Category: Jimmy Carter
April 24, 1979 Heading Home, If You Can Call It Home – Cambodia. SALT II Meets SS-21.Windfall Profits Vs Oil.
April 24, 1979 – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection April 24, 1979 – A day with a lot on its plate. Beginning with revelations that the Russians were deploying a new missile in East Germany. The White House expressed concern about that development and
April 9, 1980 – Threat Day In Tehran – Three Earthquakes In An Hour – A Sledge Hammer To Woody Guthrie’s House
April 9, 1980 – CBS News – Newsbreak – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 9, 1980 – Another complicated day in relations between Tehran and Washington. Today it was the threat that the hostages at the American Embassy in Tehran were to be executed
February 5, 1979 – Iran: “An Increasingly Complex Set Of Problems” – Shapour Bakhtiar
February 6, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 6, 1979 – A day best to have been filed “for future reference”. The situation in Iran was slowly spiraling out of control – as factions, loyal to the Ayatollah voiced their support of Khomeni’s
December 28, 1980 – “I Don’t Think You Pay Ransom For People Who’ve Been Kidnapped By Barbarians” – President-Elect Reagan
December 28, 1980 – CBS Radio Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 28, 1980 – As the hostage drama dragged on for some 421 days, diplomatic efforts were continuing, with three Ambassadors to Algeria reporting back to President Carter on their visit to the 52 captives in
November 13, 1979 – Ominous Quiet In Tehran – Reagan Makes It Official
November 13, 1979 – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 13, 1979 – News from Tehran, this day. The demonstrations, flag burnings and chants of Death To America were calmed down a bit this day. Only because Iran had sent emissaries to the
November 2, 1978 – The Gnomes In Zurich Applaud – Will The Euphoria Continue?
November 2, 1978 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 2, 1978 – News for this day 39 years ago had much to do with the economy, and a state of euphoria that settled in on the world market. Cautious euphoria, and certainly a marked
October 3, 1979 – Cuba And SALT – Pope In America
October 3, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 3, 1979 – News reminiscent of an October in 1962. Cuba again. This time no missiles, but Soviet troops and military equipment on the island, making for a nervous situation brewing. The issue on this
September 25, 1978 – Pitching The Knesset – The Camp David Accords Debate
September 25, 1978 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 25, 1978 – With the echoes of the Camp David Accords ceremony between Jimmy Carter, Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat still ringing in everyone’s heads, the process of accepting and adopting and debating began. At
September 19, 1978 – Carter-Sadat-Begin – After Camp David, Down To The Nitty-Gritty
September 19, 1978 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 19, 1978 -The day after the milestone Camp David meeting between Israel’s Manachem Begin, Egypt’s Anwar Sadat and President Carter and Carter’s address before a joint session of Congress, the nuts and bolts and rounds