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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

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