February 20, 1965 – Vietnam: Attempted Overthrow – Days Of Intrigue.
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Is American Freedom In Danger? – July 3, 1955 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
Click on the link here for Audio Player: American Forum of the Air -July 5, 1955 – Is American Freedom In Danger? Gordon Skene Sound Collection In light of the events the past several years, it would be natural to think this is some new, sinister route our country is
February 19, 1980 – Olympics In The Balance
February 19, 1980 – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 19, 1980 – A day with fingers crossed if you were an athlete heading to the Olympics in Moscow. The invasion of Afghanistan, coupled with the hostage situation in Tehran was putting the
February 18, 1986 – “The Most Rain In Over 30 Years” – Challenger Disaster Revelations – Terrorism By Tampering.
Shuttle Challenger Disaster – Capitol Hill needed answers – got a lot of finger pointing. A very busy news day for this Wednesday, February 18, 1986. Starting with an onslaught of rain and snow in the West that has killed at least eight people and forced thousands of evacuations piled
February 17, 2000 – Talking Anthrax – Talking Votes
February 17, 2000 – CBS World News Roundup – Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 17, 2000 – A lot going on – an election year, higher interest rates and the Pentagon defends its program to vaccinate troops against the Anthrax virus. Amid criticisms and a Congressional
February 16, 1974 – Quietly Losing A Dissident – Loudly Gaining A Hostage
February 16, 1974 – CBS Radio: The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 16, 1974 – a week focusing on a dissident and a hostage. The dissident in question was writer and outspoken Soviet critic Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, whose milestone novel The Gulag Archipelago not only won
February 13, 1958 – North Africa: Bubbling Under – Boiling Over
– NBC Radio – Life And The World – Hot Spots in North Africa – February 13, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the movements for independence from European powers gained momentum in the 1950s, so did the violence. Few places were more apparent than the region of North
February 12, 1976 – Another Day, Another Leak
February 12, 1976 – The World Tonight – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 12, 1976 and another day where secret documents found their way into mass circulation. This time, it was the findings by the Pike Committee on Capitol Hill, investigating the CIA. The documents revealing
February 11, 1990 – Waiting On Cape Town: The Release Of Nelson Mandela – Talk Of A United Germany
February 11, 1990 – ABC Radio News On The Hour – CBS Radio Special Report – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 11, 1990 – The day Nelson Mandela was released unconditionally from prison prison after 27 years. Accompanied by his then-wife Winnie, he left the Victor Verster prison (later
February 10, 1982 – Haig In Madrid – Latest From Gdansk – Running Out Of Patience With PLO
A busy news day for February 10, 1982 Starting with Secretary of State Alexander Haig said Wednesday that Western allies are in close agreement on condemning Poland’s martial law, but he voiced “great concern” over European plans to participate in a $25- billion gas pipeline project with the Soviet Union.