Category Capitol Hill

Nixon: ‘I Am Not A Crook’ – And The Energy Crisis – November 24, 1973

– CBS Radio – The Washington Week – November 24, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – No shortage of Big Ticket crises this week, the one ending on this day in 1973. There was Watergate and the seemingly endless…

Truman

Truman Addresses Congress On Foreign Aid – November 17, 1947

– President Truman Address to Congress – November 17, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With the War over and the slow process of rebuilding underway, the economic woes of the world were becoming an increasing point of concern to…

Berlin

Berlin: Traffic Jams – Capitol Hill: Log Jams – November 3, 1989

– CBS World News Roundup – November 3, 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Berlin and Capitol Hill: For all intents and purposes, the start of a historic week, this November 3rd in 1989. Starting with the showdown on…

United Nations:

The World And United Nations: Butting Heads In Geneva – Easing Tensions – November 2, 1955

-NBC – Listen To Washington – November 2,1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the Cold War became a permanent fixture for life in the 1950s, so were the Summit conferences taking place in Geneva. Seemingly, ever few months,…

The Dayton Peace Conference

Rendezvous In Dayton – The Balkan Peace Talks – November 1,1995 –

November 1, 1995 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 1,1995. The Dayton peace conference began today. Balkan leaders gathered in Dayton Ohio for a series of Peace Talks, hosted by Secretary of State Warren…

Spain: A Crown With Conditions – Lebanon: Continued Fighting – Stress Kills: Surprise – October 30, 1975

– NBC Nightly News – October 30, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this October 30th had much to do with transitions of power in a long-running dictatorship. General Francisco Franco, who had authoritarian rule in Spain…

Whales

Wayward Whales – A Bug-Ridden Embassy – The Dawn Of Perestroika – October 27, 1988

CBS World News Roundup – October 27, 1988 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The good news for this October 27th in 1988 was two California Grey Whales, stranded in the waters off Alaska, finally heading for open waters, behind…

Invasion Of Grenada: “We’re From The Government, We’re Here To Help . . . .”- Aftermath of Beirut Bombing – October 25, 1983

This day, 40 years ago we were busily invading the tiny Caribbean island of Grenada in what has been described as “A lovely little war”. Considered a threat to stability in the region, the small island was at the center…

Iran And The Patient On Floor 17 – October 23, 1979

– CBS World News Roundup – October 23, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this October 23rd in 1979 was a harbinger of things to come. On this day, The Shah of Iran arrived in New York…