Category Cold War

Guatemala Earthquake 1976

Guatemala Earthquake: 12,000 Known Dead – A Successor For Zhao Enlai – Moynihan Resigns – February 8, 1976

Passing the hat: Become a Patron! – February 8, 1976 – The World This Week – CBS News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 8, 1976 – 48 years ago this week, news that a devastating earthquake hit Guatemala…

Capitol Hill

Capitol Hill: A Question Of Ethics, A Matter Of Morals, A Subject Of Scrutiny – February 6, 1980

We’re here because you are: Become a Patron! CBS World News Roundup – Newsbreak – 9:00 CBS Radio News – February 6, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This February 6th, 1980 came with a veritable file cabinet stuffed…

January 12, 1982 - Polish TV newscast

Poland: New Day – Old Boss – Frozen Oranges – January 12, 1982

Can we get a bit of love? Tiny bit? – Become a Patron! – January 12, 1982 – CBS Radio News on The Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 12, 1982 – The situation in Poland was escalating…

Unemployment

Unemployment And The War That Won’t Go Away – January 11, 1975

A little help from our friends: Become a Patron! – News for Week Ending January 11, 1975 – The plate was fairly overflowing with news and crises, this week ending January 11th in 1975. Starting with news of the continuing…

Love

Love In America 1955 – Past Daily Evening Gallimaufry

– Love In America – Conversation 1955 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Love in America in 1955. It didn’t seem like such a hot-button topic, but people were starting to question things; the status quo, the…

Nixon

Nixon And The Milk Fund – Drilling In Shale And Wounded Knee – January 8, 1974

News for January 8, 1974 News on this January 8th in 1974 continued with goings-on at The White House. Watergate was not going to go away, much to the Nixon Administration’s wishes it would. The White House did issue a…

Occupied Panama – Overthrown Romania – Frozen Florida – December 26, 1989

– CBS Radio Hourly News – December 26, 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Even though it was the day after Christmas in 1989, the world was still up to its old tricks; upheavals, invasions and intrigues. Starting with the…

Christmas

Pondering Christmas Past – 1956 – Past Daily Reference Room

– NBC Radio – Conversation: Christmas 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Christmas Eve 1956. Certainly a different time – different sets of values, different communication skills, different world all together. But then, as now, the times were nervous…