In May of 1943, with the outcome of the Second World War still uncertain, political thinkers and commentators were already debating the shape of the postwar world. Programs such as the university discussion series Northwestern Reviewing Stand reflected a growing awareness that military victory alone would not guarantee lasting peace.
May 15, 1941 – News report direct from Singapore – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 15, 1941. As the world became engulfed in war and as new fronts opened up, troops from Britain and the Commonwealth arrived in Singapore to bolster defenses in Southeast Asia after the threat of
May 14, 1996 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 14, 1996 – a day of endless waiting with little reward. The mystery of Valujet Flight 592, which plunged into the Everglades, turned up more questions than answers. The almost accidental recovery of the Black
The issue of Universal Military Training (UMT) occupied an important, if often overlooked, place in American political debate during the early Cold War years. By the time of the 1952 presidential campaign between Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson II, the United States had already experienced World War II, the
May 13, 1981 – Reports and reactions to news of Pope John Paul II – NPR News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 13, 1981 – The first news bulletins were met with perplexity. As the reports continued and elaborated, the news was unsettling and seemed abstract. Why attempt
News coming from the Soviet Union today, or what was becoming left of it. The presidents of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia hold a Baltic summit this weekend to revive a prewar alliance and coordinate their separatist policies toward Moscow, spokesmen said Friday. The Kremlin was reported Friday to have taken
– CBS Radio – The World This Week – May 11, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. May 11th came on a Sunday in 1975. And as is always the case, Sunday is reserved for recapping the main news stories of the week. The week ending May 11th in
The American automobile industry in 1938 was emerging cautiously from one of the most difficult decades in its history. Although the worst years of the Great Depression had passed, the economy remained uncertain, consumer confidence was fragile, and automobile manufacturers were still struggling to regain the momentum they had enjoyed
With the horror of Kent State only five days earlier still fresh in everyone’s mind, the protests continued and grew. President Nixon defended his Southeast Asia policy as the road to the quick peace his critics demand, while indicating a willingness to listen to the demonstrators gathered by the thousands
In the years just before the explosion of Rock ’n’ Roll and the rise of Top 40 radio in the mid-1950s, the American youth market was still emerging as a distinct cultural force. Teenagers had begun to acquire spending power and social influence after World War II, but the entertainment
