ABC Evening News - 1969-11-18
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[0:00] ABC News headquarters in Washington. I'm
[0:02] Howard K. Smith.
[0:04] >> I'm Frank Reynolds in New York. These
[0:06] are tonight's headlines. Secretary of
[0:08] State Rogers says there have been
[0:09] numerous diplomatic contacts with Hanoi
[0:12] since President Nixon's speech on the
[0:14] war on November 3rd. The Apollo 12
[0:17] astronauts say they're ready for a moon
[0:19] landing early tomorrow. Senate
[0:21] investigators are told of a
[0:22] multi-million dollar black market in
[0:24] currency in South Vietnam. And Joseph P.
[0:28] Kennedy, founding father of the Kennedy
[0:30] dynasty, dies at 81. Howard reports
[0:34] tonight from Don Baker on that massacre
[0:36] in Vietnam, Tom Gerald on administration
[0:39] criticism of protesters, George Watson
[0:42] on the arms talks in Helsinki, Marlene
[0:45] Sanders on our impoverished hospitals
[0:47] and medical schools, Bill Lawrence with
[0:49] some personal reminiscences about Joseph
[0:52] P. Kennedy and tonight's commentary on
[0:55] Vice President Agnu and Network
[0:57] Television News.
[0:59] Secretary of State Rogers testimony on
[1:01] Vietnam before the Senate Foreign
[1:03] Relations Committee today was in
[1:05] executive or private session. However,
[1:08] most of what was said was promptly
[1:10] revealed and it was not encouraging. ABC
[1:12] diplomatic correspondent John Scaly
[1:15] reports.
[1:16] Secretary Rogers main purpose was to
[1:18] head off new public hearings on Vietnam.
[1:21] One of his key arguments was that they
[1:24] might disrupt secret talks which the
[1:26] Nixon administration is carrying on with
[1:28] the enemy. To convince the senators, Mr.
[1:31] Rogers disclosed there have been
[1:33] unpublicized contacts lately with
[1:35] Hanoi's representatives. He