ABC Evening News open - 1977-09-26

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[0:00] Nashville,

[0:01] >> Harry Rener and Barbara Walters, and

[0:03] tonight, Frank Reynolds and Howard K.

[0:05] Smith in Washington.

[0:07] Israeli troops leave Revenant as part of

[0:09] a ceasefire. This is Bill Seaman. A

[0:12] 15year-old boy goes on trial for murder.

[0:15] His defense, television intoxication.

[0:18] This is Bob Circuit.

[0:20] >> A reverse discrimination case moves from

[0:22] court to campus as Rita Clancy goes to

[0:25] classes. I'm Steven Gear. It wasn't

[0:28] standing room only as sky trains took

[0:30] off on their first Atlantic flights

[0:31] today. This is John Martin.

[0:35] >> Good evening and our top story tonight.

[0:37] President Carter's energy package which

[0:39] seemed in fair shape when it moved from

[0:40] the House of Representatives to the

[0:42] Senate is becoming a shambles. For that,

[0:44] Frank Reynolds in Washington.

[0:46] >> It is becoming almost a part of daily

[0:48] routine to report that President

[0:50] Carter's energy program suffered another

[0:52] setback in the Senate. And today, the

[0:54] Senate Finance Committee voted down a

[0:56] central feature of the president's plan,

[0:58] the proposed tax on crude oil, which Mr.

[1:01] Carter says is needed to conserve

[1:03] domestic oil supplies. And the full

[1:05] Senate is still tied up wrangling over

[1:07] deregulation of natural gas prices,

[1:09] which the president does not want.

[1:11] Because of what seems to be happening to

[1:13] his energy program as it moves through

[1:15] the Senate, the president decided to

[1:17] speak out today. Sam Donaldson has this

[1:20] report.

[1:22] With the Senate threatening to scuttle

[1:24] key elements of his energy program, the

[1:25] president went before visiting delegates

[1:27] to a meeting of the International

[1:28] Monetary Fund today to say he considers

[1:31] it critical that Congress enact strong

[1:33] and effective energy measures. He did

[1:35] not criticize the Senate to the foreign

[1:36] visitors, but within minutes he began a

[1:38] verbal counterattack on the Senate

[1:40] actions, telling reporters outside the

[1:42] hall that he believes the committee's

[1:44] wellhead tax vote can be reversed.

[1:46] >> Back in the White House press room, Mr.

[1:48] Carter leveled his fire in the Senate

[1:50] moved to deregulate natural gas, saying

[1:52] there comes a time when we must ask how

[1:54] much is enough. Our proposed price under

[1:58] this plan would give producers strong

[2:00] incentives to explore and to develop new

[2:03] supplies of natural gas through a price

[2:07] which will be six times higher than the

[2:10] price was 5 years ago.

[2:12] That is enough. It's time for the public

[2:15] interest to prevail over special

[2:18] interest lobbyists.

[2:20] I appreciate very much the leadership

[2:23] which the Senate Majority Leader,

[2:25] Senator Bird, is providing on this

[2:27] particular and very important question

[2:30] and I call on the Senate to act

[2:32] responsibly at the interest of the great

[2:34] majority of Americans to reject narrow

[2:37] special interest attacks on all segments

[2:40] of the National Energy Plan. So, the

[2:42] president has come out swinging, intent

[2:44] on modifying the preliminary Senate

[2:46] damage to his energy program. Intent

[2:48] also on staving off more defeats that in

[2:51] the aftermath of Bert Lance's

[2:53] resignation could be read as evidence

[2:55] that Mr. Carter's ability to lead has

[2:57] been badly eroded. Frank,

[3:00] >> thank you, Sam. The president seems

[3:02] ready to do battle not only with the

[3:04] Senate and the special interests, but

[3:06] also with government agencies he

[3:08] controls. He overruled the Civil

[3:10] Aeronautics Board today and approved new

[3:13] and lower fairs for transatlantic

[3:14] flights. The CAB had approved a $256

[3:18] roundtrip airfare between New York and

[3:20] London, but only for passengers on a

[3:22] standby basis, waiting to see if there

[3:24] is room for them. The president said

[3:26] today that this same lowfair should be

[3:28] made available to passengers who make

[3:30] advanced reservations. The current

[3:32] upheaval in transatlantic airfares is

[3:35] largely the result of a service that

[3:37] began today between New York and London.

[3:39] Freddy Lakers no frrills Sky Train. Mike

[3:42] Taibbe reports from London. When fashion

[3:45] executive Anne Campbell paid Freddy

[3:47] Laker $13 for her ticket on flight GK10,

[3:50] Sky Train was officially in business.

[3:53] Many of the first customers had waited

[3:54] as long as 2 days to buy their tickets,

[3:57] even though in the end there were more

[3:58] than 70 empty seats. And the last ticket

[4:00] buyers didn't have to wait at all. But

[4:02] they were the kind of customers Laker

[4:04] had expected. Backpackers, students, and

[4:06] other young people, and elderly planning

[4:08] to visit family in the United States.

[4:11] Six other airlines are now offering

[4:13] cheap fairs of their own. But only

[4:15] Freddy Laker put on this kind of show,

[4:17] followed by a champagne party for

[4:19] customers and staff and an announcement

[4:20] of just how much money he made.

[4:23] We have made on the first flight 2,17