Vanderbilt Television News Archive

ABC Evening News for 1970-05-22

This program is 27 minutes long

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

  #10460

  12:00:00 am — 12:01:00 am

• Mideast / Terrorism / Retaliation

  #10461

  12:01:00 am — 12:05:40 am

  (Studio) Arab guerrillas attack Israeli school bus, kill Il.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

  (Israel) Terrorists fire 3 bazooka shots into bus from across Lebanese border; ambush well-organized; Israeli soldiers cross border seeking guerrillas, 1 wounded by mine; terrorists escape; incident may yield more Israeli sorties into Lebanon.
  REPORTER: Russell Jones

  (Studio) Israeli Dep. Premier Yigal Allon vows retaliation; Israeli artillery fires into Lebanese villages.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

  (Studio) Israel For. Min. Abba Eban expresses reaction.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (DC) [EBAN - calls Arabs murderers; United Nations failure to chastise Lebanon shows moral decadence.] Eban pleads more American jets; Nixon conference encouraging; US President doesn't want Mideast military balance against Israel.
  REPORTER: John Scali

• (Commercial: ABC Monday Night Movie.)

  #10462

  12:05:40 am — 12:06:40 am

• Ohio State / Civil Disorder

  #10463

  12:06:40 am — 12:07:10 am

  (Studio) Ohio National Guard with live ammunition at Ohio State University after black militants lead looting spree.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

• Jackson State / Funeral

  #10464

  12:07:10 am — 12:09:50 am

  (Studio) Funeral for Mississippi student killed at Jackson State College by police.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

  (Jackson, Mississippi) Congress delegation investigates police killings; students demand justice. [Senator Charles PERCY - vows prosecution of guilty.] 2,000 mourn dead student. [Fayette, Mississippi Mayor Charles EVERS - wants racism and hatred ended.]
  REPORTER: David Snell

• (Commercial: FBI.)

  #10465

  12:09:50 am — 12:10:50 am

• Senate / Cambodia

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  12:10:50 am — 12:11:20 am

  (Studio) Doves modify Cambodian amendment; Senator Hugh Scott reports continued White House disapproval; filibuster ahead.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Cambodia / South Vietnam

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  12:11:20 am — 12:11:40 am

  (Studio) Last week White House spokesperson said South Vietnam will leave Cambodia when United States does; Defense Secretary Melvin Laird now says South Vietnam will stay as long as necessary; Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky says 16,000 troops to remain in country
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Vietnam / Copter Pilot

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  12:11:40 am — 12:15:20 am

  (Studio) Indochina war incls. high-level policy and basic emotion.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

  (Atlanta, Georgia) 21 year old helicopter pilot killed in Vietnam; sent tape home. [TAPE PLAYED.] Pilot reports combat experiences; wants war over; funeral today.
  REPORTER: Charles Murphy

• (Commercial: Monroe Shock Absorbers; Fritos Corn Chips, Chee-Tos.)

  #10469

  12:15:20 am — 12:17:20 am

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  12:17:20 am — 12:17:40 am

  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• General Motors Corporation / Stkholders.' Meeting

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  12:17:40 am — 12:19:50 am

  (Studio) General Motors Corporation stkholders.' meeting lively.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (Detroit, Michigan) 4 Washington, DC lawyers organization plan to expand General Motors Corporation Bd. Dirs. and end auto pollution. [GM Bd. Chairperson James ROCHE - cites company duties; proud of organization] [Attorney Joseph ONEK - wants corporation change to protect environmental] Dissidents lose vote, vow major struggle. [Betty FURNESS - urges big corps. help save environment]
  REPORTER: Bill Downs

• Agnew / Media and Student Criticism

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  12:19:50 am — 12:20:30 am

  (Studio) Vice President Spiro Agnew speaks in Houston, Texas tonight; will blast media for thoughtlessness and wild rhetoric; urges college hellraisers', Senator isolationists' expulsion.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• (Commercial: Metropolitan Life Insurance.)

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  12:20:30 am — 12:21:30 am

• Knight Dies

  #10474

  12:21:30 am — 12:21:50 am

  (Studio) Former California Governor Goodwin Knight dies at 74.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

• H. Rap Brown / Algeria

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  12:21:50 am — 12:22:10 am

  (Studio) "DC Star" reports H. Rap Brown in Algeria to escape murder and arson trial.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

• Chicago / Federal Invitation

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  12:22:10 am — 12:22:40 am

  (Studio) Chicago State's Attorney Edward Hanrahan invites federal participation in weapons searches; federal grand jury critical of Chicago police's Black Panther raid.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

• Defense Department Nucleus / Anti-Ballistic Missile / China

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  12:22:40 am — 12:24:50 am

  (Studio) Defense Department urges antiballistic missile deployment; Pentagon claims nuclear retaliation no deterrent to China; Pentagon releases Chinese film.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (DC) [Communist CHINA FILM SHOWN.] A-bomb blast effects seen; H-bomb blast shown; frightening proof of China's nuclear power.
  REPORTER: Roger Peterson (narrates)

• (Commercial: Playtex Bra, Girdle.)

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  12:24:50 am — 12:25:50 am

• Commentary (Cambodia, US)

  #10479

  12:25:50 am — 12:28:00 am

  (Studio) Comment on Cambodian war in US.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (Studio) Noise smothers American reason; Cambodian invasion good for American lives, will shorten war; domestic crises demand war end; Viet Cong and North Vietnam losing military and winning political
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

• Good Night

  #664719

  12:28:00 am — 12:28:00 am