Vanderbilt Television News Archive

ABC Evening News for 1973-10-31

This program is 26 minutes long

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

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  05:00:00 pm — 05:01:00 pm

• White House Tapes

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  05:01:00 pm — 05:03:10 pm

  (Studio) Federal Judge John Sirica announces 2 of 9 White House tape recordings to be released by President to courts

• White House Tapes / Dean, President Conversation / Testimony

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  05:03:10 pm — 05:04:50 pm

  (Studio) This summer, before Senate Watergate committee , John Dean testified re: conversation with President Conversation in question

• White House Tapes / Reaction

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  05:04:50 pm — 05:07:50 pm

  (Studio) Reaction to

• (Commercial: Black and Decker Saw; Gravy Train Dog Food.)

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  05:07:50 pm — 05:08:50 pm

• Special Watergate Prosecutor / Cong.

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  05:08:50 pm — 05:09:20 pm

  (Studio) Senator and House agree new special Watergate prosecutor should be named quickly, but little agreement exists with regard to independence of prosecutor. House Judiciary Committee discusses proposal allowing Judge John Sirica to select 3 judge panel to name prosecutor. No agreement yet.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Possible Attorney General Nomination / Saxbe

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  05:09:20 pm — 05:11:20 pm

  (Studio) Senator William Saxbe meets with President to discuss possible Attorney General nomination
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (DC) Saxbe meets with chief of staff Alexander Haig and President Press Secretary Gerald Warren emerges with Saxbe after talks. [SAXBE - believes he will be Attorney General nomination] Saxbe convinced of President' good intentions since Watergate. [SAXBE - meets again with aides to discuss thorny problem of special Watergate prosecutor.)
  REPORTER: Jerry Landay

• ITT (International Telephone And Telegraph Corporation) Leak

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  05:11:20 pm — 05:13:30 pm

  (Studio) More disclosures outlined in President intervention with Justice Department's handling ITT (International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation) affair.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (DC) Former Attorney General Richard Kleindienst reveals threatening President with his resignation if President interfered with ITT (International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation) case. [Senator Birch BAYH - believes truth must be uncovered now with regard to ITT (International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation) case.] Former special prosecutor Archibald Cox testifies Justice Department knew of President' interference in ITT (International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation) as well as Senators Phillip Hart and Ted Kennedy. [COX - suggests Justice Department may have leaked story to press.]
  REPORTER: David Schoumacher

• Confirmation Hearings / Ford

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  05:13:30 pm — 05:13:50 pm

  (Studio) Senator confirmation hearings on Vice President designate Gerald Ford to open Thursday Chairperson Rules Committee Senator Howard Cannon reveals committee 's veins of inquiry.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Gurney / Illegal Contributions

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  05:13:50 pm — 05:14:10 pm

  (Studio) Senator Edward Gurney reports government probes allegations of secret Gurney booster fund. "Miami Herald" reports builders made illegal contributions in return for building favors.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• (Commercial: Rolaids Antacid; Listerine Mouthwash.)

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  05:14:10 pm — 05:15:10 pm

• Middle East / Diplomatic Meetings / Washington, DC

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  05:15:10 pm — 05:17:30 pm

  (Studio) President meets with special envoy from Egypt as Israeli Prime Min Golda Meir arrives in Washington, DC for mtgs.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (DC) Mrs. Meir holds brief news conference on arrival to United States. [Mrs. MEIR - explains friendship between Israel and United States to be preserved. Clarification needed on some points between Israel and United States.] Secretary of State Henry Kissinger meets with Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Mid. E. situation. [Outside meeting, KISSINGER - relates progress in Mid. E., but explains main problems obstructing peace.] Kissinger and President meet with Egypt's new foreign minister Ismail Fahmy. Next week, on way to China, Kissinger expects to visit Egypt, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iran and Pakistan with regard to Mid. E.
  REPORTER: Herbert Kaplow

• Sadat / News Conference

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  05:17:30 pm — 05:19:30 pm

  (Studio) Egyptian President Anwar Sadat holds news conference Sadat reports Egyptian refrain destroying Israeli army till mtgs. in Washington, DC complete.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (Cairo, Egypt) Sadat reviews military situation, insisting Egyptian army in position to liquidate Israeli army. Expresses genuine desire for peace. No comment made with regard to prisoner exchange. High points of news conf outlined.
  REPORTER: Bill Brannigan

• (Commercial; Apple Pipe Tobacco; Ben Gay Ointment; Admiral Television; National Bowling Council)

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  05:19:30 pm — 05:21:40 pm

• Sinai / Middle East Cease-Fire

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  05:21:40 pm — 05:23:00 pm

  (Studio) Arabs and Israelis talk to each other in Sinai with regard to cease-fire.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (Egypt) Egyptian and Israeli officials discuss peace negotiations together. Mtgs. encouraging for some type of lasting peace.
  REPORTER: George Watson

• Military Alert Ends

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  05:23:00 pm — 05:23:10 pm

  (Studio) United States ends world-wide military alert. Pentagon spokesperson Jerry Friedheim reports troops return to normal duties.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• White Dies

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  05:23:10 pm — 05:23:30 pm

  (Studio) Heart specialist, Dr. Paul Dudley White, dies in Boston, Massachusetts. White treated former President Dwight Eisenhower for heart problems.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Forest Fire / California

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  05:23:30 pm — 05:23:50 pm

  (Studio) Fire fighters gain control of brush fire burning outside Los Angeles, California.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Farm Products

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  05:23:50 pm — 05:24:10 pm

  (Studio) Price of raw farm products drops 4% between September 15 and October 15.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:24:10 pm — 05:24:20 pm

  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• (Commercial: Bank Americard Credit Card: Bufferin.)

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  05:24:20 pm — 05:25:30 pm

• Comment (White House Tapes / American Confidence)

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  05:25:30 pm — 05:26:50 pm

  (Studio) This reporter believes American confidence has come to end. With latest revelation that 2 White House tapes

• Good Night

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  05:26:50 pm — 05:26:50 pm