. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – News Commentaries – January 27-29, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection First week of a new Presidency, same Cold War games of tit-for-tat, same give-and-take on Capitol Hill. News from Moscow was the goodwill gesture in releasing two
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – October 29, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection October 29, 1981 – a day where Baseball and Politics had more than a few things in common. After much 11th hour arm-twisting, President Reagan managed to get
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS News – China After Mao – September 10, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection For those of you who don’t know who Chairman Mao was (and for those of you who do, imagine my shock at how many actually don’t),
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup + News On The Hour – August 21, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Busy news day, this August 21st in 1980. One filled with drama and uproar. Starting with news of outrage in Japan over tariffs
Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio – Voices and Events – Week ending August 14, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection And sometimes Summer isn’t necessarily violent or simmering or even contentious. This particular August 14th, 65 years ago was just that; a typical August
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Meet The Press – Sir Anthony Eden – September 2, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection During one of his visits to the U.S. of former Foreign Minister (and future Prime Minister) of Britain, Sir Anthony Eden drew more curious questions
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – July 1, 1998 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Starting off with depressing news for this first day of July in 1998. The World AIDS Conference in Geneva disclosed a new strain of the virus is proving
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Hourly News – June 11, 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this June 11th in 1989 had much to do with the continuing crackdown in China of dissidents, post Tiananmen Square. High on that list of “most wanted”
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Meet The Press – John Foster Dulles – June 24, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As America became rapidly embroiled in yet-another shooting War, this time in Korea, then-Ambassador-at-large John Foster Dulles had returned from a recent trip to the
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Tiananmen Square – Timeline – May-June 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Twenty-five years ago, all eyes were on Beijing and the unfolding events that, at first seemed wildly optimistic and then turned very bad. Beginning in April, coinciding with the
