A Sickness Named Dahmer – July 28, 1991
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Category: Social Commentary
President Kennedy: ‘A Shaft Of Light Cut Into The Darkness’ – Address On Nuclear Test Ban – July 26, 1963
– President John F. Kennedy Address to Nation on Nuclear Test Ban – July 26, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the world slowly recovered from the dangerous closeness of an all-out Nuclear War, as a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a step toward banning nuclear weapons
Silent Spring And A Few Words From Rachel Carson 1963 – Past Daily Reference Room
CBS Reports – The Silent Spring of Rachel Carson – 1963, rebroadcast 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In 1962, when Marine biologist and Conservationist Rachel Carson‘s landmark book Silent Spring was published, it immediately caused a storm of controversy. The rampant, unchecked use of pesticides since the 1940s
1956 Looks At The Fourth Amendment – Past Daily Reference Room
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Korea: Truce Talks – Iran: Bluff Talks – July 10, 1951
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Tripp Dishes Dirt – Scandals In The Oval Office – Fires In Florida – July 7, 1998
– July 7, 1998 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 7, 1998, and the third return of the notorious Linda Tripp to the Grand Jury to lay out some 20 hours of taped phone conversations with Monica Lewinsky. The scandal involving the White House
Berkeley: Three Nights Of Riots – Judy Garland Collapses On Stage – June 30, 1968
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Streets Of Santiago – Brezhnev Views Watergate – June 27, 1973
– News for the Week of June 27, 1973 – The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – While the bombs were falling in the hearing room on Capitol Hill, over the latest harrowing disclosures by former Nixon aide John Dean, bombs and distractions of another kind were
Civil Rights: Long, Hot Summer ’66 – Vietnam: “No Bargain Basement War” – June 26, 1966
– ABC Radio – Voices In The Headlines – June 26, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The week of June 26th in 1966 pretty much epitomized the tone of the 60s; contentious, ironic and questioning. Beginning with the ongoing Civil Rights battle. As usual, Mississippi was at the
Taft-Hartley Bill Becomes Law – June 23, 1947
– ABC Headline News – June 23, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A lot of Labor news this June 23rd in 1947. Starting with the override of President Truman’s veto of the Taft-Hartley bill, the Senate voted to pass the infamous Taft-Hartley Labor Bill voted 68-25 with 6