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...networks, of course, was the performance of their regulars. ABC staffers were the least authoritative and articulate. NBC, with its emphasis on the machinations of the floor, played down Anchormen Chet Huntley and David Brinkley and gave the ball to its fearsome foursome of floor reporters: John Chancellor, Frank McGee, Edwin Newman and Sander Vanocur. In the continuing absence of actual news, they desperately darted from delegation to delegation, chasing down the rumors that are always the prime medium of convention exchange. TV in general not only enabled rumors to feed on themselves but tended to make much of flurries...
TOMORROW'S WORLD: FEEDING THE BILLIONS (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). An NBC News report on how scientists hope to answer the problem of increasing world food shortages. Newscaster Frank McGee examines such experimentation as the production of algae from industrial, domestic and agricultural waste as a source of cheap protein. Repeat...
...including Eric Sevareid, Roger Mudd, Harry Reasoner and Mike Wallace, will report on the opening session today from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and on the evening sessions throughout the week from 7:30 p.m. to conclusion. NBC, with Anchormen Chet Huntley and David Brinkley and Floor Reporters Frank McGee, John Chancellor, Sander Vanocur and Edwin Newman, will cover opening-day sessions (9:30 a.m. to end of daytime action and 7:30 p.m. to conclusion) and portions of the week's activities live from Convention Hall. ABC will limit its coverage to a 90-minute summary...
...newsmen and their producers seemed themselves too numbed to grasp full command of the story until several hours after the shooting. Huntley and Brinkley seemed uncommonly beside the point; the early reporting hours demanded more footwork and fast talk-and less punditry. NBC anchorman Frank McGee shared with Sander Vanocur the credit for the coolest and ablest reporting on any channel...
SAME MUD, SAME BLOOD (NBC, 10-11 p.m.).* NBC News Correspondent Frank McGee's account of the role of the Negro soldier in Viet Nam, filmed during a month under combat conditions with the 101st U.S. Airborne Division. Repeat...