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Oral history transcript, Robert J. McCloskey, interview 1 (I), 5/1/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • newspapers, had their best on the beat: Murrey Marder, Chal [Chalmers] Roberts of the Washington Post; Ned [E. W.] Kenworthy, Bill Jorden, Max Frankel of the New York Times; Pete Lisagor of the Chicago Daily News; John Cauley of the Kansas City Star; Paul
  • McCloskey’s work in foreign service and as State Department spokesman; reporters; Vietnam; credibility gap; coordinating briefings with the White House and the Pentagon; new mission of the marines in 1965; withholding information from the press
Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 1 (I), 5/31/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • got acquainted over that He also went out to get the support of some of the smaller newspapers. He didn't rely on the Dallas News, which he of course didn't have. But he wor ked hard on papers like [those] owned by Mr. Houston Ha.r te. papers
Oral history transcript, James L. Noel, interview 1 (I), 6/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • in his room there. We talked about the senatorial campaign of 1941 and his experiences which he had just undergone attached to MacArthur's command in Gaudalcanal and New Guinea. I believe they were still on Guadalcanal at that time, or at least New Guinea
Oral history transcript, Walter T. Kerwin, interview 1 (I), 9/13/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • forth. And it finally was resolved after a while. G: Okay. Let's talk a little bit about Tet; that always strikes chords. What was your personal vantage point to observe the kickoff of that and the ensuing days? K: That was New Year's, Tet. I can
Oral history transcript, C. Robert Perrin, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • the University of Minnesota. you joined the United Press in Detroit. In 1948 And in 1949 you joined the Detroit Free Press and became a labor editor. You, at that time, also acted as a correspondent for the New York Times, Business Week, and Newsweek