Category: Scandals

Haitian Hardball – September 17, 1994

– CBS World News Roundup – September 17, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this September 17th in 1994 had much to do with wars of words. In Haiti, a delegation of American negotiators were taking one last shot at a peaceful settlement to the Haiti question.

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Posture And Spin – September 2, 2000

– CBS Radio News + Weekend Roundup – September 2, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Since it was Labor Day weekend, this particular September 2nd in 2000, there was no end to campaigning, charges, counter-charges, spin, posturing and promising this last big holiday before the election. The end

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Facing Full And Complete Occupation – August 27, 1945

– NBC Radio News – August 27, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As preparations were finishing up, the 3rd Fleet was moving into Segami Bay and the first of several contingents of U.S. troops were preparing to land on Japanese shores, starting the beginning of the first full

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Cancer Scares And Campaign Trails – August 18, 2000

– CBS World News Roundup – Late Edition – August 18, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day 15 years ago it was Campaign 2000 in full swing. With Al Gore consummating the nomination the previous night, he set out to do some one-on-one campaigning on the Mississippi.

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The Guessing Game – August 7, 1974

– ABC Radio Network – News, reports and Bulletins – August 7, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in 1974 had everything (or just about everything) to do with Watergate and the fate of President Richard Nixon. Support had evaporated when it was disclosed he

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Not The Week To Go Flying – July 17, 1949

– Voices And Events- week ending July 17, 1949 – NBC Radio Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for the week, ending on July 17 in 1949 had much to do with plane crashes and turmoil. A plane crash over Bombay India claimed the lives of a group

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