April 12, 1947 – Alka-Seltzer News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 12, 1947 – Strikes and strife. The Telephone Operators Union was going on strike, and union officials promised it would be a long one. Telephone Operators in 1947 were crucial to communication between people
April 10, 1989 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 10, 1989 – A day full of protests – one loud but peaceful – one peaceful but deadly. In the Soviet republic of Georgia, a peaceful protest and general strike for autonomy turned deadly, as
April 5, 1981 – CBS Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 5, 1981 – The end of a roller-coaster week. President Reagan, surviving an assassination attempt from John Hinckley, was on the mend and was up and around, joking with reporters and White House staffers. Not so
schis April 4, 1978 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 4, 1978 – A day where the situation in Lebanon and the Middle East took a minor backseat to the situation at the Academy Awards and the Oscars the night before. Beginning with news of the
March 27, 1990 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 27, 1990 – the continuing story of breakaway republics from the Soviet Union. This time it was Lithuania – and this time Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev decided to play hardball. He sent his troops after
March 22, 1987 – ABC World News This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 22, 1987 – this day fell on a Sunday, and as with most Sundays it was a day to look back at the news of the week. On this particular episode of ABC radio’s
March 16, 1988 – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 16, 1988 – A busy day if you lived in Central America. Starting with news from Honduras that an attack by Nicaraguan troops on Contra rebels inside Honduras was causing the White House
March 15, 1948 – Alka-Seltzer News Of The World – March 15, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 15, 1948 – A day where news was happening in Europe, and the growing influence of Communism in the East was causing many in Western Europe to become alarmed. President
March 8, 1947 – NBC World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 8, 1947 – a day loaded with expectations. It was the opening of the Big Four Conference in Moscow; a conference that had a lot riding on it. People in the streets of the Russian
March 8, 1990 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 8, 1990 – a day built around the operative phrase: “amid reports”, news of a day in flux all over the world. Starting with Afghanistan, where reports were sketchy, but told of a day after
