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Springtime In Salonika – The Big Four Conference – Aid For Greece – March 21, 1947

Subscribe? Become a Patron! – NBC Radio – News for March 21, 1947 – News for this first day of Spring in 1947 was about the situation in Salonika and economic crisis spreading throughout Europe, with Greece and Turkey in…

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March 21, 2024

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Economy In Downturn – Leaving Phnom Penh – Crisis In Cyprus – February 14, 1975

Works wonders: Become a Patron! – News for February 14, 1975 – News for this Valentine’s Day in 1975 was anything but heart-warming. It was all about the Recession. It was about unemployment and it was about bleak economic figures.…

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February 14, 2024

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Gerald Ford And The Economy In Nosedive – February 1, 1975

A little love goes a long way: Become a Patron! – CBS Radio – The World This Week- ending February 1, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Somehow, it always winds up being about the Economy. This first day of…

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February 1, 2024

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Flood Bribery Trial – Marvin Vs. Marvin Palimony Trial – Moscone Murder Trial – Trial And Tribulation In Tehran – January 17, 1979

We could use the help, honest: Become a Patron! – News for January 17, 1979 – With the situation in Iran getting more and more chaotic, troops loyal to The Shah opened fire on groups of demonstrators around the country…

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January 17, 2024

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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…

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January 11, 2024

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Iran And The Patient On Floor 17 – October 23, 1979

– CBS World News Roundup – October 23, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this October 23rd in 1979 was a harbinger of things to come. On this day, The Shah of Iran arrived in New York…

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October 23, 2023

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Assassination Of Anwar Sadat – October 6, 1981

– CBS Radio News – Bulletins, reports, newscasts – October 6, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day in 1981, the news was filled with reports that Egyptian President Anwar Sadat had been the victim of an assassination.…

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October 6, 2023

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VE Day + 1: A Year After Toasts And Hugs; Suspicion – May 8, 1946

And a year to the day after the “official” VE Day end to the War in Europe, the creeping Cold War was making its presence known on this May 8th in 1946. As Europe continued to dig itself out of…

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May 8, 2023

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Maurizio Pollini With Seiji Ozawa And The Boston Symphony – Music Of Ives And Brahms – 1983 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert

Boston Symphony – Seiji Ozawa, Cond. – Maurizio Pollini, Piano – March 10, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Only two works this week, but they are widely admired works done by one of the world’s great symphony orchestras,…

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April 12, 2023
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Yugoslavia And Greece: Next On The List – April 6, 1941

Blue Network – Our Foreign Policy – April 6, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the sudden turn of events in the Balkans, Germany had now opened an Eastern Front. While this broadcast was on the air, Germany…

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April 6, 2023

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