– November 1, 1956 – UN General Assembly Meeting re: Suez Crisis -1st half hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 1, 1956. November would be a month of turmoil in 1956. Two major crises were developing, either of which would have tested the limits of the United Nations
CBS World News Roundup – October 24, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If the world wasn’t complicated enough on this October 24th in 1978, parts of it were catching on fire. Almost like clockwork, Southern California went through the ritual; a dry Santa Ana wind combined with lots
Ambassador Adlai Stevenson confronts Soviet Ambassador Zorin – continuing coverage – October 24, 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the pitch increased and the nerves got shorter, this October 24th in 1962 reached just below boiling point at the United Nations. Exasperated and looking for some conclusive admission
– Voices And Events – For Week Ending -October 22, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This week, 74 years ago the world seemed a different place. Celebrated Poets were leaving, celebrated writers were lecturing. Wars were raging out of control, off-year elections were being fought over and compared
[/caption] – CBS Radio: Washington Week – Week ending October 13, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Watergate. Not quite one of the calm weeks, this week of October 14th in 1973, but a somewhat bloodless one – at least as far as the White House was concerned. In
– WOR News – October 10, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the War over, and peace settling in, October 10th, 1945 was a day loaded with transition, and frustration, and a new set of concerns. Domestically, the adjustment to peacetime was slow. The legislation put in effect
– 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
– CBS World News Roundup – September 30, 1985 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Turbulent times, worrisome times, mournful times – the world, this September 30th in 1985. Beginning with news there was concern over the fate of six kidnapped and missing Americans in Lebanon, along with new hope
– CBS Radio – Frontline Reports-World News Roundup – Sept 24, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day was a glimpse of things to come. The Reagan Budget was topic-A in conversation around Capitol Hill for this September 24th in 1981. The era of slashed budgets,
– President Ford – Amnesty Proposal for Vietnam era Deserters and resisters – September 16, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The War in Southeast Asia; the seemingly endless conflict that consumed Vietnam, as well as Cambodia and Laos and left them countries enveloped in widespread destruction for almost
