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"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
ABC Radio: Baukhage Talking – news for October 3, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A nervous October day in 1949. News of China – strikes dragging on, news of a creeping paranoia over Communists, news of Capitol Hill gamesmanship.…
– July 24, 1951 – Edward R. Murrow and The News With Don Hollenbeck – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 24, 1951 – Negotiations in the Korean War were continuing this day in their 9th Installment – hopeful, but…
– CBS Radio – Edward R. Murrow News With Don Hollenbeck – July 10, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 10, 1951 was an interesting day – not so much for what it represented in the present,…
July 4, 1951 – Edward R. Murrow News with Don Hollenbeck – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 4, 1951 – America was 175 years old on this day. And even at 175, we were still in the grip of…
June 14, 1978 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 14, 1978 – A day full of foreign relations and Cold War tit-for-tat. Beginning with Cold War allegations of Soviet/Cuban/East German meddling in the affairs…
– June 7, 1950 – Report From Tokyo – Robert Martin, CBS News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 7, 1950 – Coming up on 5 years since American forces began occupying Japan. Five years since Gen. MacArthur took…
– ABC Overseas Assignment – Feb. 20, 1965 – One of those days full of intrigues from Southeast Asia. In this case, an attempted coup on the part of troops loyal to former Premier Diem (who was assassinated and overthrown…
The news for this February 6th in 1951 began with the worst Passenger train disaster since 1918. The Pennsylvania Railroad 5:10 Commuter Express train The Broker hit a temporary spur and careened over an embankment, killing some 83 passengers (at…
News And Comment for January 24, 1961 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Four days after his Inaugural and six days before his first State of The Union, President Kennedy was already presented with a full plate of…
January 12, 1951 – CBS Radio: Hear It Now With Edward R. Murrow – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 12, 1951 – The end of the second week of the new year. And judging by the reports, the year…