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27 records found for ABC EVENING NEWS WITH PETER JENNINGS
1965-02-04, ABC, 7 min.
February 1, 1965 - December 29, 1967 Twenty six year old Peter Jennings begins anchoring the ABC Evening News, broadcast in black and white. Selina crisis; negroes arrested during voter registration drive, Martin Luther King is arrested, 700 arrested in jail protest, fighting in Laos, forty killed in South Vietnam, McGeorge Bundy to confer with Maxwell Taylor, LBJ may visit, Beirut, a report from Marina. NOTE: It was during Peter Jennings tenure that ABC's evening newscast expanded to thirty minutes on January 9, 1967, at which time the broadcast also reverted to color. Correspondent Howard K. Smith would appear daily contributing news analysis. ABC was the third network to lengthen its early evening newscast. nearly three and half years after both CBS and NBC had expanded their evening news programs to a half - hour.
1965-02-08, ABC, min.
US airstrike in North Vietnam, Kosygin pledges North Vietnamese support, comments from President Johnson, McGeorge Bundy, update on space news with ABC science editor, Jules Bergman who reports on the fate of the original Mercury spaceflight, time has fragmented Voyager 7 spacecraft.
1965-02-15, ABC, 10 min.
Singer Nat King Cole has died. Joseph Cotton does a commercial for Bufferin. Host: Peter Jennings.
1965-02-16, ABC, 9 min.
A report on the Saturn 1 lift-off. ABC science editor Jules Bergman reports.
1965-02-19, ABC, 4 min.
South Vietnamese General Khanh is overthrown by General Warner Farr. John Scali comments.
1965-03-08, ABC, 16 min.
A Vietnam report. The United States landed its first combat troops in South Vietnam as 3500 marines arrived to defend the US airbase at Da Nang.
1965-03-23, ABC, 11 min.
The Ranger 9 spacecraft impacts the moon after taking photos, Astronauts Young and Grissom back on the carrier "Intrepid," ABC science editor Jules Bergman comments on future US space flights, the US defends the use of non-lethal gas in Vietnam, comment by Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara and the possible opening of a pandora's box, comment to exploit the use of it, Selina march is in progress, Senator Robert Kennedy climbs Mt. Kennedy (13,500ft) to the top and arrives at 8,000 ft level by helicopter,
1965-05-12, ABC, min.
The failed USSR moon landing. ABC science editor Jules Bergman reports.
1965-05-14, ABC, 7 min.
The Queen dedicates an acre of land to a JFK Memorial in London.
1965-06-10, ABC, 14 min.
A report on the church and birth control, New York City Mayor Robert Wagner announces he will not seek another term after 12 years in office.
1965-06-11, ABC, min.
Topic: The coup in the Saigon government.
1965-06-30, ABC, 9 min.
A review of the day's news with Peter Jennings.
1965-07-01, ABC, 28 min.
News events of the day with Peter Jennings.
1965-07-01, ABC, 14 min.
News events of the day with Peter Jennings. Commentary by Howard K. Smith.
1965-07-20, ABC, min.
Vietnam war escalation is possible. Bob Young substitutes for Peter Jennings.
1965-07-21, ABC, 14 min.
News events of the day. Bob Young subbing for Peter Jennings.
1965-07-22, ABC, 10 min.
A report on Casey Stengel's 75th birthday. Bob Young subbing for Peter Jennings.
1965-10-18, ABC, 3 min.
Angry congressmen comment about anti-war protests.
1965-11-03, ABC, 9 min.
John Lindsay elected Mayor of New York City, comments by Lindsay and newsman Howard K. Smith, in Washington, DC, a man (Norman Morrison) dies when he sets himself on fire in protest against the Vietnam war, voter registration hits a snag in the south.
1965-11-22, ABC, 13 min.
Report from Vietnam. Viet Cong go on Offensive. The second anniversary of death of President John F. Kennedy. Edward P. Morgan reports.
1966-03-01, ABC, 23 min.
The latest news. Bob Young subbing for Peter Jennings.
1966-03-07, ABC, 13 min.
Bob Young subbing for Peter Jennings.
1966-03-11, ABC, min.
Bob Young subbing for Peter Jennings.
1966-11-02, ABC, 13 min.
A report on President Johnson's return from the Far East. Peter Jennings, host.
1966-11-03, ABC, 13 min.
The latest news. Peter Jennings reports.
1967-11-24, ABC, 10 min.
Includes commercials.
1980-12-02, , min.
Live coverage on the crisis in Poland. Treasury secretary G. William Miller comments on increase in prime lending rate.