Topics: President Kennedy talks about the nuclear test ban treaty, the Chinese Reds will probably set up a crash program to test the nuclear bomb, Fidel Castro accuses the US as "swindlers" and Kennedy as a"ruffian" in ransom deal, discussion of the earthquake in Yugoslavia, Ambassador Adlai Stevenson comments on Portuguese colonies, the Senate Commerce Committee is in another squabble on civil rights legislation, Senators John Pastore and Strom Thurmond in a row, a hot primary campaign for Governor of Mississippi, candidates viciously attack President Kennedy.
Opening night of the 1964 Democratic National Convention from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. Rhode Island Senator John Pastore gives the opening night keynote speech.
Chet Huntley and David Brinkley report.