May 3,1948-April 13,1962

Douglas Edwards who replaced Newscaster Larry LeSueur as anchor of CBS television weekly news held that post for fourteen years. For most of its broadcast  history the fifteen minute broadcast was officially titled DOUGLAS EDWARDS WITH THE NEWS.

On November 30, 1956, the first network news show to be videotaped for rebroadcast to the West Coast was achieved. This video tape is not known to exist today as is most of all of Douglas' news broadcasts, in any broadcast form. 

On April 16, 1962 Walter Cronkite succeeded Edwards as CBS's evening newscaster. Douglas Edwards continued to broadcast the local WCBS nightly weekly newscast. He also did a five-minute daytime newscast until April 1, 1988. 


The Israeli capital is bombed as fighting continues. Edward R. Murrow analysis, Hungarians bury their dead in various towns, Adlai Stevenson attacks Eisenhower's foreign policy, Henry Cabot Lodge attacks British and French ultimatums.                                                

UN debate continues, an outraged Henry Cabot Lodge speaks on Russian aggression.            

Henry Cabot Lodge attacks the Soviet peace offer in Hungary.                                                  

Highlights: the US sends troops to Lebanon to protect its independence to stop indirect outside aggression, attempt to curb Nasser of Egypt, Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge at UN talks about Iraqi murders and US commitment, comments from London, Chicago, Jordan, Sergei Sobolev of Russia speaks at UN.                          

Highlights: Martin Luther King acquited of income tax evasion, a new government in Turkey replaces Adnan Menderes, Ambassador Lodge responds to Russian "slogans." Gromyko charges the US torpedoed the summit, Syngman Rhee seeks asylum in the USA.  

NOTE: This was the final WCBS late news  broadcast anchored, by Ron Cochran (Saturday evening 11pm) after six years on the air for CBS News.                                                                                          

Ambassador Lodge of US approves of resolution to send a US force to the Congo, Eleanor Roosevelt makes seconding speech for Stevenson, roll call of states, Kennedy wins the nomination.                                       

Nixon wants Governor Rockefeller to be his running mate but Rocky says the Republican platform is not to his taste, Atlas missile blows up, leftists in Venezuela burn US flag, Lodge says RB missile is not over Russian territory.                        

The Republican convention opens tomorrow, Governor Rockefeller not satisfied with the Republican platform, will not accept the Vice Presidential offering, Ambassador Lodge thought of as a possible vice presidential candidate, Congo premier Patrice Lumumba arrives in New York for a UN meeting, Red Chinese delegation attacks the US in Cuba.                          

The 1960 Republican Convention from the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois.              

Highlights: Moscow assails Nixon as a "Wall Street Tool" and warmonger, US tourists harassed in Russia, Nixon prefers Ambassador Lodge as the vice president, an interview with Lodge, John Kennedy news conference, Dag Hammarskjold welcomed in the Congo. Continuation of the Republican National Convention, balloting for a vice presidential candidate, Lodge wins.              

John Wingate was a reporter and newscaster for WOR television and radio in New York City for over thirty years. He left the station in 1977.  

Highlights: Rabblerouser Patrice Lumumba ousted from Congo premiership, Governor Earl Long dies in Louisiana, candidates Kennedy, Nixon, and Lodge campaign.                                        

Political talk from Ohio with Republican presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon. He is introduced by Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge.         

Republican Presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon and Vice Presidential candidate Henry Cabot Lodge are joined by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and New York Governor Nelson A. Rockerfeller for a political rally at Roosevelt Field in Westbury, NY.            

Republican Presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon is joined by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice Presidential candidate Henry Cabot Lodge in a final campaign speech before the next day's election.             

January 3rd, 1956-March 26th 1957, (CBS)
September 30th, 1957-December 27th, 1963 (ABC)

A popular game show that began in prime time on CBS in 1956 under the title Do You Trust Your Wife? and was hosted by Edgar Bergan. Two husband and wife contestants were asked questions and the husbands had the choice of answering the questions themselves or trusting their wives to answer them correctly.

In the fall of 1957, the show moved to ABC where it became a daytime show hosted by Johnny Carson. In July of 1958, the show's title was changed to "Who Do You Trust? In the fall of 1958, a new announcer Ed McMahon joined the show and teamed with Carson for the first time. McMahon replaced Bill Nimmo who would return September 10, 1962, to again become the announcer of the show for Woody Woodbury after Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon left the series in September 1962.

This was the start of a long association between Carson and McMahon as the two teamed up again when Carson became the new host of the Tonight Show on October 1st, 1962, with McMahon as Carson's announcer and sidekick for Carson's 30-year reign as host of the show.

NOTE: Woody Woodbury would succeed Johnny Carson as host of Who Do You Trust? beginning September 10, 1962, for the duration of the series, fifteen additional months, until its final episode aired on December 27, 1963. 

This was the final show of the series.
Woody Woodbury host.
Bill Nimmo announcer. 

NOTE:

This final show was a going away party celebration bringing back almost two dozen former contestants who are briefly interviewed by Woody Woodbury. They include:

Oscar Jordan, a double looking exactly like Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.

Randy Sinatra, a mystery barber who communicates with the planet Mars.

Jean Peril, a bearded lady in a carnival who has acquired 700 tattoos. 

Miss Switzerland, a health advocate who recommends drinking milk.

Isadore "Ed" Zimmerman, convicted to be executed for murder and spent 24 years in prison before being exonerated, found innocent. After two years out of prison he is writing a book, "Punishment Without Crime," to be published in 1964 with a forward by Drew Pearson. 

Denny Kelsey, a sculptor who works with bones from animals.

Doc Bradshaw,  a Pidgeon hater and 
Sally V. Morris, a Pidgeon lover

George Bain, and his wife who run a society for "little people."

Prince Robert Portnoy, a descendent of Michael The Drunkard.

Jack Weinstein, who finally got to appear on Broadway, but not NYC, but in a Bus Station in Broadway Monticello.

Bob McArthur, a beatnik, and poet.

Marsha Short, a elder who professes the secret of life is to think young. 

Clara Adams, who demonstrates her talent playing the piano backwards.

Greta, Woody Woodbury's personal coach the past one and half years on "Who Do You Trust."

Nostradamus, who states that everything in life has occurred many times...over and over and makes predictions that our next president of the United States in 1964 will be Henry Cabot Lodge, and the next major war for the US will be in 1999. He also predicts that "Who Do You Trust" will be back on television by popular demand. 

Woody Woodbury signs off the air for the last time referring to the six and half candles on a cake marking the time the show has been on the air. He mentions that all in the studio and crew will be having a big party following this taping and recommends all viewers to enjoy all of the new ABC TV programs in production. 

Commercials include, Bill Cullen promoting his show "Price is Right," Contact Cold Medicine, and a Kleenex tissue commercial with spokesman Harry James playing his trumpet.                                                                                                               

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. 

Topics: The Jack Ruby trial verdict, Jimmy Hoffa sentenced, Turkish-Greek strife over Cyprus.Other news: Henry Cabot Lodge wins the New Hampshire primary, comments by Nelson Rockefeller Senator Barry Goldwater, Margaret Chase Smith, William Miller, and Richard Nixon, Malcolm X separates from the Muslims, Martin Luther King comments. 

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.                                                                                                                             

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: The California primary, comments by Barry Goldwater (the winner), Nelson Rockefeller, Bill Miller, Jackie Robinson, Richard Nixon, and William Scranton, Question of "stop Goldwater movement," strategy talks in Honolulu about US involvement in South Vietnam, comments by Henry Cabot Lodge and Dean Rusk, the US will maintain commitments to South Vietnam, US plane shot down over Laos, religious crisis in South Vietnam, mass demonstrations in South Korea against Park regime, civil rights bill is debated, D-Day anniversary report.

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.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Three civil rights workers (two whites and one negro) disappear mysteriously on a Mississippi road after arrest on speeding charges, Nelson Benton reports from Mississippi, "swim-in" on a Florida beach sets off a racial flurry, Henry Cabot Lodge resigns as Ambassador to Saigon and is replaced by General Maxwell Taylor-comments on this event by President Johnson, Senator Wayne Morse, Senator Barry Goldwater, and defense secretary Robert McNamara, there are implications that the US will increase their war-role in South Vietnam. 

Host: Walter Cronkite. Report from Nelson Benton.                         

Continuing live NBC coverage of the Republican National Convention from the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California.

Highlights: Martin Agronsky interviews delegate Henry Cabot Lodge, NBC Newsman John Chancellor is arrested on the floor, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller talks about curtailing extremism in the Republican Party amid shout-downs and cat-calls.                           

President Johnson says Vietnam war will get worse before it gets better, Robert Kennedy criticizes US policy in Vietnam, General Maxwell Taylor resigns as ambassador, replaced by Henry Cabot Lodge, Jack Dempsey comments on the state of today's boxing, Walter Cronkite reports from Zone-"D" in South Vietnam, a report from the Da Nang Air Force base.                          

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: Mariner probe takes photos of Mars surface, mission successful, President Johnson says national honor at stake in Vietnam, increased aggression by North Vietnamese, a commitment by the US on the ground, US will send reserves and national guard to Vietnam, Robert McNamara and Henry Cabot Lodge go to South Vietnam, Harriman in Moscow for talks with Alexi Kosygin, congressman Gerald Ford attacks LBJ on civil rights voting record, a tribute to Adlai Stevenson on his death, Hollywood premiere of the film "The Sandpiper," notables on hand are Abbe Lane, Ed Begley, Eva Marie Saint, Richard Attenborough, Robert Stack, Ann Miller, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.

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.                                                                                                                             

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: President Johnson comments on Vietnam, what the US must do there, more fighting men needed, the draft call is raised from seven thousand to thirty-five thousand, a report from the field of jungle warfare, Ambassador Lodge speaks about the US role of men in war, Ford and Nixon comment on the use of foreign troops in Vietnam, LBJ seeks UN's help to try and end the war. 

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.                                                                                                                             

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: Watts looting and rioting continues for the third straight night, comment by Los Angeles police chief William Parker, twenty-five dead, comment by California Governor Pat Brown, Anti-Vietnam protests at the University of Berkeley, LBJ tries to halt troop train, comments by Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge. Herbert Hoover is honored. 

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.                                                                                                                                          

Landing of the Russian spacecraft Soyuz 4, Henry Cabot Lodge new spokesperson at Paris peace talks replacing Averill Harriman,
heavy fighting northeast of Saigon.            

Henry Cabot Lodge arrives in Paris for Vietnam peace talks, coverage of the Richard Nixon inauguration.             

No progress at Paris peace talks, more US casualties in Vietnam, defense secretary Melvin Laird plans Vietnam trip.