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Become a Patron! September 5, 1976 – President Ford and Governor Jimmy Carter hot on the campaign trail, while back in Washington, plans were being finalized over the Debates; three between Presidential candidates and one between vice-Presidential candidates. Jimmy Carter’s campaign was slated to officially open on Labor Day, but...
Become a Patron! Rent Control – lest you think it’s a recent subject for debate, think again. Rent Control has been a subject of considerable debate since roughly World War 1, if not earlier. After World War 1 the shortage of housing in Europe, brought on by mass destruction of...
August 30, 1942 – Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia sits down and gives a 15 minute rundown on where you can go for the Labor Day holiday. Needless to say, with America now hot in the grips of War, finding those “places to escape” were becoming fewer and farther between. But LaGuardia,...
August 29, 1939 – Watching the skies and with last minute and last ditch efforts to avoid war, tensions between the Axis powers and the Allies grew more strained by the hour. British Envoy Sir Neville Henderson, stretching shuttle diplomacy to new vistas, was arriving in Berlin to receive a...
Hurricane Katrina Coverage – Part 1 Hurricane Katrina Coverage – Part 2 August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina made land and New Orleans has never been the same. Initially, reports put the eye of the Hurricane away from New Orleans as was previously thought and that maybe New Orleans had dodged...
Become a Patron! Healthcare in America – Lest you think the issue of affordable Healthcare is something that has happened over the last ten years, I hate to be the bearer of bum tidings but, no – it’s been going on a very long time – long than is imagined....
While Truce talks were stalling Korea, sabers were rattling in Iran, this August 23rd in 1951. With accusations flying back and forth between North Korea and the UN forces, it wasn’t looking optimistic that the guns would fall silent any time soon. Meanwhile, a contingent of 10 British warships were...
August 23, 1980 – Gdansk – a name that would figure prominently in the 1980s. Polish workers at shipyards in the port city of Gdansk were on strike for the 11th day, joined by some 150,000 other workers striking for better wages and recognition of the newly formed Labor Union,...
August 21, 1982 – News from Beirut, Paris and Lima, Peru this day. In Beirut, the fragile nature of a truce and the evacuation withdrawal of PLO troops was momentarily marred by the capture of an Israeli citizen by Palestinians. As the first 400 PLO fighters were boarding a ship...
Jubilee – Armed Forces Radio Service – June 11, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Here is a prime example of just how diverse and all-inclusive Jazz was (and still is). Jubilee was one of the most popular programs aired to service personnel during and just after World War...
