July 14, 1964 – Republican Convention coverage – NBC Radio/TV – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Convention season in 1964 was among the most virulent and contentious in 20th century history. The following is an excerpt from an excellent Masters Thesis on this rather climactic period in our Political history
– NBC Radio – Don Hollenbeck And The News – News Of The World – March 27, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this March 27th in 1945 had mostly to do with rumors. Rumor a German surrender and VE Day was in the offing. Rumor the War
Historic moments from 1967 – The first Human Heart transplant, which took place on December 3, 1967 at a hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. Surgeons removed the heart of a young who died after an automobile crash and placed it woman in the chest of a 55-year-old man dying
– ABC World News This Week – Week Ending March 26, 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection For the week ending, this March 26, 1989 – much of the “big ticket” news had to do with vague, unconfirmed Terrorist threats received by the State Department ahead of Easter Week,
March 25, 1998 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 25, 1998 – In the small Arkansas town of Jonesboro, gunfire erupted at Westside Middle School where four students and a teacher were killed the previous day by a jilted 13 year-old boy and his
March 24, 1995 -CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 24, 1995 – A busy day on Capitol Hill, with passage of the Line-Item Veto 69-29, President Clinton got what President Reagan had been asking for. It enabled the President the remove “pork barrel” spending so
China and Formosa – a situation not destined to change anytime soon. News and Commentary – Fulton Lewis Jr. – Mutual – May 3, 1955 Contrary to the widely repeated belief that News was the exclusive property of the political Left – one example that belief was simply not true
March 23, 1947 – NBC World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 23, 1947. The Big Four Conference was underway in Moscow, the question of Loyalty was the topic of conversation in Washington and floods were inundating Britain. Germany and the issue was reunification and reparations were
The transition from steam to diesel locomotives on Canadian railroads was one of the most significant technological and economic shifts in North American transportation during the mid-20th century. While the process mirrored similar changes in the United States, Canada’s vast geography, harsh climate, and unique traffic patterns gave dieselization a
The Credit Crisis – CBS Reports – March, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Nothing new with the realization that the Credit industry is the second oldest profession on our planet. Offering the chance to get something you can’t afford has been with us since we became a consumer-oriented society.
