1960 Democratic Convention
- Date
1960-07-13
- Summary
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(1) Last moments of the convention’s third day. Follow-up stories for the following morning: (2) Interview with Larry O’Brien, director of Kennedy’s campaigns since 1952 (Mike Wallace). (3) Four endings of nomination speeches – Sen. Sam Rayburn for Lyndon Johnson, Minnesota Gov. Orville Freeman for Kennedy, Missouri Gov. James T. Blair Jr. for Stuart Symington, and Sen. Eugene McCarthy for Adlai Stevenson. (4) Kennedy’s speech after winning the nomination. (5) Sound of Wyoming’s votes which put Kennedy over the top. (6) Kennedy’s long, well-organized campaign (Jim Snyder). (7) Pennsylvania Gov. David Lawrence has always backed the winning candidate (Snyder, for KDKA). (8) Kennedy’s win – what it means and what comes next (Jerry Landay). (9) “The House That Jack Built” (Landay). (10) The first official word out of the Kennedy’s organizations apartment after the nomination (Landay). (11) Background on Kennedy’s win (Landay, for WBZ).
- Publisher
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company. Group W
- Genre
Special events radio coverage
- Collection
Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) audio tapes
- Unit
Special Collections and University Archives
- Language
English
- Rights Statement
- In Copyright
- Physical Description
sound tape reel
- Notes
A guide to the full collection of Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) audio tapes is available in our archival collections: https://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/43884
- Other Identifiers
Catalog Key: bcast-077237; Other: 0492-MMC
Access Restrictions
This item is accessible by: the public.