Vanderbilt Television News Archive

ABC Evening News for 1972-01-06

This program is 27 minutes long

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

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  05:00:30 pm — 05:01:40 pm

• (Commercial)

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  05:01:40 pm — 05:01:50 pm

• Campaign `72 / Muskie

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  05:01:50 pm — 05:03:40 pm

  (Studio) Senator Edmund Muskie enters New Hampshire primary; regarded as Democratic favorite.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (Concord, New Hampshire) [MUSKIE - files nomination petitions and deposits registration fee at office of New Hampshire Secretary of State; mixes with people.]
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

• Campaign `72 / Ada, Kennedy

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  05:03:40 pm — 05:06:40 pm

  (Studio) ADA rates voting records of Congress Demos: Jackson 56%, McGovern 96%, Kennedy 100%.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (N. Mex.) Navajo reservation toured by Mass. Senator Edward Kennedy. [KENNEDY - reiterates non-candidacy, saying he would not accept draft, for personal reasons.] Senator John Tunney, Kennedy's old roommate, believes Kennedy won't run; supports Senator Muskie.
  REPORTER: Bob Clark

• Campaign `72 / Nixon

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  05:06:40 pm — 05:07:00 pm

  (Studio) President Nixon to declare formally candidacy for re-election tomorrow via letter to Lane Dwinell, Nixon's New Hampshire campaign manager
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• (Commercial)

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  05:07:00 pm — 05:08:10 pm

• Paris Peace Talks

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  05:08:10 pm — 05:08:20 pm

  (Studio) Paris Peace Talks resume after month of postponements.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Vietnam / United States Casualties

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  05:08:20 pm — 05:08:30 pm

  (Studio) 2 United States combat deaths reported for week, pilots shot down over Laos. 5 US non-hostile deaths reported.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• United States Bombs North Vietnam

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  05:08:30 pm — 05:08:40 pm

  (Studio) Second United States air strike in North Vietnam rptd; on radar installation.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• POWs

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  05:08:40 pm — 05:10:00 pm

  (Studio) North Vietnam holds news conference to exhibit 2 United States pilots captured.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (Hanoi) [Colonel David West Hoffman, and Lieutenant J.G. Norris A. Charles displayed; North Vietnam site, victims after United States bombing shown. Idaho cards of Lieutenant J.G. Francis D. Coons, 1st Lieutenant G. Lawrence Stols, United States pilots said dead, shown.]
  REPORTER: Roger Grimsby Narrates North Vietnam Film

  (Studio) Defense Department lists latter pilots as missing in action. Viet Cong to accept letters from families of P.O.W.s held in South Vietnam.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Anderson Papers

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  05:10:00 pm — 05:11:20 pm

  (Studio) White House leaks from columnist Jack Anderson prompt House Armed Services Committee Chairperson F. Edward Hebert to announce investigation into "open season on government secrets."
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Enterprise / Indian Ocean

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  05:11:20 pm — 05:11:40 pm

  (Studio) Pentagon reports plans to keep aircraft carrier Enterprise in Indian Ocean indefinitely. Soviets have increased forces there.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• (Commercial)

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  05:11:40 pm — 05:12:50 pm

• Pay Board / Aerospace Workers

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  05:12:50 pm — 05:13:10 pm

  (Studio) Pay Bd. suspends consideration of resolution that it set guidelines for new aerospace wage contract, 12% pay hike which Bd. vetoed yesterday.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Budget Deficit

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  05:13:10 pm — 05:13:30 pm

  (Studio) Admin. Budget Director George Shultz indicates next years' budget to show large deficit, but will be balanced on full employment basis and will promote non-inflationary, expanding economy.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:13:30 pm — 05:13:40 pm

  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Marijuana Smuggling

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  05:13:40 pm — 05:16:10 pm

  (Studio) High profits on sale of marijuana in United States to be cut due to new customs officials in air over Mexican border.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (Nogales Ariz.) [Special customs agent and pilot Bob GAYTON - demonstrates how aerial smugglers operate, flying low to avoid radar detection, landing on rough, uninhabited airstrips.] [Customs agent D.F. BANCOOK - says there are sometimes 8-10 illegal flights a night.] Elaborate electronic warning system to be installed along border.
  REPORTER: Dick Shoemaker

• (Commercial)

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  05:16:10 pm — 05:18:20 pm

• Abortion

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  05:18:20 pm — 05:23:00 pm

  (Studio) New York Saint Supreme Court justice issues injunction against abortions in Municipal hospitals. Repercussions reported.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (New York) [Fordham University Law Prof. Robert BYRN - urges halt in killing unborn human beings.] [Woman's rights advocate Elinor GUGGENHEIMER - rejects forcing unwanted children to be born.] [Women's Rights Attorney Nancy STEARNS - cites Judge Weinfeld decision that unborn fetus could not be represented in court]
  REPORTER: Gregory Jackson

  (Brooklyn, New York) Kings Company Hospital abortion ward visited. [Women seeking abortions interviewed. Most cannot afford another child, would seek illegal abortion if clinic closed.]
  REPORTER: John Johnson

• (Commercial)

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  05:23:00 pm — 05:24:00 pm

• FTC, Environment

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  05:24:00 pm — 05:24:30 pm

  (Studio) FTC (Federal Trade Commission) asks Federal Communications Commission for free television time for ecology groups disputing claims of oil and de-detergent Company commercials, ads with ecology boasts.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Nixon - Sato Summit

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  05:24:30 pm — 05:26:10 pm

  (Studio) Japanese Premier Sato in Cal. for meeting with President Nixon.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (Cal.) White House maintains no breach between Tokyo and D.C. on President Nixon's new China policy.
  REPORTER: Bill Gill

• (Commercial)

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  05:26:10 pm — 05:27:10 pm

• Commentary (Campaigns `72 and `68 )

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  05:27:10 pm — 05:28:50 pm

  (Studio) Commentator expects surprises in `72 campaign as he recalls `68. Won't make predictions.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Good Night

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  05:28:50 pm — 05:28:50 pm