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: The House votes to expel Adam Clayton Powell from his congressional seat, a civil rights worker is murdered in Mississippi, in Vietnam, The US mines waters near North Vietnam, Robert McNamara comments, Robert Kennedy comments against bombings, he seeks peace negotiations, Barry Goldwater and Secretary of State Dean Rusk attack Kennedy's proposals, General William Westmoreland, Senator Henry (Scoop) Jackson, and Illinois Senator Everett Dirksen all support the bombing, Ronald Reagan and George Wallace discuss future plans. marine captain receives Congressional Medal Of Honor for action in Vietnam, publisher Henry Robinson Luce dies.
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.