Boob Tube Convention Scoop and Network Drama
A lively retrospective on how TV networks cover the 1968 Republican National Convention. Reporters chase scoops, from CBS, NBC, and ABC to Cronkite and Huntley Brinkley, highlighting topflight journalism, onsite dynamics, and the era’s vivid media culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Musel
New York
UPD
Mokning
John Chancellor
NBC
CBS
Pavel
Chet Huntley
David Brinkley
Cronkite
BEV
Howard J. Smith
ABC
Africa
Garrison
William — Buckley Jr
Gore Vidal
Buckley
Hill Streets
Vietnam
ALG
NOC and
COS
Penter
Nixon campaign will center in pivotal states
UPI reports Nixon plans a new campaign strategy for 1968 focusing on pivotal industrial states and hostile urban areas while unifying the GOP. He may tour major cities to rally party support and swing voters, rebuilding momentum after the 1960 approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
George 7
Marden Mianne Beach
UPI
White House
John F. Kennedy
Unity
Harma ‘Ny
Gavs
Ironald Heagan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
GOP
Stark
San Francisco purse snatching arrest tops brief
Police nab 45 year old John Gibson as he dismounted at the Hall of Justice after a purse snatching incident. The report includes unrelated notices from West Virginia about pistol license applications and state purchases with bid openings and specifications for various equipment and projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
John Gibson
Gibson
Hall of Justice
Police Department
Arigist
Tanatelogk
W.m
James M. Cook
Midway
West Virginia
Circuit Court
Haleigh County
West Virgina
James M. Conkeb
State Division
Capitol Building
Charleston
West ‘Virginia
Fueniah
Beckley
C. F. McNutt
Purchhases
W. Va
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Richard Nixon
Miami Beach
Dan Rather
Cbs-Tv
Theockefeller
Reagan
Sen. John Tower
Texas
Tu Ms
Walter Cronkite
Jis
Xin
Tran
Bil Stow
Rogers Morton
Mike Wallace
Mississippi
Sihey Han
Ynimmediate
Joe Benti
Frank Farley
New Jersey
Ike Pappas
Startling Stamp
Cohen’s
Ayds
Johnson‘s Baby Powder
Clairos
HAI Karate
Jade East
Colgate
Pakage OF
Eoupon Expres
Cohen
Novilla Sr., Beckley
Backley Plaza
Skelton
FBI
Grante-own
Penaleigh
Men’s Pennleigh
Sale
Oxford
Fortres
Ivy
Continental
Cassie
Avril
Dacron
Pennleigh
Pennleigh Prep
Neville Street
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