Vanderbilt Television News Archive

ABC Evening News for 1972-01-27

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction (Station Omits To 5:01:10) Howard K. Smith (Washington, DC); Harry Reasoner (New York)

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  05:00:40 pm — 05:01:30 pm

• (Commercial)

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  05:01:30 pm — 05:01:40 pm

• Nixon Peace Proposal / Paris Peace Talks

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  05:01:40 pm — 05:03:40 pm

  (Studio) President Nixon's Vietnam peace initiative formally introduced at Paris Peace Talks. Communist delegates criticized, but did not reject plan.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (Paris, France) Each side at Talks eager to get clearer intention of other. [US Ambassador William J. PORTER - says mtg was interesting.] North Vietnam delegate Xuan Thui calls plan a Nixon election gimmick.
  REPORTER: Barrie Dunsmore

• Nixon Peace Plan / Rogers

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  05:03:40 pm — 05:05:20 pm

  (Studio) Secretary of State William Rogers holds press conference on foreign policy.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (DC) [ROGERS - encouraged about Vietnam War end.]
  REPORTER: Bill Matney

• Vietnam / Casualties

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  05:05:20 pm — 05:05:30 pm

  (Studio) 2 United States troops die; 30 wounded in weekly war toll.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Vietnam / Central Highlands

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  05:05:30 pm — 05:05:50 pm

  (Studio) Combat level low as communists pack central highlands for Tet offensive, February 13. United States bombers blast Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos and central highlands.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• (Commercial)

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  05:05:50 pm — 05:07:00 pm

• Hijacking / New York

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  05:07:00 pm — 05:12:40 pm

  (Studio) Hijacking and subsequent parachute escape of D.B. Cooper over Washington State last Thanksgiving, with $200,000 ransom, has inspired 3 other such attempts since,

• (Commercial)

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  05:12:40 pm — 05:13:40 pm

• Economy

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  05:13:40 pm — 05:14:00 pm

  (Studio) Commerce Department reports economy indicators up 2.2% in December
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:14:00 pm — 05:14:10 pm

  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Economic Report

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  05:14:10 pm — 05:14:20 pm

  (Studio) President Nixon's annual economy report to Congress optimistic.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Pay Board / AFL-CIO

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  05:14:20 pm — 05:14:40 pm

  (Studio) AFL-CIO requests Senator Banking Committee to remove Pay Bd. Chairperson George Boldt, calling him unknowledgeable.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Commerce Secretary Resigns

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  05:14:40 pm — 05:16:20 pm

  (Studio) Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans resigns.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (White House) Stans resigns to become chief fund raiser for President Nixon's re-election campaign. [NIXON - announces Stans' new post as exchequer of Republican party] [STANS - feels serving country best by working for Nixon's re-election.] Peter Peterson to be new Commerce Secretary
  REPORTER: Tom Jarriel

• Johnson

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  05:16:20 pm — 05:16:40 pm

  (Studio) Former President Lyndon B. Johnson favors limiting ntns. executive to single 6 year term so he won't worry about re-election.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Presidential Candidate Protection

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  05:16:40 pm — 05:16:50 pm

  (Studio) Congress Commission asks Secret Service for Protection of President candidates as of March 20.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• (Commercial)

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  05:16:50 pm — 05:19:00 pm

• Harrisburg 7

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  05:19:00 pm — 05:21:40 pm

  (Studio) Trial of Reverend Philip Berrigan and 6 others delayed by jury problems. A selected jury member says others already convinced of guilt.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Young female jurist describes conversation of 2 male jurists she overheard, convinced of Berrigan guilt. Defendants on trial for plotting to kidnap President Aide Henry Kissinger, to blow up steam plants in D.C. Federal Bldgs., and to raid draft offices. Judge River Dixon Herman concerned about jury selection. Philip Berrigan happy to learn of brother Daniel's parole. [Defendant, sister Elizabeth MCALISTER - Defense Attorney, Ramsey CLARK - also pleased about at the parole.]
  REPORTER: Stephen Geer Sketches by Freida Reiter

• (Commercial)

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  05:21:40 pm — 05:22:50 pm

• Jackson Death

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  05:22:50 pm — 05:23:10 pm

  (Studio) Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson dies in Chicago, Ill.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Japan-USSR

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  05:23:10 pm — 05:23:20 pm

  (Studio) Japan and USSR negotiate on W.W. II peace treaty. Soviet P. Min. Andre Gromyko in Tokyo for talks.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Drug Raids

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  05:23:20 pm — 05:23:40 pm

  (Studio) Drug raids in United States and France reported Drug manufacturing laboratory in Marseilles, France, found. New York agents confiscate $16 million in heroin.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Kissinger

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  05:23:40 pm — 05:25:50 pm

  (Studio) President Aide Henry Kissinger speaks to Women's National Press Club.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (DC) [KISSINGER - humorously mentions Bebe Rebozo; China trip; Women's Lib's Gloria Steinem.]
  REPORTER: Bill Gill

• (Commercial)

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  05:25:50 pm — 05:27:00 pm

• Commentary (Hughes and Kissinger)

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  05:27:00 pm — 05:28:40 pm

  (Studio) Commentator compares news stories of Howard Hughes and Henry Kissinger, thinks Hughes story funnier of 2.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Good Night

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  05:28:40 pm — 05:28:40 pm