Before he was tapped by President Roosevelt to be his running-mate in the 1940 election, Henry A. Wallace was Secretary of The Agriculture. In 1933, incoming President Roosevelt nominated Wallace to assume Secretary duties at the Department of Agriculture, a post Wallace’s father, Henry Cantwell Wallace held from 1921-1924. Although
– ABC Radio – The Thin Grey Line – June 8, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In 1966 the groundswell of discontent over U.S. involvement in Vietnam and Southeast Asia was increasing in intensity. Questions were raised as to why we were there in the first place. Sure, we
– CBS – Edward R. Murrow Program With Charles Collingwood – June 17, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection June 17th in a Cold War 1953. With last minute appeals for clemency sent to the Supreme Court over the case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, convicted of espionage in allegedly
– CBS World News Roundup – June 10, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this June 10th in 1994 was hopeful, but not optimistic if you were looking for a quick solution to the Health Care problem. The Kennedy Healthcare bill passed an initial hurdle; clearing the Senate
Nixon and Public Opinion – Some love, but not much. Since June 8th came on a Sunday in 1974, all media outlets were overwhelmed with news of the previous week. To no one’s surprise, the news about Watergate and revelations around the Nixon Whitehouse were as relentless as they were
– CBS Radio – The World Tonight – May 26, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this May 26th, 46 years ago, was about the upcoming Presidential election in November. The race was on and the candidates were dropping out. Latest to go on this day, was George
– CBS Radio: Is Cuba Going Red? – May 7 and 13, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. With the untimely demise of CBS Radio News, I thought it would a good idea to take a look back at many of the defining moments which CBS Radio covered. Over the
– CBS World News Roundup – May 20, 1984 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection It wouldn’t be the 80s without El Salvador and this May 20th in 1984 was no different. Flush from his victory in the election, Salvadoran President-elect José Napoleón Duarte went to Washington, first to have a
May 12, 1974 – Issues And Answers: Barbara Jordan, Charles Rangel, Andrew Young – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 12, 1974 – a Sunday that year. And as with most all Sundays, the day for observing, speculating and recalling, and the day for Sunday Talk Shows. This one; ABC’s
– CBS Radio – The World This Week – May 11, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. May 11th came on a Sunday in 1975. And as is always the case, Sunday is reserved for recapping the main news stories of the week. The week ending May 11th in
