Vanderbilt Television News Archive

ABC Evening News for 1974-02-07

This program is 26 minutes long

• Introduction Howard K. Smith (Washington, DC)

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  05:00:00 pm — 05:01:10 pm

• Truckers' Strike

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  05:01:10 pm — 05:06:40 pm

  (Studio) Tentative agreement reached in truckers' strike.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (DC) Pennsylvania Governor Milton Shapp announces agreement; details outlined. [Trucker representative William HILL - believes most important part of agreement calls for government to recognize truckers. Hopes public understands reasons for strike.] [Trucker Jim TAYLOR - says details of disagreement foggy.] [Trucker Bart BARTON - reports truckers won't take rash action; agreement not ratified yet.] [President IN truckers council George RYNN - insists truckers should get diesel fuel price rollback. Drivers won't go till demands met.]
  REPORTER: Herbert Kaplow

  (Studio) Admin. believes agreement to work. However, interagency task force drafted to keep hwys. open if agreement fails. Morgantown, West Virginia, hard hit by strike.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (Morgantown, West Virginia) [Mayor Dorothy COMUNTZIS - says no gasoline sold in city; owners fear reprisal if stations open.] With aid of National Guard, escorted gas trucks reach few stations, but most stations refuse to open. Food supplies limited; inds. forced to close. [Mayor COMUNTZIS - hope strike ends soon so city can function.]
  REPORTER: Stephen Geer

• Emergency Energy Bill / Simon

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  05:06:40 pm — 05:07:00 pm

  (Studio) House Senator conference committee presents revamped emergency energy bill; bill blocked. Energy chief William Simon urges states with severe shortages to set up own distribution plan.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Westport, Connecticut / Gasoline Shortage

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  05:07:00 pm — 05:09:50 pm

  (Studio) Gas shortage and truckers strike leads to incrd. frustration.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (Westport, Connecticut) Most stations out of gasoline or are nearly out in affluent E. city. State representative and energy coordinator meet with station owners. Stn. owners react to situation. [State representative Alan NEVAS - can't get dealers more gasoline; some other solution needed.] [Energy coordinator Albert KELLEY - wishes federal government would decide on rationing issue now.] Vol. rationing to be tried by some dealers next week, but success not expected. [Stn. owner Bob SMALL - doesn't need another meeting; he needs solutions.]
  REPORTER: Lem Tucker

• (Commercial: Florida Grapefruit Growers; Wizard Air Freshener.)

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  05:09:50 pm — 05:10:50 pm

• Britain / National Elections

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  05:10:50 pm — 05:12:50 pm

  (Studio) British Prime Minister Edward Heath calls for new elections on February 28. Conflict between coal miners and government necessitates action.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (London, England) [HEATH - pleads with Britishers to decide who's to rule England.] Queen Elizabeth dissolves Parliament till new elections held.
  REPORTER: George Watson

• Senate Watergate Committee / Final Report

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  05:12:50 pm — 05:13:20 pm

  (Studio) Senate Watergate committee agrees to hold off final report till May at special prosecutor Leon Jaworski's request. Watergate to turn over report to House Judiciary Committee at that time.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• White House / Judiciary Committee / Communication

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  05:13:20 pm — 05:14:40 pm

  (Studio) White House contacts House Judiciary Committee with regard to impeachment probe.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (DC) [Committee chairperson Peter RODINO - reads letter from Nixon attorney James Saint Clair. Letter establishes communication between White House and Judiciary Committee] QuestioneD about letter's meaning. [RODINO - says on surface, letter seems hopeful.] White House initiative gets big plus in many mbrs. eyes.
  REPORTER: Sam Donaldson

• Ford / President / Tapes, Documents

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  05:14:40 pm — 05:15:00 pm

  (Studio) Vice President Gerald Ford reveals President still considering releasing some White House tapes and documents to public.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• (Commercial: Polident Denture Cleaner; Tums Antacid.)

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  05:15:00 pm — 05:16:00 pm

• Hearst Kidnapping

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  05:16:00 pm — 05:18:00 pm

  (Studio) Underground organization, Symbionese Liberation Army, claims responsibility for kidnapping Patricia Hearst.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (San Francisco, California) Liberation army suspected of several murders. Details of liberation army's background reviewed, incling. its purpose. Miss Hearst apparently unharmed so far.
  REPORTER: Dick Shoemaker (KGO-TV)

• (Commercial: Magnavox Television; Apple Pipe Tobacco; Excedrin; Alpo Dog Food.)

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  05:18:00 pm — 05:20:00 pm

• Schlesinger / Defense Budget

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  05:20:00 pm — 05:20:30 pm

  (Studio) Defense Secretary James Schlesinger says United States prepared to engage in arms race with USSR if necessary. Defends new defense budget.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Kuwait / Terrorists / Japan

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  05:20:30 pm — 05:21:00 pm

  (Studio) Kuwait agrees to allow Japanese jet with 4 terrorist guerrillas to land. 9 guerrillas in Kuwait hold hostages in Japanese embassy. Japan forced to fly 4 terrorists to Kuwait or hostages would be killed. 9 guerrillas to be given asylum in another Arab country
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Kissinger / Panama Canal

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  05:21:00 pm — 05:21:30 pm

  (Studio) Secretary of State Henry Kissinger runs into trouble in Panama. Demonstrations occur although new agreement calls for eventual US turnover of canal to Panama.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Grenada

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  05:21:30 pm — 05:24:00 pm

  (Studio) Grenada celebrates independence from British rule.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

  (Grenada, West Indies) Strikes plague island; celebration of independence reserved. Prime Min. Eric Gairy already arrests opposition party leader Maurice Bishop. [GAIRY - insists Bishop isn't opposition leader He's simply upsetting laws of country Grenada not in emergency situation.] Many citizens fear new freedom.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:24:00 pm — 05:24:20 pm

  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• (Commercial: El Producto Cigars; Femiron Tablets.)

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  05:24:20 pm — 05:25:20 pm

• Comment (Oil Consumers)

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  05:25:20 pm — 05:27:00 pm

  (Studio) This reporter believes oil consumers should unite against oil producers; 2 main reasons given.
  REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

• Good Night

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  05:27:00 pm — 05:27:00 pm