CBS World News Roundup – July 21, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day, 57 years ago saw an escalation of things. An escalation of the War in Vietnam and an escalation in the violence in reaction to the Civil Rights Movement. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara had
– NBC Radio – Second Sunday: The Johnson Years – January 12, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January in 1969 signified the end of one era and the beginning of another. Lyndon Johnson, declining to run for a second term, had paved the way for Richard Nixon to
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This day in 1964 (a Sunday), Meet The Press had Sargent Shriver on as guest. As former head of The Peace Corps, he was tagged by President Johnson to head up the newly declared War On Poverty. The War On Poverty, as LBJ unofficially termed it, was first introduced in
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[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”45351″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”July 11, 2001 – CBS World News Roundup – Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] July 11,2001 – Busy day on Capitol Hill, starting with new controversies over Stem Cell research. The issue of Stem Cell embryonic research grew more complicated with an
