President Eisenhower, State Of The Union Address – January 7, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – President Eisenhower, giving what was his last State Of The Union address on January 7, 1960. 1960 was an election year, and whoever won the White House would have the obligation to report
December 31, 1955 – The Year: 1955 – CBS Radio Network – Year-end wrapup of News Events – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 1955; a year that, on its face looked pretty much uneventful on the surface was actually loaded with events and issues which had reverberations and consequences for
President Eisenhower – Knowledge and an Education were key to America’s leadership in the world. President Eisenhower – Address to Students and Faculty at Columbia University on the occasion of the college’s Bicentennial anniversary – May 31, 1954. A reminder that we lived in different times in 1954 and we
– Eyewitness To History – School Desegregation In New Orleans – December 2, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – School Desegregation, even 6 years after the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, schools were loathed to follow the ruling, balking at the notion of integrating
State of Education – Franco-American relations – Listen To Washington – February 15, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In 1955 we were in the middle of what became known as the Post-War Baby Boom. Kids born after 1945 were either approaching school age or were well into elementary
November 6, 1951 – Edward R. Murrow And The News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 6, 1951 – General Eisenhower raised more than a few eyebrows when he arrived in Washington and then quickly left, heading back to France. President Truman said there was only one reason for
November 5, 1958 – NBC Radio News On The Hour – President Eisenhower’s Press Conference – Gordon Skene Sound Collection –November 5, 1958 – Sixty-seven years ago this day, it was a Wednesday and it was the morning after. For some, it was a prediction that the Democrats would re-take
– American Forum – 1956 Election – Jan. 29, 1956 – As the 1956 Presidential election season got underway, the slogan used by the incumbent Republicans most argued was “Peace and Prosperity”. In this debate, part of the American Forum radio series from January 29, 1956, the Governors got into
On September 23, 1952, vice-Presidential candidate Senator Richard Nixon was fighting for his political life amid charges of misusing campaign contributions, secret bank accounts and dirty tricks. So much were the allegations that it was advised Eisenhower dump the nefarious running mate and look for someone else. In his defense,
A busy day for President Eisenhower, this September 23, 1954 – The President embarked on an important political swing on through the West in a major effort to revitalize the GOP fight for a Republican controlled Congress. The Chief Executive was advised yesterday by GOP National Chairman Leonard Hall that
