The Russians orbit a spaceman, Cosmonaut Andriyan Nikolayev, possibility of a long space flight, Dr. Robert Soblen still in a British prison, youths charged with "glue sniffing," the Russians accuse the West with provocative actions on the Berlin Wall, Bill Lawrence reports.                                                  

    ABC TV coverage of the war in Vietnam, the third in a series of six election-year reports. To determine how the war may affect the November elections, Bill Lawrence and Howard K. Smith analyze the Oregon and Massachusetts senatorial races.          

November 27, 1960-November 8, 1981. Newsmakers were interviewed by journalists on this public affairs program, ABC's counterpart of CBS's "Face The Nation" and NBC's "Meet The Press." In its earliest weeks, the series was entitled "ABC Press Conference." 

The guest is Richard Nixon who is questioned by ABC newsmen Bob Clark and Bill Lawrence.




Howard K. Smith is the moderator                                                                                                                                              

A year-end review discussion for 1966. Comments from Edward P. Morgan and Lou Chaffe. Other reporters include Bill Beutel, Sam Jaffe, Ray Maloney, Bill Lawrence, George Watson, John Scully, and from his home, Howard K. Smith. Also included a talk on Vietnam.            

ABC Newsmen Howard K. Smith, Bill Lawrence, and Frank Reynolds take A look back at 1967 and the coming year of 1968.           

Comments from Frank Reynolds and Bill Lawrence on President Johnson, results from New Hampshire, Lawrence believes Johnson may not run, commentary on LBJ, and the New Hampshire primary.            

ABC News events of the day.

Highlights:
Election odds
Hubert Humphrey campaign- Humphrey answers questions on the Vietnam war and the Middle East crisis. 
Senator Edmund Muskie comments on birth control and legalized abortion, Eugene McCarthy calls and talks to both Muskie and Humphrey, on the draft and socialism.Nixon campaign-Ted Koppel, Frank Reynolds report.
George Wallace campaign- Sam Jaffe, Frank Reynolds
Election coverage-Tom Jarriel, Frank Reynolds, Howard K. Smith
Vietnam peace talks-John Rolfson, Frank Reynolds.

Host: Frank Reynolds.                                                

An informal gathering of ABC newsmen to review 1969 and preview the 70s. Joining Howard K. Smith at his Maryland home are Frank Reynolds, Edward Morgan, science editor Jules Bergman, Tom Jarriel, 
(White House correspondent) Bill Lawrence, (national affairs editor) John Scali, (State Department correspondent) and bureau chiefs Barrie-Dunsmore (Rome) Russell Jones (Middle East) and Ted Koppel (Hong Kong).