– CBS World News Roundup – June 13, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – On this particular June 13th, there was talk of yet another intervention in another country’s political turmoil. In 1994 the subject was Haiti and the Military regime which overthrew the government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide in
– BBC World Service – Newshour – January 29, 1999 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day, fifteen years ago, was about limits being reached, endurance vanished and nerves frayed out of existence. The War in Kosovo, indeed the strife enveloping the entire region formerly known as
– January 21, 1958 – NBC News On The Hour -Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 21, 1958 – the news of the hour was the situation in Caracas, Venezuela. A general strike was paralyzing the country which was under the military dictatorship of Marcos Perez Jimenez. At news time,
News for this January 15th in 1979 had much to do with the potentially dangerous situation in Iran. On the one hand, it was the first gathering of the newly installed Parliament, under the aegis of The Shah. But on the other hand, only a third of the Parliament members
– News for January 14, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this day was largely relegated to speculation on the new Eisenhower term, since the Inaugural was a little over a week away, this January 14th in 1957. But it was also concerned with developments in the Middle-East
[/caption] – NBC – Chicago University Of The Air -Should A United States Army Enforce The Partition of Palestine? – Feb. 22, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the Partition of Palestine began to unfold and as the violence increased, a question was raised as to whether the U.S.
NPR – Morning Edition + new reports – November 21, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this November 21st in 1995 was hopeful. In what had been described as the worst conflict in Europe since World War 2, a settlement had been reached in Dayton, Ohio where
– CBS Radio News – The World Tonight – October 1, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The new month got off to a roaring start, this October 1st in 1980. Iran and Iraq were at war and this was Day #9. The economy was making news with Interest
– ABC Information Network News – August 5, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this August 5th in 1990 was unsettling, taken with a grain of salt accompanied by shrugged shoulders. While the situation in Kuwait was achieving uncertainty, U.S. Marines were wading ashore in Liberia in
– News for July 29, 1979 – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Even though July 29th came on a Sunday in 1979, there was still enough going on to not call it a slow news day. For one thing, the prison riot/hostage/stand-off situation at Walpole was continuing,
