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<DIV>heck nixon hated the press.... the fewer the better</DIV>
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<DIV>Ed#</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 8/10/2014 3:02:45 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
alan@snugglebunny.us writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>On
8/9/2014 11:33 AM, Ed Sharpe via QuadList wrote:<BR>><BR>> ok... why
were everyone besides CBS personal tossed out during
the filming?<BR><BR>My guess? Nixon may have suspected that if there
were family and/or <BR>staff members in the room during the broadcast, they
would be very <BR>emotional, and that would make it more difficult for him to
finish the <BR>speech. Presumably the CBS crew would be able to remain more
detached.<BR><BR>Interesting thing I learned this morning (aside from the fact
that CBS <BR>handled the pool)--the CBS camera technician in the Oval Office
for that <BR>speech (I believe his name was George Nicholas) was interviewed
this <BR>morning on "Face The Nation". Not a tough "get" for FTN--Mr. Nicholas
is <BR>still with CBS-Washington and operates Bob Schieffer's straight-on
<BR>camera every Sunday
morning.<BR><BR>ak<BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>