Manila: Last Ditch Efforts – Fading Hopes – January 2, 1942
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New Year’s Eve In San Francisco – End Of The 40s – December 31, 1949 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
What getting ready for New Years Eve sounded like in San Francisco in 1949, via KCBS. I originally posted this in 2013 – the City has changed even more since then. Gotten even less affordable to live – less gritty and more gentrified than ever. Well . . .we can
Snow, Snow . . . And More Snow – Closing Out The Year On A Frozen Note – December 30, 1997
– December 30, 1997 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 30, 1997 – Almost the last day of the year and, like clockwork, the Eastern Seaboard and the South are blanketed with snow as a Nor’easter slammed through, bringing record rain and snowfall from
Y2K And The Coming Catastrophe – December 29, 1999
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Rescuing Bastogne – Battle Of The Bulge: A Break In Fortunes – December 28, 1944
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Solidarity In Silesia – Miners On Strike – An Emergency In Stirling Heights – December 27, 1981 –
– December 27, 1981 – CBS Radio News On The Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 27, 1981 – Solidarity, despite official news reports to the contrary, was anything but dead. The protests now extended to the coal fields in Silesia, where over 1,000 Miners went on Strike,
Poland And The Martial Law Problem: “Nobody Leaves, Nobody Moves . . .” – December 23, 1981 –
December 23, 1981 – CBS Radio News On The Hour + Spectrum Commentaries – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 23, 1981 – A week of Martial Law in Poland – a week of crackdowns and a week where unrest continued. The news broadcasts beaming from Warsaw were largely repetitious
NATO In Paris – December 16, 1957
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The Matter Of Greece And Civil War – December 15, 1944
Reports from Greece – December 15, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Greece became a center of attention for a while in December of 1944. With the rest of the world engulfed in fighting in the Pacific and the German armies facing rapid defeat throughout Europe, a civil war
Sandy Hook: “The Safest Place In America . . .Until Today” – December 14, 2012
December 14, 2012 – Ten years ago this day, the unthinkable happened. In a year of school shootings, reported with sickening regularity, the most horrific episode was unfolding at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton Connecticut. A gunman, later identified as 20-year old Adam Lanza, walked into Sandy Hook Elementary