Category Politics

Chicago Teachers picketing 1987

Picket Lines In Chicago – A Place Called Howard Beach – September 8, 1987

– September 8, 1987 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 8, 1987 – Summer vacation was over and the picket lines were forming in Chicago as negotiations between Teachers and the School District were…

Europe On The Edge: Last Minute Attempts – Last Ditch Efforts – August 29, 1939

– News From Radio Berlin – News From EIAR, Rome – August 29, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the war of nerves intensified on this day in 1939, a last ditch effort at negotiations was still going…

America The Violent – 1969 – Past Daily Reference Room

– America The Violent-1969 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Perhaps not as bad as it is now, but violence seems to be just as integral a part of American society as the automobile. The question has…

Is Big-Business Taking Over Government? – 1955 – Past Daily Reference Room

– American Forum of The Air – Is Government Favoring Big Business? – NBC Radio August 7, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Funny how it’s always been speculated on and feared over, but it happens anyway. In 1955,…

‘I Have Never Been A Quitter’ – Nixon Resigns – August 8, 1974

– News Reports and Nixon Resignation Address – August 8, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection.- Forty-nine years ago today, everything stopped and all eyes were on Washington. After days and weeks of speculation and the virtual tornado of rumors…

Watergate And Cambodia: Putting A Strain On The Constitution – Revisiting Kent State – August 4, 1973

– CBS Radio – The World This Week – Week ending August 4, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A week of drama, the week ending this August 4th in 1973. Supreme Court challenges to the War in Cambodia,…

President Kennedy

President Kennedy: A JFK Press Conference – High School Dropouts – The Test Ban Treaty – August 1, 1963 –

– President Kennedy Press Conference – August 1, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A press conference by President Kennedy – given on August 1, 1963. Starting with the subject of Education – Kennedy addressed the growing number of…