CBS Radio News’ “The World Tonight” with Douglas Edwards (1917-1990) reporting, recorded from WCBS-AM, New York, anchored by Pat Parson and Ben Farnsworth. This is an extensive broadcast complete with commercials. Among the news reported in the CBS network news: President Carter concerned about the falling U.S. dollar; dramatic report on the House Assassinations Committee looking into the death of Martin Luther King–star witness James Earl Ray (1928-1998) is heard testifying; HEW Secretary Joseph Califano may face contempt of Congress charges; one year anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley; a power blackout in Memphis blamed on a security guard who got drunk on the job; three Americans have become the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a balloon.

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