CBS Newsman Walter Cronkite is going to Vietnam for Two weeks. A promo is heard for "Planet Of The Apes." Robert Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King speak. Viet War: Both the US and the Viet Cong claim victory, comment by General Wheeler on the defense of Kaeson, Senator Morton ridicules the South Vietnamese Government, General Gavin suggests the end of North Vietnam bombing and try to enter into negotiations with the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese, President Johnson on crime and what to do about it, comments by George Romney, Martin Luther King on the needs of negroes, George Wallace speaks about a third-party candidacy. 


Host: Hughes Rudd.                                                                                                     

The latest news. Nelson Rockefeller on garbage strike.                      

Mayor John Lindsay discusses Governor Nelson Rockefeller's solution to end the New York City garbage strike. He expresses shock at Rockefeller's capitulation to the sanitation workers. Jerry Collins reports from Gracie Mansion. Discussion of John Lindsay news conference with journalists Ralph Penza and Jim Jensen.

                                                  

The garbage strike resolution, Governor Nelson Rockefeller holds a news conference at the end of the strike. Also heard is an excerpt of CBS Radio news with Steve Porter.            

CBS Radio News, Alan Jackson reporting.                         

Martin Agronsky's commentary on Senator Eugene McCarthy and  Vietnam policy.            

Mayor John V. Lindsay holds a news conference regarding the New York City garbage strike.                    

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. Joined in progress. 

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.                                                                                                                                          

The CBS Evening News with host Harry Reasoner.             

President Lyndon Johnson gives a speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.                          

The 25th Annual Golden Globe Awards are presented. 
 
Andy Williams: Host
"The Graduate" (Joseph E. Levine): best Motion Picture
"In The Heat Of The Night" (Best Film)
Charleton Heston presents the Cecil B. Demille Award to Kirk Douglas, Laurence Harvey, and Faye Dunaway
"Mission Impossible"- Most popular TV show of the year
Katherine Ross, the Most popular female newcomer
Dustin Hoffman, the Most promising male newcomer 
World Film Favorite: Paul Newman, Gene Kelly accepts the award for Newman
Rod Steiger wins best acting award for "In The Heat Of The Night."
World Female Film Favorite: Julie Andrews,                                                                                   

Harry Reasoner subbing for Cronkite.            

ABC News, Bob Young reports. A report on welfare mothers and foster children with SamDonaldson.                        

The Eleventh Hour News with Bob Teague. Opening only.
             

The United States announces that only certain occupations will be exempt from the military draft. Students attending grad school will not be exempt. Jim Burns talks to students.             

A CBS management editorial on the negro boycott of the 1968 Olympic games. Peter Kohler reports.            

Harry reasoner subbing for Walter Cronkite.    

Dan Rather with Vietnam news, a 19-year-old Marine killed in Vietnam- his parents refuse to have him buried, in a military cemetery, 
Eric Sevareid with Vietnam commentary, Vietnam, "death, price to pay,"  
draft deferments are changed
a report on the George Romney for President campaign, comments from George Wallace.
"On The Road" with Charles Kuralt- Liveoak Florida, "Swanee River Country."
                     

Highlights: The Aggressiveness of the Viet Cong
George Wallace after the nomination
Dr. Philip Blaiberg, a heart transplant patient is interviewed. 

Host: Hughes Rudd.
                         

Commentary on the Vietnam war with Martin Agronsky.                         

The News
Financial Report with Wilma Soos
The Washington Report                          

The latest news from NBC Monitor-News.           

Financial commentary with Wilma Soos.            

NBC weekend radio news with Dean Mel.            

Excerpts of TV News from both CBS and ABC News on February 19th, 1968.              

Walter Cronkite and others report from Vietnam on fighting in Wue
Race Relations with Eric Sevareid.
Anti-American protests in France
On The Road with Charles Kuralt (Arkansas, America's only diamond field).

Harry Reasoner subbing for Walter Cronkite.                           

Mike Wallace reports on the new draft requirements, graduate students object. 

Harry Reasoner subbing for Cronkite.          

A profile of Carl Stokes, the first black mayor of Cleveland and one of the first black US mayors.                          

Eric Sevareid commentary, 543 GI's killed in Vietnam last week, 18,200 since 1960. 
Marines stressed at Wue.
William Fulbright comments on war.
Gulf Of Tomkin incident.
Channel change-George Wallace
Mike Wallace report on the Nelson Rockefeller campaign
Includes commercials  

Harry Reasoner subbing for Walter Cronkite.                                      

18,239 dead US troops in Vietnam since 1961. 

Jim Hartz reports.             

The CIA's Vietnam policy vs. President Johnson's, Dan Rather reports, a profile on Carl Stokes and his first 100 days in office as Cleveland's first black mayor, a profile of H. Rap Brown, commentary by Eric Sevareid regarding the tax on American tourists.  

Harry Reasoner subbing for Walter Cronkite.                                    

CBS Radio News with Alan Jackson, the             

Morley Safer reports on racial problems in the United Kingdom.
Martin Agronsky reporting from Vietnam,
The craze in snowmobiles, there were only 8,000 of them several years ago.                          

The latest world news from Radio Peking.            

News from Radio Peking.           

Senator Eugene McCarthy attacks LBJ, Morley Safer reports from London.            

President Lyndon Johnson returns to Dallas, Texas for the first time since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22nd, 1963. 

See #11325A for the news of 2-28-68 and continuing coverage of President Johnson's return trip to Dallas, Texas. 

Continuing coverage of President Johnson's return to Dallas, Texas, for the first time since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22nd, 1963. 

Michigan Governor George Romney quits presidential race, comments by Nelson Rockefeller and Barry Goldwater, Eric Sevareid commentary, a tribute to former defense secretary Robert McNamara, Dan Rather reports, Charles Evers comments on the upcoming election,            

A report from Walter Cronkite in Vietnam.            

A report on white racism, Daniel Schoor reports
Mike Wallace interviews Richard Nixon
Spiro Agnew comments on George Romney's withdrawal
Roger Mudd interviews Nelson Rockefeller
An editorial from Walter Cronkite on the Vietnam war

Includes some commercials.

                        

The war worsens, student riots in Rome.                        

A look at the Soviet space program.            

Eric Sevareid with a report on civil disorders.           

The debut of the new Madison Square Garden in New York City.
A report on the Emile Griffith fight and the heavyweight championship fight between Buster Mathis and Zora Foley. 
Muhammad Ali comments.
A report on the arrest of Jackie Robinson Jr. for narcotics possession.                         

Roger Mudd reports on the civil rights bill still being voted on in the Senate, a report on the president's riot bill, a comment from Mayor Richard Daly of Chicago            

ABC News with Bob Young.            

President Johnson announces he will not enter the Democratic primaries. A report on Dr. Christian Bernard. Jules Bergman reports.                         

Walter Cronkite reports.             

Heavy casualties in Vietnam
CBS editorial with Michael Keating on Governor Rockefeller bill passage
Mike Douglas show promo. 
             

Robert Kennedy vs. William Fulbright Senate debate on Vietnam, a report by Eric Sevareid on Eugene McCarthy.