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: Gemini VI rocket is launched into space, rendezvous with Gemini V11, no peace feelers from Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh says North Vietnam will fight for 5 to 10 years to draw the US out of Vietnam, President Johnson speaks on Vietnam peace, Govenor William Scranton says the US is not fully aware of what's going on in Vietnam, the carrier Independence arrives in Norfolk, Virginia from Vietnam, unions endorse US policy in Vietnam, comment by Walter Reuther, Johnson comments on an escalation of the war, the John Birch Society is criticized, Dwight Eisenhower leaves hospital after recouping from a second heart attack.
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.
