Sam Donaldson

• Douglas Impeachment

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  12:11:30 am — 12:11:40 am

  (Studio) Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas opens files to Congress investigating committee and hires lawyer.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Brown Trial

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  12:11:40 am — 12:11:50 am

  (Studio) H. Rap Brown's attys. charge racial prejudice in case; may appeal to Supreme Court
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Michigan / Racial Violence

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  12:11:50 am — 12:13:20 am

  (Studio) 10 policemen injured in 2 days' River Rouge, Michigan, racial trouble.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (River Rouge, Michigan) Black and white Mississippi students fight; curfew declared; $1/4 million damage; no liquor sold, gas sales cut; riot-geared police patrol sts.; school closed.
  REPORTER: Barney Morris

• Protest / Pennsylvania / Minnesota

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  12:13:20 am — 12:13:50 am

  (Studio) Anti-war demonstrators try to stop Pittsburgh Gulf Oil Company stkholders'. meeting, oppose defense contracts; similar protest against Honeywell meeting in Minneapolis.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

• (Commercial: Shell; Dodge Auto.)

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  12:13:50 am — 12:15:50 am

• Senate Race / Ohio

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  12:15:50 am — 12:18:10 am

  (Studio) Will Republicans gain Senator control in fall elections? Need 7 seats; Ohio slot open.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (Cleveland, Ohio) Former astronaut John Glenn should win Republican primary. [POST-ORBIT PARADE SHOWN.] [GLENN - sees perils in space, pols.] [Opponent Howard METZENBAUM - says Glenn favorite astronaut.] Glenn's victory probable.
  REPORTER: Bill Lawrence

• (Commercial: Geritol; Sominex.)

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  12:18:10 am — 12:19:20 am

• Mideast / Fighting

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  12:19:20 am — 12:19:40 am

  (Studio) Egypt opens offensive on Suez; air battle fought.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

• Haiti / Executions

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  12:19:40 am — 12:19:50 am

  (Studio) Haitian firing squad kills 9 opponents of Francois Duvalier after government overthrow attempt.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

• Cuba / American Students

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  12:19:50 am — 12:21:50 am

  (Studio) 700 American students return from cutting Cuban sugar cane.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

  (New Brunswick, Canada) Students oppose US, sing anti-war songs; government confiscated items from last group; Cuban help to continue as anti-American protest.
  REPORTER: Jim Giggans

• Texas / Mexican-Americans

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  12:21:50 am — 12:24:50 am

  (Studio) Civil Rights Commission asks more Congress protection for South West Mexican-Americans
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

  (Crystal City, Texas) Mexican-Americans plan political and social upheaval; boycott school, supermarket; Chicano leader Jose Angel Gutierrez runs Head Start Program, recs. police harassment. [GUTIERREZ - says trying to return pol., financial power to Mexican-American people.]
  REPORTER: Gregory Jackson

• (Commercial: Uniroyal Tires, Naugahyde.)

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  12:24:50 am — 12:25:50 am

• Commentary (Campus Unrest)

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  12:25:50 am — 12:27:50 am

  (Studio) Campus unrest partly older peoples' fault.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

  (Studio) Elders incite youth; Yale minute urges trial boycott; young believe they're denied freedom.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Good Night

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  12:27:50 am — 12:27:50 am