Labor Has A Word On Labor Day – George Meany – 1967
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Category: Corruption
America The Violent – 1969 – Past Daily Reference Room
– America The Violent-1969 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Perhaps not as bad as it is now, but violence seems to be just as integral a part of American society as the automobile. The question has always been ‘why?’ and the hand-wringing and breast-beating comes with
Is Big-Business Taking Over Government? – 1955 – Past Daily Reference Room
– American Forum of The Air – Is Government Favoring Big Business? – NBC Radio August 7, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Funny how it’s always been speculated on and feared over, but it happens anyway. In 1955, the question of the day was whether or not the
Watergate And Cambodia: Putting A Strain On The Constitution – Revisiting Kent State – August 4, 1973
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Tripp Dishes Dirt – Scandals In The Oval Office – Fires In Florida – July 7, 1998
– July 7, 1998 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 7, 1998, and the third return of the notorious Linda Tripp to the Grand Jury to lay out some 20 hours of taped phone conversations with Monica Lewinsky. The scandal involving the White House
Streets Of Santiago – Brezhnev Views Watergate – June 27, 1973
– News for the Week of June 27, 1973 – The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – While the bombs were falling in the hearing room on Capitol Hill, over the latest harrowing disclosures by former Nixon aide John Dean, bombs and distractions of another kind were
Civil Rights: Long, Hot Summer ’66 – Vietnam: “No Bargain Basement War” – June 26, 1966
– ABC Radio – Voices In The Headlines – June 26, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The week of June 26th in 1966 pretty much epitomized the tone of the 60s; contentious, ironic and questioning. Beginning with the ongoing Civil Rights battle. As usual, Mississippi was at the
Cambodia, Kent State, Nixon: Storm Over The White House – May 12, 1970
– NET – Newsfront – May 12, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With the U.S. excursion into Cambodia, and the repercussions from that move still fresh in the minds of Americans on this May 12th in 1970, President Nixon made the announcement that the U.S. invasion of
Cold War Muckraking – Korea – The Kremlin And Frank Costello – March 29, 1953
March 29, 1953 – ABC Radio – Drew Pearson News and Commentary – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 29, 1953 – An otherwise typical Cold War day in March – news regarding surprise moves from the Kremlin regarding the U.S. situation in Korea and the political implications of such
Kremlin Intrigues: The Name Is Malenkov – Meet The New Boss – March 15, 1953 –
March 15, 1953 – Drew Pearson News – ABC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 15, 1953 – While the world was processing the death of Soviet Premier Stalin, his replacement, Gyorgy Malenkov was quickly and quietly taking the reigns, and not-so-quietly instigating purges within the Party. Rumors