ABC Evening News - 1969-12-31
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[0:00] In Washington, I'm Howard K. Smith.
[0:02] >> I'm Frank Reynolds. In New York, these
[0:04] are tonight's headlines. The Army orders
[0:06] Sergeant David Mitchell, court
[0:08] marshaled, on charges of assault with
[0:10] intent to commit murder at MI. Those
[0:13] five gunboats spirited away from France,
[0:16] arrive safely in Israel. The French
[0:18] government suspends two generals in the
[0:20] defense ministry on charges of collusion
[0:23] in the gunboat affair. And Texas
[0:25] billionaire Ross Perau admits defeat in
[0:28] his attempt to deliver holiday gifts to
[0:30] American prisoners of war in North
[0:32] Vietnam. Howard reports tonight from
[0:35] Charles Murphy and Sergeant Mitchell's
[0:37] hometown. Peter Jennings on television
[0:39] news Egyptian style. Bill Gil with the
[0:42] vice president in a Philippine rice
[0:44] field. Jules Bergman on economies in the
[0:47] space program. Irv Chapman on the New
[0:50] Year's holiday in Russia. And tonight's
[0:52] commentary on our departing decade.
[0:56] On or about 16 March 1968, with intent
[1:00] to commit murder, he did commit an
[1:02] assault upon a group of 30 Vietnamese
[1:05] nationals, more or less, by shooting
[1:07] them with an M16 rifle," unquote. On
[1:11] that charge, the US Army today ordered
[1:13] Staff Sergeant David Mitchell court
[1:15] marshaled. It will be the second
[1:16] military trial ordered so far in
[1:19] connection with the alleged massacre at
[1:21] Mi. No date has been set yet for either
[1:24] trial. Sergeant Mitchell comes from St.
[1:26] Francisville, Louisiana. ABC's Charles
[1:29] Murphy visited there and filed this
[1:32] report.
[1:33] This is where David Mitchell grew up. He
[1:35] and his 14 brothers and sisters. In most
[1:38] parts of Ame