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All That Mattered: Walter Cronkite anchored first half-hour "CBS Evening News"

Fifty years ago today, "CBS Evening News" expanded to the daily, half-hour format that is still used today. Walter Cronkite anchored the show with a Labor Day interview with President John F. Kennedy. Anthony Mason reports.
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