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7 records found for CAMEL NEWS CARAVAN, THE
#10964: CAMEL NEWS CARAVAN, THE
Order1953-06-16, WNBC, min.
February 14th, 1949-October 26th, 1956 A fifteen-minute nightly newscast hosted by John Cameron Swayze. It was replaced on October 29th, 1956 by the Huntley-Brinkley Report. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg to be executed on June 19th for spying. John Cameron Swayze reports.
#10963: CAMEL NEWS CARAVAN, THE
Order1953-09-28, WNBC, min.
- John Cameron Swayze
- Lowell Thomas
- Harry S. Truman
- Joseph McCarthy
- Fulton Lewis Jr.
- Carl Hall
- Bonnie Heady
- Bobby Greenlease
- Robert Greenlease
- Harry Dexter White
February 14th, 1949-October 26th, 1956 A fifteen-minute nightly newscast hosted by John Cameron Swayze. It was replaced on October 29th, 1956 by the Huntley-Brinkley Report. News highlights: The murder of Bobby Greenlease. Robert Greenlease Jr. was a six year-old boy who was kidnapped and murdered on September 28th, 1953. His father, Robert Cosgrove Greenlease Sr, was a multi-millionaire auto dealer. The kidnappers ransom payment was at that time the largest in American history. Bobby's kidnappers, Carl Hall and Bonnie Heady had no intention of returning the little boy to his family but instead shot and killed him with a .38 caliber revolver. Both perpetrators were found guilty and sentenced to death. They were executed in a Missouri gas chamber in December, 1953. In other news; The Geneva Conference of 1954, and the Harry Truman-Joe McCarthy feud. McCarthy accused Truman of protecting accused Soviet spy Harry Dexter White. Also included, the news with Lowell Thomas, and the Fulton Lewis Jr. newscast.
#10954: CAMEL NEWS CARAVAN, THE
Order1954-04-23, WNBC, min.
February 14th, 1949-October 26th, 1956 A fifteen-minute nightly newscast hosted by John Cameron Swayze. It was replaced on October 29th, 1956 by the Huntley-Brinkley Report. News highlights of the day with host John Cameron Swayze. A young right fielder for the Milwaukee Braves hits the first of his 755 career home runs playing against the St. Louis Cardinals on this day. His name: Henry (Hank) Aaron.
#10956: CAMEL NEWS CARAVAN, THE
Order1954-04-28, WNBC, min.
February 14th, 1949-October 26th, 1956 A fifteen-minute nightly newscast hosted by John Cameron Swayze. It was replaced on October 29th, 1956 by the Huntley-Brinkley Report. US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles accuses Communist China of sending combat troops to Indo-China to train Viet Minh guerrillas.
#10958: CAMEL NEWS CARAVAN, THE
Order1954-04-30, WNBC, min.
February 14th, 1949-October 26th, 1956 A fifteen-minute nightly newscast hosted by John Cameron Swayze. It was replaced on October 29th, 1956 by the Huntley-Brinkley Report. The Sophades Earthquake marks the beginning in a series of quakes in Central Greece.
#10959A: CAMEL NEWS CARAVAN, THE
Order1954-05-05, WNBC, min.
February 14th, 1949-October 26th, 1956 A fifteen-minute nightly newscast hosted by John Cameron Swayze. It was replaced on October 29th, 1956 by the Huntley-Brinkley Report. World, and National news and sports with John Cameron Swayze.
#10940: CAMEL NEWS CARAVAN, THE
Order1954-05-07, WNBC, min.
Continuation of News for this day with anchor David Brinkley