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Filibusters, Hot-Potatoes And A Word From Uncle Joe – March 6, 1948

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for March 6, 1948 Truly an International news day for this March 6th in 1948. Starting with Domestic issues in the form of a readied filibuster on the parts of Dixiecrats…

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March 6, 2013
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Situation: The Congo – 1960 – Past Daily Reference Room.

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Eyewitness To History – The Congo – Feb. 24, 1960 When you realize the continent of Africa has been relatively free of colonial rule only within the past 60 years, the seemingly…

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March 1, 2013
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Extended Forecast: Vietnam – Dark With Persistent Mayhem – February 28, 1965

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Meet The Pres – Russell Long – Feb. 28, 1965 As questions began to raise regarding our role in Southeast Asia, it was still early on in the game to see just…

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February 28, 2013

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A Word Or Two From Malcolm X – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Malcolm X – James Baldwin – Open Mind On this day, 48 years ago – February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated. One of the most vocal figures in the Black Muslim…

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February 21, 2013
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Up To Our Lips Again – February 15, 1971

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for February 15, 1971 – Laos Invasion Not bad enough public opinion railed against U.S. involvement in Cambodia in 1970, in 1971 the war now extended to Laos with U.S. and…

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February 15, 2013

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“We Are Continuing A War Of Maneuver” – February 13, 1951

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for February 13, 1951 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…

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February 13, 2013

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State Of The Union – 1965 – Lyndon Johnson – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player: LBJ – State of The Union – 1965 This is the second State of The Union Address by President Lyndon Johnson, delivered on January 4, 1965. His address for 1964 laid the…

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February 12, 2013
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A Word From Sigmund Freud – 1938 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player:Sigmund Freud – Nov. 1938 Probably one of the most influential figures in the 20th Century, and certainly in the field of Psychiatry, was Sigmund Freud. But it’s strange to realize that, since…

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February 9, 2013
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Sharon Takes The Rap – February 8, 1983

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for Feb. 8, 1983 At the end of a week of heated debate, on this February 8th in 1983, it was determined by an Israeli government commission that Defense Minister Ariel…

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February 8, 2013

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Asaf Avidan – In Session At Le Mouv’, Paris – Nights At The Roundtable: Rock Without Borders Edition.

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Asaf Avidan – in Session at Le Mouv – Jan. 28, 2013 Over to Paris tonight for a studio session/concert by Israeli singer-songwriter Asaf Avidan and his band The Mojos, recorded this…

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February 6, 2013
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