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Washington Reporting: Cronkite, Nixon, and 1971

Joshua Resnek recalls a spring 1970 White House encounter with President Nixon and his presence at the April 1971 Vietnam Veterans Against the War events in Washington.

In a separate memoir manuscript, Resnek writes about coming of age from Walter Cronkite's coverage of President Kennedy's assassination through Georgetown, Washington, Vietnam-era upheaval, and Apollo 11.

A Spring 1970 Encounter

In a scene dated spring 1970, Resnek recalls being on the White House grounds when President Richard Nixon told him to cut his hair. That encounter gave the manuscript its working title: Nixon Told Me To Cut My Hair.

April 1971: Vietnam Veterans Against the War

The manuscript also places Resnek at the April 1971 Senate and Vietnam Veterans Against the War events in Washington and at the medal-return demonstration. In his separately approved firsthand recollection, Resnek remembers standing about two feet from John Kerry.

A reporter's eye on a country transformed by conflict.

The published 2011 Kindle title The Evening News with Walter Cronkite is available on Amazon. The manuscript appears revised or retitled, but the exact edition relationship remains unconfirmed. It is not a Chelsea Series volume, and no separate publication details have been announced.

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