Vanderbilt Television News Archive

ABC Evening News for 1972-11-22

This program is 27 minutes long

• Introduction Harry Reasoner (New York City)

  #18536

  05:00:00 pm — 05:01:00 pm

  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Vietnam / Air War

  #18537

  05:01:00 pm — 05:01:40 pm

  (Studio) United States loses B-52 bomber over North Vietnam for 1st time in war. Plane crashes in Thailand; crew rescued without injury.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Vietnam / Peace Talks

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  05:01:40 pm — 05:03:10 pm

  (Studio) United States President adviser Henry Kissinger, after side trip to Brussels, Belgium, meets for 3rd time with North Vietnam negotiators near Paris.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (Paris, France) Progress of talks unknown. Kissinger flies to Brussels to meet President Suharto of Indonesia. That country might help supervise Vietnam cease-fire. After return, meets with North Vietnam's Le Duc Tho. Negotiators not as jovial as yesterday.
  REPORTER: John Rolfson

• European Security Conference

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  05:03:10 pm — 05:05:50 pm

  (Studio) Representatives of Communist and non-Communist European ntns. meet in Helsinki, Finland, to begin preparations for European Security Conf. Objective is reduction of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and Communist-bloc forces in Central Europe.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (Helsinki, Finland) 35 ntns. take part, include US, USSR , NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and Warsaw Pact countries. Only Albania refuses to attend. Can ntns. do anything? [US Ambassador Val PETERSON - says ntns. must try to bring about better peace.] But old and bitter memories die hard.
  REPORTER: George Watson

• (Commercial)

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  05:05:50 pm — 05:05:50 pm

• Mideast / Syria-Israel

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  05:05:50 pm — 05:09:50 pm

  (Studio) Syria and Israel clash in Golan Heights area.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (Golan Heights, Israel) Syria attacks Israeli settlement. Israel attacks 6 Syrian villages. Few casualties reported Heaviest attack in 2 years
  REPORTER: Bill Seamans

• (Commercial)

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  05:09:50 pm — 05:10:50 pm

• Busing / Atlanta, Pontiac

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  05:10:50 pm — 05:14:30 pm

  (Studio) In Atlanta, Georgia, school board comes up with desegregation plan. Involves transferring 4000 children to different schools, mostly by busing. White parents object. South not only area where busing unpopular.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (Pontiac, Michigan) 1/3 Pontiac school children affected by busing. Opposition strong and continuing by parents. "Freedom schools" (small, private schools) set up by parents. Some families move. [Parent Al DICKINSON - says freedom school his son attended last year not good because possibly unaccredited.] [Donna DICKINSON - says private schools can't offer same things regular ones do.] 2500 pupils drop out of Pontiac schools since busing started last year [Parent David FISCHER - says whites, blacks, Jews, Polacks, all should have own areas.] [Mildred FISCHER - wants children where she knows where they are.] But opposition to busing lessening (Fischer moving to Tennessee). Freedom schools dying out. Most people can't afford to move.
  REPORTER: Ron Miller

• (Commercial)

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  05:14:30 pm — 05:16:30 pm

• Phone Rates

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  05:16:30 pm — 05:16:50 pm

  (Studio) Long distance telephone rates will go up 8.5% next year American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) will get $145 million from increase, less than asked for from FCC.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Economy

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  05:16:50 pm — 05:19:00 pm

  (Studio) President Council of Econ. Advisers releases report for year
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (DC) gross national product growth goal of President is 9 1/2%.Last quarter was 8.9%. Rate of inflation is 3.6%. President goal is 3%. Unemployment target 5%; is still 5 1/2 %. [Chairperson Council of Econ. Advisers Herbert STEIN - says much good dome, but still more to do.] [CEA's Marina WHITMAN - notes administration effort for 3% inflation rate.] Fever economy press briefings now than before.
  REPORTER: David Schoumacher

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

  #18547

  05:19:00 pm — 05:19:20 pm

  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• China-US / Transport

  #18548

  05:19:20 pm — 05:19:30 pm

  (Studio) President Nixon relaxes restrictions on ships and planes traveling to China.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• President Nixon Retreat

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  05:19:30 pm — 05:21:20 pm

  (Studio) President Nixon hiding out at Camp David, MD, for last 19 days.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (Camp David, MD) President Nixon well-protected from reporters and public. Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler meets reporters once daily to answer a few questions. Closest town is Thurmont; nothing happens there either.
  REPORTER: Tom Jarriel

• (Commercial)

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  05:21:20 pm — 05:22:20 pm

• Kennedy Memorial

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  05:22:20 pm — 05:22:40 pm

  (Studio) 9 years ago today President J. F. Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Services held to commemorate death.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• `72 Olympics / Olga Korbut

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  05:22:40 pm — 05:25:10 pm

  (Studio) Brilliant Russian gymnast Olga Korbut suffers from trouble with spinal disc. Career may be ruined.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (Grodmo, USSR ) Olga won 2 gold medals in Munich Germany (F.R.). Trains full time. Family described. Olga gets fan mail from world over. Future uncertain.
  REPORTER: Russell Jones

• (Commercial)

  #18553

  05:25:10 pm — 05:26:10 pm

• Commentary (Chicago 7 Trial)

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  05:26:10 pm — 05:28:00 pm

  (Studio) Reversal of judgement in Chicago Seven trial by appeals court called victory for United States Constitution, but not for anti-war movement, as the defendants and their lawyers say.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Good Night

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  05:28:00 pm — 05:28:00 pm