Vanderbilt Television News Archive

ABC Evening News for 1974-02-04

This program is 26 minutes long

• Introduction Howard K. Smith (Washington, DC)

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  05:00:00 pm — 05:01:00 pm

• 1975 Budget

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  05:01:00 pm — 05:05:40 pm

  (Studio) President sends new budget to Congress
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (DC) Budget hits $304.4 billion mark. [PRES. - thinks budget is non- inflationary.] Budget discussed in detail; breakdown outlined.
  REPORTER: Jerry Landay

  (DC) Congress doorkeeper "Fishbait" Miller accepts record high budget. [Treasury Secretary George SHULTZ - defends White House definition of recession.] Budget controversy grows. [Senator Charles PERCY - thinks recession inevitable early in `74.] [Senator William PROXMIRE - believes budget extremely inflationary; recession likely.] President won't tolerate recession.
  REPORTER: Bob Clark

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:05:40 pm — 05:06:00 pm

  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• (Commercial: Polident Denture Cleaner; Ben-Gay Ointment.)

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  05:06:00 pm — 05:07:00 pm

• Truckers' Strike / Effects

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  05:07:00 pm — 05:09:50 pm

  (Studio) Violence increases as independent truckers attempt to keep all truckers off highway National Guard called out in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan to protect truckers. Layoffs occur because supplies can't reach inds. Some gasoline deliveries held up; fresh foods unable to reach market
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (Dubuque, Iowa) Dubuque Packing Company forced to close because meat can't be shipped by truck. [Packing company Vice President Robert WAHLERT - says truckers offered more money, but many afraid of violence along hwys.] Packing company workers laid off. [Dick WILLMERS - doesn't blame truckers.] [Harry NEW - blames oil company] [Richard CHAPMAN - blames President] [WAHLERT - predicts grocery stores to feel shortages within week]
  REPORTER: Greg Dobbs

  (Studio) Federal and state officials continue to meet with truckers in DC; no solutions worked out.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Amoco Oil / Price Decrs.

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  05:09:50 pm — 05:10:10 pm

  (Studio) Amoco Oil Company to reduce gasoline prices 2 cents per gallon; heating oil and residual fuels to be reduced 1 cent.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Simon / Gasoline / Energy Crisis

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  05:10:10 pm — 05:10:30 pm

  (Studio) Federal energy director William Simon urges motorists not to purchase gasoline till $3.00 worth of gas needed. Action can reduce long lines at gasoline stations
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• (Commercial: Geritol; Calgonite Dishwasher Detergent.)

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  05:10:30 pm — 05:11:30 pm

• Hunt / Conviction Reversal

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  05:11:30 pm — 05:11:50 pm

  (Studio) Watergate burglar, E. Howard Hunt, requests appeals court to reverse conviction. Hunt claims Judge John Sirica at fault during trial.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Jaworski, White House / President, Dean

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  05:11:50 pm — 05:13:20 pm

  (Studio) On ABC's "Issues and Answers" special prosecutor Leon Jaworski said he's requested more White House tapes and documents. Jaworski restates prosecutor's office has no evidence of perjury by John Dean.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (White House) President' attorney James Saint Clair declares tapes and documents supplied to prosecutor don't support sworn statements by Dean with regard to President' involvement in Watergate. Jaworski's request for additional information from White House hits snags.
  REPORTER: Tom Jarriel

• Krogh / 6 Missouri. Sentence

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  05:13:20 pm — 05:15:20 pm

  (Studio) Former head of plumbers unit, Egil Krogh, begins serving 6 month sentence.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (DC) [KROGH - believes sentence was just.] Krogh formally surrenders to federal marshals. [Mrs. Egil KROGH - plans to live each day as it comes.] Kroghs aren't bitter about serving in Nixon administration
  REPORTER: David Schoumacher Artist: Freda Reiter

• President / Subpoena

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  05:15:20 pm — 05:15:50 pm

  (Studio) Los Angeles judge signs subpoena to force President to appear at trial of former aide John Ehrlichman. President to refuse subpoena.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• (Commercial: Gold Medal Flour; Anacin; Calgon Bath Oil Beads; Carter Hall Pipe Tobacco.)

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  05:15:50 pm — 05:17:50 pm

• Antibomber Missiles / Phase Out

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  05:17:50 pm — 05:18:20 pm

  (Studio) Pentagon to phase out 48 antibomber missile batteries in United States and reduce bomber interceptor squadrons. Phase out tied to arms limitations treaty with USSR .
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Gromyko / Washington, DC Visit

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  05:18:20 pm — 05:20:00 pm

  (Studio) Soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko visits DC.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (DC) Gromyko and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger meet. [GROMYKO - refuses to go into detail about talks. Insists Cuba wasn't topic.] Gromyko and President meet later. Gromyko's visit symbolizes Soviet belief that President can survive politically, despite Watergate.
  REPORTER: Ted Koppel

• Middle East / Golan Hts. / Suez Front

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  05:20:00 pm — 05:22:40 pm

  (Studio) Israel withdraws forces from more territory captured in October war. On Golan Heights, Syria and Israel exchange fire.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (Mt. Hermon, Golan Heights) American tourists visit war zone in Golan Heights; reasons given. No peace exists in Golan Heights Israeli Syrian disengagement plans are tenuous at best.
  REPORTER: Don Farmer

• Gunmen / Greek Ship

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  05:22:40 pm — 05:23:10 pm

  (Studio) In Karachi, Pakistan, 3 gunmen seized Greek freighter last Saturday Greece forced to pardon 2 Arab terrorists sentenced to execution for killing 5 persons at Athens airport last August 3 gunmen flown to Cairo, Egypt.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• British Coal Miners / Strike

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  05:23:10 pm — 05:23:30 pm

  (Studio) British coal miners vote for strike if demands not met.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• British Military Families / Bomb

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  05:23:30 pm — 05:23:50 pm

  (Studio) Many British servicemen and families, returning to North England base in bus, were killed in bomb explosion; IRA (Irish Republican Army) blamed.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• (Commercial: Tums Antacid; Firestone Tires.)

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  05:23:50 pm — 05:24:50 pm

• Comment (US)

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  05:24:50 pm — 05:26:30 pm

  (Studio) Despite Watergate, energy crisis, and economy problems, United States still looked to for guidance by other cntrys. This reporter believes initiative, inventiveness and courage remain as guideposts for Americans United States suffers only time lag in major readjustments to difficult problems.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Good Night

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  05:26:30 pm — 05:26:30 pm