Category Conventions

Eisenhower

Eisenhower – Republican Convention – 1952 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room

Become a Patron! As Convention season gets closer (and one can only guess what 2024 will be like), here is a sampler from another Republican Convention – seventy-two years ago – July 11,1952. General Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers the acceptance…

The Troubles – Northern Ireland: Using Real Bullets – Killing Real People – January 30, 1972

We need subscribers: Become a Patron! – NBC Nightly News (audio version) – January 30, 1972 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in 1972 began with reports from Northern Ireland of deadly force used against demonstrators…

Democratic Convention

Democratic Convention Preview – July 5, 1960

– Democratic Convention Preview – NBC Radio Special – July 5, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sixty-three years ago this week, the Democrats got together in Los Angeles to select a standard-bearer. Odds-on favorite was Massachusetts Senator John…

Al Gore - 2000 Convention

August 17, 2000 – Al Gore Accepts A Nomination – Election 2000 – Politics And Conventions

Al Gore Acceptance Speech – 2000 Democratic National Convention – August 17, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 17, 2000. Doesn’t seem that long ago, in retrospect. But what happened in the intervening years probably changed the world…

June 16, 1945 – With An Eye On Human Rights – San Francisco Conference. Post-War Europe.

  Report From The San Francisco Conference – June 16, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. With the San Francisco Conference just days away from closing, a charter was being drawn up for adoption, a new name was given and…

Campaign 1964

September 30, 1964 – Promising The Moon In 1964 – Campaign For The White House

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August 12-13, 1945 – Waiting On Tokyo – Waiting On The White House – Pins And Needles And Business As Usual –

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Outside the convention

July 15, 1964 – GOP Convention – View From The Cow Palace: Sliding Off The Rails.

News for this day, at least in the U.S., had primarily to do with the Republican Convention and the selection of Barry Goldwater as Presidential Candidate. Long thought to be the turning point in the Republican Party, it actually began…

July 5, 1960 – The Circus Comes To L.A. – The 1960 Democratic Convention Preview – Election ’60

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