Category Iran

February 16, 1979

February 16, 1979 – Flight From Tehran

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”25785″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 16, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] February 16, 1979 – a day of evacuation, confusion and purges in Tehran, and a day of logger-heads in Mexico City.…

Ford Pinto - crashc scene

February 12, 1980 – A Hundred Days Of Hostage – Olympics And Moscow – The Pinto Trial: Ford’s Better Idea.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”54730″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 12, 1980 – The World Tonight – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] February 12, 1980 – CBS The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 12, 1980 – Busy…

February 4, 1980 – ABSCAM: New Word In The Dictionary.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”6822″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 4, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] On this February 4th in 1980, a new Acronym entered our Dictionary –ABSCAM, which stood for Abdul Enterprises Scam or Arab…

Tehran protests

January 25, 1979 – Postcards From Tehran

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”6669″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”January 25, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] With no end in sight and protests continuing and becoming more violent, the situation in Iran on this day in 1979…

Jimmy Carter - Oval office

January 19, 1981 – Last Full Day Of The Carter White House – Pins And Needles From Tehran

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”31586″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”January 19, 1981 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] January 19, 1981 – The last full day in the White House for Jimmy Carter. And it was spent on pins…

Crisis: 1958 VP Nixon In South America

December 29, 1958 – Years Of Crisis – 1958 – Recapping A Year In The Life.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”11783″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 29, 1958 – Years Of Crisis: 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Since we’re rapidly (and thankfully) approaching the end of 2020, the somewhat pained looks back at the year start now. But…

U.S. Embassy - Tehran

November 27, 1979: America Held Hostage: Day 23 – An Embassy In Tehran.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”5792″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”November 27, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Shortly after the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979, ABC News inaugurated a new late-night news…

American Embassy - Tehran

November 5, 1979 – The View From Tehran: Taking An Embassy Or Two. A Hostage Drama Unfolds.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”24291″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”November 5, 1979 – CBS News and Special Reports – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] News for this November 5th in 1979 was about the worsening situation between Washington and Tehran – all over demands…

War in Korea - 1951

October 15, 1951 – War In Korea – “We Don’t Have Magic Weapons To Win Wars Quickly”

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”10599″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”October 15, 1951 – Edward R. Murrow And The News – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] October 15, 1951 – A busy news day. A war in Korea and from Capitol Hill,…