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November 23, 1970 – A Search Continues, A War Goes On, The View From Folsom – Nixon Overrides A Veto –

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”5747″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”November 23, 1970 – NBC News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] A day a lot happened. This November 23rd in 1970 heard reports of an unsuccessful attempt to free American prisoners in a North Vietnamese detention camp. The raid itself was successful, but the

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October 26, 1972 – Henry Kissinger: “We Believe. . .That Peace Is At Hand”

Part 1: [laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”53407″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”October 26, 1972 – Henry Kissinger Press Conference – Part 1 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Part 2: [laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”53408″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”October 26, 1972 – Henry Kissinger Press Conference -Part 2- Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] October 26, 1972. A

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Making The Case For War – June 30, 1966

  . . . LBJ – Address In Omaha, Nebraska – June 30, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Hot on the heels of Robert McNamara‘s announcement the day before of stepped up air raids over North Vietnam, President Johnson went on the road to make the sales pitch, this

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The Long, Hot Bummer Continues – July 25, 1966

Click on the link here for Audio Player: CBS Radio – The World Tonight – July 25, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection If anybody had any curiosity over why the Hippie Movement became so prevalent in the 1960s,  you only had to hear this newscast to realize what happened.

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The Fog Of Uncertainty – Vietnam – June 21, 1966

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Eric Sevareid Commentary on Vietnam – June 21, 1966 On this day in 1966, mainstream media was still putting an upbeat face on the Vietnam War. Reports of  flagging morale by the Viet-Cong and defectors to the South were outnumbering defectors

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