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Become a Subscriber via Patreon: Become a Patron! – NBC Radio News – Life and The World – March 18, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News on this day in 1958 was something of a mixed bag, at…
News on this March 14th in 1948 came by way of commentary on the Marshall Plan for reconstruction of Europe. Branded by some as an unwarranted blank check to the former European allies with no obligation to pay back, while…
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.…
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…
News for January 8, 1974 News on this January 8th in 1974 continued with goings-on at The White House. Watergate was not going to go away, much to the Nixon Administration’s wishes it would. The White House did issue a…
– Henry Wallace Campaign Address – October 4, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October of 1948, aside from everything else going on in the world, was also a Presidential campaign month. The Democrats had Harry Truman running for…
– George Meany – Labor Day Address – Sept. 1, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Labor Day in 1967 was on the pessimistic side. Unrest all over the country. Poverty, cities in turmoil, unemployment, the Vietnam War sapping…
August 28th will mark the 60th anniversary of the legendary March on Washington. The largest Civil Rights demonstration of its kind up to this point, the march culminated in a day of speeches in front of the Lincoln Memorial and…
News And Comment for January 24, 1961 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Four days after his Inaugural and six days before his first State of The Union, President Kennedy was already presented with a full plate of…
The Non-Conforming American – March 12, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – During the era of the 1950s a gradual, unmistakable undercurrent of social upheaval was starting to take place. Brought on largely by the Cold War, the threat…