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It’s May 28, 1989 – Do You Know Where Your Latest Scandal Is?

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Seemingly no end to scandal where Capitol Hill is concerned. For this May 28th in 1989 the specter of Ethics reared its inquiring head and its victims were the House Speaker…

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May 28, 2013

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Class of ’53 – Teenagers Of The 50s – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Sixty years ago, almost to the day, America was muddling over the question “what’s happening to today’s youth?” – Crime was up, juvenile delinquency was up, unwanted pregnancies were up,…

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May 27, 2013

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May 16, 1958 : Vice-president Nixon In South America – Having An Entire Continent Despise You.

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News on this day in 1958 had to do with the aftermath of the disastrous visit by vice-President Nixon to South America. In each of the stops on this State…

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May 16, 2013

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May 15, 1940 – The Netherlands – A Plea For Peace – But An Invasion Continues –

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May 15, 2013
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1950's, Commentators, Communist China, Communists, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elections, Harry S. Truman, History, India, Iran, Pakistan, Past Daily Reference Room, Social Commentary, Socialists, Society, Soviet Union, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Uncategorized, Unreleased recordings, Vintage Recordings

Pakistan At The Polls – 1950 – Today With Mrs. Roosevelt – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player: With the first open and democratically held elections in Pakistan in several decades coming up this Saturday (May 11), I ran across this very early interview, less than three years…

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May 10, 2013

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May 7, 1954 – And Then There Was Dien Bien Phu – End Of One Chapter, Beginning Of Another.

Become a Patron! Since most mainstream media will be focusing on the end of the War in Europe in 1945, May 7th also marks another anniversary; one that had far-reaching consequences during the years and decades directly following it. The…