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Alan Shepard: First American In Space Holds A Press Conference – May 8, 1961
– CBS Radio Special Report: Alan Shepard Press Conference – May 8, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – On May 5, 1961 America sent its first Astronaut into space. Alan Shepard aboard Freedom 7, the first of the series…
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Gemini 6 – The Developments On Pad 19 – December 12, 1965
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October 25, 1957 – NATO, Syria And Sputnik
October 25, 1957 – NBC World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 25, 1957 – a day of meetings, conflicts and the Space Race. In Washington, President Eisenhower was meeting with UK Prime Minister Harold MacMillan and…
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July 8, 1979 – Yours Truly, OPEC – America’s Little Gas Crisis – Here Comes Skylab.
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December 17, 1957 – Eyewitness At Kittyhawk, 1903 – NATO Talks In Paris – Subcommittee On Teenage Crime
– NBC Radio Nightline – December 17, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Kittyhawk, North Carolina – December 17, 1903, and the first successful flight by The Wright Brothers, who pioneered aviation and forever changed the course of history.…
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July 26, 1975 – Apollo-Soyuz: Semi-Conscious And Smiling – Grumblings In Angola
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July 19, 1965 – Farewell To Adlai – Vietnam Escalates
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July 9, 1979 – A Grain Of SALT, An Avalanche Of Opinions And Skylab Is Falling –
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February 26, 1996 – Pat Buchanan And The GOP Hissy-Fit – Primary Season In America.
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”7147″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 26, 1996 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] It was Primary season, this February in 1996. And the news for this February 26th was the campaign of Senator Bob…