August 21, 1982 – News from Beirut, Paris and Lima, Peru this day. In Beirut, the fragile nature of a truce and the evacuation withdrawal of PLO troops was momentarily marred by the capture of an Israeli citizen by Palestinians. As the first 400 PLO fighters were boarding a
– NBC Radio – 1968: Year of Revolution – December 14, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection 1968 has often been regarded as the year almost everything in our society came crashing down. We lost leaders, we lost faith, we lost innocence, we no longer wanted to be in
Mickey Mantle – Hero on the field. Off the field, not so much.[/caption August 12, 1995 – ABC Radio News on the Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 12, 1995 – Mickey Mantle lost his battle with Cancer at the age of 63. Nicknamed The Commerce Comet and
Busy newsday, this August 10, 1978. Starting from Vatican City – The body of Pope Paul VI sealed in an oak, lead and cypress coffin, was borne to the Vatican to lie in state before the main altar at St. Peter’s Basilica until the funeral Mass on Saturday and burial
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– Edward R. Murrow and The News with Larry Lesueur – July 31, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – News for this day, 76 years ago, was about the ongoing war in Korea and the delicate maneuvering taking place at the United Nations at their temporary headquarters at Lake
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A Royal Wedding – The world watched – History waited. A day of pomp and ceremony, this July 29th in 1981. Hundreds of thousands of joyful Britons, taking a break from the strains of a difficult summer, lined the route of the royal wedding procession to cheer their crown prince
July 27, 1982 – CBS World News Roundup – Newsbreak – 9:00 News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Juy 27, 1982 – News from Beirut this day. U.S. envoy Philip Habib was on his way to Israel to meet with Menachem Begin in an attempt to fin a solution
– CBS World News Roundup – The World Tonight – July 24, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Busy day in the world, this July 24th in 1979. Beginning with the continuing saga of the Middle East. Lebanese Radio reported Israeli troops penetrated 5 miles into Southern Lebanon on
