ABC Evening News - 1969-08-19 - Hurricane Camille
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[0:00] From ABC News headquarters in New York,
[0:03] I'm Frank Reynolds. And I'm Howard K.
[0:05] Smith in Washington. And these are
[0:07] tonight's headlines. Rescue workers in
[0:09] Mississippi find many more bodies in the
[0:11] wreckage left by Hurricane Camille. The
[0:14] Thai government pledges that US troops
[0:16] will not be asked to fight a Vietnam
[0:18] style war in Thailand. The Republic of
[0:21] Ireland's Premier John Lynch warns the
[0:23] outlawed Irish Republican Army not to
[0:26] interfere in Northern Ireland. And in
[0:28] Weslas Square in Prague, police used
[0:31] tear gas to break up a demonstration
[0:33] marking the first anniversary of the
[0:35] Soviet invasion.
[0:37] Also tonight, reports from Don Farmer
[0:39] with survivors of the hurricane in pass
[0:41] Christian, Mississippi, where more than
[0:43] 50 persons died. Charles Murphy on
[0:46] another town on the Gulf Coast almost
[0:48] obliterated Burus, Louisiana. Don Baker
[0:51] on the Green Berets now being held in
[0:54] connection with the death of a
[0:55] Vietnamese. Roger Peterson on a US air
[0:58] base in Thailand and our military
[1:00] investment there. Ray Maloney with an
[1:03] exclusive interview with Irish Prime
[1:04] Minister John Lynch and George Watson on
[1:07] the tense situation in Czechoslovakia.
[1:10] Details on these and other stories in a
[1:12] moment.
[1:13] >> The ABC Evening News with Frank Reynolds
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