ABC Evening News - 1968-10-24
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[0:01] Tonight, Bill Gil reports on a
[0:02] presidential news conference. Senator
[0:04] Edward Kennedy evokes memory of brothers
[0:06] in Sharp Taron Wallace. Steve Hus
[0:09] reports on California police breaking up
[0:11] a student barricade. Jules Bergman with
[0:14] film taken aboard the Apollo 7
[0:15] spacecraft. And guest commentator James
[0:18] J. Kilpatrick offers his view of the
[0:21] ideal president. Now, here is Frank
[0:24] Reynolds.
[0:26] President Johnson said today there has
[0:28] been no basic change, no breakthrough in
[0:31] the negotiations in Paris. The president
[0:34] met with reporters for the first time
[0:36] since the latest flurry of peace
[0:37] workers. ABC White House correspondent
[0:40] Phil Gill reports.
[0:43] >> New Secretary George Christian had made
[0:45] the same statement one week ago. Today,
[0:47] the president tried to discourage
[0:49] speculation on a possible bombing halt
[0:51] while avoiding any firm denial that new
[0:53] proposals had been given. Hoy.
[0:56] >> The statement Mr. Christian issued is
[1:01] was accurate at that time and is
[1:03] accurate now.
[1:05] Uh we
[1:08] want peace very much.
[1:11] We've been doing all we could for
[1:14] several months to
[1:16] try to
[1:18] bring about some kind of an
[1:20] understanding that
[1:23] would result in substantive discussions
[1:25] and
[1:27] ultimate settlement to the Southeast
[1:29] Asia problem.
[1:32] the
[1:34] we
[1:36] do not want to make news until there is
[1:40] news.
[1:43] And uh we realize that uh
[1:48] many times diplomacy can be more
[1:50] effective uh
[1:53] in private than to have all your
[2:01] discussions and recommendations
[2:05] and prophecies carried
[2:10] in the press.
[2:11] The president was asked to appraise the
[2:13] apparent and recent lull in enemy
[2:15] attacks throughout South V