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. From 1936 through 1963 you were associated with the Chattanooga Times as a reporter, then Washington correspondent, and finally editor of the News Focus service. This last period was from 1958 to 1963. In 1963 you became a columnist for the Chicago

during my freshman year. I later became Rice correspon- dent for the Chronicle, and went on into journalism. went into politics. years. President Johnson Therefore we still had a close association over the We saw each other a great deal, communicated

Oral history transcript, Peter B. Benchley, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

as a general assignment reporter for about six months till the end of 1963, then went to Newsweek in early 1964, spent three years there as an associate editor largely in charge of the radio and television departments, otherwise just "swing writing

Oral history transcript, William J. Crockett, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

lucky I just think that our association turned out right. For example, in our visit in Korea, the big mix-up when they lost a favorite suit of his, and by luck, more than anything else, I was able to get it back. ing. I retrieved it. There was a big

Oral history transcript, Ben Wattenberg, interview 2 (II), 11/29/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

up going, and he got very, very good coverage on it on televj~lon B: Did you write that speech? W: Yes. Where were we? Yes, and the newspapers. you really are very much in business for yourself; but there is rivalry also. I think

Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

it over the radio. G: You had not really become close to him? W: Oh, I did not know him then. G: I see. Well, descri be the process whereby you became closely associated with him. W: Mainly through Judge and Mrs. Homer Thornberry, because
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