Highlights: Balloting for presidential nomination (roll call of states), Sam Rayburn nominates Lyndon Johnson with a subsequent demonstration for him, Governor Orville Freeman of Minnesota nominates John KennedyAdlai Stevenson is nominated by Senator Eugene McCarthy.                                                   

Report on the changing US attitudes on Red China, Roger Tuttle reports the news. 

Host: Hugh Downs.                        

A speech by Lyndon Johnson who favors Hubert Humphrey for vice president, Senator Eugene McCarthy puts Humphrey's name into nomination, seconded by Senator Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut and others, Senator Wayne Morse gives news of platform (includes South Vietnam error)            

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: Defense Secretary McNamara resigns, the reaction from Capitol Hill, a report from Vietnam-212 GI's were killed last week, US officials think the US is winning the war, war crimes trial in Denmark-the US is found guilty of genocide, comment by Stokely Carmichael, Cardinal Francis Spellman has died, Senator Eugene McCarthy is seeking the Democratic nomination for president, possible "put-up" job by the RFK supporters to test the waters against President Johnson, Red China is denied membership in the UN,-the 18th year in a row, Turkey-Greece crisis over Cyprus, Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower announce their engagement.   

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.                                                                                                                                          

November 7th, 1954-April 20th, 1961. September 15th, 1963-Present.

The counterpart of NBC's "Meet The Press." Newsmakers are interviewed by a panel. CBS correspondent George Herman moderated the program from 1969 until September 1983 when he was replaced by Lesley Stahl. Bob Schieffer took over as moderator in 1991. Eventually, the panel of interviewers was dropped in favor of the program host conducting interviews of all guests.

Guest: Senator Eugene McCarthy. Panelists: Martin Agronsky, Roger Mudd, and John Hart. Joined in progress. 


                                                      

News including a report that  Richard Nixon is trailing Lyndon Johnson by 3% in the polls, Eric Sevareid reports. 

Also included in this air check  is an excerpt from The Huntley-Brinkley Report,  NBC-TV. 

Chet Huntley reports:

"Otis Redding, 26 year old blues singer, is missing and presumed dead in Madison Wisconsin. Redding was one of seven people aboard a private plane which crashed in a Madison lake last night. One man survived."
 
Also, an NBC report on Senator Eugene McCarthy                                                                              

November 27, 1960-November 8, 1981. Newsmakers were interviewed by journalists on this public affairs program, ABC's counterpart of CBS's "Face The Nation" and NBC's "Meet The Press." In its earliest weeks, the series was entitled "ABC Press Conference." 

The guest is Senator Eugene McCarthy who is questioned by Bob Clark and Joseph C. Harsch.

Howard K. Smith moderator.

NOTE: Occasional static signal when recording this program.
Attempt of get better signal by switching to ABC Radio.



Howard K. Smith is the host. 
 
Joined in progress

This program includes commercials.

 



                                                                                                                    

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

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

Eric Sevareid reports on Senator Eugene McCarthy's presidential nomination.           

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

A Senate debate on the Vietnam war. Robert Kennedy and Nelson Rockefeller may run as Johnson refuses to enter any primaries,
3200 GI's killed during the first nine weeks of 1968, a report from the Mekong Delta on Viet Cong activity, problems in Czechoslovakia as a result of Czech general's defection accused of high crimes suggesting internal problems in the country, East Europe fears of "liberal elements in the Czech Republic, LBJ supporters push his name in the New Hampshire primaries, a report on the Eugene McCarthy campaign.                                                        

Senator Eugene McCarthy makes a good showing, Nixon wins hands-down, LBJ quips about results, comments by Nixon, Reagan, Johnson, and McCarthy.             

Special on the new Hampshire primary. Chet Huntley, David Brinkley, and Frank Mcgee report.           

Live coverage of the New Hampshire Democratic primaries the first in a series of nationwide party primary elections. Lyndon Johnson, who later announced he would not seek re-election, narrowly defeated Senator Eugene McCarthy to win the New Hampshire Democratic primary. Frank McGee is the host.           

Walter Cronkite interviews Eugene McCarthy
Morley Safer reports from London on the Gold Crisis
An excerpt of NBC News with Chet Huntley is heard
A report on the Robert F. Kennedy campaign from his campaign headquarters,
20,000 US troops killed in Vietnam thus far
Eric Sevareid looks at the presidential candidates
                         

Comment on the candidacy of Senator Robert Kennedy's presidential bid by Senator Eugene McCarthy.             

Senator Robert F. Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States. Heard on WCBS-AM New York City.

David Schumaker interviews Eugene McCarthy in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Dan Rather and Eric Sevareid with commentary.

Host: Roger Mudd.             

More commentary on the Democratic Party race, Senator Eugene McCarthy holds a press conference, RFK News Conference played again.            

Topic: Lyndon Johnson vs. Eugene McCarthy and Robert F. Kennedy
 
Moderator: Jerome Wilson.             

Harry Reasoner subbing for Cronkite. The US will not pull out of Vietnam, Dan Rather reports, "complete the job at home," John Hart reports, Robert Kennedy in Manhattan, a preview of the April 2nd New Hampshire primary, presidential commentary on Eugene McCarthy, commercial for solarcane, 679 enemy troops killed last week, Morley Safer reports on the riots in London, protests in Indonesia, Gold Crisis eased slightly, commentary by Eric Sevareid.                       

Robert Kennedy answers questions from college students, he declares this is their war and they will have to win it for themselves, Bob Clark reports, Abe Chapman reports from Eugene McCarthy headquarters, Wisconsin primary, commercial.
Betty Mull, secretary to Senator Jacob Javits works in a Saigon orphanage four times a year.           

Sargent Shriver the new Ambassador to France, General Westmoreland new Army Chief Of Staff, takes over on July 2nd, President Johnson has an overwhelming lead over Robert Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy, RFK campaign speech in Alabama on jobs, fighting crime, Vietnam war, discrimination. Eric Sevareid commentary on politics and politicians in 1968, a commercial for True Cigarettes, a report on airport traffic jams and Air Traffic Control by 1977, David Culhane reports.

Harry Reasoner subbing for Walter Cronkite.                          

Robert Kennedy stands by all that is in the Warren Commission Report. Senator Eugene McCarthy and his "Keep it Clean" brigade, has 5,000 student supporters, US presence in Vietnam is legal despite no declaration of war by Congress. Vietnam update report.                                       

Report from Vietnam with Bert Quinn, Eric Sevareid reports on "Economics Of The South." A report on Eugene McCarthy's presidential campaign.

This program is joined in progress.                         

President Johnson has disdain for anyone who riots, garbage strike protest brings violence, "Poor People's March" planned for next month in Washington, DC by Dr. Martin Luther King, Dr. King comments, racial crisis and violence in Memphis, Tennessee, Dr. King comments on his failed effort, comment by President Johnson, comments by Richard Nixon, Eugene McCarthy, and Robert Kennedy, Czech's new leader is General Ludvik Svoboda" Liberalism" with communism, he arrives in East Germany and Poland,  Camel Cigarette commercial, a report on Senator Eugene McCarthy and Robert Kennedy, Prague Czechoslavikia Communist ruling now changed, Peter Kalisher reports, Alexander Kendrick with a comment on income taxes. 

Host: Reed Collins.                                                                                        

Comments from Hubert Humphrey and Robert Kennedy, Nelson Rockefeller, Eugene McCarthy, Richard Nixon, George Wallace, where we stand in Vietnam and events this week, Marines under siegeKaesan, GI comments, McCarthy, Humphrey, and RFK comment on the war, President Johnson defends his stand on the war, in a few hours, Johnson will speak to the American people, Dean Bayless reports for NBC News, a commercial for "The Bonnie Prudden Show," premiering Monday at 9 AM with the women in mind.
Observations from leftist students on McCarthy's Viet-wise politics, LBJ in trouble.                                        

Highlights of President Johnson's speech and his decision not to run for reelection, comment from Eugene McCarthy. Also heard WCBS Newsradio 88, reactions to Johnson's speech with Dick Harris, comments from Brad Phillips, WINS News, and Sid Davis.             

A report on President Johnson's refusal to run for reelection. Dan Rather and Roger Mudd report. From WABC Radio "Perspective in New York." "Sell Out To Militants." A report on Adam Clayton Powell. From 1010 Wins, Brad Sherman interviews Richard Nixon. His comments about Johnson's refusal to run, the President at the lowest point of the year. comment by WINS Newsman Stan Brooks. Joe Resnick with comments on the Viet Cong. A report on WCBS Radio concerning Nassau County Executive Eugene Nickerson and his run for Jacob Javits New York Senate seat. He comments on President Johnson. NBC News with Edwin Newman: Elie Abel reports on LBJ, John Chancellor with commentary, Herb Kaplow reports on Nixon's next move, Ray Scherer reports from the White House on LBJ, Elie Abel interviews Eugene McCarthy,                                                     

The ABC Evening Report with Bob Young. Comments from Eugene McCarthy, George Wallace, Robert Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, and others, the European reaction to LBJ's decision not to run.                         

Commentary on Richard Nixon, Robert Kennedy, Eugene McCarthy, Barry Goldwater, George Wallace, Hubert Humphrey, and Ronald Reagan. Eric Sevareid's commentary on Johnson giving up on bombings of North Vietnam, ramifications on Johnson's decision not to run for another term. Cronkite interviews Nixon. Martin Luther King will return to Memphis tomorrow to resume his civil rights march, Eric Sevareid reports.  

Includes commercials.                                                                   

Live coverage of the Wisconsin primary. Walter Cronkite anchors.
John Hart, Dan Rather, David Schoumacher and Martin Agronsky report. Comments from Eugene McCarthy, Robert Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, and Eric Sevareid.                                                    

Live coverage of the Wisconsin primary from NBC News. Anchors are Frank McGee and Chet Huntley. Reports from Elie Abel and comments from Eugene McCarthy.             

Latest news related to Hanoi, Bill Gill reports from Honolulu Hawaii related to President Johnson's visit, In New Zealand allies aggree that any coalition government there would be unacceptable. Bill Brannigan report s on the possibility of peace in Vietnam, Don Baker reports from Saigon and interviews the people there who want peace to come to their land, 27,000 allied troups in Pegasus...troops in Vietnam arriving in droves including Captain Charles Robb, son-in-law of President Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy and Eugene  McCarthy on the Presidential campaign trail and about  to throw his hat into the ring, Sen. Hubert Humphrey who speaks before the AFL/CIO.
Tom Jerriel report s from Arkansas regarding violent tornados effecting many states including Iowa and Alabama.  

President Johnson visits St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, Hubert Humphrey announces his candidacy for president, The Saturn V rocket takeoff, Jules Bergman reports, trouble for the Apollo VI flight. 

Commercials include:
Lidocaine for relief of itching, Johnson's foot soap, Dial, Wax Remover, Vicks Formula 44 Cough Medicine, Viceroy Cigarettes, Playtex Soft Line Padded Bras, and Girdles, Betty Crocker Chocolate Frosting Mix

Bob Young is news anchor.    

NOTE; Interestingly, this ABC National News broadcast aired from 7:00 pm to 7:30pm Eastern Standard time, 6:00pm to 6:30pm Central Time. Dr. Martin Luther King was shot in Memphis Tennessee at 6:05pm  Central time just as this live news broadcast was underway. However, there was no mention of King being gunned down throughout  the live broadcast which concluded the latest news 25 minutes after Dr. Martin Luther King was mortally shot.                               

London's first anti-discrimination bill, George Wallace and Eugene McCarthy are profiled. Commentary on the "integrity of today's press."

Fred Darwin: Host             

Reports from Vietnam
Gamal Nasser says war with Israel is inevitable
Dan Rather reports on draft laws
Robert Schenke on the Columbia University strike.
David Schumacher reports on the Eugene McCarthy campaign
Status on French Heart patient
Dr. Ralph Abernathy: "Save America." Daniel Schorr reports
Report on a better food system.
March to Mississippi-Ed Rabel reports.

Walter Cronkite: Host

                                       

President Johnson proposes Vietnam peace talks aboard an Indonesian ship, Dan Rather reports.  
South Vietnamese President Thieu is interviewed-Bernard Kalb reports
700 enemy troops killed, 43 US troops killed this week.
Rockefeller's position on Vietnam policy, Morton Dean reports
Former President Eisenhower is recuperating
More protests and clashes at Columbia University, students claim police brutality
Dr. Ralph Abernathy leads the "Poor People's March" against the war in Vietnam. The march will begin in the next two weeks
David Schumacher reports on the Eugene McCarthy campaign spending
James Reston is the new Executive Director of the New York Times
Eric Sevareid editorial on Nelson Rockefeller, the man, his issues and policies.


Host: Walter Cronkite.

Commercials:  
-Sherwin-Williams White House Paints.
-Marlboro Cigarettes.
                                                               

Walter Cronkite on location reports on the Indiana primaries
On NBC, interviews by Wilson Hall
Report on Robert Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy (CBS)
Demonstrations in Paris
Report on upcoming peace talks
North Vietnamese assaults near Saigon, George Severnson reports
Newsmen killed by South Vietnamese
Conviction of Muhammad Ali upheld-faces five-year prison term
90-year-old Senator Carl Hayden, Democrat, is retiring and will not run again.

Host: Walter Cronkite. 
             

NBC-TV coverage of the Indiana primary returns. 
Herb Kaplow reports on Richard Nixon's Nebraska campaign
Robert Kennedy has 45% of the Indiana vote, NBC News declares him the winner
Senator Eugene McCarthy is interviewed by Liz Trotter.

Anchors: Frank McGee and David Brinkley,             

Merv Griffin's guests are entertainer Orson Bean and Ted Sorensen former Presidential advisor of the late John F. Kennedy and a current major campaign adviser of Senator Robert F. Kennedy currently running for office of President of The United States. 
Sorensen touches on many topics, including,

- Robert Kennedy's strength running for the Presidency is with the people. However, unfortunately, it's the politicians who dominate a convention. 

-  Comparisons of the 1960 Presidential campaign and the present 1968 campaign. 

- Religious issues still a factor?

- RFK college campus campaigning to get large crowds and insure the importance of young people to join the party to work on the campaign as volunteers. 

- The competition between Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Senator Eugene Mccarthy. 

- Senator Kennedy's ruthless reputation as a politician. 

- Myths about the Kennedy family.

- Reasons why RFK did not run in the New Hampshire primary. 

Orson Beans joins in the conversation by stating that the country has changed, and that dangerous anarchy has been recently demonstrated by riots at Columbia University which if continues unchecked can lead to a Fascist America. Bean objects to Senator Kennedy's stand on his permissiveness views allowing such protests to continue. 

There is a question and answer period where questions by audience members are asked of Ted Sorensen who replies to the following issues, which include, 

The current stand by Senator Kennedy on the USS Pueblo...Viet Nam de-escalation (15,000 American troops in Vietnam when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and now there are 550,000 troops there)...Sorensin's opinion on how the Vietnam war has changed...would President Lyndon B. Johnson endorse Kennedy if he were the candidate running for President?...the advantages of the Kennedy name, and its mystique...why RFK is running in 1968 when originally he had indicated that he would run for the president in 1972...would Senator Kennedy accept a role as Vice President...

Commercials include, 
First National City Bank, Les Crane Show, Skippy Peanut Butter, Prell Shampoo, Bold Detergent, TV Guide, and L+M Cigarettes. 

  NOTE: This broadcast was aired just 19 days before Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated.                                                                

Commentary by Robert Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy on their campaigns.            

Poor People's March in Washington, DC, student demonstrations in France, ask DeGaulle to resign, California election primary tomorrow, report on Robert Kennedy's campaign climax, primary is critical for Kennedy and McCarthy.            

CBS News predicts Robert Kennedy is the winner over Eugene McCarthy in the California primary. Euphoria at Kennedy headquarters.                          

On the spot report on the shooting of Robert Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Various stations. Eyewitness accounts, comments by Walter Kiernan (WOR News), Barbara Walters (NBC), and Adam "Batman" West. Additional comments from Senator Eugene McCarthy. More on RFK shooting plus man-in-the-street comments. Early reports are that Kennedy will recover. Sirhan Sirhan is identified as the assassin. Commentary from Howard K. Smith (ABC News) and David Susskind.
                          

Report on the situation in Czechoslovakia, Vietnam peace progress
Eugene McCarthy endorses Hubert Humphrey-David Schoumacher reports, CBS poll, West Germany report, Possible Nixon staff, Johnson analysis, President/Rice, Nixon in New York, Humphrey in Ohio

Host: Walter Cronkite. 



                                                                                                                                                              

ABC News events of the day.

Highlights:
Election odds
Hubert Humphrey campaign- Humphrey answers questions on the Vietnam war and the Middle East crisis. 
Senator Edmund Muskie comments on birth control and legalized abortion, Eugene McCarthy calls and talks to both Muskie and Humphrey, on the draft and socialism.Nixon campaign-Ted Koppel, Frank Reynolds report.
George Wallace campaign- Sam Jaffe, Frank Reynolds
Election coverage-Tom Jarriel, Frank Reynolds, Howard K. Smith
Vietnam peace talks-John Rolfson, Frank Reynolds.

Host: Frank Reynolds.                                                

Mike Wallace interviews Senator Eugene McCarthy regarding "Moratorium Day" protest.        

The moratorium to end the war in Vietnam was a massive demonstration and teach-in across the United States against the United States involvement in the Vietnam war. It took place on October 15th, 1969, followed a month later by a large moratorium march on Washington.    
The moratorium developed from Jerome Grossman's April 20th, 1969 call for a general strike if the war had not concluded by October. David Hawk and Sam Brown, who had previously worked on the unsuccessful 1968 presidential campaign of Eugene McCarthy, changed the concept to a less radical moratorium and began to organize the event as the Vietnam Moratorium Committee with David Mixner, Marge Sklenkar, John Gage, and others.

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: John Kerry, an interview with Eugene McCarthy.





Host: Harry Reasoner