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3 Convention Coverage
Many important news beats highlighted NBC News’ comprehensive television coverage.
NBC News television floor reporter Sander Vanocur conducted an exclusive interview with President Johnson in Convention Hall shortly after the benediction. Vanocur’ s interview was carried simultaneously on another network.
In answer to a question by Vanocur, the President described in detail his talk earlier in the day with Senator Humphrey about the duties and burdens of the Vice Presidency.
NBC News was first to report (all times NYT):
— That Senator Eugene McCarthy had sent a telegram to President Johnson removing himself from consideration for the Vice Presidential nomination. This special announcement, at 9:21 a.m. was telecast in New York on WNBC-TV five minutes before competing stations carried the information.
— That President Johnson had asked Senator Hubert Humphrey to come to Washington to discuss the Vice Presidential nomination. NBC News White House correspondent Robert Goralski announced this in a bulletin on NBC-TV at 2:48 p.m. — two minutes earlier than any other network reported it.
— That President Johnson would fly to Atlantic City and appear before the full convention at that night’s session to announce his choice of a running mate; also that President Johnson for the first time acknowledged that he had decided on his choice. Goralski reported both developments from the White House lawn at 7:06 p.m., three minutes ahead of the network competition.
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