August 4, 1964 – A Tonkin State Of Mind – LBJ Addresses Gulf Of Tonkin Indicent
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Category: Politics
August 3, 1951 – When Scandal Hit An Institution – West Point In Crisis
August 3, 1951 – CBS: Edward R. Murrow News With Don Hollenbeck – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 3, 1951 – Scandal was the word this day. News broke that some 90 Cadets at the prestigious West Point Military Academy had been given General Discharges over cheating on exams
Housing The Homeless In 1988 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
CBS Radio – Newsmark: Housing the Homeless – January 17, 1988 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection When CBS Radio’s Newsmark aired its documentary Housing the Homeless on January 17, 1988, homelessness had become one of the defining social issues of the Reagan era. Images of families living in shelters, men
Pushing An Unpopular Cause, Making An Unconvincing Case – Dean Rusk – July 30, 1967
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July 24, 1979 – World Over A Barrel – Big Oil
– 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
Suburban Sprawl: Exodus From The City – 1972 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
Suburban Sprawl – NBC Radio: Second Sunday – August 13, 1972 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It’s interesting how things change; how they go from one extreme to the other over time. In this radio documentary, produced in 1972, the issue is how this Suburban Sprawl has negatively impacted
No Knight – No Magic Wand: An Interview With Barbara Jordan -1975 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
Washington Straight Talk With Barbara Jordan – March 24, 1975 Texas Congresswoman Barbara Jordan shot to fame in the 1970s as part of the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate Hearings. She was also the first Black Woman elected to Congress from Texas and her memorable keynote address at the
July 15, 1964 – GOP Convention: View From The Cow Palace – Sliding Off The Rails.
CBS-TV audio coverage of 1964 Republican Convention – July 15, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this day, at least in the U.S., had primarily to do with the Republican Convention and the selection of Barry Goldwater as Presidential Candidate. Long thought to be the turning point
Turmoil In A Textbook – Banning and Censoring In 1961 – Past Daily Reference Room
By 1961, the debate over school textbooks had become one of the most visible fronts in America’s larger Cold War cultural conflict. What might once have been viewed as routine decisions by educators over curriculum had become deeply political questions. Across the country, local school boards, parent organizations, civic groups,
July 9, 1988 – Collapsing Roofs – Collapsing Platforms – Collecting Bribes
July 9, 1988 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 9, 1988 – A day full of painstaking searches. First; Brownsville Texas, where a department store roof collapsed under the alleged stress of collecting rainwater. Seems rooftop drains were clogged and a downpour the previous