News events for 12-11-68.          

President-Elect Richard Nixon names his cabinet members. 

Anchor: Roger Mudd                        

President-Elect Richard M. Nixon announces his cabinet appointments for his first Presidential term.                         

Live radio coverage of President-Elect Richard M. Nixon's press conference introducing members of his cabinet and their wives to the nation.              

Nixon cabinet announcement
Report on the Paris peace talks
Vietnam war report
Mine safety after Virginia disaster.
Mideast news
Report on Apollo 8.                         

Mideast news
Interview with Sadam Hussein
Abba Eban
Vietnam war news
US-Mexico border 
Air crash in Venezuela
David Kennedy news conference                         

Nixon/FBI/CIA/ 
Report on the crime rate
Chicago transit fares
Decisions by the Supreme COURT
Paris peace talks
Electoral College reform
Vietnam war news
Report on Apollo 8
Stock market report
San Mateo College violence

Mike Wallace reports from Palm Beach California where 31 GOP politicians are have fun in the sun. Bob Hope golf tournament. 
Muhammad Ali begins serving a 10 day jail sentence for driving without a license. 
National Christmas tree lighting with President Lyndon Johnson                                     

News events of the day
Paris peace talks
Vietnam war news
Commentary on South Vietnam
Nixon and the United Nations
Apollo 8 dress rehearsal for moon walk
Middle East news
US-USSR arms limitation
             

A CBS special report on the Vietnam peace talks in Paris.             

The day's news events.            

Live coverage of the Apollo 8 moon flight with astronauts Jim Lovell, William Anders, and Frank Borman aboard.              

Hughes Rudd host.                                    

Live coverage of the Apollo8 space mission, the first manned spacecraft to leave earth's orbit and reach the earth's moon, orbit it, and return safely to earth. Astronauts were Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders. Live coverage from 12-21-68 thru 12-24-68.   Many hours of audio coverage recorded. Please request specific days and times...specific events, etc.                  

Live coverage of a million mile space odyssey from Earth, circling just 70 miles above the Moon's surface, by U.S. astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders. A mission beginning at Cape Kennedy on December 21st and concluding on December 27th with a splashdown in the Pacific, south of Hawaii. During that time, they will fly Apollo 8 to the Moon and circle ten times in a rehearsal for a manned landing in July 1969. Eighteen hours of coverage by NBC radio and television, including takeoff (Saturday, December 21) and landing (December 27).

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Live coverage of a million mile space odyssey from Earth, circling just 70 miles above the Moon's surface, by U.S. astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders. A mission beginning at Cape Kennedy on December 21st and concluding on December 27th with a splashdown in the Pacific, south of Hawaii. During that time, they will fly Apollo 8 to the Moon and circle ten times in a rehearsal for a manned landing in July 1969. Eighteen hours of coverage by NBC radio and television, including takeoff (Saturday, December 21) and landing (December 27).

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The day's news events are broadcast.            

Special live coverage of the Apollo 8 moon flight.            

Release of the 83 man crew and captain Lloyd Bucher of the USS Pueblo by North Korea after nearly a year in captivity. Includes a statement by Secretary of State Dean Rusk.            

Pueblo crew is released
Apollo 8 news
Vietnam ceasefire
Paris peace talks   

From NBC News: Chet Huntley and David Brinkley reporting
Release of the Pueblo crew
Apollo 8 news


          

CBS television reviews the year 1968.             

A special report on the progress of the Apollo 8 moon flight with astronauts Jim Lovell, Frank Borman, and William Anders aboard.              

CBS-TV coverage of the year 1968.              

Live coverage of the Apollo 8 moon flight as it circles the moon.              

Live coverage of the Apollo 8 spaceflight as it circles the moon with astronauts James Lovell, William Anders, and Frank Borman aboard.            

SPECIAL live coverage of the Apollo 8 spaceflight's tour of the moon with astronauts James Lovell, Frank Borman, and William Anders aboard.

Frank McGee and David Brinkley anchor this live broadcast as astronauts Frank Borman, William Anders and James Lovell describe the surface of the moon as they orbit the moon for the ninth time during their Apollo 8 mission, prior to preparing for their return to Earth the following morning. 

NASA space information officer, since 1958, Paul Haney, reports. 
All three astronauts give their impressions as they transmit live from the moon back to Earth aboard their space capsule. Described is a lunar vast lonely vista, a forbidding environment not one where people would want to live and work. Clouds of pumice stone are seen, craters and mountains...an environment devoid of color. James Lovell states that he only appreciates all the more what we have on planet Earth. 

Additional descriptions by the astronauts include the Lunar sunrise, and sunsets, the moon's physical features including a horizon revealing a bright moon and a black sky. 

The astronauts  pass over the "Sea of Crisis," amazingly smooth. There is a description of the curvature of the moon..."Sea of Tranquility," is observed, and a stark sunrise just coming up on the moon casting long shadows, as well as a revealing landing site that is smooth for future landings. 

This special broadcast concludes with each of the three astronauts reading from the biblical Book of Genesis.  

William Anders:

"For all the people on Earth the crew of Apollo 8 has a message we would like to send you".

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.
And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness."

Jim Lovell:

"And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day."

Frank Borman:

"And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good."

Borman then added, "And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you - all of you on the good Earth."
                                                   

The year 1968 in review.             

Special live coverage of the Apollo 8 splashdown with astronauts William Anders, Frank Borman, and James Lovell aboard. After circling the moon ten times, splashdown took place in the Pacific Ocean. Apollo 8 was the first manned spaceflight to orbit the moon.             

CBS News special on the Apollo 8 moon flight and splashdown. 
Includes an excerpt from January 1st, 1958 with Walter Cronkite.            

Live coverage of today's news events.            

CBS News special report on the Apollo 8 astronauts James Lovell, Frank Borman, and William Anders in Hawaii.             

Report on the raid by Israel commandos on Lebanon. Twelve passenger airplanes belonging to Middle East Airlines and Lebanese International Airways were destroyed. No casualties were reported in the raid.                           

Special NBC review of 1968 and the projection for 1969.              

Coverage of today's news events.             

Coverage of the year 1968 in review by WNEW-TV Channel 5 in New York City.             

Prisoner of war release by the Vietcong
Israel/Lebanon/Beirut airport attack
Report on the crew of the "Pueblo."
Apollo 8 report
Packard appointment as the number 2 man in Defense Department.        

1968 review of New York City events.                           

Mideast News
Apollo 8
Apollo 8 awards
A report on nursing homes
Edward Kennedy considered for Democratic Senate whip
Israel/Pope Paul
Vietnam war news
New Year's Eve, 1969.            

1968 in review from WEVD Radio in New York City.

A report to Congress on the Apollo 8 spacecraft.             

Coverage of the day's events
Ball-dropping in Times Square
Football bowl game coverage             

Live coverage of the 1969 Rose Bowl game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the USC Trojans in Pasadena, California. Ohio State defeated USC 27-16 to win the 1968 National College Football Championship. Curt Gowdy and Kyle Rote are the commentators.                                               

CBS Year-End Report. Headline news and events of the past year (1968). Walter Cronkite is the moderator with reports from Eric Sevareid, Roger Mudd, Daniel Schorr, John Laurence, and Mike Wallace.             

News events of the day, Doctor gives President Nixon clean bill of health, but weight needs to be watched, Viet Cong ends a three-day ceasefire, Ralph Nader is appointed to a three year term at the National Motor Vehicle Safety Council.                        

News events of the day, Senator Edward Kennedy defeats Senator Russell Long for assistant majority leader of the Senate, New York Congressman Adam Clayton Powell tries to obtain a seat in the House. He has been voted against twice.                                      

News events of the day. Allan Sherman's "Fig Leaves Are Falling," closes at the Broadhurst Theatre in NYC after four performances.                                                             

News of the day,  Allegheny flight 737 crashes on its approach to Bradford, Pennsylvania, killing 11 people on board. 

September 24th, 1968-

An hour newsmagazine with a strong emphasis on investigative reporting. 60 Minutes began in 1968 as a bi-weekly show, alternating on Tuesday evenings with CBS Reports. In the fall of 1971, it shifted to Sunday evenings. In the fall of 1975, it became a weekly series. It remains a fixture on Sunday evenings on CBS to this day.

The eighth broadcast of this bi-weekly news magazine. 

1- A behind-the-scenes look at television comedy profiles Rowan and Martin and the Smothers Brothers. 

2- An interview with vice-president Spiro Agnew.

3- Former SS Colonel Otto Skorzey tells correspondent Robert Trout how he headed the team that spirited Benito Mussolini out of Italy and delivered him to Adolf Hitler in September, 1943. 

Moderators: Harry Reasoner and Mike Wallace. 





                                                                                                                    

Trial begins in the case of Sirhan Sirhan for the June 5th, 1968 murder of Democratic presidential candidate, Senator Robert F. Kennedy.               

Profile of Dr. Philip Blaiberg, heart transplant patient, and the Atlas spacecraft.      


Host: Sander Vanocur.