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by Douglas Brinkley


  Efron, Edith, 464–65

  Egypt, 527–29, 530

  Egyptian Islamic Jihad, 560

  Egypt-Israel peace treaty, 531

  Ehrlichman, John, 465

  Ehrlich, Paul, 437

  Eichmann, Adolf, 226

  Eighth Air Force, U.S., 89–103, 104, 107, 108, 110, 114, 129

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 449, 498

  and Battle of the Bulge, 122–23

  Cronkite and, 177, 287–88, 299–300

  Cronkite’s interviews with, 114, 230, 299

  letter to Friendly, 355–56

  and 1952 Election Night coverage, 167, 168, 169, 170

  and 1952 GOP Convention, 164, 165, 166, 308

  and 1956 GOP Convention, 183–84, 186

  and 1964 GOP Convention, 310, 315, 316

  Normandy recollections, 299–300

  and Operation Overlord (D-day), 103, 113–14, 288, 298–99

  presidency of, 187, 188, 201, 211, 221

  Eisenhower, Mamie, 306

  “Eisenhower on the Presidency” (CBS News), 299

  Election Night coverage

  Cronkite’s last broadcast, 543

  1950, 154

  1952, 166–70

  1956, 188–89

  1960, 220

  1964, 325–26

  1968, 409

  1974, 503, 504

  1976, 520

  1980, 543

  1984, 576–77

  See also political conventions

  Electric Mirror, The (Mickelson), 160, 219

  Electronic Data Systems, 611

  “Electronic Front Page, The” (Time), 487

  Elegant, Robert, 467

  Elizabeth II, coronation of, 171, 225

  Ellerbee, Linda, 598–99

  Ellington, Duke, 413

  Elliott, Osborn, 283

  Ellis, Ray, 579–80

  Ellsberg, Daniel, 458–60, 461–65, 473

  Cronkite-Ellsberg interview, 463–65

  El Paso Herald-Post, 58, 359

  Emmy Awards, 352

  for CBS News, 192, 471, 514

  Cronkite’s, 436, 438, 503, 559, 609

  Kuralt’s, 364

  Enola Gay (B-29), 131

  environmental issues, 427–39, 602–3

  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 431–32, 436

  EPCOT Center, Walt Disney World, Florida, 591

  Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), 522

  Erhard, Ludwig, 280

  Erlich, Stephen, 584

  Ervin, Sam J., Jr., 465

  ESPN, 558

  Esquire, 513

  Esso, 155

  European Broadcasting Union, 253–54

  Eurovision, 254

  Evans, Harold, 653

  Evans, Tom, 45, 46

  Evans, Walker, 193

  Events Leading Up to My Death (Smith), 246–47

  Evers, Medgar, 407

  exit polling, 632

  Explorer 1 satellite launch, 195

  Eye on the World (Cronkite), 437

  Eyewitness (CBS News), 179, 226, 228, 242, 243–45, 250, 253, 261

  Faber Castle, Nuremberg, Germany, 134

  Face the Nation (CBS News), 179, 180, 199, 344, 345, 376, 425–26, 471, 620, 660–61

  Fager, Jeff, 551, 595, 643

  Failure Analysis, 557

  Fair Play (Benjamin), 193

  Faith 7 mission, 422

  Fallaci, Oriana, 278

  Falwell, Jerry, 636

  fan club, Cronkite, 488–89, 499, 519

  Fanon, Frantz, 394

  Fearer, Jane, 398

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

  and Cronkite-CIA rumor, 519

  Ellsberg and, 459, 460, 461, 463

  investigation of Cronkite, 444

  Pike Committee report on, 508

  Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 152, 211, 229, 265, 442

  Fairness Doctrine, 384

  ham radio license to Cronkite, 649

  and KCMO radio, 46, 49

  and LBJ’s purchase of KTBC radio, 285–86

  TV license renewals, 475, 477

  Feder, Robert, 487–88, 499, 520

  Felling, Bill, 491–92, 552

  feminism, 470, 522–23

  Fiedler, Arthur, 190

  Field Guide to Texas and Adjacent States (Peterson), 438

  50 Plus magazine, 535

  Fighting 69th, The (movie), 95

  filibuster, Senate, 294, 295

  Finch, Peter, 521

  First Amendment rights, 248, 460, 461

  Flanner, Janet, 132

  Flashbacks (Safer), 347

  Fleischer, John, 122

  “Flight of Apollo 13, The” (CBS News), 436

  Florida Power & Light Company, 437

  football broadcasting, 59, 85

  Forbes, Malcolm, 592

  Ford, Betty, 541

  Ford, Gerald, 559

  and end of Vietnam War, 512, 513

  and 1976 elections, 517, 520

  at 1980 GOP Convention, 540–42

  and Nixon pardon, 503

  presidency of, 502, 509, 511, 513–14

  at Sadat’s memorial service, 562

  Ford, Henry, 16

  Ford Foundation, 355

  Foreign Correspondent (movie), 247

  foreign policy issues, U.S., 349–50, 351

  Forester, C. S., 501

  Forrestal, U.S.S., 234

  Fort Riley, Kansas, 346

  Fortune magazine, 54

  Forty Days (Simon), 607

  Fouhy, Ed, 361, 362, 384, 466

  fourth estate, 33, 47, 507–8

  Fox, David, 413, 414

  Fox News Channel, 315, 487, 621, 631, 651

  Foyt, A. J., 33

  Frank, Reuven, 164, 181–82, 256–57

  Frederika of Greece, Queen, 280

  Freedman, Mike, 628, 629

  Freedom of Information Act, 444

  Freedom 7 mission, 227–29

  Freedom Summer of 1964, 296–98

  Freedom Train, 515

  Freud, Anna, 540

  Friend, David, 11, 590–91

  Friendly, Fred, 231, 289, 299, 446, 540

  apology to Cronkite, 587

  on Cronkite’s Evening News broadcast, 254

  and Hear It Now radio show, 149

  and Kennedy assassination, 277, 284

  Mickelson and, 176

  and Murrow, 157

  and 1964 elections, 308, 311, 312, 316, 317–18, 319, 321, 587

  as president of CBS News, 284, 293–94, 295

  replaces Salant, 284, 354

  resignation from CBS, 354–56

  and Sevareid, 311–12

  and Vietnam War, 301, 348, 349, 350, 354

  Friendly, Ruth, 587

  Friendship 7 mission, 232, 233–34, 254

  Fritsche, Ed (uncle), 17

  Fritsche, Edward and Matilda (maternal grandparents), 13, 14, 15, 27

  Froines, John, 406

  Fromson, Murray, 484

  From Whistle Stop to Sound Bite (Mickelson), 160

  Frontier Pony Express (film), 15

  Frost, Robert, 587

  Fulbright, J. William, 380, 449

  Fuller, Jack, 615

  Furness, Betty, 166

  Fuss, Bob, 629

  Gabel, Martin, 174

  Gable, Clark, 96, 104

  Gabor, Zsa Zsa, 559

  Gabrielson, Guy, 161

  Gaddy, Rev. C. Welton, 623, 644

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p; Gagarin, Yuri, 226–27

  Galbraith, John Kenneth, 454, 571

  gambling, illegal, 231

  game shows, television, 153, 155, 158, 166, 186–87

  Garbo, Greta, 579

  Garroway, Dave, 178, 179

  Gast, Paul, 426

  Gates, E. C. “Gumshoe,” 33

  Gates, Gary Paul, 403, 406

  Gay Raiders, 494–95

  gay rights issues, censorship and, 495–96

  Gemini missions, 332–34, 336, 338

  generation gap, 401, 402

  Generation Islam (CNN), 663

  Geneva Conventions, 78, 134

  George C. Polk Award, 458

  George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX, 598

  George, Walter, 25

  Georgia State University, 538

  Gephardt, Dick, 598, 638

  Germany

  Allied air war against, 89–91, 93–95, 97–98, 108–9, 112

  and Battle of the Bulge, 122–23

  Goldwater’s trip to Berchtesgaden, 305–6, 307

  Nuremberg trials, 131–36, 654

  and Operation Market Garden, 117–20

  surrender and defeat of, 125, 126, 127–28, 131

  UP bureau in, 129

  Gervasi, Frank, 49, 64

  Gilligan’s Island (CBS TV), 289

  Gish, Lillian, 31

  Gitlin, Todd, 381

  Glasgow, Scotland, 87

  Glasser, Hinda, 332, 541

  Gleason, Jackie, 317

  Glenn, John, Jr., 237, 254, 307, 332–33, 413

  and Cronkite’s death, 660–61

  Friendship 7 mission, 232–36

  second space mission, 626–29

  global warming, 437

  Godfrey, Arthur, 317

  Goebbels, Joseph, 133, 177

  Going After Cacciato (O’Brien), 384–85

  Goldberg, Andrew, 34

  Goldberg, Arthur, 351

  Golden, William, 200

  gold standard, 478

  Goldwater, Barry, 303–6, 307–8, 309, 311, 312, 313, 314, 316, 320, 325, 341, 478, 577

  Goldwater, Michael, 309

  Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (CBS TV), 289

  gonorrhea, 365

  Goodall, Jane, 555

  Goodman, Alice, 593

  Goodman, Andrew, 297, 301

  Goodman, Ellen, 470

  Good Morning America (ABC News), 572

  Goodson, Mark, 158

  Goodwin, Richard, 390

  Gorbachev, Mikhail, 608, 609

  Gordon, Dick, 426

  Gore, Al, 437, 599, 619, 631

  Göring, Hermann, 135

  Gorkin, Michael, 535

  gossip columnists, 37–38

  Gould, Jack, 141, 184, 185, 187, 210, 216, 230, 292, 320, 321, 326, 333–34, 382, 398, 418

  Gould, Stanhope, 366, 373, 400, 402, 405, 469, 471, 476, 477

  Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Kansas City, MO., 69–70

  Grace, Thomas and Colette, 434–35

  Graf, Steffi, 595

  Graham, Caroline, 653

  Graham, Fred, 604

  Graham, Katharine, 457–58, 508

  Gralnick, Jeff, 338, 370, 373, 375, 376, 402, 408

  Grand Central Terminal, New York City, 167, 234–35

  Grandin, Thomas, 105

  Grateful Dead, 593, 594, 662

  Great Britain

  Battle of Britain, 73–75

  Cronkite’s war coverage in London, 87–115, 123–25

  Great Depression, 23, 27–28, 29, 37, 40, 42, 55, 150, 298, 358, 509

  Greatest Generation, 401

  Great Society policies, Johnson’s, 287, 393, 415

  Greenberg, Paul, 474, 484

  Greene, Felix, 350

  Greenhill, Joe, 37

  Greening of America, The (Reich), 437

  Greenspan, Alan, 542

  Grenada invasion of 1983, 605

  Gretel (yacht), 244

  Grey Lying-In Hospital, St. Joseph, MO, 15, 442

  Griffin, Merv, 179

  Grissom, Virgil I. “Gus,” 229–30, 236, 332, 336

  Gross, Ben, 149

  Grunwald, Henry, 409

  Guide to the Birds (Peterson), 438

  Guiding Light, The (CBS TV), 357

  Gulf of Tonkin incident (Vietnam), 300–301, 302, 341

  Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 301, 362, 380, 394

  Gulf Oil headquarters, Houston, TX, 23

  Gulf War, 515, 604–7

  Gulf War II, 637

  Guthrie, Woody, 190

  Hackes, Peter, 234

  Hagenbuch, Glenn E., 97

  Hagerty, Jim, 273

  Hague Conventions, 134

  Haig, Alexander, 552

  Haise, Fred, 428–29, 436

  Halberstam, David, 158, 165, 242, 301, 346–47, 350, 367, 370, 386, 533, 574

  Haldeman, H. R., 448, 475

  Hales, Sam, 129

  Haley, Andrew G., 416

  Hallmark Corporation, 86, 306

  Hannan, Philip M., 280

  Hannity, Sean, 637

  Happy Days (ABC TV), 517

  Harbach, Bill, 243, 662

  Hardeman, D. B., 36

  Hardesty, Bob, 490–91

  Harding, Warren G., 20

  Harriman, Averell, 188

  Harrington, Mark, 520, 538, 560–61

  Harris, Bernard, 628

  Harris, Julie, 412–13

  Harris, Lou, 325

  Hart, Gary, 573, 599

  Hart, John, 484

  Hart, Mickey, 594, 623–24, 646, 656, 662, 665

  Harvard Law School, 248

  Harvard University, 540

  “Harvest of Shame” (CBS Reports), 208, 217, 219, 336

  Hayden, Tom, 406

  Hayden Planetarium, New York City, 194

  HBO, 558

  HDNet, 643–44

  Hear It Now (radio program), 149

  Hearst Corporation, 41

  Hébert, Felix Edward, 156

  Hechinger Company, 154, 155

  Hecht Department Store, Washington, D.C., 155

  Heller, Joseph, 579

  Hendricks, John, 329, 558, 609–10, 614, 619

  Herman, George E., 222, 257, 425, 471

  Hero with a Thousand Faces, The (Campbell), 428

  Hersh, Seymour M., 446

  Herskowitz, Mickey, 510

  Hertzberg, Sidney, 199

  Hess, Rudolf, 135

  Hewitt, Don, 153, 194, 223, 570

  and CBS Evening News, 252–53, 255, 257–58, 259, 261, 324

  on CBS’s special events team, 225

  on Cronkite and Murrow, 172

  and Cronkite’s death, 659

  on Edwards, 150–51, 245

  and Kennedy assassination, 270, 272, 274, 277, 279

  marriage, 259

  memoir, 124, 411, 511

  on Murrow and Cronkite, 210

  and 1952 elections, 158, 161, 162, 163, 166, 167, 169, 308

  and 1956 elections, 183, 184

  and 1960 elections, 206, 211

  and 1964 elections, 309, 312, 313, 316, 320, 321

  producer of 60 Minutes, 326, 411, 524, 642

  and space coverage, 234–35, 332

  and Turner bid for CBS, 585

  Hewitt, Frankie Childers, 259

  Hicks, George, 112

  Higgins, Marguerite, 131

  High Cronkite and Low Cronkite personas, 195, 517

  Hight, Finis, 24–25

  Hill, Gladwin, 94, 95, 97, 100, 431r />
  Himmler, Heinrich, 133

  Hinckley, John, 552

  hippies, 399, 401–2, 407

  Hiroshima, Japan, 130–31

  Historical Research Foundation, 464

  History Channel, 556, 576, 646

  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

 

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