– CBS Radio Hourly News – December 26, 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Even though it was the day after Christmas in 1989, the world was still up to its old tricks; upheavals, invasions and intrigues. Starting with the rather overwhelming U.S. invasion of Panama to oust purported drug
– NBC Radio – Conversation: Christmas 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Christmas Eve 1956. Certainly a different time – different sets of values, different communication skills, different world all together. But then, as now, the times were nervous and uncertain. The Cold War cast a shadow over everything,
CBS Radio Hourly News + Spectrum – December 19, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The saga of Poland continued, this December 19th in 1981. Despite a crackdown and Martial Law imposed, protests and strikes were still going on. News filtering in claimed Solidarity leader Lech Walesa wasn’t under arrest,
– CBS World News Roundup – December 18, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It seems this news happen every few years. Another stalemate on Capitol Hill over a budget, another shutdown, another wave of hysteria. News for this December 18th in 1995 wasn’t any different. Congress failed to
– December 14, 1945 – Nuremberg Trial reports – Arthur Gaith – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 14, 1945 – And the word from Nuremberg was pessimistic. The War Crimes Tribunal was forging ahead, and with each new day came more fresh horror to listen to and digest. During
– Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain – Foreign Press Association Dinner – Dec. 13, 1938 With the Munich Crisis on hold and much of Europe breathing a sigh of relief, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain addressed a gather of the Foreign Press at a function at Grosvenor House in London on December
– NBC World News Roundup + News Of The World – December 12, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Seemingly no end to trouble, discontent, upheaval and strife on this particular December 12th. 1947 was a year of change throughout the world, and much of it was painful. The countries
The Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal which started on November 20, 1945, continued this December 11th in 1945. As evidence continued to pile up, and revolting revelation after revolting revelation turned this investigation of War Crimes into a ghastly exposé of the sickness that was Nazi Germany during World War 2,
NBC News on The Hour + Eisenhower visits India News Special – Dec. 11, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Arriving in India as part of his whirlwind tour of 11 countries in 11 days, President Eisenhower landed in India and was greeted by an overwhelming crowd in New
– News Of The World – December 8, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This December 8 in 1947 saw the country battling Politics and Inflation, the Cold War unfolding and American cities squabbling for bragging rights. Politics and Inflation on Capitol Hill, the GOP was readying a plan
