Henry Wallace Has A Word Or Two About America – October 4, 1948
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Category: Communist China
Mao Tse-tung: Recognition Of Red China And A Steel Strike – October 3, 1949
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. Starting off was news that Associate Justice William O. Douglas
Korean War Truce Talks: 9th Installment – The Iranian Oil Dispute -July 24, 1951
– 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 realistic – demands were on the table and some of
Korea: Truce Talks – Iran: Bluff Talks – July 10, 1951
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Fourth Of July 1951 – Happy 175th – The View From Korea – The Sound From St. Paul’s Cathedral
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 war. Korea was the battleground and Communism was the issue.
Japan: Politics And Occupation – June 7, 1950
– 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 charge of the revamping and reconstruction of Japan – reshaped
Vietnam: Ending One Coup, Starting Another – Nazis On The Rise In Bonn – February 20, 1965
– 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 with a little CIA help), against troops loyal to Military
War In Korea: Weekly Casualties – America’s Railroads: Strikes And Disasters – February 6, 1951
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The Kennedy White House: Before The Honeymoon Was Over, A Full Plate Of Crisis – January 24, 1961
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 crises, this January 24th in 1961. On January 21st, Kennedy’s