Youth Wants To Know – Sen. Wayne Morse – 1957 Never one to shy away from controversy or taking a stand, Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Oregon) was interviewed on the NBC Radio Program Youth Wants To Know, regarding the Middle-East in general and the Suez Canal in particular, which was undergoing
May 25, 1986 – CBS Radio Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 25, 1986 – Forty years to the day, America held hands with each other in the name of poverty and hunger and it became a huge media lovefest. Hands Across America was the brainchild of
Story Behind The Headlines: The Palestine Question – Dec. 7, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Editors note: I originally ran this story in 2013, during another period of violence and upheaval in the Middle-East. Thirteen years later, the situation has only spiraled further out of control and the divisions
Never any shortage of scandal where Capitol Hill is concerned, and this April 30th in 1979 was no different. The Senate Ethics Committee was getting ready to hold hearings on violations by Georgia Senator Herman Talmadge and abuses of power, campaign funds and a file cabinet full of other embarrassments.
– Chicago University Roundtable of The Air – Emotions And World Problems – Oct. 31, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection One gets the impression the latest round of violence gripping seemingly everywhere around the world is part of a new phenomenon – the issues and the political climate
– CBS Radio – Reagan Press Conference Birthday surprise – News On The Hour – February 4, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This February 4th in 1983 started off with a surprise birthday party in the midst of a Presidential Press conference. Two days ahead of schedule (President
Leonard Bernstein – Symphony Nr. 3 “Kaddish” – Boston Symphony, conducted by Charles Munch – January 10, 1964 – BSO Broadcast An American premier of a work by one of Americas most notable Cultural figures; Leonard Bernstein. His Symphony Number 3, subtitled Kaddish was dedicated as a memorial to
– CBS Radio Hourly News – December 17, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Forty-Four years ago on this day, the world was taking a wait-and-see with the goings-on in Poland. Fears of mass demonstrations on the anniversary of the Gdansk Food Riots in 1970 brought a swift preemptive crackdown
Almost overshadowed by the Presidential election, the situation in Hungary quickly spiraled out of control by November 4th 1956. News reports were coming in thick and fast regarding Russian tanks heading for Budapest with the intent on crushing a revolt that had begun in Budapest and spread throughout Hungary. The
– Meet The Press – guest: Dr. Linus Pauling – May 11, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – During the dark days of the 1950s, if you were concerned about the effects of nuclear testing on the atmosphere, were a peace activist and wanted to ban use of the
