Vanderbilt Television News Archive

ABC Evening News for 1971-12-21

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction Harry Reasoner (New York City); Howard K. Smith (Washington, DC)

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  05:01:00 pm — 05:01:40 pm

• (Commercial: Shell Oil Company.)

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• United Nations / Secretary Gen.

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  (Studio) Kurt Waldheim recommended as United Nations Secretary General General Assembly ratification expected tomorrow.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (NYC) [WALDHEIM - expresses views with regard to role of UN.]
  REPORTER: No reporter given

• (Commercial: Shell Oil Company.)

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  05:03:40 pm — 05:04:50 pm

• Dollar Valuation

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  05:04:50 pm — 05:05:20 pm

  (Studio) Money mkts. open; dollar value remains high.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Bermuda Summit

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  05:05:20 pm — 05:09:00 pm

  (Studio) End of monetary crisis changes nature of Bermuda meeting between President Nixon and British prime Minister Edward Heath. Lifting of import surcharge eases tensions.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (Bermuda) Cracks appear' in Anglo-American alliance. Britain turns to Europe; US looks to Moscow and Peking. Britain and France refusal to support US position on India cease-fire in India-Pakistan war cited. Social highlight of meeting featured.
  REPORTER: Tom Jarriel

  (Bermuda) Dinner held on guided missile destroyer. Heath hosts affair on HMS Glamorgan. Menu given. Toasts reflect diplomatic aspects. Britain joining European Common Mkt. noted. Nixon greets crowd.
  REPORTER: George Watson

  (Studio) Nixon underscores change with parting reference to Britain and Common market, United States relations with Peking and Moscow.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• (Commercial: Shell Oil Company.)

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  05:09:00 pm — 05:10:00 pm

• Pakistan / President

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  05:10:00 pm — 05:12:20 pm

  (Studio) New Pakistan president Zulfikar Ali Bhutto announces Sheik Mujibur Rahman being transferred from prison to house arrest. Mujibur arrest set off civil war, India's intervention, and finally to creation of Bangladesh.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (Rawalpindi, Pakistan) Anti-Yahya Khan demonstrations; Yahya Khan blamed for war and defeat. Bhutto profiled. Title will be President and Chief Martial Law Admin.
  REPORTER: Lou Cioffi

• West Pakistan / Cease-Fire

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  05:12:20 pm — 05:14:50 pm

  (Studio) Cease-fire uneasily observed.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (India-Pakistan cease-fire line) Talking begins as war ends. Indian holdings described; casualties noted. Destroyed equipment shown. Cease-fire, but no peace, characterizes situation. Bitterness toward US among Indian leaders West part of war not unnecessarily brutal. Dead Pakistanis cleared from fields with courtesy.
  REPORTER: Ray Moloney

• United States Navy / Task Force

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  05:14:50 pm — 05:15:10 pm

  (Studio) United States admits fleet presence in Indian Ocean led by carrier Enterprise. Task force purpose defined.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• (Commercial: NyQuil Cold Medicine; McDonald's Restaurants; Visine Eye Drops; Hai Karate After Shave.)

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• Laos / North Vietnam / US

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  05:17:20 pm — 05:18:10 pm

  (Studio) North Vietnam launches Laos offensive. Major United States air support of government forces not effective. Plain of Jarres taken by Communists 4 United States Phantom jets lost; 4 pilots captured.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (Studio) United States carries out retaliatory raids in Laos and North Vietnam, near Hanoi. Defense Department silent.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Cambodia

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  05:18:10 pm — 05:20:10 pm

  (Studio) Govt. troops attempt liberation of encircled garrison.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (Cambodia) North Vietnam pushes toward Kompong Thom; 80% destroyed. Wounded shown. US 7th Air Force aids Cambodians. Elephant, tiger statue shown as symbol of Cambodia.
  REPORTER: Denis Cameron

• Ireland

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  05:20:10 pm — 05:20:40 pm

  (Studio) More bombings, fires, gun battles rake North Ireland. 2 killed. 5 Londonderry stores hit by bombs.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• (Commercial: Schick Hot Lather Machine; Alpo Dog Food.)

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  05:20:40 pm — 05:21:30 pm

• United States Economy / Campaign `72

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  05:21:30 pm — 05:22:00 pm

  (Studio) Representative Carl Albert credits Congress with success of economy measures; says econ. major issue in campaign `72.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Ship Hijack

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  05:22:00 pm — 05:22:30 pm

  (Studio) Several injured in Gulf Coast boat hijack attempt. Vessel seized in Freeport, Texas, by 2 men, 1 woman, 3 children. Male hijackers killed, woman wounded; crew regains control.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Canada / Bank Robbery

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  05:22:30 pm — 05:22:50 pm

  (Studio) Windsor, Ontario, bank robbed of over $1 million. Suspects arrested.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Explosion / France

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  05:22:50 pm — 05:23:50 pm

  (Studio) Explosion wrecks apt. in Argenteuil, France.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (Argenteuil, France) Gas leak blamed for explosion. 6 dead, 100 injuries.
  REPORTER: Gregory Jackson

• Kansas City / Shoot Out

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  05:23:50 pm — 05:25:30 pm

  (Studio) Printer Billy Rocher goes berserk in domestic squabble, uses weapons in private arsenal. Holds police at bay for hrs.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (Kansas City, Missouri) 3 police injured, others overcome by tear gas. Family held as hostages. Gunman surrenders, injured but not seriously;house wrecked.
  REPORTER: Larry Moore (KMBC-TV)

• (Commercial: Tegrin Skin Cream; Victors Cough Drops.)

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• Commentary (Mississippi.)

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  05:26:40 pm — 05:28:40 pm

  (Studio) Commentator pans Mississippi., new women's lib magazine Sad plight of shock mags. except "American Mercury" cited. Success of latter attributed to H.L. Mencken.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Good Night

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