Walter Cronkite began anchoring the CBS evening news on this day

On this day in 1962, Walter Cronkite began anchoring the CBS evening news. Cited as "the most trusted man in America", Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. began with a series of newspaper reporting jobs. Cronkite quickly became one of the top American reporters, reporting on World War II where he was one of eight journalists selected to fly with bombing raids over Germany. Learn more in today's KTAR timeline brought to you by Beatitudes Campus. 

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