Watergate Whitehouse cleaning recommendations by President Richard M. Nixon.
Senator Jacob Javits speaks of need to have White House reorganization of current staff.
September 24th, 1968-
Report on the upsurge in interest of Adolph Hitler.
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 Short Unhappy Life Of Rover." (pet population explosion in the US). "Hitler Was Here?" (interest in Hitler).
Host:Harry Reasoner
Dr. Jerry Perkins, a pro-Nixon supporter, discusses Watergate with his political science students at Georgia State University.
Senate assigns an independent agent for Watergate investigation.
President Richard M. Nixon delivers a speech to the nation about Watergate, taking full responsibility for the scandal. He pledged to purge such abuses from the American Political System.
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.
Watergate.
Host:Harry Reasoner
Emmy-winning exam of the Watergate affair to date and a look ahead to the hearings to be held by the Senate Select Committee.
EXP: Leslie Midgley, P: Hal Haley, Bernard Birnbaum, David Browning. R: Dan Rather, Roger Mudd, Daniel Schorr, Fred Graham.
Viet Cong charges US planes with attacks in South Vietnam as US denies charges. Louisiana worst hit of any state in Mississippi floods. Le Duc Tho arrives in Paris for peace talks with Henry Kissinger.
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.
Live from Washington, to all networks. Telecast of the hearings of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, with Sen. Sam Ervin (D, N.C.) as chairman. Summaries by newsmen during lulls in the hearings as well as following the conclusion of each period of the hearings. For NBC, Garrick Utley was the anchor, with Douglas Kiker and Carl Stern reporting from outside the hearing room.
Live from Washington, to all networks. Telecasts of the hearings of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, with Sen. Sam Ervin (D, N.C.) as chairman. Each network presents its own direct summary by its newsmen during lulls in the hearings as well as following the conclusion of each period of the hearings. For NBC, Garrick Utley was the anchor, with Douglas Kiker and Carl Stern reporting from outside the hearing room.
Testimony regarding time line between December 26th, 1972 and first week of January 1973 related to James McCord, CIA? operative and Chief Judge John Sirica.
Walter Cronkite reports on the day's events in the news. Commercials included.
April 16, 1962-March 6, 1981. On April 16, 1962, Walter Cronkite replaced Douglas Edwards and became the anchor on "The CBS Evening News" which ran 15 minutes Monday thru Friday in primetime. The broadcast expanded to 30 minutes on September 2, 1963.
A report on Skylab, America's first space station onboard a modified Saturn V rocket. Astronauts Joseph Kerwin, Charles Conrad, and Paul Weitz launched into space on May 25th, 1973.
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