Vanderbilt Television News Archive

ABC Evening News for 1971-12-22

This program is 27 minutes long

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

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  05:00:40 pm — 05:01:40 pm

• (Commercial: Pledge Furniture Wax.)

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  05:01:40 pm — 05:01:50 pm

• Economy

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  05:01:50 pm — 05:04:40 pm

  (Studio) Cost of Living Index up .2%. Pay Bd. plunges into new controversy: all union contracts with raises higher than 7% to be challenged. Price Commission hands down new ruling on rents; boon-doggle for landlords.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (DC) No flat maximum set. [Price Commission C. Jackson GRAYSON - explains reasoning.] 2.5% annual raise in base residential rents OK'd. Taxes, capital improvements, services can be added. Higher rent increases since freeze to be rolled back. National Tenants Org. objects. [National Tenants Org. Mrs. Rose WYLIE - charges landlord partiality.] Health care announcement due tomorrow. Blue Cross, Blue Shield rate increases for federal employees expected to be cut.
  REPORTER: Sam Donaldson

• President / Economy Powers

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  05:04:40 pm — 05:05:10 pm

  (Studio) President Nixon signs bill extending economy control powers to April, 1973. Pay raises for federal workers set January 1. More people employed now than ever before; Predicts inflation defeat next year
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Roanoke, Alabama

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  05:05:10 pm — 05:07:30 pm

  (Studio) Reopening of textile mill welcomed in Roanoke, Alabama.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (Roanoke, Alabama) Christmas, 1971, better than Christmas, 1970. Handley Mills reopens as Canton Mills subsidiary; closed last year with 800 unemployed. [J.C. WASHINGTON - praises cooperation of citizens.] [Mrs. Clayton BALDWIN - says Santa Claus will come this Christmas.] Christmas spirit back.
  REPORTER: Steve Bell

• Consumer Interests

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  05:07:30 pm — 05:08:00 pm

  (Studio) Better Bus. Bureaus hit by Benjamin Rosenthal for failure to protect consumer interests. Bureau rebuts charge.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• (Commercial: Pledge Furniture Wax; Rain Barrel Fabric Softener.)

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  05:08:00 pm — 05:09:10 pm

• Bangladesh

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  05:09:10 pm — 05:11:20 pm

  (Studio) Bangladesh leaders welcomed to Dacca. Indian troops control crowd with clubs.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (Dacca, Bangladesh) Dacca celebrates, mourns. Guerrillas join celebration. Guns everywhere, killings continue. Scenes of vengeance shown. Pakistan collaborators targets of revenge; jealousy, fear, lust spark killings.
  REPORTER: Peter Jennings

• USSR / Egypt

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  05:11:20 pm — 05:11:40 pm

  (Studio) USSR ambassador to Cairo rptdly. pledged full USSR support to Egypt against Israel. United States State Department says USSR denies commitment.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• (Commercial: Glo-Coat Floor Wax; Regard Wood Polish.)

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  05:11:40 pm — 05:12:40 pm

• White House / Annual Report

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  05:12:40 pm — 05:13:20 pm

  (Studio) 30 page review of Nixon administration in 1971 released. Vietnam war wind-down, People's Republic of China, policy, new economy initiatives incld. White House aide Herbert Klein calls `71 year of bold changes.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Campaign `72 / Muskie

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  05:13:20 pm — 05:15:40 pm

  (Studio) Ohio Governor John Gilligan endorses Senator Edmund Muskie for Democrat Press. nom.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (Columbus, Ohio) [GILLIGAN - says trusts Muskie.] [MUSKIE - expresses gratitude.] Muskie bandwagon rolling.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

• (Commercial: Alpo Dog Food; Hai Karate After Shave; Vicks Formula 44 Cough Medicine; McDonald's Restaurants.)

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  05:15:40 pm — 05:17:40 pm

• United Nations / Secretary Gen.

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  05:17:40 pm — 05:19:50 pm

  (Studio) United Nations approves Austrian Ambassador Kurt Waldheim as Secretary General, succeeding U Thant.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (NYC) [WALDHEIM - makes acceptance speech.] U Thant given standing ovation. People's Republic of China, mbrship., expulsion of China, River noted. USSR veto frustrated Security Council on India-Pakistan war action. Mideast peace negotiations under Gunnar Jarring asked; outlawing of bacteriological weapons recommended; end of nuclear test requested. 26th General Assembly closes.
  REPORTER: John MacVane

• (Commercial: Femiron Tablets; Aqua Velva Prdts.)

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  05:19:50 pm — 05:21:00 pm

• Vietnam War / Air Raids

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  05:21:00 pm — 05:21:20 pm

  (Studio) United States carries out more air raids in Indochina; radar site near Hanoi hit; protective reaction to block radar sighting of United States B-52's over Ho Chi Minh Trail.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• POW's / South Vietnam / North Vietnam

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  05:21:20 pm — 05:24:00 pm

  (Studio) South Vietnam to free 600 political prisoners Christmas Day. United States State Department accuses North Vietnam of playing on relatives' emotion with regard to release of prisoners of war mail at Christmas time. Letters given to committee of liaison.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (NYC) 1001 letters released, 18 from men held by Viet Cong in South Vietnam. [Liaison committee Cora WEISS - stresses letters from South Vietnam.] [POW mother Mrs. Peyton McCLEARY - reads letter.] [Delia ALVAREZ - wants more than a letter.]
  REPORTER: John Johnson

  (Studio) Marine Corporal Alfonso Riate, declared dead, writes letter home.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Pentagon Memorial Service

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  05:24:00 pm — 05:25:50 pm

  (Studio) Defense Department estimates 463 United States POW's in Indochina, 1,136 MIA's.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (Pentagon) Pentagon memorial service filmed; photos shown.
  REPORTER: Roger Peterson

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

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  05:25:50 pm — 05:27:00 pm

• Commentary (Women's Lib)

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  05:27:00 pm — 05:28:40 pm

  (Studio) Commentator hits women's lib as unnecessary cause. Cites predominance of women at polls and in business Women leaders noted.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Good Night

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  05:28:40 pm — 05:28:40 pm