Youth Wants To Know – Sen. Wayne Morse – 1957 Never one to shy away from controversy or taking a stand, Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Oregon) was interviewed on the NBC Radio Program Youth Wants To Know, regarding the Middle-East in general and the Suez Canal in particular, which was undergoing
– News for June 2, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this June 2nd in 1945 was about the transition to peace-time in Europe, the celebrations continuing, and flareups of violence in former colonies and protectorates. Starting with word from Paris that General De Gaulle held his first
May 25, 1986 – CBS Radio Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 25, 1986 – Forty years to the day, America held hands with each other in the name of poverty and hunger and it became a huge media lovefest. Hands Across America was the brainchild of
– CBS World News Roundup – May 20, 1984 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection It wouldn’t be the 80s without El Salvador and this May 20th in 1984 was no different. Flush from his victory in the election, Salvadoran President-elect José Napoleón Duarte went to Washington, first to have a
Story Behind The Headlines: The Palestine Question – Dec. 7, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Editors note: I originally ran this story in 2013, during another period of violence and upheaval in the Middle-East. Thirteen years later, the situation has only spiraled further out of control and the divisions
Never any shortage of scandal where Capitol Hill is concerned, and this April 30th in 1979 was no different. The Senate Ethics Committee was getting ready to hold hearings on violations by Georgia Senator Herman Talmadge and abuses of power, campaign funds and a file cabinet full of other embarrassments.
– CBS World News Roundup – April 15, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection April 15, 1995 came and went and the much-feared repeat of the Sarin Gas attack, which took place in Tokyo on March 20th, didn’t materialize. Despite a prediction delivered by Shoko Asahara, head of the
The Middle East in 1951 – so fragile, that breathing the wrong way could set off a catastrophe. For some weekend listening – here is a discussion, part of the Town Meeting Tonight radio series from June 5, 1951 – The subject was “Is Peace Possible For The Middle East?”
American Forum Of The Air – July 9, 1950 – Do We Need A New Foreign Policy? – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. The endless debate on U.S. Foreign Policy, the political wrangling and the blind-sidedness – it would seem to be our legacy going back to the beginning of
When Iran Nationalized The Oil. Only the beginning – and seemingly never-ending. The atmosphere in the Middle East in 1951 was marked by tension, transition, and the unmistakable sense that an old order was rapidly giving way to a new and uncertain one. The region stood at the crossroads of
