No more Mercury flights in space, negro leader Medgar Evers is murdered in Mississippi, other racial news.             

Topics: Senators reject President Kennedy's distress bill, NAACP leader Medgar Evers is assassinated in Mississippi, comment by Martin Luther King, picketing in NYC over racial labor discrimination, Governor Rockefeller comments on criticism of Arthur Levitt, Project Gemini to begin in 1965, John Profumo sex scandal revelations continue in England, British Prime Minister Harold Wilson sees Nikita Khrushchev, the film "Cleopatra" premieres on Broadway, various reviews of the film.                                      

Topics: Senators reject President Kennedy's distress bill, NAACP leader Medgar Evers is assassinated in Mississippi, comment by Martin Luther King, picketing in NYC over racial labor discrimination, Governor Rockefeller comments on criticism of Arthur Levitt, Project Gemini to begin in 1965, John Profumo sex scandal revelations continue in England, British Prime Minister Harold Wilson sees Nikita Khrushchev, the film "Cleopatra" premieres on Broadway, various reviews of the film.                                      

Topics: The Russians launch a spaceman into orbit, negroes plan a protest march on Washington, DC, funeral services for Medgar Evers to be held tomorrow, Gallo gang items, New York City Mayor Wagner is in Tokoyo, John Profumo sex scandal threatens the government of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, 88th American GI killed in Vietnam                                                  

News review of the week: The assassination and death of 37-year-old NAACP leader Medgar Evers, a review of "Cleopatra" which recently opened on Broadway. George Brown reports for WOR radio news.                                      

Topics: John Profumo sex-scandal continues to stir parliament, bitter debate attacks Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's handling of the affair, labor attacks Macmillan, the Supreme Court rules against Bible reading and prayer in Public Schools, comment by plaintiff Madalyn Murray O'Hair of Baltimore, Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers to be buried in Arlington, Virginia, President Kennedy will send Congress his civil rights legislation.                                                                                          

President Kennedy's triumphal trip in Germany, negro hating Byron de La Beckwith is jailed for the murder of Medgar Evers, negro demonstrations in Mississippi, "Freedom Walk" in Detroit, Ku Klux Klan rally in Georgia, a speech by a white segregationist. 

Host: Harry Reasoner.                           

Byron de La Beckwith is charged with the ambush murder of NAACP leader Medgar Evers, negroes plan a freedom march in Detroit, President Kennedy in Germany receives big crowds, the new Pope, Pope Paul the VI blesses the crowd.                          

Harry Reasoner anchors this live evening special program of the same day coverage of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. There is a special retrospective on JFK, the Kennedy family, the 1960 Election with interviews and remembered speeches. There are live late breaking bulletins from George Herman at the White House. There is a live editorial from Eric Sevareid on the late President. Dan Rather reports live from Dallas on the latest developments concerning Lee Harvey Oswald, who at this time was accused of only killing a policeman and who was currently being questioned. Live from Dallas police headquarters, KRLD-TV newsman Bill Mercer interviews policeman Jerry Hill, who has been questioning the accused Oswald. We hear Oswald denying that he shot the President. We hear CBS news correspondent Charles Von Fremd's 1960 interview with Kennedy who reflected on his views on the possibility of his own assassination. Harry Reasoner summarizes the days events and what is to follow. Lyndon B. Johnson addresses the American people in a brief recorded transcription - his first formal statement as President. Harry Reasoner continues with a profile on Johnson... past speeches, political statements and commentary from LBJ and Lady Bird Johnson. A past interview between Walter Cronkite and Lyndon Johnson is heard. White House correspondent George Herman comments on LBJ and there is a live statement concerning the JFK assassination from Adlai Stevenson. 

 J.F.K.: A MAN OF THIS CENTURY (TV)
Summary

A special news report from the night of President John F. Kennedy's murder, this program is a review of John F. Kennedy's life, opening with scenes from his childhood, and continuing with his wedding and the Democratic National Convention of 1960. Includes excerpts from his first debate with Richard Nixon and his victory celebration in Hyannisport, followed by the inauguration. The 1961 Ottawa State visit, the Vienna Summit meeting with Khrushchev, and a Paris meeting with De Gaulle are recorded, followed by more family background, including an interview with Rose Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy, and a tribute to John F. Kennedy as a father. The Cuban crisis and the Berlin crisis are also reviewed.

The program continues with President Kennedy addressing the nation on the Cuban missile crisis, followed by Kennedy's interview with three networks discussing the presidency. George Herman at the White House reports on the current news. A shot of Kennedy's Berlin reception in 1963, and his reaction to the murder of Medgar Evers are included, with clips of Kennedy on South Vietnam on the significance of the White House. Harry Reasoner discusses Kennedy's presidential image, and a clip of the inaugural address is seen. Dan Rather reports from Dallas, and Bill Mercer interviews a Dallas policeman. Herman at the White House and Reasoner report on current developments. Reasoner discusses Lyndon Johnson. 

The third hour of the program continues with a clip of Lady Bird Johnson and a flashback to the 1960 Democratic National Convention, followed by background on the election, concentrating on President Lyndon B. Johnson. Included are Johnson's around the world tour, and Cronkite's campaign interview with Johnson. The program continues with George Herman commenting on Johnson, and Johnson's return to Washington. Charles Kuralt reports on a high requiem mass in honor of John F. Kennedy in Los Angeles. The program closes with Harry Reasoner summarizing the day's events.

           

Marina Oswald (widow of Lee Harvey Oswald) gives an interview, Dela Beckwith goes on trial for the murder of civil rights activist Medgar Evers, Margaret Chase Smith to run for president, guerilla activity in the Congo-priests killed, France recognizes Red China.   

Host: Walter Cronkite.                      

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 news: A coup in Laos, Optimistic view on the South Vietnam crisis, comment by Dean Rusk, countered by Richard Nixon, Civil rights bill still debated-comments by Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, the trial of Medgar Evers killer Byron Dela Beckwith leads to a hung jury, comments by James Farmer and Malcolm X, Jackie Robinson at New York's World's Fair opening. 

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.