July 8, 1979 – Yours Truly, OPEC – America’s Little Gas Crisis – Here Comes Skylab.
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Category: Middle East
June 29, 1970 – Exit Cambodia – Nassar Goes To Moscow – The Troubles Continue In Derry.
– NBC News – June 29, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in 1970 had a lot to do with the promised withdrawal from Cambodia, two months after invading and setting off a domestic firestorm which left students dead and a country bitterly divided. In
The Question Of Suez – 1951 – Kamil Abdul Rahim On Meet The Press – Past Daily Reference Room
Ambassador Kamil Abdul Rahim – Meet The Press – November 25, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Middle East. Going from simmering stew of discontent to a boiling pot of rage. The issue was around The Suez Canal and continued control of the waterway by Great Britain and
April 25, 1980 – A Failed Rescue Attempt – The Hostage Situation In Iran.
Become a Patron! For all intents and purposes, it was a risky attempt from the get-go. On this April 25th, 1980 an attempt to rescue the 53 American hostages, held at the American Embassy in Tehran took place. Admittedly, it was a gamble – 8 helicopters, flying undercover through Iranian
April 14, 1941 – Situation East
– April 14, 1941 – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this April 14, 1941, the 589th day of War, had much to do with the situation in the Balkans. Yugoslavia fell to the Germans, with Yugoslav resistance scattered and disorganized. The Capital of
April 12, 1942 – Warning From India – Russian Advances – A Thousand Tons Of Bombs Over Germany.
April 12, 1942 – NBC News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 12, 1942 – Even for a Sunday, a war with no let-up. News from Libya of British advances and German retreats near the coastal town of Gazala. News of a breakdown in negotiations between
February 25, 1979 – The Sino-Vietnam War – For A Change, Not In The Frying Pan – But Iran . . .
February 25, 1979 – CBS Radio – The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With grossly inflated casualty and capture claims coming from both sides, the war between China and Vietnam was heating up, this week in February, 1979. And with clucks of “this could be the
January 25,1976 – Gloomy, Gloomier, Supersonic
– The World This Week – CBS Radio – January 25, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 25, 1976 – and the end of another week of wild contrasts. The week began with a gloomy assessment of the nation’s economy, as delivered by President Ford during his State
January 20, 1981 – Upstaging An Inauguration With A Hostage Release – All Eyes On The Tarmac In Tehran.
A busy day, this January 20th. While pre-Inaugural balls were going on in one part of Washington for the upcoming swearing-in of Ronald Reagan, negotiations were reaching a fevered pitch in the final hours of the Carter White House. And while the Inauguration was getting ready to take place, it
January 18, 1991 – Operation Desert Storm – Skies Over Baghdad – Scuds Over Tel-Aviv
– January 18, 1991 – CBS World News Roundup – CBS News Updates – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 18, 1991 – With news flashing across TV screens and radios that Operation Desert Storm had begun, this day was the first full day of action in what would eventually