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CBS Radio Hourly News + Spectrum – December 19, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The saga of Poland continued, this December 19th in 1981. Despite a crackdown and Martial Law imposed, protests and strikes were still going on. News…
– NBC World News Roundup + News Of The World – December 12, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Seemingly no end to trouble, discontent, upheaval and strife on this particular December 12th. 1947 was a year of change throughout…
– News Of The World – December 8, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This December 8 in 1947 saw the country battling Politics and Inflation, the Cold War unfolding and American cities squabbling for bragging rights. Politics and…
News Commentaries – November 29, 1961 – NBC Radio Closed Circuit – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Seems there was no end to hotspots around the world, this November 29th in 1961. Between allegations of attempted Cuba interfering in elections in…
– Chester Himes – Interviewed on Soul! – March 15, 1972 – NET-TV – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Chester Himes – one of the great American writers of the 20th century, was one of many artists of color who…
– NBC Radio – Story Behind The Headlines – Palestine – 1948 – With the current escalation of violence over Gaza, casualties rising by the minute and a ground war underway, here’s a reminder that the entire region has been…
. – CBS Radio: Newsbreak + CBS Radio Hourly News – November 6, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection When Iran underwent sweeping changes, starting in late 1978 and culminating in the exile (under the pretense of tests for Cancer)…
-NBC – Listen To Washington – November 2,1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the Cold War became a permanent fixture for life in the 1950s, so were the Summit conferences taking place in Geneva. Seemingly, ever few months,…
ABC Radio: Baukhage Talking – news for October 3, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A nervous October day in 1949. News of China – strikes dragging on, news of a creeping paranoia over Communists, news of Capitol Hill gamesmanship.…
– America The Violent-1969 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Perhaps not as bad as it is now, but violence seems to be just as integral a part of American society as the automobile. The question has…