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October 6, 1941 – Morning News From NBC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 6, 1941 – news for this day in the war had much to do with the prisoner exchange readying to take place off the French coast. The aftermath of the British raid on Dieppe, hospital

Altered Images – Quay Session – December 19, 2019 – BBC Scotland – Altered Images tonight. In a reunion session for the BBC Scotland series Quay Sessions on December 19, 2019. Altered Images started the early 1980s as a Scottish new wave/post-punk band. Fronted by singer Clare Grogan, the band

October 5, 1943 – President Roosevelt officially opened the National War Fund drive of 1943. The campaign was designed to raise funds for the various war relief agencies. Among them, the USO. Here is an excerpt from that complete address: President Roosevelt: “The National War Fund has the hearty approval

October 5, 1945 – NBC News with W.W. Chaplin – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 5, 1945 – Although much of the country was preoccupied with the goings on over at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, there was the down-to-earth, day-to-day of Unions and Strikes all around the country. News

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October 1, 1962 – Integration at Ole Miss (University of Mississippi at Oxford) – JFK address + reports – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Lest everyone think the issue of Civil Rights in Education was resolved in 1954 with School Integration, nothing could be further from the truth. Integration in

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