– CBS World News Roundup – October 23, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this October 23rd in 1979 was a harbinger of things to come. On this day, The Shah of Iran arrived in New York from Mexico, for what was described as a “battery of
-Story Behind The Headlines – Palestine And The UN – Sept. 14, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – “Had we known then what we know now . . . . .” – I’m sure that mantra has been said over and over throughout the years. But nowhere in history
– CBS World News Roundup – September 19, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This September 19th in 1995 had a lot to do with still-at-large domestic terrorist The Unabomber and his demand to publish a 35,000 word manifesto before a deadline which promised more letter bombs if it
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– CBS Radio – The World This Week – Week ending May 19, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A rather violent week, the one ending May 19th, 1974. Capturing the majority of attention (at least in the U.S.) was the shootout taking place at an otherwise anonymous looking
– January 18, 1957 – Edward R. Murrow and the News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 18, 1957; a day where circling the globe took 45 hours, and brokering peace deals took an eternity. A lot of contrasts, this day. Beginning with news that the U.S. Airforce successfully
– NBC Nightly News – January 16, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – On this day in 1975, something was happening in Congress that hadn’t happened in living memory; rank and file Democrats voted to oust some of the most powerful members of the house and seriously challenge others.
– October 28, 1978 – Sadat-Begin Peace Prize + other news – CBS/NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 28, 1978 began on a hopeful note – announced the previous evening, the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize was being awarded to Egypt‘s Anwar Sadat and Israel‘s Menachem Begin. The
– Newsfront – September 16, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A season of raging discontent, this September 16th in 1970. Anti-War protests on college campuses were spreading everywhere, even to seemingly quiet placid ones. The eruptions which turned deadly in the Spring were returning with renewed force –
