Howard K. Smith

Howard Kingsbury Smith (May 12, 1914 – February 15, 2002) was an American journalist, radio reporter, television anchorman and commentator, and one of the original Murrow boys. Image File history File links HowardKSmith. ... Image File history File links HowardKSmith. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Murrow’s Boys, or “The Murrow Boys,” were the CBS broadcast journalists most closely associated with Edward R. Murrow during his years at the network, specifically the years before and during World War II. Murrow recruited a number of newsmen and women to CBS during his years as a correspondent...

Born in Ferriday, Louisiana (Concordia Parish), Smith graduated from Tulane University in New Orleans in 1936, with both a bachelor's degree and an L.L.D. He was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University (Merton College) from which he graduated in September 1939. He immediately went to work for United Press as London reporter and in January 1940 was sent to Berlin where he soon went to work for CBS. He visited Hitler's mountain retreat at Berchtesgaden and interviewed many of the most prominent Nazis, including Hitler himself, SS leader Heinrich Himmler and propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. Ferriday is a town located in Concordia Parish, Louisiana. ... Concordia Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... Tulane University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Superscript text Rhodes House in Oxford, designed by Sir Herbert Baker. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... College name The House of Scholars of Merton Named after Walter de Merton Established 1264 Sister College Peterhouse Warden Prof. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... United Press International (UPI) is a global news agency headquartered in the United States filing news in English, Spanish and Arabic. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... CBS is derived from an abbreviation of Columbia Broadcasting System, the former legal name of a company Westinghouse Electric Corporation acquired in 1995. ... Hitler redirects here. ... Berchtesgaden is a town in the German Bavarian Alps. ... National Socialism redirects here. ...   (October 7, 1900 – May 23, 1945) was the commander of the German Schutzstaffel (SS) and one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany. ... Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels (29 October 1897–1 May 1945), Nazi German politician, was Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda throughout the regime of Adolf Hitler from 1933 to 1945. ...

In December 1941 Smith was one of the last American reporters to leave Berlin before Germany and the United States went to war. Smith's 1942 book, Last Train from Berlin: An Eye-Witness Account of Germany at War describes the reporter's observations from Berlin in the year after the departure of Berlin Diary author William L. Shirer. Last Train from Berlin became an American best-seller and was reprinted in 2001, shortly before Smith's death. For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Berlin Diary (1934-1941) is a first-hand account of the rise of the Third Reich and its road to war, as witnessed by the American journalist William L. Shirer. ... Shirer after winning a National Book Award in 1961 for his The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, pictured with fellow authors and award winners Conrad Richter and Randall Jarrell. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Unable to leave Switzerland, Smith reported what he could when the Swiss government would let him. After the liberation of France in 1944, Smith reported on the war effort on the frontlines of Europe for CBS News. He was by then a significant member of the "Murrow Boys" (after Edward R. Murrow) that made CBS News the dominant broadcast news organization of the era. In May 1945 he returned to Berlin to recount the German surrender. Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ... April 8, 1956: CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow talking to reporters during a stop in Wiesbaden, Germany. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ...

After the war Smith continued to work for CBS as the anchor reporter for CBS Reports. He chaired the first televised presidential debate between Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon. For other persons named John Kennedy, see John Kennedy (disambiguation). ... Nixon redirects here. ...

In 1962 he left his job at CBS over a dispute about a documentary called "Who Speaks for Birmingham." This in-depth investigation concerned the battle between civil rights advocates and the police of Birmingham. His commentary at the end of the piece led to a dispute with CBS management about his reporting of the civil rights movement, and he left CBS. 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ...

1962, becomes ABC TV news anchor

Smith moved to ABC at a time when that network's news division was a distant third among the "Big Three" networks. After the 1962 mid-term elections, Smith presented prematurely "The Political Obituary of Richard Nixon" on ABC. Smith referred to Nixon's "last press conference after his disastrous campaign against Democrat Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, Sr., for governor of California. In that press conference, the former vice president told the media representatives that they would not have Nixon "to kick around any more." Within four years, however, Nixon was on the road to a great political comeback. A news anchor (US,Can. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Republican Party. ... Edmund Gerald Brown Sr. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

In 1969, the veteran reporter became the co-anchor of ABC's Evening news, first with Frank Reynolds, then with Harry Reasoner. Smith, Reynolds, and Reasoner were allowed to do commentaries during the broadcasts, unusual for network evening news programs but seen by ABC as a way to differentiate its show from the competition. Year 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Frank Reynolds (November 29, 1923 – July 20, 1983), was a TV journalist for ABC. He is best remembered as anchor of the ABC Evening News (now World News) from 1968-1970 and 1978-1983. ... Harry Reasoner (April 17, 1923 – August 6, 1991) was an American journalist known for his use of language as a television commentator. ...

ABC News commentator Howard K. Smith with Richard M. Nixon in 1971..

During the 1972 presidential campaign, a letter was published that he had written to candidate U.S. Senator Edmund Sixtus Muskie of Maine, which indicated Smith's full support for Muskie -- using ABC stationery. Muskie had also been the Democrats' vice-presidential candidate with presidential nominee Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota in 1968. This was during a contentious period when the Nixon administration was claiming that the press was biased in its news coverage. Image File history File links Howard_K._Smith. ... Image File history File links Howard_K._Smith. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Edmund Muskie (March 28, 1914 – March 26, 1996) was an American Democratic politician from Maine. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. ... Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Area  Ranked 12th  - Total 87,014 sq mi (225,365 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 400 miles (645 km)  - % water 8. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 - April 22, 1994) was the thirty-sixth (1953–1961) Vice President, and the thirty-seventh (1969–1974) President of the United States. ...

Smith remained as co-anchor at ABC until 1976 and stayed briefly as an analyst, but left as the Roone Arledge era of ABC News began. 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... ABC News logo ABC News is a division of ABC television and radio networks (ABC), owned by The Walt Disney Company. ...

Smith also appeared in a number of films, often as himself. The films include The Candidate (1972), Nashville (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), **The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas** (1982), and the television series V (1984).' This article is about motion pictures. ... The Candidate is an American film released in 1972, starring Robert Redford. ... Nashville is a 1975 film which mixes themes of U.S. presidential politics with those of the country music and gospel music businesses in Nashville, Tennessee. ... This article is about the film; for the classification, see Close encounter. ... The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a stage and film musical written by Larry L. King. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... V is a two-part 1983 NBC sci-fi miniseries, written and directed by Kenneth Johnson. ...

Along with "Last Train from Berlin," he wrote three other books: a memoir, "Events Leading Up to My Death: The Life of a Twentieth-Century Reporter" in 1996 and a children's book, "Washington, D.C.; the story of our Nation's Capital," in 1967; The Population Explosion in 1960. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...

His son, Jack Smith, was an ABC correspondent, winning Peabody and Emmy awards for his coverage of technology. He died in Marin County, in 2004. Smith also had a daughter, Catherine, by his March 1942 marriage to Benedicte Traberg. There are several people named Jack Smith: Jack Smith, the co-founder of Hotmail Jack Smith, actor Jack Smith, Liverpool football player Jack Smith, Manchester United football player Jack Smith, musician Jack Smith, NASCAR driver Jack Smith, Canadian politician Jack Smith (baseball player), Former minor league baseball player This is... Marin County (pronounced mah-RIN) is a county located in the North San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Among honors which Smith received over the years were DuPont Awards in 1955 and 1963, a Sigma Delta Chi Award for radio journalism in 1957, and an award from the American Jewish Congress in 1960. 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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External links

• Museum of Broadcast Communications
• Spartacus Educational website
• Who's Who in America, 1972 edition