Category: Congress

Private Enrichment At Public Expense – August 20, 1951

– Edward R. Murrow News with Don Hollenbeck – August 20, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day had an eerie ring of familiarity to it. The subject of influencing policy based on previous employers, the subject of Private enrichment at Public expense, and the “glass

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The Guessing Game – August 7, 1974

– ABC Radio Network – News, reports and Bulletins – August 7, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in 1974 had everything (or just about everything) to do with Watergate and the fate of President Richard Nixon. Support had evaporated when it was disclosed he

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Holiday In Helsinki – July 30, 1975

– NBC Nightly News – July 30, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A lot of smiles, jokes and back-slapping, this July 30th, 40 years ago. Getting down to business in Helsinki, as the Strategic Arms Limitation talks got underway between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. With Soviet

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New Faces On Capitol Hill – July 27, 1979

  – The World Tonight – July 27, 1979 – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in 1979 had much to do with the Carter Cabinet shakeup, and the ongoing replacements heading to Washington. Latest and last in his choices for appointments were former

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Summers Of Discontent – July 1966

  – ABC Radio – Voices In The Headlines – Week Ending July 24, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The phrase “Long, Hot Summer” was destined to become a yearly occurrence by 1966. Since 1964, when Harlem in New York erupted, Summer came to mean a time of

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Apostasia In Athens – July 23, 1965

– CBS World News Roundup – July 23, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another unstable day for Planet Earth, this July 23rd in 1965. With briefings continuing at the White House over Defense Secretary Robert McNamara‘s fact-finding tour of Vietnam, there was continuing concern over our escalating role

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Airlift To Rwanda – July 23, 1994

– CBS World News Roundup – July 23, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A day on the edge of grim discoveries, this July 23rd in 1994. A day earlier, President Clinton authorized a massive airlift of food, water and medical aid to the 1 million-plus refugees of the

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Oveta Culp Hobby and Eisenhower - 1954

July 7, 1954 – Oveta Cup Hobby And The Eisenhower Health Plan

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”22344″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”July 7, 1954 – Pres. Eisenhower – HEW Sec. Oveta Culp Hobby – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Further proof that the question of affordable Health Care has been with us for decades comes from this 1954 recording featuring then HEW Secretary

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