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March 13, 1961 – East Berlin, OPEC, Cuba And Other Frying Pans.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”49775″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”News for March 13, 1961- NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] If we’re helping relieve the boredom, chip in: Become a Patron! The Cold War climate was getting stirred up, this March 13th in 1961. News that West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt left

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John Carradine And Maurice Valency Discuss (And Defend) The Madwoman Of Chaillot – 1949 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry

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February 13, 1951: War In Korea – Withdrawals, Maneuvering, Condemnation And Celebrations Of An Alliance.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”49225″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”News for February 13, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Become a Patron! Despite General MacArthur‘s spin that “we are continuing a war of maneuver”, a new phrase had entered into the Korean War Slang dictionary; “Buggin’ out”. On this February day in 1951,

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Elections And Public Opinion Polls – 1948 – Past Daily Reference Room

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”49022″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”Chicago University Roundtable – Do Opinion Polls Serve Democracy? – June 27, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] A buck is all we ask: Become a Patron! Polls; forever relied on, increasingly unreliable. Opinion polls have been a vital element in collecting data on

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January 30, 1948 – “Bapuji Is No More!” – The Assassination Of Gandhi.

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