Vanderbilt Television News Archive

ABC Evening News for 1982-01-04

This program is 28 minutes long

• Introduction Peter Jennings (Brussels, Belgium); Max Robinson (Chicago, Illinois); Frank Reynolds (Washington, DC)

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:30:10 pm

• Allen

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  05:30:10 pm — 05:32:20 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

  (DC) [National security adviser Richard ALLEN - doesn't intend to resign.] Allen's White House mtgs. today with Edwin Meese and President Reagan, during which he resigned, discussed; details outlined on screen. Deputy Secretary of State William Clark said picked to succeed Allen. [CLARK - notes change in national security adviser's role.] [Henry KISSINGER - praises Clark's selection.] Letters of Allen and Reagan quoted.
  REPORTER: Sam Donaldson

• Weather

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  05:32:20 pm — 05:35:20 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Max Robinson

  (Chicago, Illinois) Blizzards and storms throughout the nation examined; films shown.
  REPORTER: David Garcia (WISN, KMBC, KCRG, WEWS, WAFT, WABC films/tapes)

  (Los Angeles, California) Winter weather in WA, Oregon and California featured; films shown.
  REPORTER: Stephen Geer (KOMO)

  (Studio) Upcoming items announced.
  REPORTER: Max Robinson

• (Commercial: Primatene Mist and Tablets; Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes.)

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  05:35:20 pm — 05:36:30 pm

• Common Market Conference / Poland

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  05:36:30 pm — 05:39:00 pm

  (Studio) For. mins. of European Common Mkt. cntries. reported meeting to discuss crisis in Poland.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

  (Studio) Lord Carrington quoted with regard to conference purpose; General Wojciech Jaruzelski noted meeting with ambs. in Warsaw. Details given, films shown.
  REPORTER: Peter Jennings

  (Brussels, Belgium) Details of Brussels meeting outlined on screen, discussed; French foreign minister Claude Cheysson mentioned. [Leo TINDEMANS - comments on meeting's focus.] Significance of today's meeting explained.
  REPORTER: John McKenzie

• Poland

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  05:39:00 pm — 05:41:50 pm

  (Studio) Alleged situation as noted in Solidarity report for Poland outlined.
  REPORTER: Peter Jennings

  (London, England) Current labor-government relationship in Poland discussed; films shown. Polish television coverage of Jaruzelski's meeting with foreign mins. mentioned.
  REPORTER: Greg Dobbs

  (Studio) European reluctance to make final judgment on Polish events explained.
  REPORTER: Peter Jennings

• Schmidt-Reagan Meeting

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  05:41:50 pm — 05:42:20 pm

  (Studio) West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, met by Secretary of State Alexander Haig, reported arriving here tonight for mtgs. with President Reagan; details given.
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

• Economy: Gold Price

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  05:42:20 pm — 05:42:20 pm

• (Commercial: Upcoming Item; Polident Denture Cleanser; d-CON Mouse-Prufe; American Gas Association)

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  05:42:20 pm — 05:44:00 pm

• Electronic Mail

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  05:44:00 pm — 05:45:30 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

  (DC) New electronic mail process examined; films shown. [Postmaster General William BOLGER - notes program's usefulness.] Implications of system cited.
  REPORTER: Joe Benton

• Economy / IRA

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  05:45:30 pm — 05:49:20 pm

  (Studio) Response of customers to Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA) noted.
  REPORTER: Max Robinson

  (NYC) IRA examined; programs detailed, outlined on screen. [Merrill Lynch vice president Don UNDERWOOD - thinks program will work.] Specifics of IRA detailed.
  REPORTER: Dan Cordtz

• Marathon Takeover

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  05:49:20 pm — 05:49:40 pm

  (Studio) Mobil reported losing latest round in takeover battle with United States Steel for Marathon Oil; details given.
  REPORTER: Max Robinson

• Stock Market Report (Studio)

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  05:49:40 pm — 05:49:40 pm

• (Commercial: Ford Futura; Florida Orange Growers; Free N' Soft; Sominex Sleep Aid.)

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  05:49:40 pm — 05:51:40 pm

• ERA

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  05:51:40 pm — 05:52:00 pm

  (Studio) Justice Department decision on court ruling against congress extension of deadline for ratification of ERA reported; details given.

• Atlanta / Williams Trial

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  05:52:00 pm — 05:53:40 pm

  (Studio) Jury selection reported completed in murder trial of Wayne Williams.
  REPORTER: Max Robinson

  (Atlanta, Georgia) Details of jurors chosen outlined; stance of district attorney Lewis Slaton on jurors outlined. [Defense attorney Mary WELCOME - is satisfied with jurors.] Judge Clarence Cooper's order to reporters and jurors described; Williams recalled chgd. with murder of Jimmy Ray Payne and Nathaniel Cater.
  REPORTER: Bob Sirkin

• Atlanta / Young

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  05:53:40 pm — 05:53:50 pm

  (Studio) Inauguration of Andrew Young as new Atlanta, Georgia, mayor reported.
  REPORTER: Max Robinson

• (Commercial: Upcoming Item; Oil of Olay; Reader's Digest Sweepstakes; Ryder Rentals.)

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  05:53:50 pm — 05:55:20 pm

• Poland

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  05:55:20 pm — 05:57:30 pm

  (Studio) Report introduced
  REPORTER: Peter Jennings

  (Warsaw, Poland) Censorship process here on foreign news explained; films shown.
  REPORTER: Jerry King

• Top Item Recapped

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  05:57:30 pm — 05:57:50 pm

• Good Night

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  05:57:50 pm — 05:57:50 pm