Campaign launched to destroy marajuina fields in Vietnam. Fight to control VD in Vietnam.     

United Nations Middle East peace talks. 1970 US Vietnam casualty toll 4,204.

Charles Collingwood subbing for Walter Cronkite.  

Featured, Walter Cronkite continues his interview with Anwar Sadat of Egypt. Soviet embassy bombed in Washington. 

Charles Collingwood subbing for Cronkite.   

An analysis of 1970s headline-making events and a forecast of the year to come. The 12 news correspondents (linked by satellite) reviewing the issues : Sander Vanocur, Herbert Kaplow and Richard Valeriani in Washington, Fred Briggs, Jack Perkins, and Steve Delaney in Chicago, Ray Scherer, Douglas Kiker, and Garrick Utley in London, and John Rich and Richard Hunt in Tokyo. John Chancellor in New York is the anchorman.                                   

Americans have their say in this up-to-the-minute public-opinion survey. 
Some 3,000 of them have been polled by Louis Harris Associates
during the past 36 hours. Tonight, their answers are fed into studio computers for an analysis of views on the economy, crime in the streets, youth and drugs, Vietnam, and recreation interests.
Interpreting the data (in the studio and by cross-country telephone hookup) are pollster Louis Harris; former attorney general Ramsey Clark; former presidential assistants Walt Rostow and Bill Moyers; and John Knowles, general director of Massachusetts General Hospital. Viewers may compare their own opinions to those given in the poll. 
Producer Lester Cooper says the program's aim is to "find out what common goals Americans have and how to make them work."

Frank Reynolds is the host. 
                       

"Meet The New Senators." Incoming Senators and their families are interviewed while attending a buffet dinner in Washington, D.C. 
Appearing are Senators J. Glenn Deall Jr, (Rep. Maryland), Lloyd M. Bensten Jr, (Dem. Texas), William Brock 111 (Rep, Tennessee),
James L. Buckley (Conservative, NY), Lawton Chiles (Dem. Florida), Hubert Humphrey (Dem, Minn.), William Roth (Rep.Del), Adlai Stevenson 111 (Dem.Illinois), Robert Taft Jr. (Rep. Ohio),
and Lowell Weicker Jr. (Rep. Conn).                       

Senator George McGovern announces candidacy for President. William Calley declared sane by psychiatrist but says he's incapable of disobeying an order. 

North Vietnam protests at Paris peace talks. Senator Richard Russell in serious condition with respitory condition.

September 24th, 1968-

An hour newsmagazine with a strong emphasis on investigative reporting. 60 Minutes began in 1968 as a bi-weekly show, alternating on Tuesday evenings with CBS Reports. In the fall of 1971, it shifted to Sunday evenings. In the fall of 1975, it became a weekly series. It remains a fixture on Sunday evenings on CBS to this day.

Topics:New Orleans is sinking, U-2.





Host: Harry Reasoner                                                                                            

Edward Kennedy removed as Democratic party whip, Roger Mudd reports.    

Hosted by Walter Cronkite.    

News topics: United States support of Cambodian government, Marvin Kalb reports. After seven months of trial, the Charles Manson jury is still deliberating, Bill Curtis reports, comments from supporters of Manson. Morton Dean reports from South Vietnam on the "Dust Off Crews" rescuing the wounded.      

Host: Walter Cronkite.       

President Richard M. Nixon addresses the 92nd Congress in his annual State Of The Union Address.               

President Nixon gives the annual State Of The Union address.     

Feedback from State Of The Union address. US transport planes deliver supplies to Cambodia.

President Nixon wants 91st Congress to clean up affairs. Lt. William  Calley to undergo a mental test.

Discussion on President Nixon's State Of The Union Address.   

Spiro Agnew speaks about administrative programs. Arizona may lose $37 million dollars in welfare aid if Federal regulations are not complyed with.       

Charges dropped against Major General Samuel Koster in My Lai incident. 1972 budget submitted to Congress.        

A report on the Apollo 14 moon mission landing.                   

A report on the Apollo 14 moon mission landing.                   

Live coverage of the of the Apollo 14 moon landing with Astronauts Alan B. Shepard, Edgar D. Mitchell, and Stuart A. Roosa.                        

Apollo 14 lands on moon despite issue with docking. President Nixon sends economy report to Congress.      

Japan news agency says 5,000 South Vietnamese in attack. Former Texas governor John Connally responds to accusations he illegally received funds while governor.

September 24th, 1968-

An hour newsmagazine with a strong emphasis on investigative reporting. 60 Minutes began in 1968 as a bi-weekly show, alternating on Tuesday evenings with CBS Reports. In the fall of 1971, it shifted to Sunday evenings. In the fall of 1975, it became a weekly series. It remains a fixture on Sunday evenings on CBS to this day.

Guests: Vice President Spiro Agnew and Iowa governor Harold Hughes. 





Host: Harry Reasoner                                                                                                         

Apollo 14 in moon orbit. British send another battalion to Northern Ireland after fighting breaks out in Belfast. 

Continuing live coverage of the Apollo 14 moon mission.        

Live coverage of the Apollo 14 moonwalk and take off from the moon with astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr, Stuart A. Roosa, and Edgar D. Mitchell,                         

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. 

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.                                                                                                                             

Live coverage of the Apollo 14 splashdown.     

Live coverage of the Apollo 14 splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.                         

On February 9th, 1971, a devastating earthquake registering 6 on the Richter Scale hit the city of Los Angeles, California, leaving death and destruction in its wake. The earthquake resulted in 65 deaths and more than 2,000 injured.

United States ground forces reported in Laos. Former Texas governor John Connally sworn in as new treasury secretary.     

AFL-CIO President George Meany rejects President Nixon's revenue sharing plan. Lt.William Calley trial resumes soon.

CBS news special on the widening war in Laos and Cambodia. 

First of two parts.            

President Nixon holds unscheduled briefing on Vietnam. New treasury secretary John Connally asks Congress to raise the debt ceiling by $40 billion dollars.

President Nixon says US will use full air power to defend South Vietnamese troops. Mental professionals testify in William Calley trial.

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. 

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.                                                                                                                             

Selected programming from WBAI radio in New York City.         

Decision to proceed with Laos invasion made without major confidence. Lt. William Calley testifies at My Lai massacre trial.  

President Richard M. Nixon discusses foreign policy at his news conference.           

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. 

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.                                                                                                                             

Report on last night's Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier fight which Frazier won by unanimous fifteen round decision, knocking Ali down in round fifteen. The fight shown in theaters on closed circuit television around the country, was held at New York City's Madison Square Garden. Ali and Frazier would go on to fight two more times with Ali winning both times.  

Civil war in Pakistan. East Pakistan rebellion crushed, Sest Pakistan Army in control of Dacca. 11% increase in serious crime in 1970 according to Attorney General John Mitchell.     

Lt. William  Calley is found guilty for his role in the Vietnam My Lai massacre, in which 22 unarmed South Vietnamese civilians were killed. 
Charles Manson found guilty of first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for the deaths of seven people, including film actress Sharon Tate. The prosecution argued that while Manson never directly ordered the murders, his ideology constituted an overt act of conspiracy.  

Lt. William Calley is court- martialed in My Lai massacre incident. 

April 16, 1962-March 6, 1981. On April 16, 1962, Walter Cronkite replaced Douglas Edwards and became the anchor on "The CBS Evening News" which ran 15 minutes Monday thru Friday in primetime. The broadcast expanded to 30 minutes on September 2, 1963.                                       

April 16, 1962-March 6, 1981. On April 16, 1962, Walter Cronkite replaced Douglas Edwards and became the anchor on "The CBS Evening News" which ran 15 minutes Monday thru Friday in primetime. The broadcast expanded to 30 minutes on September 2, 1963.   

                                                                                                                                                                                                

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. 

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.                                                                                                                             

President Nixon to address the nation on Vietnam and intervenes in case of Lt. William Calley.   

Representative Hale Boggs calls for resignation of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. In William Calley case, half of the jurors struggling with giving him a life sentence.