RICHARD SALANT, FORMER PRESIDENT OF CBS NEWS, DIES

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 17, 1993                   TAG: 9302170092
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: STATE 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: FAIRFIELD, CONN.                                LENGTH: Short
RICHARD SALANT, FORMER PRESIDENT OF CBS NEWS, DIES
Retired CBS News President Richard Salant, who oversaw the introduction of "60 Minutes" and the "CBS Morning News," died Tuesday while giving a speech. He was 78.
Salant was speaking at a luncheon meeting of a group of senior citizens at the Country Club of Fairfield when he collapsed, CBS reported. The network said the cause of death was heart failure.
"Dick was doing what he loved best," said Mike Wallace, CBS News correspondent. "He was talking about covering news and the difficulties reporters face in getting to the heart of a story."
Salant, who retired in 1979, was known as a staunch defender of First Amendment rights and a television news pioneer.
Salant directed CBS' coverage of the Vietnam War, the Apollo 11 moon landing and the assassinations of President Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Sen. Robert Kennedy.
During his tenure, the "CBS Evening News" became the first half-hour network newscast to be televised each Monday through Friday. CBS' top-rated news magazine "60 Minutes" and the "CBS Morning News" also were introduced.

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB