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Hell Bombs And Wonder Drugs – 1950 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio – You And . . .The World – January 15-16, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection You could, in all likelihood, use that well-worn phrase from Dickens, The Best…

A Word From Arthur Ashe And A Few Words From Robertson Davies And A Word About Ethics – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio – Newsmark – Arthur Ashe, Roberston Davies, Sen. John Tower – May 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Two interesting and diverse interviews this weekend, and something political to…

Investigating The CIA – 1975 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NPR – National Town Meeting – Investigating The CIA – December 5, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Seems National Security, Surveillance, The CIA and overdoing it have been matters of…

Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 1958 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – News reports, December 1958 – CBS Radio News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In case you think 2013 is weirder than most years, I’m afraid to tell you – no, it’s…

FDR Has A Word About Unemployment – 1937 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – President Franklin D. Roosevelt discusses Unemployment – November 14, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In what was billed as a “fireside chat style address” on November 14, 1937, President Roosevelt…

JFK Announces Candidacy For President – 1960 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Senator John F. Kennedy Announces Candidacy for President – January 2, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Since this week marks the 50th anniversary of the Assassination of President John F.…

World Of The Nervous Tick – November 1958 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio – Eric Sevareid commentary – November 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Seemingly, the situations never change. In November of 1958 the big concern was the Cold War –…