Vanderbilt Television News Archive

ABC Evening News for 1972-01-14

This program is 27 minutes long

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

  #17510

  05:00:40 pm — 05:01:40 pm

• Economy / US

  #17511

  05:01:40 pm — 05:03:20 pm

  (Studio) gross national product falls. Wholesale prices rise. Econ. Advsr. Herbert Stein comments.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (DC) Stein does not panic. [STEIN - discounts significance of price rise.] Farm products, exempt from control, blamed for rise. Admiral said pleased with controls.
  REPORTER: Bill Matney

• Prime Rate

  #17512

  05:03:20 pm — 05:03:30 pm

  (Studio) 2 New York banks cut interest rates to 4 3/4%.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• (Commercial)

  #17513

  05:03:30 pm — 05:04:40 pm

• Campaign `72 / Wallace

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  05:04:40 pm — 05:05:00 pm

  (Studio) Lawrence O'Brien, Democratic National Chmn., denounces George Wallace entry in Florida primary as favoring Nixon. Predicts 3rd party
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Campaign `72 / Chisholm

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  05:05:00 pm — 05:07:40 pm

  (Studio) Representative Shirley Chisholm to announce candidacy January 25.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (California) Sense of humor noted. Sex discrimination hit. [CHISHOLM - says female discrimination more severe than race discrimination.] Calls self progressive. Effect on other Democratic candidates noted.
  REPORTER: Bill Wordham

• Campaign `72 / Muskie

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  05:07:40 pm — 05:10:00 pm

  (Studio) Muskie's mother, Mrs. Josephine Muskie, christens campaign plane, "Josephine".
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (Wisc.) Showmanship emerges in Muskie campaign. (Marathon City, Wisc.) Catholic, Polish, Democrat constituency noted. Television role cited. [MUSKIE - says "Trust Muskie."] (Milwaukee) Campaign razzle-dazzles Milwaukee. (Pulaski, Wisc.) Polish-American background emphasized. Truth, trust and show-biz mix.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

• (Commercial)

  #17517

  05:10:00 pm — 05:12:00 pm

• Vietnam War

  #17518

  05:12:00 pm — 05:12:20 pm

  (Studio) North Vietnam missile installations moved near DMZ; threat to United States planes Laos-bound. Missile launcher destroyed by United States Jet.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Gen. Creighton Abrams

  #17519

  05:12:20 pm — 05:12:40 pm

  (Studio) War wind-down noted. Hq. become advisory operation.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Vietnam War / United States Withdrawal

  #17520

  05:12:40 pm — 05:13:00 pm

  (Studio) As United States troops withdraw, replacements not defined.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (Pentagon) Security for diminishing United States force crucial. 30,000 United States combat troops in Vietnam. Pattern of withdrawal charted.
  REPORTER: Roger Peterson

• King Frederick IX Dies

  #17521

  05:13:00 pm — 05:14:20 pm

  (Studio) King Frederik of Denmark dies at age 72. Princess Margarethe II becomes queen.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Bangladesh / Economy

  #17522

  05:14:20 pm — 05:14:40 pm

  (Studio) Sheik Mujibur Rahman holds press conference on economy. Will accept US help.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• USSR / American Expelled

  #17523

  05:14:40 pm — 05:15:10 pm

  (Studio) Representative James Sheuer (New York) expelled from USSR after interview with Jewish citizens desiring emigration to Israel.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• (Commercial)

  #17524

  05:15:10 pm — 05:17:10 pm

• Department of Health, Education And Welfare / Women's Liberation

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  05:17:10 pm — 05:17:40 pm

  (Studio) Department of Health, Education and Welfare charges discrimination against women. Retirement and disability benefits for housewives; work leaves for mothers; increase of female doctors, dentists; better Department of Health, Education and Welfare jobs recommended.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Baseball / Women

  #17526

  05:17:40 pm — 05:18:00 pm

  (Studio) New York State Court of Appeals rules professional baseball leagues discriminatory in barring female umpire.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Heart Disease / Cholesterol

  #17527

  05:18:00 pm — 05:21:00 pm

  (Studio) 1 million die of heart trouble. National Heart-lung Institute studies cholesterol factor.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (Bethesda, Maryland) Study detailed. Centers on Type 2 cholesterol. Calorie cut studied.
  REPORTER: Jules Bergman

• Col. Edwin Aldrin

  #17528

  05:21:00 pm — 05:21:10 pm

  (Studio) Colonel Aldrin retires from Air Force.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Dr. Roger Gilruth

  #17529

  05:21:10 pm — 05:21:20 pm

  (Studio) Dr. Gilruth resigns from Houston, Tex., manned space-craft center. Christopher Craft to replace him.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Atomic Energy

  #17530

  05:21:20 pm — 05:21:50 pm

  (Studio) Atomic Energy Commission announces nuclear power breeder plant, for power and fuel. To be built in Tenn.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• (Commercial)

  #17531

  05:21:50 pm — 05:22:50 pm

• Super Bowl 6

  #17532

  05:22:50 pm — 05:25:00 pm

  (Studio) Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins meet in New Orleans Super Bowl.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (New Orleans, La.) Jim Kick, Larry Csonka featured. [CSONKA, and KICK - describe their "image."]
  REPORTER: Dave Diles

• (Commercial)

  #17533

  05:25:00 pm — 05:27:00 pm

• Commentary (More or Better)

  #17534

  05:27:00 pm — 05:28:40 pm

  (Studio) British study noted. Waste of environment noted, as future of 32 x present is contemplated.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Good Night

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  05:28:40 pm — 05:28:40 pm