Cronkite (113 page)
Authors: Douglas Brinkley
Tags: #General, #United States, #Biography & Autobiography, #Biography, #Television Journalists - United States, #Television Journalists, #Editors; Journalists; Publishers, #Cronkite; Walter, #Editors; Journalists; Publishers.; Bisacsh
Hitler, Adolf, 48, 60, 74, 77, 119, 133, 177, 305, 306
Hoagland, Richard C., 418
Ho Chi Minh, 345, 350–51, 408
Hodges, Ann, 599
Hoffman, Abbie, 402, 406–7
Hoffman, Wendell, 266–67
Holden, William, 520
Holland, 117, 118, 128, 129
Holliman, John, 605, 606, 627
Holocaust, 126–27, 654
Honolulu Advertiser
, 483
“Honor, Duty, and a War Called Vietnam” (
CBS Reports
), 577
Hoover, Herbert, 26
Hoover, J. Edgar, 191
Hope, Bob, 188, 590
Horn, John, 256
Horne, Lena, 652
Horton, Willie, 599
Hotel Metropole, Brussels, 121
Hotel Metropol, Moscow, 137
Hottelet, Richard C., 77, 105, 136, 194, 351, 509
“Hour with Ed Murrow, An” (CBS News), 336
House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 460–61
House, Edward M., 36
House Judiciary Committee, 502
House Un-American Activities Committee, 214
Houston Chronicle
, 599
Houston Grand Opera, 593
Houston Post
, 26–27, 31
Houston Press
, 32, 38–39, 43, 45, 358
Houston, Texas, Cronkite as youth in, 20–34, 297–98
Howard, Josh, 642, 643
Howard, Oliver Gregg, 77
Howard, Roy, 54
Howe, Quincy, 141, 219
How Many Words Do You Want?
(Midgley), 516
Huffington Post
, 658
Hughes, Emmet John, 194
Hughes, Howard, 243
Hughes, Tim, 623
Hull, Cordell, 25
Hume, Brit, 405, 515
Humphrey, Hubert, 188, 400, 403–4, 409, 481
Hungarian Revolution, 1956, 171
Hungry Waters
(Thomas), 198
Hunskaker, H. E., 43–44
Huntley-Brinkley Report
AFTRA strike and, 359
and
Apollo 11
, 423
Camel News Caravan
renamed, 188
CBS Evening News
first-place ratings over, 364
civil rights coverage, 328
Cronkite’s appraisal of, 189
debut of, 182, 185–86, 187
half-hour expansion of the, 257, 262
Nielsen ratings and, 367
and 1964 elections, 311, 325
ratings competition between CBS News and, 205–6, 217, 251–52, 256, 265, 289, 295, 364
renamed the
NBC Nightly News
, 465
space coverage, 334, 423
Huntley, Chet
and AFTRA strike, 358, 359
on Cronkite, 497
death of, 661
and Kennedy assassination, 273, 275
at 1964 GOP Convention, 314
pairing with Brinkley, 181–82, 207
retirement from NBC, 460, 465
and Telstar communications satellite, 253–54
in Yucca Flats, Nevada, 175
Hussein, Saddam, 605, 607, 636, 637
Huss, Pierre, 48, 64
Huxley, Aldous, 416, 521
Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, 225, 259
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Houston, TX, 603
I Can Hear It Now
(album), 587
“I Have a Dream” speech (King), 258
Ikard, Bill, 580
Il Messaggero
, 226
I Love Lucy
(CBS TV), 184, 188, 354
In Celebration of US
(
CBS Evening News
), 514
Inconvenient Truth, An
(Gore), 437
In Pursuit of Happiness
(DNC documentary), 184–85
Inside Edition
(CBS TV), 619, 664
Institute for Music and Neurologic Function, 623–24
intercontinental missiles, 193, 197
Interfaith Alliance, 623, 630, 644
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 46
International Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL, 402
International Educational Association, 60
International News Service (INS), 41, 42–43, 82, 83, 96, 102, 325
International Radio and Television Society, 455
International Red Cross, 102, 134
International Unifax machine, 54
Internet, 609, 653
interrupted feedback ear device (IFB), 402, 520
In the Lake of the Woods
(O’Brien), 385
In the Storm of the Eye
(Leonard), 308, 316–17
Iran, hostage crisis in, 534–35, 539
Iraq, and Operation Desert Storm, 604–5, 608
Iraq War, 638, 639
Islamic Revolution, 534
Israel, 527–29, 530, 560, 562
Issues and Answers
(ABC News), 179
Items of Interest: A Monthly Magazine of Dental Art, Science and Literature
, 13–14
It’s News to Me
(TV game show), 158
ITV (London), 267
Jackson, Henry “Scoop,” 517, 518
Jackson, Jesse, 599
Jackson, Michael, 652
Jackson State University, 435
Jaffe, Sam, 519
James, Doug, 498
Jaruzelski, Wojciech, 553
Jaws
(movie), 501, 521
Jennings, Peter, 357, 529, 531, 575, 641, 647
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, 630
J. Fred Muggs (chimpanzee), 178
Jim Crow South, 24–25, 297–98, 328
John Birch Society, 304
Johnson, Earl, 72, 73, 103
Johnson, Eric, 590
Johnson, Lady Bird, 40, 285, 286, 320, 392, 394, 491, 578
Johnson, Lyndon B., 219, 406
creation of Warren Commission, 282
and Cronkite, 286, 287, 325–26, 374, 379–80, 383, 415, 446, 447, 490–91
Cronkite’s interviews with, 326, 490
death of, 489–91
“If I’ve lost Cronkite” remark, 379–80, 383–84
and Kennedy’s assassination, 274, 276, 283, 284
and 1960 elections, 205, 212
and 1964 elections, 308, 309, 316, 325
and 1968 elections, 365, 383
Pentagon Papers and, 458, 459
purchase of KTBC radio, 285–86
resignation, 391–95
signs Civil Rights Act, 296
and Vietnam War, 301, 348, 350, 379–80, 462
Vietnam War policy, 340–41, 342, 347, 349, 352, 356, 364–65, 367, 391
Johnson, Tom, 287, 489, 490, 491, 604–5, 627
Jones, Ed, 230
Jones, James Earl, 412–13
Jones, Jesse, 25
Jones, Phil, 509
Jordan, Barbara, 600–601
Jordan, Hamilton, 534
Joseloff, Gordon F., 551–52
journalism schools, 29, 55, 160, 583–84, 618
journalistic integrity, and protecting sources, 454–55
Journey for Our Times, A
(Salisbury), 95
Joyce, Edward M., 596
Joynt, Carol, 647
Joy of Cooking
, 306
Kalb, Bernard, 327, 467, 469, 652–53
Kalb, Marvin, 351, 362, 395, 509, 615
Kalischer, Peter, 346, 347, 351, 374, 384
Kaltenbrunner, Ernst, 135
Kansas City
Atchison Daily Globe
, 147, 151–52
Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, 60
Kansas City Club, 146
Kansas City College of Pharmacy, 46
Kansas City Dental College, 14
Kansas City Journal
, 19
Kansas City Journal-Post
, 51, 54, 55–56, 69, 70–71, 76, 146, 500
Kansas City, Missouri, 17–21, 45–46, 49–50, 53, 54, 61, 140, 145
Kansas City Star
, 19, 20, 31, 45, 55, 330
Kaplan, Martin, 577
Kaplan, Peter, 568, 575, 576
Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, 37
Karnow, Stanley, 467
Kartes, Jime, 468
Kaye, Danny, 357
KCBS-Austin, TX, 325
KCET-TV, Los Angeles, CA, 463, 554
KCMO radio, Kansas City, MO, 45, 46–52
Keel, Beverly, 647
Kefauver, Estes, 157, 186
Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928, 134
Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO, 516
Kendrick, Alexander, 154, 194, 326, 351
Kennan, George, 354
Kennedy, Caroline, 214
Kennedy Center Honors, 611, 631, 632
Kennedy, Edward M., 242, 390, 481, 539–40, 542
Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier, 214, 243, 266
blood-spattered pink suit, 273
and husband’s death, 268, 271, 273
Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy, A
(CBS
Eyewitness
), 250
Kennedy, John F., 162, 186, 195, 204, 205, 210–11, 243, 329, 603
assassination of, 266–84, 303, 596
and CBS’s
Eyewitness
, 242, 243–45
Cronkite’s announcement of Kennedy’s death, 275–76, 281
and Cronkite’s
Presidential Countdown
program, 211, 212–13, 214–16
and Cuban Missile Crisis, 256
and first half-hour
CBS Evening News
broadcast, 259–63
inauguration, 221–22, 223
Kennedy’s years as Camelot, 243–45
and live telecasts to Europe, 254
Moon pledge, 229, 237, 333, 338, 411
and Murrow, 226, 245
and news media, 441
and 1960 elections, 204, 205, 210–11, 220
and Shepard’s
Freedom 7
mission, 228–29
in Texas, 264–66
Vietnam War policy, 259–61
Kennedy, John F., Jr., 579
Kennedy, Robert F., 210, 242, 365, 383, 470
announces candidacy for president, 391
assassination of, 397
California Democratic primary victory, 396–97
Cronkite’s interview with, 390–91
and 1968 elections, 389–91
Kennedy Space Center, 413
Kennedy, Vann M., 42, 102
Kennerly, David Hume, 492, 493, 540, 541–42
Kent State: What Happened and Why
(Michener), 435
Kent State University massacre, 434–35
Kerry, John, 638, 640, 641, 642
Keteyian, Armen, 664
Khomeini, Ayatollah, 534
KHOU-TV, Houston, TX, 205, 425
Khrushchev, Nikita, 256
Kilduff, Malcolm “Mac,” 278
Kilgallen, Dorothy, 186
Killian, Jerry B., 640
King, Coretta Scott, 435, 443, 571
King Features Syndicate, Cronkite’s column for, 637–39
King, Larry, 534, 611, 665–66
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 258, 295, 296, 298, 303, 328–29, 331, 394, 406, 484
assassination of, 395–96
King, Michael and Roger, 603
King, Rodney, 608
Kintner, Robert, 188, 279, 657
Kissinger, Henry, 465, 467–68, 470, 472–73, 481, 494, 564
Kitchell, James, 235
Klauber, Edward, 47
Klein, Herb, 448
Klein, Joe, 598
Klein, Robert, 489
Kleinerman, Isaac, 194
KMBC radio, Kansas City, MO, 146, 147–49, 151–52
Knight, Ted, 498
Knowland, William, 188
KNOW radio, Austin, TX, 40–41
Koerper, Karl, 146
Kondracke, Morton, 539
KOOL-TV, Phoenix, AZ, 304
Koop, Ted, 153
Koppel, Ted, 614, 615–16, 637
Korean War, 151–53, 155, 325, 416
KPHO radio, Phoenix, AZ, 583
Kraft, Gene, 236
Kraft, Joseph, 467
Kranz, Gene, 227–28
Krim, Arthur, 491
KRLD-TV, Dallas, TX, 266, 269, 271, 273, 275
KTBC radio, Austin, TX, 40, 285–86
KTSM radio, El Paso, TX, 58
Ku Klux Klan (KKK), 24
Kuralt, Charles, 250, 332, 362–64, 396, 407, 419, 484, 509
and
Apollo 11
twentieth-anniversary special, 597
as candidate for CBS’s news anchor, 249
and environmental issues, 430–31
and microphone trophy gift to Cronkite, 542–43
“On the Road” segments, 363–64, 566
as possible successor to Rather, 566
and voice imitation of Murrow, 147
Kurtz, Howard, 666
Kuwait, 605
KWKC radio, Kansas City, MO, 45–46
Ky, Nguyen Cao, 344–45
Lack, Andrew, 551
Laird, Melvin, 449
Lamb, Brian, 381, 506
Lamoreaux, Bud, 568
Lane, John, 466, 474, 529
Lange, Dorothea, 193
Langhorne, Harry, 494, 495
Lansbury, Angela, 656–57
Lapham, Lewis H., 231
Larry King Live
(CNN), 613
La Sapienza University, Rome, 633, 634
Lasky, Victor, 464
Lassie
(CBS TV), 184, 306, 513
Late Night with David Letterman
(CBS TV), 635
Laurence, John “Jack,” 361, 362, 374–75, 384, 400–401, 441
Laurent, Lawrence, 424
Leavenworth, Kansas, 13, 14–15
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary, 14
Lee, Canada, 174
“Legacy of Harry S. Truman, The” (CBS News), 574
Legacy of War
(PBS), 654–55
Lehman, John, 578, 631
Lehrer, Jim, 625
Leibner, Richard, 532
Leiser, Ernest, 170–71, 319, 326–27, 328, 356, 434, 484, 499, 535
death of, 661
and Vietnam War, 366, 370, 371, 373, 375, 376, 381, 492
Lelyveld, Joseph, 431
Leno, Jay and Mavis, 592
Leonard, Bill, 298, 356, 450, 466, 509
and Cronkite’s retirement announcement, 537
and 1964 political conventions, 308, 311, 312, 315, 316–17, 318, 319, 321
as president of CBS News, 531, 532–33
Sauter as replacement for, 565
Leopold and Loeb murder case, 1924, 32
Lerner, Max, 55
LeSueur, Larry, 74, 105
Letterman, David, 635
Lewinsky, Monica, 625
Lewis, John L., 298
Leyshon, Hal, 95, 110–11
liberalism, Cronkite’s defense of, 600–602, 622–23, 637
Liberty Bell 7
space flight, 229–30
Liberty
magazine, 20
Library of America,
Best Journalism of the Vietnam War
, 377–78
Lieberman, Joe, 638
Life
magazine, 11, 131, 282, 291, 591
Limbaugh, Rush, 637
Lincoln, Abraham, 303
Lincoln Center, Avery Fisher Hall, 662–65, 667
