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Clark Kerr – The Battles Of Berkeley – 1967 – Past Daily Reference Room
Dr. Clark Kerr – CBS Radio: Face The Nation – February 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Berkeley in the 1960s. More than just the subject for documentaries, books and essays, Berkeley was ground zero on the West Coast for the sweeping protests that helped define the 1960s, came

October 19, 1987 -Black Monday – The Stock Market Crash Of 1987
October 19, 1987 – CBS Radio News – Reports – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 19, 1987 – Going down in the history books as Black Monday, it was the day Wall Street took a tumble. Some 500 points dropped before closing time. The final tally was slow in


October 18, 1990 – A Keating Named Charles – 38 Hours Til Panic – A Draft Resolution At The UN
October 18, 1990 – CBS World news Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 18, 1990 – A day of scandals and war-fever. However, staring off the day with some good news – The Labor Department announced that consumer prices had rises 8.10% in September, for an annual 6.6%



October 16, 1966 – “Military Progress In The Past Twelve Months Has Exceeded Our Expectations”: Robert McNamara
October 16, 1966 – ABC Radio: Voices In The Headlines – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 16, 1966 – the end of another week of Politics and War. If you were to consult Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, the word was upbeat; the Americans were making significant headway in preventing

October 16, 1949 – Nehru Pays A Visit – What Next For The Communists Of America? – The Subject Was Money.
October 16, 1949 – NBC Radio: Voices And Events – weekend wrap-up – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 16,1949 – A busy week in the world, and a week that further indicated the West was growing more nervous that Communism would be a force to be reckoned with very
