May 8, 1987 – CBS News + Gary Hart Announcement and Press Conference – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 8, 1987. a day of announcements and hearings. In Denver, Presidential hopeful Gary Hart addressed a crowd and took himself out of the race, all due to alleged affairs.
February 23, 1987 – CBS World News Roundup – CBS Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 23, 1987 – A milestone day – at the time immersed in Jewish-Russian dissidents and the ongoing Iran-Contra investigation – but also reflecting on the loss of two Popular Culture giants.
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November 13, 1979 – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 13, 1979 – News from Tehran, this day. The demonstrations, flag burnings and chants of Death To America were calmed down a bit this day. Only because Iran had sent emissaries to the
May 3, 1987 – CBS Radio News On The Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 3, 1987 – Just ahead of the hearings over U.S. involvement in clandestine support for the Nicagarua Contras, who were in the midst of fighting the leftist government of Daniel Ortega. President Reagan
March 16, 1988 – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 16, 1988 – A busy day if you lived in Central America. Starting with news from Honduras that an attack by Nicaraguan troops on Contra rebels inside Honduras was causing the White House
March 8, 1990 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 8, 1990 – a day built around the operative phrase: “amid reports”, news of a day in flux all over the world. Starting with Afghanistan, where reports were sketchy, but told of a day after
May 11, 1987 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – No shortage of drama and controversies, this May 11, 1987. The joint House-Senate Hearings loooking into the Iran-Contra affair was heading into Week 2 and Witness 2. This week was the beginning of testimony from former
