Vanderbilt Television News Archive

ABC Evening News for 1973-04-05

This program is 27 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

• Wholesale Prices

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  05:01:00 pm — 05:04:30 pm

  (Studio) Wholesale prices up 2.2% in March. Index up 10.5% for last year
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (DC) Lumber prices up 7 1/2% for month Food prices up in all categories. [Agriculture Secretary Earl BUTZ - says figures disturbing.] Butz does not favor price controls.
  REPORTER: Stephen Geer

  (Capitol Hill) Senator Banking Committee holds hearings on prices. Treasury Secretary George Shultz opposes controls. [Senator William PROXMIRE - asks if President would veto price freeze if passed by Congress] [SHULTZ - says doesn't know.]
  REPORTER: Herbert Kaplow

• Meat Boycott

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  05:04:30 pm — 05:05:00 pm

  (Studio) Grand Union, large supermarket chain, announces cut in meat prices by at least $.10/lb. because of meat boycott. Boycott causes 200,000 meat workers to be laid off.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Inflation / Nixon

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  05:05:00 pm — 05:07:00 pm

  (Studio) Nixon takes new moves against inflation.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (San Clemente, California) Nixon vetoes bill for water and sewerage treatment plants. Feels bill inflationary. Nixon meets with Interior Secretary Rogers Morton with regard to construction Alaska oil pipeline. [MORTON - says Alaska oil would help keep prices for gas stable.]
  REPORTER: Tom Jarriel

• (Commercial: Florsheim Shoes; United States Industries, Incorporated)

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  05:07:00 pm — 05:08:00 pm

• Cambodia / Offensive

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  05:08:00 pm — 05:08:10 pm

  (Studio) Fighting continues in Cambodia. United States planes active.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Vietnam / Cease-Fire Violations

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  05:08:10 pm — 05:08:30 pm

  (Studio) South Vietnam charges Communists of numerous truce violations.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Thieu / United States Visit

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  05:08:30 pm — 05:11:00 pm

  (Studio) South Vietnam President Thieu visits DC. Is trying to change image as Asian dictator.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (DC) Thieu visits Arlington National Cemetery. Lays wreath at tomb unknown soldier. Visits with prisoners of war wives. [THIEU - says South Vietnam needs United States aid presently in order to become independent in future. Says will never request return of United States troops.] Thieu talks with Congress
  REPORTER: Ted Koppel

• Vietnam / Reconstruction

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  05:11:00 pm — 05:11:30 pm

  (Studio) Senator approves proposal to bar aid to North Vietnam unless Congress specifically approves it.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• (Commercial: American Motors; Borkum Riff Tobacco.)

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  05:11:30 pm — 05:12:30 pm

• Gray Hearings

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  05:12:30 pm — 05:14:10 pm

  (Studio) Senator Judiciary Committee continues hearings on Gray nomination
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (Capitol Hill) L. Pat. Gray has no chance of becoming permanent FBI chief. [Senator John TUNNEY - says Gray nomination dead.] [Senator Charles MATHIAS - says feels time has come to withdraw Gray nomination]
  REPORTER: Bob Clark

• Watergate Case

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  05:14:10 pm — 05:16:10 pm

  (Studio) Senator Sam. Ervin says Senate committee investigating Watergate case cannot begin hearings until after Easter recess.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (DC) Watergate defendant James McCord gives grand jury and Judge John Sirica further information on bugging Democrat headquarters [McCORD - says will tell Watergate story to press at some future date.] [McCord attorney Bernard FENSTERWALD - says McCord will give information at press conf.] Senator wants to hear testimony from defendant E. Howard Hunt as well as from McCord.
  REPORTER: Sam Donaldson Artist: Freda Reiter

• (Commercial: State Farm Insurance; Pfeiffer Salad Dressing; Haley's M-O; Prince Albert Tobacco.)

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  05:16:10 pm — 05:18:10 pm

• Floods / Mississippi River

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  05:18:10 pm — 05:20:20 pm

  (Studio) Nixon authorizes call to service for 3 more units Coast Guard Reserve to help cope with flooding Mississippi River.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

  (New Orleans, Louisiana) Mississippi River floods many areas of Louisiana along its banks. New Orleans trying to bolster soggy levees.

• (Commercial: General Motors.)

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  05:20:20 pm — 05:21:20 pm

• American Indian Movement / Wounded Knee

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  05:21:20 pm — 05:21:30 pm

  (Studio) Agreement reached to end 37-day occupation Wounded Knee, South Dakota, by militant Indians.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Consumer Protection / Food Color, Methaqualone

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  05:21:30 pm — 05:22:00 pm

  (Studio) FDA (Food and Drug Administration) announces ban on violet number 1, food color used to stamp meat with Govt. markers. Food color linked with cancer. FDA (Food and Drug Administration) also says sedative methaqualone should be subjected to tighter controls.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Devaluation

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  05:22:00 pm — 05:24:50 pm

  (Studio) Senator approves legislature officially devaluing dollar. Rider to bill would permit individuals to own raw gold. This has been prohibited since 1934.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (Brown Bear Mine, California) Old mines being brought back into operation because of rise in gold prices. [Mine owner - shows reporter gold vein in mine.] [Prospector Fred EBY - says claim rich.]
  REPORTER: Dick Shoemaker

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:24:50 pm — 05:25:10 pm

  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• (Commercial: Confident; A&P 8 O'Clock Coffee.)

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  05:25:10 pm — 05:26:10 pm

• Commentary (Los Angeles)

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  05:26:10 pm — 05:28:00 pm

  (Studio) Reporter recalls war years stationed in Los Angeles. Discusses city's present state of development, include traffic problems, smog, etc.
  REPORTER: Harry Reasoner

• Good Night

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  05:28:00 pm — 05:28:00 pm