Thank God, this post doesn't link to an obituary.
When I was a kid in the seventies, my parents loved to watch the network news, and I loathed the news. I don't know if it had anything to do with the bad stuff coming over the news at that time (Vietnam, the Yom Kippur War, Watergate), but I found any time devoted to the news to be utterly boring and a waste of valuable cartoon-viewing opportunities.
The one exception was a series of newsbits CBS ran on Saturday mornings, in the interstices between cartoons, called "In The News." These segments would take a current news item and simplify it to the point where a kid could understand it. Although CBS's top news program was 60 Minutes, these segments ran about 60 seconds, yet conveyed a clear picture of whatever they discussed.
The voice of In The News was Christopher Glenn; and incredibly, Mr. Glenn continued broadcasting with CBS news until his retirement this past Thursday, at the age of 67, after a fifty-year broadcasting career. If anyone deserves the fruits of retirement, it's Mr. Glenn.
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