Roberts, Charles Wesley, 1916-1992

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Roberts, Charles Wesley, 1916-1992

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Bio: Charles Wesley Roberts (1916-1992) was a graduate of University of Minnesota. He worked for the City News Bureau in Chicago, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun, and the Chicago Sun-Times. In 1951, he joined Newsweek and became the White House correspondent in which capacity he covered the adminstrations of Eisenhower, Kenney, Johnson and Nixon. He was one of three journalists present to witness the swearing in of President Johnson aboard Air Force One after President Kennedy's assassination. After leaving Newsweek, he became director of the Washington Journalism Center, and then director of information for the National Wildlife Federation from which he retired in 1982.

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LBJ Connection: White House correspondent, Newsweek