– CBS World News Roundup – The World Tonight – July 24, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Busy day in the world, this July 24th in 1979. Beginning with the continuing saga of the Middle East. Lebanese Radio reported Israeli troops penetrated 5 miles into Southern Lebanon on
Never any shortage of scandal where Capitol Hill is concerned, and this April 30th in 1979 was no different. The Senate Ethics Committee was getting ready to hold hearings on violations by Georgia Senator Herman Talmadge and abuses of power, campaign funds and a file cabinet full of other embarrassments.
American Hostages In Tehran – Not good for a President’s popularity. April 14, 1980 and the day’s news was all about the hostages. Two International Red Cross officials entered d the occupied U.S. Embassy today to visit the American hostages and check on their health. Harald Schmid de Gruneck, permanent
A busy week, the one ending on this day in 1980: President Carter broke diplomatic relations with Iran today, gave Tehran’s diplomats 36 hours to get out of America and took steps to keep other Iranian citizens from entering the country. Carter also announced a new effort to keep American
April 8, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup + News On The Hour + Newsbreak – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 8, 1980 – With the U.S. Embassy situation in Tehran dragging on for 157 days and with no end in sight, President Carter announced sweeping counter-measures with reference
January 12, 1980 – CBS Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 12, 1980 – news from Tabriz, Iran was loud and violent. Anti-Khomeni demonstrations in the streets of that Iranian city took a turn for the rock-throwing and sacking of offices on this day. An absolute melee
– CBS World News Roundup – January 9, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With the hostage situation at the American Embassy in Tehran continuing and the Soviets settling in around Kabul Afghanistan, the 80s were getting off to a shaky start at best. Threats and saber rattling weren’t doing
– CBS Radio News On The Hour – December 9, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Compared to other December 9th’s in history, December 9, 1981 was downright calm. On this particular day the news was about the OPEC meeting in Adu Dhabi and the promise of a Christmas gift
Still working on getting the bugs out of the translation of these foreign language broadcasts. Many of you have asked if this was going to be a regular feature. It most likely will be. AI is good for something. A reminder the world is a lot small than we think.
November 14,1986 – CBS Radio News On The Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 14, 1986 – while the world reacted to the White House‘ further sanctions against Syria and the government of Hafaz Assad for fostering terrorism. The Reagan Administration tightened the screws on the Assad government,
