1974: Through A Past Darkly – A Year That Was – Past Daily Thousand Yard Stare
A year-end look at 1974, as reported by CBS News – click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to the original report.
Category: Presidents
Eric Hass And The Socialist View Of Things In 1956 – Past Daily Reference Room
Eric Hass – Campaign Address – Socialist Labor Party Candidate For President – Nov. 3, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – We’ve always thought that American politics was essentially about a two-party system; Republicans and Democrats. The others, which ones they were, had been relegated to such obscurity that
October 19, 1983 – President Reagan Gives A Press Conference
President Reagan – 20th press Conference – October 19, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the situation in Nicaragua growing more tense and contentious, and the situation in Lebanon becoming a stalemate, President Reagan, in his 20th Press Conference, on the 1,000th day of his Presidency, sought to
October 13, 2001 – “On Top Of Everything Else . . . Anthrax”.
October 13, 2001 – CBS Radio News + CBS Weekend Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 13, 2001 – Still reeling and in a state of shock over the events of a month earlier, we were now having to deal with another threat; this time Anthrax. Traces were
October 12, 1972 – Vietnam Peace Speculation And A Nothing Burger Named Watergate.
October 12, 1972 – NBC Nightly News – Audio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 12, 1972. A Presidential election campaign in full-swing and Vietnam peace negotiations in Paris were looking hopeful. Henry Kissinger came back to Washington after four days of private meetings with North Vietnams top negotiators
October 6, 1997 – Enter The Line-Item Veto – Return Of Yassin To Gaza.
October 6, 1997 – NPR News – All Things Considered – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 6, 1997 – Firsts and returns, this day 20 years ago. The first being from Capitol Hill, where President Clinton exercised the first use of the Line-Item Veto on a spending measure; an
October 4, 1984 – Cramming For A Debate – Jamming For Recess
October 4, 1984 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 4, 1984. A day loaded with politics. Racing to meet a recess deadline, Capitol Hill was working overtime to pass bills, avoid defaults and slip in a few last minute monkey-wrenches. It seems to happen
A Thomas E. Dewey Campaign Address – Sept. 25, 1944 – Past Daily Reference Room
Thomas E. Dewey – Campaign address – September 25, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Thomas E. Dewey – probably not a name that rings a lot of bells these days, but in 1944 and 1948 he was the Republican Candidate for President, running first against Franklin Roosevelt and
September 22, 1993 – President Clinton – Making A Bid For Health Care Reform
President Clinton Address To Congress- Health Care – Sept. 22, 1993 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 22, 1993 – Lest you think the issue of getting adequate, affordable, comprehensive Health Care in America has been a recent issue in our Socio-Political culture, I hate to be the bearer
September 19, 1978 – Carter-Sadat-Begin – After Camp David, Down To The Nitty-Gritty
September 19, 1978 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 19, 1978 -The day after the milestone Camp David meeting between Israel’s Manachem Begin, Egypt’s Anwar Sadat and President Carter and Carter’s address before a joint session of Congress, the nuts and bolts and rounds