December 9, 2013

1978. Harry Reasoner Announces the Death of Bill Downs

The Good Old Days

On May 3, 1978, the ABC Evening News anchor Harry Reasoner announced Bill Downs' death from cancer at the age of 63.

1977. Project MKUltra

Project MKUltra

The CIA's Project MKUltra is one of the more troubling controversies surrounding the intelligence community over the decades. Downs contributed to two reports on ABC Evening News in the summer of 1977:

July 20, 1977




August 3, 1977