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He Treats It With Speed, Accuracy And Respect F OR MORE THAN five years Douglas Edwards, a sandy-haired, sober-faced commentator with a smooth delivery, has been a major source of news information for a large segment of TV viewers. When he announced the names of 14 POWs just freed from Korea, for example, he got word from four grateful families that they heard the glad tidings first on his show. A former radio news announcer and editor, foreign correspondent and CBS reporter, Edwards at 36 con¬ stitutes one half of TV’s two-fisted punch in the field of straight report¬ ing—the other thrust coming from NBC’s John Cameron Swayze. Like Swayze, Edwards is sold on straight reporting. Seldom, if ever, does he impose a conclusion or inter¬ pret the news. “If you do a sufficient¬ ly good job of reporting,” says Doug, “you don’t need to analyze.” The “CBS Television News Room,” where Douglas Edwards With the News emanates, is located just off Park Avenue in Manhattan’s rickety Liederkranz Hall. The news room it¬ self is actually a two-sided scenery piece that looks like wood paneling, and is equipped with a simple desk and chair. There’s no drama of the Front Page. No chatter of teletype machines. No copy boys rushing hot flashes just off the wire. At times, however, last-minute stuff throws Edwards’ staff into a mild panic. Doug will accept eleventh- hour film clips even though his show has been virtually set. “Once,” he re¬ calls,” we showed film received five 22