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Walter Cronkite reporting.             

Host: Walter Cronkite reports news events of the day.             

Live NBC coverage of the Gemini 8 spaceflight. Prelude to docking.

Frank McGee reports.            

Live CBS coverage of the Gemini 8 spaceflight.

Walter Cronkite reports.             

Live NBC coverage of the Gemini 8 spaceflight.

Frank McGee reports.            

Live CBS coverage of the Gemini 8 spaceflight.

On March 16th 1966, Gemini 8, with astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott aboard, became the first spacecraft to dock with another spacecraft in orbit. It also had the first in-space life-threatening malfunction for a U.S. mission.
Walter Cronkite reports.                          

Live NBC coverage of the Gemini 8 Spaceflight.

On March 16th 1966, Gemini 8 became the first spacecraft to dock with another spacecraft in orbit. It also had the first in-space life-threatening malfunction for a U.S. mission.

Frank McGee reports.                        

Live ABC coverage of the Gemini 8 spaceflight.

On March 16th 1966, Gemini 8 became the first spacecraft to dock with another spacecraft in orbit. It also had the first in-space life-threatening malfunction for a U.S. mission.
Jules Bergman reports.                         

Live CBS coverage of the Gemini 8 spaceflight. 

On March 16th 1966, Gemini 8, with astronauts David Scott and Neil Armstrong (first man to land on the moon six and half years earlier), became the first spacecraft to dock with another spacecraft in orbit. It also had the first in-space life-threatening malfunction for a U.S. mission.

Walter Cronkite reports.                         

An interview with astronaut Neil Armstrong as the Gemini 8 spaceflight is aborted. Armstrong talks about the dangers involved.            

A report on Emmett Ashford, Major League Baseball's first black umpire. Bill Stout reports.           

  Live CBS, NBC and briefly ABC television coverage of the Gemini 8 spaceflight, the sixth crewed spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. It was launched on March 16, 1966, and was the 14th crewed American flight and the 22nd crewed spaceflight overall. The mission conducted the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit, but also suffered the first critical in-space system failure of a U.S. spacecraft which threatened the lives of the astronauts and required an immediate abort of the mission seven hours of launching during its 7th orbit, and 3rd zone of the mission.

The crew consisting of Neil Armstrong, David Scott came back to Earth unscathed. 

A compilation of coverage related to CBS, NBC, ABC. Live commentary and reports from:

Walter Cronkite, David Brinkley, Frank McGee, Steve Rowan, David Scott, Neil Armstrong, Mike Wallace, Jules Bergman and from Huston Mission Control, Paul Haney.

Rendezvous techniques, First docking in history,  Tomorrow's spacewalk, Status report on the wives of both astronauts, historical first docking in history, speed of Gemini, 17,500 miles an hour, Testing the Agena, Mission importance, trouble in space, termination of the flight , splashdown to occur 630 miles from Yokosuka in Japan, and 500 miles East of Okinawa. Retrorockets working well, Original flight supposed to have 71 Orbits before Thruster number 8 failed requiring a premature return to Earth. 

Two weeks prior to the flight Astronaut Neil Armstrong interviewed by Peter Hackes. Armstrong discusses what can go wrong on a flight and his own experiences. 

Splashdown of Gemini 8 scheduled for 10:12 pm Eastern Standard Time. Tracking of Gemini 8 and estimated recovery by USS Mason a destroyer.  

NOTE: ATA#15114A (approximately 1hr 40 minutes), not separately posted on the ATA website at this time, focuses on the return to Earth of Gemini 8 safely.  Live broadcast coverage on CBS and NBC television. Details of these additional broadcasts upon request. 
               

  Live CBS, NBC and briefly ABC television coverage of the Gemini 8 spaceflight, the sixth crewed spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. It was launched on March 16, 1966, and was the 14th crewed American flight and the 22nd crewed spaceflight overall. The mission conducted the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit, but also suffered the first critical in-space system failure of a U.S. spacecraft which threatened the lives of the astronauts and required an immediate abort of the mission seven hours of launching during its 7th orbit, and 3rd zone of the mission.

The crew consisting of Neil Armstrong, David Scott came back to Earth unscathed. 

A compilation of coverage related to CBS, NBC, ABC. Live commentary and reports from:

Walter Cronkite, David Brinkley, Frank McGee, Steve Rowan, David Scott, Neil Armstrong, Mike Wallace, Jules Bergman and from Huston Mission Control, Paul Haney.

Rendezvous techniques, First docking in history,  Tomorrow's spacewalk, Status report on the wives of both astronauts, historical first docking in history, speed of Gemini, 17,500 miles an hour, Testing the Agena, Mission importance, trouble in space, termination of the flight , splashdown to occur 630 miles from Yokosuka in Japan, and 500 miles East of Okinawa. Retrorockets working well, Original flight supposed to have 71 Orbits before Thruster number 8 failed requiring a premature return to Earth. 

Two weeks prior to the flight Astronaut Neil Armstrong interviewed by Peter Hackes. Armstrong discusses what can go wrong on a flight and his own experiences. 

Splashdown of Gemini 8 scheduled for 10:12 pm Eastern Standard Time. Tracking of Gemini 8 and estimated recovery by USS Mason a destroyer.  

NOTE: ATA#15114A (approximately 1hr 40 minutes), not separately posted on the ATA website at this time, focuses on the return to Earth of Gemini 8 safely.  Live broadcast coverage on CBS and NBC television. Details of these additional broadcasts upon request. 

Duplicate of #15109A. 
               

A report on Muhammad Ali.  

Host: Jim Jensen.            

Stories include reports from Vietnam, Gemini 8 mission, Cassius Clay appeal to his draft board to change his 1A status on grounds of his religious belief as a Black Muslim, Eric Sevareid commentary on Baseball LA Dodger pitchers Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale holding out on contract negotiations, and their belief in their indispensability, detection of lost Hydrogen Bomb. Morley Safer from London reports on the crime of the century(the assassination of President John F. Kennedy) which was presented as a 90 minute play, titled LEE OSWALD: ASSASSIN on British television (BBC PLAY OF THE WEEK). Tony Bill who plays Oswald is interviewed by Safer. He plays the assassin which probes the mind of his motivations for his act. Bill states that Lee Harvey Oswald was a complex, fascinating and intelligent human being. 

                                                

Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale in a contract dispute with the Dodgers, a report on Muhammad Ali, Morley Safer with a report on Lee Harvey Oswald, an interview with actor Tony Bill.

Host: Walter Cronkite.                          

The news of the day with Roger Mudd reporting.

Includes commercials.            

"The Republicans." Regional reporters evaluate the Republican party as it prepares for the 1966 congressional election. Included are interviews with Richard Nixon, Governors George Romney and William Scranton, and Senators John Tower of Texas, and Thurston Morton of Kentucky. Reporters are Marlon Sanders, New York City, Mel Wax, San Francisco, Neil Maxwell, Salt Lake City, Eugene Dietz, Nashville, Jim Mathis, Edinburgh, Hal Bruno, Chicago, Frank Hawkins, Pittsburgh, Sylvan Meyer, Athens, Georgia, and Al Otten, Washington, DC.                                                   

Severe mob demonstrations against the military government of South Vietnamese President Nguyen Cao KY.  Comment by Eric Sevareid.                         

Host: Neil Strawser. Includes commercials for Kent cigarettes.            

Senator Robert Kennedy comments on the bombing of North Vietnam, parade for the new National League baseball club, the Atlanta Braves, John Hart reports, Dizzy Dean predicts Braves will win the World Series in 1966. Commentary by Eric Sevareid.          

A report on LSD. "The Spring Grove Experience."      

Host: Charles Kuralt.                 

News and analysis with CBS Newsman Martin Agronsky.                           

News of the Gemini 9A spaceflight.            

The Surveyor 1 spacecraft lands on the moon.    

Walter Cronkite reports.        

News events of the day,

Harry Reasoner subs for Walter Cronkite.             

CBS live coverage of the Surveyor moon landing.             

More news on the killing of civil rights worker James Meredith, Gemini 9 spacecraft has a successful splashdown.          

More news on the wounding of civil rights worker James Meredith. 

Roger Mudd subbing for Walter Cronkite. 

                                                                    

Topeka, Kansas devastated by tornado. Sixteen people killed. Kansas tornado the first in US to exceed $100 million in damages.    

A personal report on Vietnam by CBS newman Eric Sevareid.      

"Trouble in Space."

The splashdown and recovery of the Gemini X spacecraft with astronauts John Young and Michael Collins aboard. 

Roger Mudd subbing for Walter Cronkite.                          

President Johnson's frustrations with Vietnam. 

Robert Pierpoint subbing for Marvin Kalb.            

More on mass killer Richard Speck, comment on firearms from President Johnson, others comment on gun control legislation.             

Coverage of the mass murder shooting in Austin, Texas. Charles Whitman shoots and kills fifteen people.            

Beatle John Lennon says the Beatles are better than Jesus. Disc Jockeys urge teenagers to burn Beatle records.

Host: Walter Cronkite.            

Coverage of tomorrow's Luci Bird Johnson-Pat Nugent wedding.
President Johnson issues a statement.            

The latest CBS News with Marvin Kalb reporting.             

The latest news with Walter Cronkite. Harry Reasoner subbing for Cronkite.              

President Johnson gives a speech in New York City and Newark, speech is anti-GOP, Barry Goldwater responds, a report from Vietnam.                          

CBS newsman Eric Sevareid interviews GOP gubernatorial candidate Ronald Reagan. Also appearing; California Governor Pat Brown speaking of the forthcoming California gubernatorial election. 
Charles Kuralt reports from Vietnam.                         

A review of the forthcoming elections with Mike Wallace. Comments by George Romney, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, and others on the fate of the GOP. 

Host: Mike Wallace.

"THE REPUBLICANS" second of six programs examining the parties, candidates, and issues in this election year.                        

A report on the Warren commission documents in the National Archives, Includes commercials.             

The latest CBS News election returns with Robert Trout.             

Vietnam report. Eric Sevareid reports from Washington, DC.

Roger Mudd subbing for Walter Cronkite.            

The Gemini X11 spaceflight encounters a problem.

                                    

Roger Mudd subbing for Walter Cronkite.             

A report on Vietnam fighting, GI's comment in aftermath of battle, Ho Chi Minh thanks the Russians for aid.           

Dr. Sam Sheppard exonerated by a jury after nine years imprisonment in murder case of his wife.     

Host: Walter Cronkite