Vanderbilt Television News Archive

ABC Evening News for 1970-05-19

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: Sani-Flush; Easy-On Starch.) [Technical Difficulties.]

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  12:01:10 am — 12:02:20 am

• Campus Unrest / Jackson State

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  12:02:20 am — 12:04:20 am

  (Studio) 250 colleges strike and unrest conts.; Jackson State students block workers trying to remove evidence.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

  (Jackson, Mississippi) Students guard building; 200 bullet holes there [STUDENT says students won't move.] Attorney Gene John Mitchell investigates; appalled at incident; wants administration to restore peace
  REPORTER: David Snell

• Georgia / Protest March

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  12:04:20 am — 12:06:20 am

  (Studio) 300 begin protest march in Perry, Georgia; oppose Jackson State College, Kent State University and Augusta, Georgia, killings.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

  (Perry, Georgia) Southern Christian Leadership Conference leader Hosea Williams orgs. march.[WILLIAMS- wants American laws enforced and dissent allowed.] Governor Lester Maddox warned leaders to halt march, called it communist plot; caravan conts.
  REPORTER: Gregory Jackson

• Dissent / Burger

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  12:06:20 am — 12:06:40 am

  (Studio) Chief Justice Warren Burger says no time to crush dissenters; no need for panic.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Blacks / Young / Administration

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  12:06:40 am — 12:09:20 am

  (Studio) Urban League Director Whitney Young changes views.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (DC) Young tells Senate committee administration policies harm black cause. [YOUNG - claims Nixon's and Spiro Agnew's speeches prompted Jackson State shootings; wants changes.]
  REPORTER: Stephen Geer

  (Studio) 15 Negro University president meet Nixon; discuss problems tomorrow.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• (Commercial: Easy-Off Oven Cleaner; Aerowax Floor Wax.)

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  12:09:20 am — 12:10:20 am

• Cambodia / Fighting

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  12:10:20 am — 12:13:00 am

  (Studio) South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu reports his and Cambodian govts. work closely together; joint South Vietnam-Cambodian force tries to trap Communists at Takeo, Cambodia; Kompong Cham, Cambodia still in danger.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

  (Kompong Cham, Cambodia) Vital Mekong beachhead across from town; communists powerful and hold town; Cambodian soldiers inexperienced.
  REPORTER: Howard Tuckner

• South Vietnam / Fighting

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  12:13:00 am — 12:13:20 am

  (Studio) South Vietnam and United States resume operations after 24 hour Buddha's birthday truce; VC and North Vietnam launch 160 attacks for Ho Chi Minh's birthday.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

• Administration / Meeting

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  12:13:20 am — 12:13:40 am

  (Studio) Nixon and Cabinet meet 1st time since Cambodian invasion; some officers oppose move; President unchanged.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Senate / Cambodia

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  12:13:40 am — 12:14:20 am

  (Studio) Senator moves away from Cambodian bill vote; Senator Mike Mansfield won't press vote till all talked out; Republican leaders ask silent major to send Nixon support letters.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• (Commercial: Nanny and The Prof.; Mission Possible.)

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  12:14:20 am — 12:16:20 am

• Economy / Stock Market Report / Budget

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  12:16:20 am — 12:18:30 am

  (Studio) Attorney General John Mitchell predicts new economy progress; no wage or price controls. STK. MKT. REPORT Admin. blamed for budget deficit; surplus expected.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (DC) Nixon wants gas lead tax to cover $1.8 billion national deficit. [Budget Director Robert MAYO - says shift only 1-1/2%.] Some econs. predict $6-8 billion shortage.
  REPORTER: Tom Jarriel

• Gas Lead Tax / Effects

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  12:18:30 am — 12:20:40 am

  (Studio) Lead tax might help government and air.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (NYC) Lead needed for most auto operation; cheaper than better fuel refining; lead deadly poison; auto industry developing unleaded gas engines; lead-free gas more expensive; shift will take long time.
  REPORTER: Jules Bergman

• (Commercial: Playtex Bra and Girdle.)

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  12:20:40 am — 12:21:40 am

• Mideast / Peace / Fighting

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  12:21:40 am — 12:22:20 am

  (Studio) Israeli For. Min. Abba Eban wants Mideast peace; Israeli jets hit Egyptian Suez positions.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

• Indians / California / Oklahoma

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  12:22:20 am — 12:24:40 am

  (Studio) California American Indians seize Rattlesnake Island, claim ownership; Boise Cascade Corp., island owner, will discuss it; Oklahoma Indians and industry work together; fed. government approves.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

  (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) Oakie Inds. employ Indians and underprivileged; give hope. [Governor Dewey BARTLETT - says helped start idea; stresses aims.] State gave project impetus, industry did work; program may work elsewhere.
  REPORTER: Marlene Sanders

• Illness / Finch / Marshall

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  12:24:40 am — 12:25:10 am

  (Studio) Department of Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Robert Finch's condition improving; still in hospital. Justice Thurgood Marshall has pneumonia.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

• (Commercial: Tom Jones.)

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  12:25:10 am — 12:26:10 am

• Commentary (US Government)

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  12:26:10 am — 12:28:00 am

  (Studio) For. impression of United States is that country is falling apart.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

  (Studio) United States administration dissent alarming; Cabinet officers shouldn't protest publicly; Secys. Walter Hickel and George Romney hurting top-level image; President must change policy or fire dissidents; people watching government
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Good Night

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  12:28:00 am — 12:28:00 am