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Are Women Changing Our Party Alignments? – 1953 – Women In Politics – Past Daily Reference Room
Are Women Changing Our Party Alignments? – American Forum Of The Air – January 18, 1953 -Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In 1952, when General Eisenhower swept into the White House, becoming the first Republican President since Herbert Hoover, it caused for a considerable amount of speculation and soul-searching on

January 22, 2000 – A Caucus Grows In Iowa – A South Carolina Stars And Bars Controversy – A Missle Defense Test Goes Bust
January 22, 2000 – CBS Weekend Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 22, 2000 – Iowa was a hotbed of politicking this week, as Presidential hopefuls from both parties criss-crossed the state, stumping, talking, promising and cajoling voters who would hold caucuses in hundreds of living rooms, Fire


Dr. Martin Luther King – Sermon: Beyond Vietnam – 1967 –
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King – Sermon at Riverside Church – April 4, 1967 – Southern Christian Leadership Conference – In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday today – a day perhaps overshadowed by our current state of affairs and the level of confusion we find ourselves in, I

January 21, 1995 – Accidents, The OJ Trial, Struggles In Chechnya And Terremoto In Kobe
January 21, 1995 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 21, 1995 – Your typical day of accidents, trials, civil war and the situation in Kobe, Japan where a 6.8 earthquake leveled great swaths of the city. But news for the day began with an

Kirsten Flagstad, John McCormack And More – Live 1936 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Kirsten Flagstad, John McCormack, Frank Black and many more – RCA Magic Key Program – Dec, 27, 1936 – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. More Magic Key this week. This one, a broadcast from December 27, 1936 features the usual all-star cast – primarily artists for RCA

Phyllis Diller Has A Word or Two With Art Linkletter – 1967 – Past Daily Weekend Pop Chronicles
Phyllis Diller – chats with Art Linkletter – Art Linkletter’s House Party – CBS Radio – Jan. 19, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. When you start diving into Popular Culture of the 1960s, the part that doesn’t focus on the most prominent or identifiable names associated with Youth Culture,