Category: Congress
November 21, 1948 – Senator Clinton P. Anderson Meets The Press – Past Daily Reference Room
November 21, 1948 – NBC Radio: Meet The Press – Senator-elect Clinton P. Anderson – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 21, 1948. A good two weeks after the stunning upset victory by Democrats in the 1948 Presidential election, pundits and reporters were still mulling over what happened. This interview,
November 6, 1973 – Watergate And The Tale Of Rosemary Woods – The Not-So-Secret-Secret-Tapes
November 6, 1973 – NBC Nightly News (Audio) – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 6, 1973 – A year after his re-election, President Nixon was knee-deep in Watergate wreckage. On this particular day, it was about maneuvering of the so-called “Secret Tapes”. Federal Judge John Sirica was closeted with
November 1, 1964 – Election Around The Corner – The Pundits – The Tea Leaves – The Coin Toss
November 1, 1964 – James Farley – Leonard Hall on Meet The Press – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 1, 1964 – the Election of 1964 was days away, in fact a little over 2. At stake were the political fortunes of Republican Barry Goldwater and his running mate
November 2, 1974 – Rockefeller Confirmation Gets Rocky – Down To The Wire On Mid-Terms
November 2, 1974 – CBS Radio: The Washington Week In Review – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 2, 1974 – With days away from the 1974 Mid-Term elections, politics seemed to be the only thing on peoples minds. Unless you were on Capitol Hill, in which case you were
October 18, 1990 – A Keating Named Charles – 38 Hours Til Panic – A Draft Resolution At The UN
October 18, 1990 – CBS World news Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 18, 1990 – A day of scandals and war-fever. However, staring off the day with some good news – The Labor Department announced that consumer prices had rises 8.10% in September, for an annual 6.6%
October 16, 1949 – Nehru Pays A Visit – What Next For The Communists Of America? – The Subject Was Money.
October 16, 1949 – NBC Radio: Voices And Events – weekend wrap-up – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 16,1949 – A busy week in the world, and a week that further indicated the West was growing more nervous that Communism would be a force to be reckoned with very
October 11, 1974 – Older, Blacker And More Female Than Most – A Cliffhanger Election With An Eyelash Majority
October 11, 1974 – CBS Radio: The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 11, 1974 – A political sort of day, throughout the world. In Washington, jury selection in the Watergate coverup trial was finally complete and ready for the show to begin after the weekend. The
October 4, 1979 – Pope John-Paul II Continues His Whirlwind Tour Of The U.S. – The Tiny Matter Of Soviet Troops Back In Cuba.
October 4, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 4, 1979 – With economic news looking pessimistic to most Americans, Pope John-Paul II was in the middle of a massive and whirlwind tour of the U.S. On this day it