Youth Culture In Protest – 1970 – Past Daily Reference Room
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Category: Protest Movements
California Votes For Austerity: Prop 13 Becomes Law – June 8, 1978
– CBS News – June 8, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day in 1978 was an interesting one if you lived in California. The Jarvis-Gann Initiative, or Prop 13 was passed by a landslide vote in the off-year elections. The tax initiative, which froze property taxes and
Cambodia, Kent State, Nixon: Storm Over The White House – May 12, 1970
– NET – Newsfront – May 12, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With the U.S. excursion into Cambodia, and the repercussions from that move still fresh in the minds of Americans on this May 12th in 1970, President Nixon made the announcement that the U.S. invasion of
VE Day + 1: A Year After Toasts And Hugs; Suspicion – May 8, 1946
And a year to the day after the “official” VE Day end to the War in Europe, the creeping Cold War was making its presence known on this May 8th in 1946. As Europe continued to dig itself out of the wreckage of five years of war, new ominous clouds
Three Nights At Kent State, And Four Dead Later – May 4, 1970
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The Feeding Tube Of Terri Schiavo – The School Shooting In Minnesota – March 22, 2005
– News for March 22, 2005 – NPR News – Charles Osgood – CBS Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 22, 2005 – a day of contrasts, but only if you were looking past the headlines. On this day, the dominating story was the Right-to-Death issue over
A Canal Called Love – A Day Full Of Why – February 9, 1979
– February 9, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 9, 1979 – The ongoing situation in Love Canal, the Niagara Falls area of New York State was escalating on this particular day, 37 years ago. Now the area of evacuation was getting wider,
The Kennedy White House: Before The Honeymoon Was Over, A Full Plate Of Crisis – January 24, 1961
News And Comment for January 24, 1961 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Four days after his Inaugural and six days before his first State of The Union, President Kennedy was already presented with a full plate of crises, this January 24th in 1961. On January 21st, Kennedy’s
Dr. Martin Luther King – Meet The Press – 1960 – Past Daily Reference Room – Birthday Edition
– NBC Radio – Meet The Press – Guest: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King – April 17, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday today, I unearthed this 1960 appearance on Meet The Press, where the discussion is about the new tactic