– NBC News Of The World – Lowell Thomas And The News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 19, 1946 – Six days to Christmas and the world was anything but peaceful. Labor strikes in Naples Italy were threatening to paralyze the city and bring down the fragile Italian
– Voices And Events – For Week Ending -October 22, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This week, 74 years ago the world seemed a different place. Celebrated Poets were leaving, celebrated writers were lecturing. Wars were raging out of control, off-year elections were being fought over and compared
Become a Patron! – NBC Radio – News Of The World – February 27, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this February day in 1945 was full of optimism and momentum. The Western front was now pushing East toward the Rhine River with good reports coming in
We do coffee too: News for Week ending January 29, 1951 – Voices And Events – NBC Radio – News of this January 29th in 1951 began on an ominous note by way of 8th Army Headquarters in Korea when General MacArthur delivered a message to the world indicating the
– CBS Radio – Sunday Night With Mitch Miller – January 21, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A few legendary names this week, interviewed by the inimitable Mitch Miller on his weekly radio program Sunday Evening With Mitch, which ran from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s. Starting
Voices And Events – News-for-week-ending-may-13th-1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another week of war, this week ending on May 13th in 1951. The war this time was Korea and UN troops were preparing for what they believed was a second Spring offensive by North Korean troops. All that was happening
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”49225″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”News for February 13, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Become a Patron! Despite General MacArthur‘s spin that “we are continuing a war of maneuver”, a new phrase had entered into the Korean War Slang dictionary; “Buggin’ out”. On this February day in 1951,
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President Truman campaign address in St. Paul Minnesota – October 13, 1948. In what was considered one of the most bitter election years, the Presidential election of 1948 was also one of the biggest upsets in political history. President Harry S. Truman, the incumbent had what was regarded as one
April 29, 1951 – Voices and Events – Week of April 29,1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sixty-five years ago today, on April 29, 1951, we were looking back at a week full of war, fear, recollections and hope. The Korean War was continuing without let-up. Former Far-East Commander
