ABC Pair to Lead New Evening News Show in 1977
Barbara Walters and Harry Reasoner will anchor the ABC Evening News in a simplified set with ad lib elements and new interviews. William Sheehan predicts a major expansion across networks as CBS and NBC explore expanded news shows.
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Harry
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ABC News
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Reasoner
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Eric Severeid
Henry Kissinger
Reagoner
Mao
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ABC Nightly News
Kissinger warns Soviets at United Nations
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger used tough language directed at the Soviet Union during an UN session. He said coexistence with the USSR is essential but warned against selective detente and praised constructive relations, noting Soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko was absent from the hall.
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UPI
Henry Kissinger
Soviet Union
Andrei Gromyko
United States
Kissinger
Gromyka
U.S
Africa
Favorite last meal before gallows News Wire
Mrs. Juanita Spencer vowed her favorite son Michail Shobek would not hang without tasting her barbecue chicken and ribs. Roy Davis informed her two years of Bahamian court appeals failed and Bahamian Home Affairs Minister Darell Rolle ruled the law should run its course. Shobek, 22, was convicted in March 1974 of stabbing a New York accountant vacationing in Nassau and confessed to the robberies and murders of two other American tourists.
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U.S. Special Consular Services
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Darell Rolle
Shobek
New York
Nassau
Gangs Attack Ali Norton Fight Fans in New York
Police commanders at Yate Stadium watched as gangs of youths robbed and assaulted hundreds of Ali-Norton fans entering and leaving the arena. Chief officials were assigned to probe the failure to stop the mob and assess performance amid the disturbance.
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Drass
Informant tipped FBI on Ford funds
Washington AP report says an unidentified informant alerted the FBI to alleged Ford congressional campaign spending irregularities in Grand Rapids. The informant's tip was forwarded to Watergate prosecutor Charles Ruff, who is examining contributions to GOP groups in Kent County and Grand Rapids for possible diversion to Ford personal use. Ford denies diverting funds and urges staff restraint amid GOP critique of Ruff's probe.
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Ruff
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Mich
GOP
Ford denies misuse of campaign funds
President Ford insisted he never diverted campaign funds to personal use and expects to be cleared after an investigation by Special Prosecutor Charles Ruff. He argued his golf with business cronies was casual talk, defended his integrity, and noted no funds went to him personally while confirming golf fees were covered by several corporations.
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Paris
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Sax
Gromyko
Africa
Middle East
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Carter accuses Ford policy amoral in foreign policy tour
Jimmy Carter on his birthday campaigns in New England and beyond while accusing the Ford administration of amoral foreign policy that harms the poor. He argues Ford vetoes cost jobs and bolster Soviet influence, citing Jewish concerns in Boston and economic critique in Buffalo with Moynihan nearby.
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Ford
Carter
Henry Kissinger
America
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Buffalo
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Court rejects recall of Mayor Rizzo
Philadelphia reports that Mayor Frank L. Rizzo celebrated as the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in a 42-1 ruling, overturned a lower court that had ordered a recall vote. Citizens Committee organizer Shelley Yanoff called the decision a disappointment as the recall effort failed and election plans continued.
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UPI
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California approves right to die law for terminally ill patients
Gov. Edmund Brown Jr signed the measure allowing adults to sign a living will to withhold life-sustaining treatment, including respirators and artificial kidneys, at imminent death. The law, upheld amid debate, takes effect Jan. 1 and requires physician actions to align with the patient’s declared wishes.
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