Peggy Lee (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002)

Lee was a jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer and
actress with a career spanning six decades. She began as a  singer
on local radio to performing with the big band of Benny Goodman. 

Peggy wrote music for films, and acted as well, receiving three Grammy
Awards including the Lifetime Achievement  Award, an Academy Award
nomination  and a ASCAP Award. Lee was inducted into the Songwriters
Hall of Fame in 1999.

             Jay Smith Silverheels (Harold J. Smith) 

                      (May 26, 1912 – March 5, 1980)  

Silverheels was a Canadian Mohawk First Nations actor, well
known for his role as Tonto, the faithful Indian companion of the
character, The Lone Ranger in the long-running ABC television
series (1949-1957). Jay also worked in over 35 movies including
Key Largo (1948), Broken Arrow (1950), and True Grit (1969). He 
continued to make films until he suffered a stroke in 1974. 

Jay Silverheels as Tonto with The Lone Ranger (Clayton Moore)
 

Charles Kuralt preparing copy for the news program

Eyewitness to History was a CBS Friday night public affairs program which 
was initially hosted by veteran broadcaster Charles Kuralt (1960-1961), by 
Walter Cronkite (1961-’62), and Charles Collingwood (1962-1963).

The program aired from September 30, 1960 through July 26, 1963 and was
sponsored by Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. It concentrated on the
most significant news stories, reviewing the events. 

The show’s title was shortened to Eyewitness in 1961 and many local CBS
affiliates adopted the branding "Eyewitness News" for their local newscasts
during the 1960s.

Walter Cronkite in the CBS control booth

Newsman Tom Snyder on the Eyewitness News set at KYW-TV in
Philadelphia, 1965.