Vanderbilt Television News Archive

ABC Evening News for 1971-12-01

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction Harry Reasoner (New York City)

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  05:00:50 pm — 05:01:40 pm

• (Commercial: Pledge Furniture Wax.)

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  05:01:40 pm — 05:02:00 pm

• Nixon Economic Plan / Senate Bill

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  05:02:00 pm — 05:03:10 pm

  (Studio) Senator gives President Nixon authority to control wages and prices through April `73.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (DC) Senator bill contains retroactive raises provision. News media exempted from wage and price controls. Govt. workers to receive raises in January
  REPORTER: Bob Clark

• Price Commission / Coal

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  05:03:10 pm — 05:05:10 pm

  (Studio) Price Commission grants coal hike.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (DC) [Chairperson Price Commission C. Jackson GRAYSON - says coal price hike must not exceed 4% guidelines; to enable payment of higher wages granted by pay board Inflation must be stopped somewhere.] Price commission warning management on pay board
  REPORTER: Sam Donaldson

• Nixon Ladies / Christmas Shopping

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  05:05:10 pm — 05:06:40 pm

  (Studio) Mrs. Nixon and daughter Julie Eisenhower go Christmas shopping.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (DC) Nixon ladies shop at Sears to give publicity to store's holding down prices. [Mrs. NIXON - comments on shopping and learning Chinese.]
  REPORTER: Virginia Sherwood

• International Economy / Rome Conference

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  05:06:40 pm — 05:07:10 pm

  (Studio) Rome conference on international monetary system optimistic. Some dollar devaluation and other currency revaluation upward; compromise foreseen.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:07:10 pm — 05:07:30 pm

  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• (Commercial: Pledge Furniture Wax; Klear Floor Wax.)

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  05:07:30 pm — 05:08:30 pm

• Secretary Agriculture / Nominee Butz

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  05:08:30 pm — 05:09:00 pm

  (Studio) Secretary Agriculture nomination Dr. Earl Butz confirmation to be voted in Senate, tomorrow.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Campaign `72 / Nixon / 4-H Club

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  05:09:00 pm — 05:10:50 pm

  (Studio) President Nixon addresses national 4-H club congress in Chicago, Illinois.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (Chicago, Illinois) 4-H club representatives youth and farmer-groups often at odds with Presidents [NIXON - cites action in lowering voting age, recruiting youth in White House staff.]
  REPORTER: Tom Jarriel

• Campaign `72 / McGovern

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  05:10:50 pm — 05:12:50 pm

  (Studio) Senator George McGovern visits Illinois.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (Illinois) McGovern avoids conflict with Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, visiting colleges, farm belt, black areas, construction workers, and Chicago. Daley agrees not to endorse anyone until convention [McGOVERN - questions power of Daley outside Chicago.]
  REPORTER: Don Farmer

• (Commercial: Rain Barrel Fabric Softener; Glade Air Freshener.)

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  05:12:50 pm — 05:14:50 pm

• India / Pakistan

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  05:14:50 pm — 05:17:00 pm

  (Studio) India Prime Min. Indira Gandhi refuses President Nixon's appeal for end of fighting between India and Pakistan. State Department reports suspension of arms to India. India occupies 5 mile stretch of E. Pakistan, cutting railroad. Pakistan army levels villages around Dacca for clear zone of fire around military posts.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (Dacca, E. Pakistan) E. Pakistan hires West Pakistan army to fight Bengali guerrillas and Indians. Traitors dealt with harshly.
  REPORTER: Howard Tuckner

• Laos / North Vietnam Planes

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  05:17:00 pm — 05:17:20 pm

  ($) Defense Department reports North Vietnam Soviet MiG fighters over Laos.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Draft / Los Angeles Law

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  05:17:20 pm — 05:17:40 pm

  (Studio) Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, under petition of American Civil Liberties Union, bars induction of Los Angeles, California, draftees, pending test of 1971 draft law.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• (Commercial: Allstate Auto. Insurance.)

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  05:17:40 pm — 05:19:00 pm

• School Integration / Boston

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  05:19:00 pm — 05:21:30 pm

  (Studio) Boston school authorities visited by Department of Health, Education and Welfare officials due to reports on segregated school system.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (Boston, Massachusetts) [Supt. schools William OHRENBERGER says desegregation should be implemented via housing, employment, churches and schools, not schools alone.] [Director Department of Health, Education and Welfare Civil Rights Div. Stanley POTTINGER - says schools not purposely segregated, but policies yield racial imbalance.]
  REPORTER: Gregory Jackson

• AT&T / Discrimination

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  05:21:30 pm — 05:21:50 pm

  (Studio) Last year Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accused American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) of discrimination against blacks, women and Spanish speaking Americans Charges restated to FCC.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• (Commercial: Volkswagen 411 Sedan; Old Spice Prdts.)

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  05:21:50 pm — 05:23:00 pm

• Mideast

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  05:23:00 pm — 05:23:30 pm

  (Studio) Egyptian For. Min. Mahmoud Riad requests United Nations to reactivate peace mission of Gunnar Jarring. Jordan King Hussein calls for mobilization of forces to fight Israel.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Maginot Line / For Sale

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  05:23:30 pm — 05:25:10 pm

  (Studio) In France costly, useless military fortifications being sold to private buyers.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (E. France) Maginot Line for sale. Built for World War II defense against Germany. Bunkers described.
  REPORTER: John Rolfson

• (Commercial: Sunbeam Heat Comb; Admiral Televisions.)

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  05:25:10 pm — 05:26:10 pm

• Commentary (India - Pakistan)

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  05:26:10 pm — 05:28:10 pm

  (Studio) E. Pakistan, India border called unknown regions to Westerners. Reasons for area's obscurity, pools of misery cited.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Good Night

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  05:28:10 pm — 05:28:10 pm