ABC newsman Harry Reasoner hosts this special review of the Cuban missile crisis and the involvement of reporter John Scali.
Also, a special feature: "Politics is a Funny Business." A review of humor in politics-jokes by politicians. Hosted by Harry Reasoner.
The San Francisco Giants outlast the New York Mets 8-6 in a 23 inning marathon game that lasted seven hours and 32 minutes in the second game of a doubleheader.
A report from Normandy on D-Day by Charles Collingwood, General Bernard Montgomery thinks Eisenhower muddled up the invasion strategy.
Host: Walter Cronkite.
Eyewitness accounts of D-DAY by the men and civilians involved.
A special report from 1010 WINS radio in New York City.
Joined in Progress. A 20th anniversary documentary retrospect including the voices of over 30 military and civilian individuals involved in the lead up and aftermath of a 22 month mission by the US and allied forces, to free the Western World from Adolph Hitler's Germany.
10,000 US troops lost their lives, almost all from the first wave landing on Omaha beach were killed on D Day.
"We will never forget those brave individuals who gave their lives so that others could live in freedom."
Following this Special Report there is a three minute WINS NEWS REPORT. with Stan Bernard at the WINS desk. Coverage includes a Viet Nam update and President Lyndon Johnson's visit to New York. Tuck Stadler reporting.
An unarmed US plane is shot down over Laos, possible US retaliation, President Johnson tours the garment district in New York City. Comments by workers.
Voices in The Headlines was an American news program broadcast on ABC radio featuring the top news stories of the day. It was hosted by long-time radio and television announcer Fred Foy.
A review of the week's top news stories.
Narrator: Fred Foy.
NOTE: Fred Foy, best known for his voicing the opening of THE LONE RANGER on radio joined the ABC TV announcing staff in New York in 1961. For ABC RADIO he narrated the award-winning news documentary, VOICES IN THE HEADLINES a 25-minute weekly wrap up of salient news events of the week with sound bites representing the news as it was recorded.
The Anti-Americans. A report on anti-American sentiments and activities in various areas of the world.
"Yankee Go Home" is an English phrase that seems to be understood all over the world. Reporter Charles Collingwood explores the depth and extent of anti-America feeling aboard , and what the U.S. Government is doing to improve our image.
Voices in The Headlines was an American news program broadcast on ABC radio featuring the top news stories of the day. It was hosted by long-time radio and television announcer Fred Foy.
A review of the week's news: The California primary, comments by Barry Goldwater (the winner), Nelson Rockefeller, Bill Miller, Jackie Robinson, Richard Nixon, and William Scranton, Question of "stop Goldwater movement," strategy talks in Honolulu about US involvement in South Vietnam, comments by Henry Cabot Lodge and Dean Rusk, the US will maintain commitments to South Vietnam, US plane shot down over Laos, religious crisis in South Vietnam, mass demonstrations in South Korea against Park regime, civil rights bill is debated, D-Day anniversary report.
Narrator: Fred Foy.
NOTE: Fred Foy, best known for his voicing the opening of THE LONE RANGER on radio joined the ABC TV announcing staff in New York in 1961. For ABC RADIO he narrated the award-winning news documentary, VOICES IN THE HEADLINES a 25-minute weekly wrap up of salient news events of the week with sound bites representing the news as it was recorded.
Two dams burst in Northwestern Montana, killing 28. Another 115 missing. 15 year-old Arizona boy arrested for making obscene phone call. Gerald Gault was placed in a juvenile detention center in Gila Bend, Arizona.
Federal court in Kansas City Kansas convicts army deserter George John Gessner of passing US secrets to the Soviet Union and sentenced him to life imprisonment. His conviction was later overturned on findings his confession was made under duress. On March 8th, 1966, the Justice Department dropped the charges against Gessner due to there being no case without a confession.
A "Stop Goldwater" movement led by George Romney and Richard Nixon fails at the Governor's conference in Cleveland, comments from Romney and Nixon, an increase in crime in Brooklyn, NY community-local citizens form vigilante groups, An American Nazi interrupts a racial council meeting, he shouts invectives at group and Jews.
Subbing for Walter Cronkite is Harry Reasoner.
US Senators vote closure against southern filibuster on civil rights bill-comments by Hubert Humphrey, Richard Russell, and Barry Goldwater, CBS correspondent Henry Cassidy comments on "Do Americans Know What is Going On in South Vietnam?"
Governor William Scranton announces he will enter the GOP race for the presidential nomination in an attempt to stop Goldwater, he claims the Republican party will be in danger if Goldwater wins, interview with Scranton.
Recap of events includes: Scranton seeks the GOP nomination, comments by Goldwater, Rockefeller, and Nixon, candidacy, and viewpoints on issues.
Host: Harry Reasoner discusses the GOP race with Robert Trout and Walter Cronkite.
The US Senate passes the civil rights bill-comments by newsmen, Senator Strom Thurmond, Lyndon Johnson, Martin Luther King, and Senator Kenneth Keating of New York. The US might use force in defending Southeast Asia, possible war with China, Marvin Kalb reports.
Host: Ned Calmer
More news of the plane crash involving Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy, his back might be broken, he might be hospitalized for one year, Charles De Gaulle cautions Peking on South Vietnam.
Baylor Langton? reports.
Racial disturbances at a beach in Florida, in Mississippi a civil rights group train northern whites to aid negroes in the south-trainees learn to protect themselves from hostile mobs, three civil rights workers (two from the north) are missing in Mississippi, Senator Edward Kennedy is doing OK in the hospital following plane crash, President Johnson greets Turkish Premier Ismet Inonu-they discuss the Turkish-Cyprus problem.
Three civil rights workers (two whites and one negro) disappear mysteriously on a Mississippi road after arrest on speeding charges, Nelson Benton reports from Mississippi, "swim-in" on a Florida beach sets off a racial flurry, Henry Cabot Lodge resigns as Ambassador to Saigon and is replaced by General Maxwell Taylor-comments on this event by President Johnson, Senator Wayne Morse, Senator Barry Goldwater, and defense secretary Robert McNamara, there are implications that the US will increase their war-role in South Vietnam.
Host: Walter Cronkite. Report from Nelson Benton.
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