4500 die following Iranian earthquake, mammoth rescue, a brawl in London between British Nazis and Jews, Ahmed Ben Bella tests the mettle of rebels in Algeria, report on Cuban exile shooting raid
in Havana, Cuba, Soviet technicians and troops believed to be in Cuba.
Sander Vanocur reports.
A storm threatens the moon-shot from Cape Canaveral, three more US personnel die in South Vietnam, President Kennedy to meet Andrei Gromyko in Washington to discuss problems, Wally Schirra receives astronaut wings, the US to test a nuclear bomb, Ahmed Ben Bella is greeted in Cuba, Mayor Wagner greets Peace Corp trainees, an interview with Henry Morganthau (candidate for governor of New York State), the New York Yankees defeat the San Francisco Giants in game 7 of the 1962 World Series.
Rumors of something big in Washington, President Kennedy's "cold" disappears, rumors of happenings in either Berlin or Cuba, Secretary of State Dean Rusk rushes back to Washington, newsman claim President Kennedy looks good, has no cold, Andrei Gromyko delays trip to Moscow, Indians pushed back five miles by Chinese Reds in the Himalayas, the US condemns the invasion, Ben Bella welcomed home in Algeria following US and Cuba visit, a tanker collision in the Mississippi River kills nine, Khrushchev says he will take Berlin to the UN, President Kennedy activity in current political campaigns, travels and speaks on behalf of the local candidates, the Seattle World's Fair closes, the Cuban exile group "Alpha 66" says it will sink British ships that are trading with Cuba.
Topics: John Profumo scandal in England, Dr. Stephen Ward arrested-he introduced party girl Christine Keeler to cabinet minister John Profumo, Lena Horne, and Dick Gregory to lead negro protests in Alabama, violence in Lexington, Kentucky,
Ahmed Ben Bella will aid Angolan rebels, possible female cosmonauts in Russia.
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: Vietnam crisis, President Johnson talks at UN, a Bomb explosion in Vietnam kills 40, Russian criticism of Vietnam presence by the US, Senators Frank Church, and Everett Dirksen support Vietnam war effort, Robert Kennedy gives a talk about nuclear weapons, Medicare legislation, domestic turmoil in Algeria, in wake of the coup which ousted Ahmed Ben Bella, 15th anniversary of the start of the Korean war, the first anniversary of the murder of three civil rights workers in Mississippi, comment by James Farmer of Core, Adlai Stevenson comments on 20th anniversary of UN charter, comments by New York State Senator Jacob Javits on the death of Bernard Baruch.
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.
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