On this May 30 in 1961, in what began during JFK‘s campaign as a promise to visit Paris and shore up sagging relations withFrench President DeGaulle, quickly became sidetracked when a proposed summit in Vienna with Nikita Khruschev was scheduled to happen around the same time. The French visit was
Become a member – it works wonders:Become a Patron! – ABC Voices In The Headlines – May 29, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for the week, ending on this May 29th in 1966, was mostly about our inevitable plunge into the quagmire called Vietnam. Rioting had erupted
– May 27, 1978 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 27, 1978 was a day full of caution. Cautious optimism, cautious crossing of t’s and dotting of i’s, cautious anticipation of some kind of peace – whether it was East-West or Africa or war
– CBS World News Roundup + 9:00 am Network News – May 22, 1984 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this 22nd of May in 1984 had a lot to do with the ongoing Iran-Iraq War and new flare ups in the Persian Gulf, threatening to involve neighboring
1951: Knee deep in a war in Korea – possibilities of a war with Red China becoming stronger each minute. Fears that Soviet Russia were infiltrating our government with Communist agents faster than they could be routed out. Along with a shooting war, America was now in the middle of
Not so much a cause for alarm, an ominous glimpse of things to come or a cautionary tale, but rather a historic example of how things go wrong and protests escalate as the result. This May 6th in 1981 had much to do with the death of IRA Hunger Striker
Subscribe – Donate – Patronize: Become a Patron! The week ending May 4th in 1951 – a week with a lot of contrasts, most all of it captured through the new medium of tape recording and narrated by the legendary Edward R. Murrow for the weekly CBS Radio program Hear
Every little bit helps: Become a Patron! – Mutual Broadcasting – Cedric Foster And The News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 3, 1946 – A day where events in 1946 would play for months, if not decades after, especially ones where they appears to be no resolution, even
Become a Subscriber/Patron/Member: Become a Patron! NBC Radio – News On The Hour- May 1, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this First day of May in 1961 was probably more ominous in the long-run for events taking place in the future than seemingly of immediate concern
Being a subscriber helps keep Past Daily running. So . . .Become a Patron! – NBC – American Forum Of The Air – Should The U.S. Admit 240,000 Immigrants? – July 12, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Refugee question – the Immigrant question; an issue as old
