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: Scandals
James Watt: “A Woman, Two Jews And A Cripple” – Anatomy Of Foot-In-Mouth – 1983
James Watt – Interior Secretary – Soundbite of Sept. 21, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the current state of political gaffes, non sequiturs and outright bonehead mistakes, the latest bon mot from Alabama comes in the midst of a hotly contested Senatorial race where issues of race,
November 20, 1993 – Brady Bill Filibuster – Packwood Peccadillos –
November 20, 1993 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 20, 1993 – Just when the Brady Bill, the handgun legislation named after President Reagan‘s Press Secretary who was wounded during Reagan’s assassination attempt in 1981, seemed like a slam-dunk, but out walks a Republican
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
August 25, 2000 – Ford-Firestone Scandal – Tailhook Redux – An Internet Hoax
August 25, 2000 – CBS World News Roundup: Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 25, 2000 – Scandals in the news – the controversy surrounding Ford and Firestone and the issue of defective tires became the stuff of Capitol Hill subcommittees this day. Ford had been accused
August 3, 1951 – When Scandal Hit An Institution – West Point In Crisis
August 3, 1951 – CBS: Edward R. Murrow News With Don Hollenbeck – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 3, 1951 – Scandal was the word this day. News broke that some 90 Cadets at the prestigious West Point Military Academy had been given General Discharges over cheating on exams
July 17, 1977 – A Peace Proposal In Lebanon – Protests In Ann Arbor
July 17, 1977 – CBS Radio News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 17, 1977 – A hopeful day in Lebanon and a day of protest in Ann Arbor, Michigan. News of a proposed peace settlement in Lebanon brought cautious optimism. Details of the proposed peace plan, to bring
A Weeks Worth Of Watergate – Week Of August 3, 1973 – Past Daily Reference Room
Watergate – Week 4 – NBC News -John Chancellor – August 3, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Watergate – the event that captured the attention of the country, if not the world, for one steamy summer in Washington D.C. The Watergate Hearings. The daily ritual of sitting down,
June 14, 1973 – Watergate: A Bomb Named Jeb
July 14, 1973 – NBC Nightly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 14, 1973 – News about Watergate took centerstage this day. Deputy Director of CREEP (Committee To Re-Elect The President) pointed fingers and named names. The biggest name was Attorney General John Mitchell, whom he claimed knew
June 6, 1976 – Capitol Hill And Scandal
June 6, 1976 – The World This Week – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 6, 1976, a Sunday in 1976 which capped off a week of tragedies, intrigues and scandals. Starting off with news of the Teton Dam collapse in Idaho, causing mass flooding and at