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...Cronkite. At least that's the way it was at 10:10 Wednesday night. Within 15 minutes, CBS floor correspondents began hearing that the deal was coming unstuck. At 11:54 Dan Rather's worried voice crackled across the network's internal radio system. "Tell the anchor booth to be very careful," he said urgently. "There's something very strange going on here...
...Rather finished his report, Ford walked into the CBS anchor booth for a previously scheduled interview with Cronkite. It turned out to be a remarkable conversation, somewhat reminiscent of Cronkite's electronic diplomacy in 1977 bringing together Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. Ford opened the possibility of returning to Washington if he had "a meaningful role across the board." He added, "Before I can even consider any revision in the firm position I have taken, I have to have responsible assurances...
...chief Washington correspondent," and there was speculation that he would succeed John Chancellor as anchorman, perhaps as early as next year. Said Chancellor: "I think I will stay beyond the elections, but I don't know how long." One knowledgeable correspondent sized up NBC'S anchor situation this way: "What [News President William] Small has in mind is keeping Chancellor on if he wants to stay and betting that Chancellor will catch up in the ratings with CBS when Cronkite goes. If he doesn't, then Small will try the combination of Jessica Savitch and Mudd...
...offered Mudd an evening news anchor position in New York (joining those in Washington, Chicago and London), but he did not want to leave his native Washington, where he has worked in television for 24 years. Indeed, Mudd's professional reputation rests almost entirely on his reporting in the capital, a fact that seemed to hurt him in comparisons with Rather, who has done tours in London, Viet Nam and Washington. Says Washington Star Political Writer Jules Witcover: "Among the writing press covering politics, Mudd is considered the top broadcast reporter. He's the one guy who really...
...tall ships sailed into Boston Harbor last week, proud remnants of the age of sail on hand to mark that historic city's 350th birthday. But Cambridge historians will tell you that, some 990 years ago when the first ships blew into the Harbor, they didn't set anchor till they had journeyed up the river to Cambridge. Leif Ericson, these archaeologists contend, was the first Cantabrigian, and his settlement here may well have been the first European colony in the New World...