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, 431
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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