Mary Yates is the widow of NBC news producer Ted Yates, killed in the 1967 Middle East war. This hour follows the adventures of Mary and her three young sons on a trip to Uganda and Kenya...visiting Murchison Falls National Park;climbing Mount Kenya; witnessing a skirmish between park rangers and a Sudanese band of cattle raiders; exploring the remote Lebetero Hills; and joining a Peace Corp innoculation program.
President Richard M. Nixon holds this National TV News Press Conference 8 days after announcing that U.S. Troops were being sent into Cambodia. Frank McGee of NBC News is anchor.
Americans have their say in this up-to-the-minute public-opinion survey.
Some 3,000 of them have been polled by Louis Harris Associates
during the past 36 hours. Tonight, their answers are fed into studio computers for an analysis of views on the economy, crime in the streets, youth and drugs, Vietnam, and recreation interests.
Interpreting the data (in the studio and by cross-country telephone hookup) are pollster Louis Harris; former attorney general Ramsey Clark; former presidential assistants Walt Rostow and Bill Moyers; and John Knowles, general director of Massachusetts General Hospital. Viewers may compare their own opinions to those given in the poll.
Producer Lester Cooper says the program's aim is to "find out what common goals Americans have and how to make them work."
Frank Reynolds is the host.
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.
"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.
"NIXON: THE NEXT FOUR YEARS--THE CORRESPONDENTS REPORT"
CBS SPECIAL BROADCAST (Video Tape).
Walter Cronkite is anchor for a roundtable discussion by a group of seven CBS correspondents on what might be expected from President Nixon's second administration, projecting both domestic and foreign planning and actions, and comparing the future to what has happened during the past four years. The correspondents are Eric Sevareid, Dan Rather, Charles Collingwood, Marvin Kalb, Roger Mudd and Daniel Schorr, with Cronkite as the seventh in the discussion.
Sammy Davis Jr. and splashy production numbers are the main attractions in this pilot for a projected series. Featuring Andy Griffith, Mickey Rooney, Connie Stevens, John Davidson, and ice skaters Nick Powers and Kathy Zem.
Sammy Davis Jr. and splashy production numbers are the main attractions in this pilot for a projected series. Featuring Andy Griffith, Mickey Rooney, Connie Stevens, John Davidson, and ice skaters Nick Powers and Kathy Zem.
Highlights: " A Shine On My Shoes," " For Once in My Life," Sammy
"Rose Garden," "Joy To The World," John Davidson
"52 Years on 52nd Street," Connie Stevens
"I Believe in Music," Andy Griffith
"If," "Winter Wonderland," John, Connie
"It's Follies Time," All
Duplicate of 6184.
Exploration of the causes of Watergate and what effect the scandal as a whole is having on the U.S. Edwin Newman was anchorman for the program, which included noted guests who appeared on the program, as well as other participants who voiced their opinions in filmed segments recorded earlier in the day.
John Mitchell is intensely questioned about Watergate testimony given. Watergate Committee to decide if White House papers will be subpoenaed.
Host: John Chancellor
Vice-President Spiro Agnew is investigated for extortion, bribery, and income tax violations while Governor of Maryland. He holds press conference on August 8th, denouncing accusations as "damned lies" reports he took kickbacks from government contractors in Maryland.
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