Category: Iran

Soviet Troops in Kabul - Dec. 1979

New Day In Kabul – December 28, 1979

  – News for December 28, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup + Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Kabul, this December 28th in 1979. A new regime holding power as of this day in Afghanistan. Strongly pro-Moscow, even more so than the previous regime which was overthrown

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Moscow Conference – December. 17, 1945

– Moscow Conference and news of the day – NBC News Of the World – Dec. 17, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Moscow Conference was big news, for this December 17th in 1945. A meeting of Foreign Ministers from the U.S., Britain and Russia were getting together

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Charges And Counter-Charges – August 31, 1951

    – Edward R. Murrow and The News – August 31, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this last day of August in 1951 was about the unsettled nature of things. The war in Korea was at the Charge and Countercharge stage – with claims of

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Ollie North Chides Congress – July 9, 1987

    – CBS World News Roundup – July 9, 1987 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Iran-Contra hearings were still big news, this July 9th in 1987. Oliver North was busy chiding the Congressional Hearing committee for its handling of the investigation, while supporters were busy demonstrating, calling

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Humoring a Volcano

May 18, 1980 – When The Mountain Blew – The Mt. St. Helens Volcano –

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”21298″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”May 18, 1980 – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] On May 18, 1980 the infamous Mt. St. Helens in Washington State blew and threatened communities surrounding the mountain with thick clouds of ash and an anticipated lava and mud flow. One report

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A Reagan Presser – March 19, 1987

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – President Reagan Press Conference – March 19, 1987 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Billed as “the most important Press Conference of his Presidency”, President Ronald Reagan faced members of the White House Press Corps for the first

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UN delegates at an international conference discussing global diplomacy and world politics.

A Hostage Crisis Goes To The UN – December 2, 1979

– United Nations Security Council Session – Dec. 2, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With the U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran and some 50 Embassy employees held hostage for some 28 days, it was time to get the UN involved in trying to offer some solution to an increasing

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Puzzled In Pyongyang – November 17, 1986

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – November 17, 1986 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection One of those baffling days in history where the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing. On November 17, 1986 the

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