US abolishes foreign aid.         

Irish Republican Army explodes a bomb at a Post Office tower in London.  "On The Town " starring Jay Armstrong Johnson, Tony Yazbeck, and Clyde Alves opens for 65 performances at New York City's Imperial Theater.      

Special on the Knapp Commission formed in April, 1970 by Mayor John Lindsay investigating police corruption within the New York City police department. Whitman Knapp is the chairman of the commission.  

See # 16717 for details.            

Two policemen shotgunned to death in Northern Ireland. How to reduce interest costs on consumer loans disputed by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Arthur Burns.     

The results of various State elections.          

News events of the day.

AFL-CIO President George Meany makes speeches in Florida to member unions for AFL-CIO convention. Ex-Army Captain Ernest Medina takes the stand for Colonel Oran Henderson in My Lai massacre trial.  

President Nixon will speak at AFL-CIO convention against advisors better judgement. Senator Henry Jackson announces presidential candidacy.     

AFL-CIO President George Meany launches new attack on President Nixon. Treasury secretary John Connally holds news conference to talk about President Nixon's economic policies.

President Nixon to go on People's Republic of China trip. Attica prison superintendent Vincent Mancusi says he would have brought troops and police in during riot.    

President Nixon given Senate authorization to control wages and prices through April, 1973. Mrs. Nixon and daughter Julie Eisenhower go Christmas shopping.    

India-Pakistan conflict continues. Bomb explodes in a pub in a Catholic district of Northern Ireland, killing 16. Future of Taiwan a crucial issue in Nixon visit to Peking.   

In this SPECIAL NEWS REPORT the United Nations Security Council meets on India-Pakistan conflict related to the Indo-Pakistan resolution. Debate and voting. Today the UN Security Council has adjourned with taking action on issue of a cease fire. The council is scheduled to reconvene tomorrow afternoon, December 6. 
Wilson Hall Reporting.                                   

News events of the day.      

Expansion of South Vietnamese military operation in Eastern Cambodia. Senate sub-committee on South Vietnamese refugees requested by Senator Edward Kennedy made by General Accounting Office. 

The morning news at 8AM.   

The 6PM evening news. 

Continuation of the UN Security Council meeting on the India-Pakistan war crisis.   
Dallas Townsend reports.                      

India claims military victories in war against Pakistan. Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau discusses import surcharge with President Nixon.     

A debate on the India-Pakistan war.       

McGraw-Hill publishers said it has secured rights to a book about Howard Hughes.           

Radio news broadcast. Lowell Thomas reporting.                          

US stand on India-Pakistan conflict upheld by Senator Hugh Scott.  Senator Edmund Muskie is endorsed for president by Senator John Tunney. William Rehnquist, Supreme Court nominee, vows to support school desegregation decision. 

Hosts: Howard K. Smith and Harry Reasoner.

Pakistan accepts United Nations peace proposal, India rejects it.
Senate and House pass tax cut bill. Representative Wilbur Mills calls it very important.      

Radio and television pioneer David Sarnoff dies at 80. Northern Ireland Senator Jack Barnhill is assassinated.   

Morton Dean reports.   

President Nixon and French President Georges Pompidou meet in Azores Island for summit talks. Supreme Court hears cases involving anti-abortion laws.  

"Vietnam Hindsight" Part 1: How It Began

First of a two-part examination of US involvement in Vietnam a decade ago. Includes appearances by Roswell Gilpatric, former secretary of defense George Ball, General Maxwell Taylor, former military adviser John Kenneth Galbraith, war correspondent David Halberstam, and former special assistant to the President Arthur Schlesinger. Others appearing are General Paul Harkins, Lt. Col. John Vann, former military adviser Rufus Phillips, Michael Forrestal, Frederick Nolting, former ambassador to South Vietnam, 
Roger Hilsman, former assistant  secretary of state, and Mme.Nhu, sister-in-law of Ngo Dinh Diem. Also clips of President John F. Kennedy and former defense secretary Robert McNamara.                                                     

Vietnam Hindsight. This two-part series looks at a decade of US involvement in Vietnam.

Host: Floyd Kalber.     

Hosts: Harry Reasoner and Howard K. Smith           

Jimmy Hoffa returns to Detroit after parole. Hubert Humphrey appears at American Association For Advancement of Science conference.  

Host: Charles Collingwood. 

Group leaves Washington for Peking ahead of Nixon. Group is led by Defense Secretary Ron Ziegler.        

An ABC news special about the crisis in Northern Ireland.       

Defense Secretary Melvin Laird speaks of North Vietnam raids. 
Laird sees no draft calls for first three months of 1972.

Host: Charles Collingwood    

New York City Mayor John Lindsay announces candidacy for President, will run in Florida primary. Senator Vance Hartke considers run in the New Hampshire primary.

Northern Ireland report with Charles Kuralt. James Hoffa criticizes President Nixon for freezing wages.

Charles Collingwood subs for Walter Cronkite. 

US bombing of North Vietnam criticized by Pope Paul. In Wisconsin, Presidential hopeful, New York Mayor John Lindsay speaks on Vietnam war.    

Major Floyd Kushner sends his family a Christmas letter. New York  City  Mayor John Lindsay campaigns in Wisconsin and calls bombings sheer madness. 

Charles Collingwood subbing for Walter Cronkite. 

Reporter Dan Rather discusses various topics including the Viet Nam war with President Richard M. Nixon.             

Terrorist explosion in Belfast, Northern Ireland. United States pilots unable to bomb several North Vietnamese targets due to poor weather. Richard Nixon's name entered in New Hampshire primary.        

President Nixon gives Vietnam peace proposal talk with discussion.    

President Nixon's Vietnam peace proposal.       

North Vietnam unhappy with Nixon peace proposal. Democrats and Republicans mixed on Nixon peace proposal.  

More US troops killed in Vietnam, 30 more wounded. President Nixon's peace proposal introduced at Paris peace talks.      

President Nixon addresses the nation about the ceasefire in North Vietnam.

Author Clifford Irving admits his wife posed as Helga Hughes. George McGovern will release list of campaign contributors names for the 1972 Presidential race.     

Daily soap opera      

New York City Mayor John Lindsay makes strong showing in Arizona in Democratic presidential run. Senator Henry Jackson campaigns in the South. 

Feud between Secretary of State William Rogers and Senator  Edmund Muskie. Five more GI's killed in Vietnam. 

H.R. Haldeman says opponents of Nixon's peace plan are aiding the enemy. Propaganda offensive by Communists to counter Nixon's peace plan.