News and commentary.             

   Broadcast on radio and on CBS, NBC, ABC television, an interview with President John F. Kennedy by reporters, William H. Lawrence (ABC), George Herman (CBS), and Sander Vanocur (NBC).  This was a pool broadcast by CBS.      

World Today is a radio news program broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting System and hosted by Tony Marvin. 

President Kennedy reviews past two years in office, the Communist party is fined $120,000 for failure to register as an agent of the Soviet Union, Britain and the US debate the usefulness of the Skybolt missile, the US wants to dump the project, Macmillan to meet President Kennedy following an unsuccessful meeting with Charles De Gaulle concerning entry into the European Common Market, Pope John is believed ill with an ulcer or cancer, Actors Charles Laughton and Thomas Mitchell have died.

Host: Tony Marvin. 

                                                                                                                                              

World Today is a radio news program broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting System and hosted by Tony Marvin.

Dr. Willy Ley was a German- American science writer and a proponent of cryptozoology, a pseudoscience. The crater Ley, located on the far side of the moon, is named in his honor.
On today's program, Dr. Ley comments about space. 



Host: Tony Marvin. Dr. Willy Ley is featured.

                                                                                                                                 

Commentary on the status of the European Common Market.             

British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan meets President Kennedy in the Bahamas to discuss Skybolt, the Congo, the European Common Market, James Donovan is in the last stages of negotiations to free 1200 invasion prisoners from Castro's Cuba, the US will pay $62 million dollars in ransom (in form of medicines and food), Attorney General Robert Kennedy returns from Brazilian trip. 

Anchor: Walter Cronkite.                                        

October 27,1959-
Documentaries produced by CBS Television usually telecast as Specials.
Fred Friendly produced the series for the first several years. Most notable broadcast that put this iconic documentary series of specials on the map was Edward R. Murrow reporting HARVEST OF SHAME (NOVEMBER 25, 1960) about the plight of the American farm worker and the shocking conditions in which farm laborers live, travel and labor in American fields and orchids

CBS News presents a special report: "Sabotage in South Africa." 

A look at life in South Africa under the controversial apartheid policy and on the activities and opinions of proponents and opponents of the segregationist  policy and of recent decrees that make the act of speaking out against apartheid one of sabotage and punishable by death.

Walter Cronkite reports.                        

World Today is a radio news program broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting System and hosted by Tony Marvin. 

President Kennedy is in Florida following "Skybolt" talks with British Prime Minister Macmillan in the Bahamas, France, under Charles De Gaulle is attempting to become a first-rate power, the "Mona Lisa" painting is unveiled in Washington, DC.

Host: Tony Marvin. 

                                                                                                                                 

The Skybolt missile in successful launching test, President Kennedy will still abandon the project, the Cuban invasion prisoners to be released in payment of a $63 million dollar ransom,              

News and commentary from columnist Drew Pearson.            

The Cuban invasion prisoners begin to arrive in Miami, Florida.
CMCA (from Havana, Cuba).            

World Today is a radio news program broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting System and hosted by Tony Marvin. 

A special program on the return of Cuban invasion prisoners.

Host: Tony Marvin. 

                                                                                                                                 

Radio and television news with TV and radio critic Val Adams.              

Comment on Indian-Red China conflict and future possibilities, comment on Peking-Moscow rift, the war in South Vietnam, and Laos.             

World Today is a radio news program broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting System and hosted by Tony Marvin. 

The top news stories of 1962. Part 1-the Cuban missile crisis, the Cuban invasion prisoners ransomed by Castro for $63 million dollars, the China-Indian fighting, the rift between the Soviets and Red China, President Kennedy chides steel companies for threatened price rise, the stock market slumps severely, Edward Kennedy wins Senatorial seat in Massachusetts, Nelson Rockefeller wins reelection as the Governor of New York State, Nixon's farewell news conference
following gubernatorial defeat in the California election, President Kennedy is subject to considerable joking and takeoff by comedians. 

Host: Tony Marvin. 

                                                                                                                                                           

  WOR AM newscast and commentary by John Wingate who worked as a reporter for WOR radio and Television from 1947 to May 1977.                          

World Today is a radio news program broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting System and hosted by Tony Marvin. 

The top news stories of 1962. Space: John Glenn orbits the earth three times, Scott Carpenter also orbits the Earth three times, the Russians orbit two spacemen Nikolayev and Popovich, the US's Walter Schirra orbits the earth six times, the Mariner 11 spacecraft passes near Venus. a comment by Dr. Willy Ley, the US to resume nuclear testing, the Soviets propose a nuclear test ban, "Der Spiegel affair" in West Germany, German politics, British politics, Eddie Fisher, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton affair, comment by Fisher, he denies rumors of a breakup, comments by man-in-the-street, racial crisis in Oxford, Mississippi, Governor Barnett denies the registration of James Meredith, President Kennedy says he will send troops, two die in suceeding riots, a hospital error results in several baby deaths, doctors strike in Canada, thialiminide deformities in newborn babies, Adolf Eichmann, Robert Soblen, Fritz Kreisler, Charles Laughton, Thomas Mitchell, Marilyn Monroe, and Eleanor Roosevelt all died in 1962, comments by Isaac Stern on Kreisler, Marilyn Monroe talks about acting, Boxing deaths Benny (Kid) Paret dies from injuries he suffered in his fight against Emile Griffith in Madison Square Garden in New York City, Sonny Liston wins the heavyweight boxing crown defeating Floyd Patterson in a first round knockout, John Steinbeck wins the Nobel Prize, a comment on Hollywood films.

Host: Tony Marvin. 

                                                                                                                                                                        

President Kennedy speaking to the 1200 Cuban invasion prisoners
recently returned to the US, in Miami, Florida,              

The space flights of John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Pavel Popovich, Walter Schirra, and Andriyan Nikolayev, the first TV transmission via Telstar to and from Europe, the Ecumenical Council opens in Rome through the efforts of Pope John. Russia and the US continue nuclear testing, Ban-the-Bomb demonstrators in US and England, racial crisis: James Meredith, University of Mississippi, conflict, riots, the crisis in Albany, Georgia, President Kennedy objects to US Steel price rise, Black Monday, May 28th, Wall Street plunges, mid-term elections- Rockefeller, Romney, Scranton win Governorships, Pat Brown defeats Richard Nixon for Governorship of California, Edward Kennedy wins Massachusetts Senate seat, the Kennedy family and its activities such as Mrs. Kennedy's travels and social activities, a tour by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kennedy of the Far East, US involvement in South Vietnam, Chinese armies invade India, Prime Minister Nehru comments on India's position, Cuban missile crisis, the return of the Cuban "Bay-Of-Pigs" prisoners, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt dies, comments by Mrs. Roosevelt and President Kennedy.                                                                                    

The New York Times film critic Bosley Crowther chooses the ten best films of 1962. Jack Gould comments on this year's TV programs.  

Broadcast on WQXR radio.                                                

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. 
The top news stories of 1962: The Algerian rebellion ends, the OAS (secret army) insurrection to maintain a French Algeria, problems of nuclear disarmament, the cycle of Nuclear testing, comments by Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater and Edwin Walker on the "communist conspiracy," Walker's involvement in the integration crisis, Oxford racial crisis, comments by Governor Ross Barnett, racial tension in Southern cities, JFK's domestic problems. 

Host: Fred Foy.                                                                                           

February 14, 1962-June 16, 1963

In his first regular television assignment for ABC, after serving as a news correspondent for CBS for 20 years, Howard K. Smith presented this weekly news and commentary program. It featured a summary of the week's major news events, commentary and analysis by Mr. Smith and interviews with prominent people in the news.

Politics, domestic problems, space, integration, and personalities are discussed. 

Howard K. Smith Reports.                          

World Today is a radio news program broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting System and hosted by Tony Marvin. 

News analysis and predictions for 1963. 

Host: Tony Marvin. 

                                                                                                                                              

Commentary on Red China.            

An English translation of Cuban Premier Fidel Castro's 4th-anniversary speech.             

 News commentary.           

Radio and television news with TV and radio critic Val Adams.                           

A comment on the Soviet-Peking rift.           

Topics: British Labor Party leader Hugh Gaitskell has died, the East Germany communist conference, Peking official Wu Yuchang is derided and booed, President Kennedy will go to Europe ( Italy and Germany) in the Spring but will avoid France, more ransom money is sent to Castro's Cuba, Washington DC holds an inaugural anniversary party for President Kennedy, Carol Burnett tells about it.              

February 14, 1962-June 16, 1963

In his first regular television assignment for ABC, after serving as a news correspondent for CBS for 20 years, Howard K. Smith presented this weekly news and commentary program. It featured a summary of the week's major news events, commentary and analysis by Mr. Smith and interviews with prominent people in the news.

Topics: The lighter side of President Kennedy and family, comments about life on the "new frontier," newsman such as Albert Merriman Smith also comment on the Kennedy influence.                         

The life and death of Russian dictator Joseph Stalin are examined by the host and narrator Chet Huntley, in this first of two parts NBC special.  

Narrator: Chet Huntley        

World Today is a radio news program broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting System and hosted by Tony Marvin. 

Topics: France prevents Britain from joining the common market, a tribute to poet Robert Frost who passed away today, President Kennedy presents Federal Aid Bill to Congress, an interview with Alfred Hitchcock about his new film, "The Birds."

Host: Tony Marvin. 

                                                                                                                                 

Topics: Relations are strained between the US and Canada regarding joint nuclear arms, Canadians accuse the US of unwarranted intrusion, Jimmy Hoffa cites US pressure against him
on granting bail bonds, James Meredith registers at Mississippi University for the second semester, President Kennedy appoints Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. as the undersecretary of commerce, New York State Senator Kenneth Keating charges a Soviet buildup in Cuba, a recap of the first satellite launching five years ago today.                           

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. Charles De Gaulle vetoes Britain's entry into the European common market, Prime Minister Harold Macmillan comments on the rebuke, a controversy between the US and Canada on nuclear bombs, Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker angrily criticizes the US, a possible collapse of the Canadian government, the Russians give signs of an interest in a nuclear test ban treaty, reports of a continued arms buildup in Cuba, comments by Nelson Rockefeller, Robert McNamara, and Dean Rusk, negro student James Meredith decides to continue at Mississippi University, Harvey Gant enrolls at Clemson University, poet Robert Frost dies, an inexperienced pilot brings down a plane to a safe landing. 

This is a WABC radio news broadcast. 

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.                                                                                                                

Topics: Howard Taubman comments on current Broadway plays, Jack Gould talks about proposed half-hour TV news broadcasts, best sellers in books.

This is a radio news broadcast.                                        

Drew Pearson gives news commentary on De Gaulle-Khrushchev relations, Senators convene and curb filibuster, behind the scenes in Washington, some predictions.             

An NBC White Paper special on the rise of Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev. 

With Joseph Stalin's death in 1953, a struggle for leadership of the Communist world began. Considered best bets at the time: 
Malenkov, Molotov, and a a man little know to the outside world- Nikita Khrushchev. This documentary report, produced by Fred Freed, traces the five year path to power that Khrushchev followed. Chet Huntley narrates this documentary with historical film and accounts from journalists, government officials and both Communist and former Communist observers.                                  

The Canadian government falls as the result of a nuclear row with the US, elections due. 

Bulletin on the Scott Muni Show on WABC radio.  
The intro song "Pretty Little Alice" is heard.                         

 Topics include, Charles DeGaulle pressures and his influence in European affairs, President John F. Kennedy sends to congress proposals to fight mental illness, interview with singer Robert Goulet.       

Topics: The Canadian government falls on nuclear commitments to the US, Russian arms buildup still continues according to Congressmen. 

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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: Confusion on whether or not there is an arms buildup in Cuba, Congressmen Samuel Stratton, Senator Kenneth Keating, Secretary of Defense McNamara, and President Kennedy all comment on the matter. disunity in Europe due to French pressure for dominance under Charles De Gaulle, Queen Elizabeth snubs a visit to France, the French to boycott the disarmament talks, a government crisis in Canada resulting from US interference on nuclear arms, the US considers tax reform, unemployment, and job opportunities, President Kennedy starts a physical fitness program, starting with portly Pierre Salinger, SINA organization demands animals wear clothes for decency, comment by Mr. Able, rebels in Iraq overthrow General Qasim's government, Qasim is tried and shot.   

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.                                                                                                                             

Humorous excerpts from the speeches of Barry Goldwater, Sargent Shriver, John F. Kennedy, Charles Halleck, Adlai Stevenson, and Kenneth Keating.   

Narrated by Chet Huntley.                         

Radio and television news with TV and radio critic Val Adams.   
Topics:
New series for Imogene Coca to be titled "Grendle," Soviet Government requesting the USA TV News bureau to get out of Russia because of two White Paper documentaries recently televised, one on Stalin and one on Khrushchev, Jackie Gleason will not quit his show and will return in September.                                                  

Radio and television news with TV and radio critic Val Adams.
Topics, include:
The popular television series The Untouchables has been cancelled, Johnny Carson offered, by NBC, a new four month contract.                                         

World Today is a radio news program broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting System and hosted by Tony Marvin. 

Topics: President Kennedy news conference talks about tax reform, US military relations in Europe, Harold Wilson is chosen to head the British Labor Party- a report from London, US confers with West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in Bonn concerning French President Charles De Gaulle on Franco-German treaty, Red China is close to perfecting an atomic or nuclear bomb, a report on national Chinese raids on Red China.

Host: Tony Marvin. 

                                                                                                                                 

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: An airliner crashes in Florida, 42 passengers are killed, the Coast Guard searches for a tanker"Marine Sulpher Queen" in the Caribbean, A Venezuelan freighter is hijacked by Fidel Castro terrorists, Secretary Of State Dean Rusk talks about international communism and the Soviet-Red Chinese rift, French President De Gaulle threatens Western alliance, comments by Senator Wayne Morse, William Fulbright, President Kennedy, Nelson Rockefeller, Harold Macmillan, the government in economic crisis, Labor Party's Harold Wilson comments on British Labor Party policy, Iraq's Prime Minister Karim Qasim is overthrown and executed, President Kennedy on proposed tax-cut, New York Governor Rockefeller criticizes President Kennedy's policies, a hiking craze in Washington, fifty-mile hikes are even attempted by Pierre Salinger. 

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.                                                                                                                             

Topics: James Reston comments on the new "hiking craze" brought on by President Kennedy, TV critic Jack Gould does TV reviews for Channel 4, random notes from Washington. 

Broadcast on WQXR radio.                                                             

Topic: News commentary from radio Moscow criticizing US Senator's comments on their anti-Cuba policy.                        

Radio and television news with TV and radio critic Val Adams.

David Susskind reviews (and pans) the play "Heroine." 

Val Adams gives the latest TV news.