Tag White House

Earthquake In Peru – Excursion In Cambodia – June 2, 1970

– NBC Nightly News – June 2, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With reports slow to come in, news regarding the massive earthquake hitting Peru two days earlier painted a grim picture, guaranteed to get grimmer as the…

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Election ’48 – R.I.P. GOP – Head Scratching And Haywire – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry

– Chicago University Roundtable – Republicans and the 1948 Election – No one was more surprised by the outcome of the 1948 Presidential election than Republicans and Mainstream Media. Since the campaign started, it was almost assured that Republican candidate…

April 25, 1980

April 25, 1980 – A Failed Rescue Attempt – The Hostage Situation In Iran.

Become a Patron! For all intents and purposes, it was a risky attempt from the get-go. On this April 25th, 1980 an attempt to rescue the 53 American hostages, held at the American Embassy in Tehran took place. Admittedly, it…

March 14, 1962 – A JFK Press Conference – From Taxes To Vietnam And A Brother Running For The Senate.

– JFK Press Conference – March 14, 1962 – On this day in 1962, President Kennedy delivered his 27th News conference. He opened by reading a portion of a letter to Secretary of State Dean Rusk regarding the upcoming disarmament…

December 29, 1979 – Afghanistan: New Boss Minus Old Boss = Same Boss – Message From Kabul

– CBS World News Roundup – December 29, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Coming to the frustrating end of a baffling month in a perplexing decade, this December 29th in 1979 was winding up nowhere near hopeful and…

November 12, 1938 – When The FCC Played Hardball – An Address By Frank McNinch, FCC Commissioner –

FCC Chairman Frank McNinch address – Nov. 12, 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Bearing in mind that Radio was the modern technological advance in 1938, Television was only in experimental stages, and computers weren’t even considered, there was a…

August 12-13, 1945 – Waiting On Tokyo – Waiting On The White House – Pins And Needles And Business As Usual –

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