Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio Special – The Geneva Conference – May 10, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection East-West tensions. With the latest set of crises over The Ukraine, it feels like the Cold War all over again. In 1959 tension were easing,
Click on the link here for Audio Player – President Kennedy News Conference – May 8, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A typical Press conference during the Kennedy Years, this one from May 8, 1963. JFK opens with a statement regarding the Civil Rights situation in Alabama and the
Click on the link here for Audio Player – National Press Club – Situation in Spain – NBC Red Network – April 17, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In the days before the outbreak of World War 2 the lead-up, the harbinger of things to come lay in the
Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio Special Report – Nikita Khruschev Reports – Jan. 16, 1961 As the Kennedy Years started to unfold, the Cold War took on new aspects. The U-2 incident during the last months of the Eisenhower administration put a damper on
Click on the link here for Audio Player – NPR: Options – U.S. Policy on Angola – Feb. 13, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the independence movements unfolded in Africa, and as nations emerged and went through the pangs of growth and adjustment, one of the most contentious
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio: The Hidden Revolution – A Day Called X – March 18, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection One thing was certain about the Cold War, there was no shortage of doomsday scenarios and no ceiling on the amount of
Click on the link here for Audio Player – President Kennedy Address to Students at UC Berkeley – March 23, 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection On the occasion of UC Berkeley‘s 94th annual Charter Day celebration, and accepting an honorary Doctor of Law degree, President Kennedy took the opportunity
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – March 14, 1987 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A contrasting sort of day, this March 14th in 1987. From New York came word that reputed Underworld kingpin John Gotti was set free, with the Jury returning
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – March 6, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this March 6th in 1990 had much to do with the atmosphere of change and what was rapidly becoming the new face of Europe. Still, there
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio Net Alert Bulletin – Czech Crisis – August 20, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With the latest news regarding the Ukraine, the situation in Crimea and reports of Russian troops crossing the Ukraine border, it all has a
