– CBS Radio – The World Tonight – November 7, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – On this post-election day in November of 1980, the aftermath of the Reagan landslide was still being scrutinized. The transition from the Carter White House to The Reagan White House was getting ready
– October 18, 1987 – ABC World News This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 18, 1987 – News for this week was a wild ride of extremes and drama. Starting with news that First Lady Nancy Reagan had undergone tests, and it was discovered what was termed
– News for October 7, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Election ’80: With four weeks to the day until the Presidential Election would be over, all eyes were on the ramped up rhetoric and endless campaigning between candidates Governor Ronald Reagan, President Carter
– CBS Radio – Frontline Reports-World News Roundup – Sept 24, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day was a glimpse of things to come. The Reagan Budget was topic-A in conversation around Capitol Hill for this September 24th in 1981. The era of slashed budgets,
September 13, 1983 – A world in conflict. In Beirut, Marines were given authority to call for air support in case artillery attacks from Lebanese rebel groups. Earlier in the day, President Reagan extended the Marines authority to defend themselves by allowing them to call for airstrikes against any units
– September 5, 1981 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News from Gdansk today, as the Solidarity labor Movement held its first Congress in Gdansk, while the Soviet Union was staging military maneuvers nearby. It was a bold and defiant move on the parts of
CBS News – Firstline Report – World News Roundup – Newsbreak – July 11, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection An interesting news day, this July 11th in 1980. It started off with a look at the upcoming Moscow Olympics, which we weren’t going to and doing our best “sour
– CBS Hourly News – June 17, 1985 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day, at least as far as the U.S. was concerned, centered around a hostage drama unfolding at Beirut Airport. Members of a Shi’ite Militia group, armed to the teeth, hijacked TWA flight 847
– CBS World News Roundup + 9:00 am Network News – May 22, 1984 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this 22nd of May in 1984 had a lot to do with the ongoing Iran-Iraq War and new flare ups in the Persian Gulf, threatening to involve neighboring
– CBS World News Roundup – April 11, 1987 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – On this particular day in 1987, much of the news was regarding an unfolding sex scandal at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. How this scandal was teetering on derailing a much anticipated summit meeting between
