Category 1960’s

Crooked Woven Webs – May 29, 1966

Click on the link here for Audio Player – ABC Voices In The Headlines – May 29, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for the week, ending on this May 29th in 1966, was mostly about our inevitable plunge…

A Word Or Two From Yukio Mishima In 1965 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Readers Almanac – Interview with Yukio Mishima – October 30, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Unless you’re an avid reader, the name Yukio Mishima may not mean anything to you.…

A Word Or Two From Hugh Hefner In 1974 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

Click on the link here for Audio Player – James Day Interview Hugh Hefner – May 27, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Before Hugh Hefner came along with the idea of putting together, what later became the iconic Playboy…

Africa In Transition – Interview With Sir Roy Walensky Of Rhodesia – 1963 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Sir Roy Walensky of Southern Rhodesia on Meet The Press – October 27, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the Independence movements in Africa began to gather steam, so too…

Stranger In His Own Land – 1970 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio Second Sunday – The American Indian: Stranger In His Own Land – May 10, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The 1960s brought an examination of what was wrong…

May 15, 1964 – Free-For-All Primaries – The Bobby Baker Affair

Click on the link here for Audio Player – ABC Radio News via WXYZ-Detroit – May 15, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This day in May, 1964 was all about Primary fever and the race to the White House.…

Escalation In Vietnam – 1966 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio News – Vietnam 1966: A Year Of Escalation – Feb. 8, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection By 1966 our military commitment to Southeast Asia escalated rapidly past the…