sports announcer and radio broadcaster for the Far East Network of the U.S. Army during the Korean War, Saltman came home to the U.S. and began a television career in NBC working for the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports. He went on work as an executive for WBZ-TV in Boston and WJW-TV in Cleveland, making his mark as a promoter by doing such things as holding a press conference in a submarine underneath Boston Harbor for the TV show The Silent Service. From Cleveland he moved on to a position as a Vice President for MCA in New York, working for what was then the largest and most influential talent agency in America. Saltman left MCA and New York after several years, accepting an offer from the Los Angeles talent agency of Bernard, Williams, and Price to focus his talents on promoting the international career of singing and recording star Andy Williams. While in Los Angeles, he worked as a public relations consultant, promoter, and/or manager for numerous performers including actor Jack Albertson, Wilt Chamberlain, and Roger Miller, and worked as the first national publicist for The Osmonds. Evel Knievel attack In the mid-1970s, Saltman was one of the principals in a company called Invest West Sports. His company was contacted by boxing and sports promoter Bob Arum to invest the money necessary to fund and promote the Snake River Canyon rocket-cycle jump by motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel. Invest West agreed with the condition that Saltman would head up the media promotion. Saltman carried a tape recorder with him to capture elements of the promotion for an upcoming book. Knievel, Arum, and many others involved in the promotion were featured daily on the recordings, all of which they had previously approved. In 1977, Dell Publishing released Saltman's book, Evel Knievel on Tour, which included information that an outraged Knievel claimed misled the public and damaged his reputation. A few weeks after publication, Knievel went onto the lot of 20th Century Fox Studios, where Saltman was by then serving as president of Fox Sports. One of Knievel's friends grabbed Saltman and held him, while Knievel attacked him with an aluminum baseball bat, declaring, "I'm going to kill you!" According to a witness, Knievel struck repeatedly at Saltman's head, while Saltman attempted to block the attack with his left arm. Saltman's arm and wrist were shattered in several places before he fell to