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January 8,1968 – Newsfront – Eastern Educational Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 8, 1968 – Anticipation of a year of protests. The year was starting off with warnings from Civil Rights leaders that Summer of 1968 was going to be potentially just as hot as summers past,...
December 19, 1946 – NBC Radio – News and Commentary By Richard Harkness – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 19, 1946 – Not so much a news filled day as one that observed things to come. Via this commentary by Richard Harkness, the topic of conversation on Capitol Hill...
December 18, 1968 – Newsfront – Eastern Educational Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 18, 1968 – news from Brazil this day – much of it not good. In Rio de Janiero, a spokesman for the Brazilian government said a plot organized by former Governor Lacerda and former...
The Magic Key Program – NBC Red and Blue Networks – November 11, 1936 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another installment of the NBC/RCA Victor variety program The Magic Key. This time, celebrating the 10th anniversary of both the Red and Blue networks of NBC and marking the third...
November 12, 1949 – Voices and Events- NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 12, 1949 – Sixty-nine years ago – an election was held, the coal strike was settled and in 1949 it was still Armistice Day. Election night 1949 – the off-year election held many races...
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 as a...
July 2, 1988 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 2, 1988 – Ordinarily, the big news would be the presence of some 80 Russian inspectors arriving in the U.S. to observe compliance over the Soviet/U.S. Medium and Shorter range Missile treaty, along with a...
September 27-30,1938 – BBC Home Service – NBC Radio Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The recent world developments have brought a plethora of speculation and comparisons. One that stands out is a series of events which took place in 1938, some 80 years ago, between then-Czechoslovakia, France,...
NPR – America’s Town Meeting: Privacy – May 21, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Once the world entered the Age of Electricity, the Age Of Privacy became quickly antiquated. With all the technological advances designed to bring the world and its people closer, it also signified an end...
Secretary Of State Elliot Richardson On Issues & Answers – ABC News – May 12, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the tide of opposition to the Vietnam War and our escalation of the war into Cambodia, and with the deaths of four students earlier in the week...
