ABC Evening News - 1969-11-20

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[0:00] Headlines. The moon explorers are back

[0:02] in the mother ship Yankee Clipper.

[0:04] They'll circle the moon until they start

[0:06] home tomorrow afternoon. Ambassador

[0:08] Henry Kat Lodge resigns as head of the

[0:11] American delegation to the Paris talks.

[0:14] American combat deaths last week totaled

[0:16] 113 men, the highest toll in more than

[0:19] two months. And Vice President Agnu

[0:22] again sharply criticizes the news media,

[0:25] this time singling out the New York

[0:27] Times and the Washington Post. reports

[0:29] tonight from John Scally on what the

[0:31] lodge resignation means to the peace

[0:33] talks. Bob Clark on the contest over

[0:35] Judge Haynesworth just one day before

[0:37] the vote. Peter Jennings on the

[0:39] reopening of a tense Arab border.

[0:42] Russell Jones on the Suez Canal, a

[0:44] battleground on its 100th anniversary.

[0:47] Bill Lawrence on the funeral of Joseph

[0:49] P. Kennedy. And tonight's commentary on

[0:52] the administration's hard line on the

[0:54] Haynesworth nomination.

[0:57] The ABC Evening News with Frank Reynolds

[1:00] and Howard K. Smith is brought to you

[1:02] tonight by Tang, the energy breakfast

[1:05] drink chosen for Apollo astronauts.

[1:10] The mission of Apollo 12 is several

[1:12] dramatic steps closer to a successful

[1:15] conclusion tonight with astronauts

[1:16] Conrad and Bean continuing in high good

[1:20] humor. The lunar module blasted off the

[1:23] moon's surface this morning into the

[1:25] waiting arms of the mother ship piloted

[1:27] by Dick Gordon. A full report on this

[1:29] dramatic day in space from ABC's science

[1:32] editor Jules Bergman.

[1:34] After 31 hours and 31 minutes on the

[1:37] moon and two moon walks lasting nearly 8

[1:39] hours, Con

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