Mickey Mantle – Hero on the field. Off the field, not so much.[/caption August 12, 1995 – ABC Radio News on the Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 12, 1995 – Mickey Mantle lost his battle with Cancer at the age of 63. Nicknamed The Commerce Comet and
Never any shortage of scandal where Capitol Hill is concerned, and this April 30th in 1979 was no different. The Senate Ethics Committee was getting ready to hold hearings on violations by Georgia Senator Herman Talmadge and abuses of power, campaign funds and a file cabinet full of other embarrassments.
– CBS Radio – You And . . .The World – January 15-16, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection You could, in all likelihood, use that well-worn phrase from Dickens, The Best of Times – The Worst of Times to apply directly to the decade of the 1950s. On the
February 5, 1977 – CBS Radio – The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 5, 1977 – The week was full of new about the Energy Crisis that wasn’t going to go away. America was asked to curb excess, starting with turning down thermostats, while Buffalo
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– News for December 23, 1993 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Troopergate and grumblings from Euro Disney this December 23rd in 1993. The Clinton White House was the scene of wild innuendo and accusation as Arkansas State Troopers testified that then-Governor Bill Clinton made
Consider chipping in if you like this stuff: Become a Patron! Not a good week to be anywhere but hunkered down, waiting for the next disaster to strike. In Virginia, Tennessee, and West Virginia Rescue crews and National Guardsmen worked to reach persons isolated by flooding and to reopen roads
We could use the help, honest: Become a Patron! – News for January 17, 1979 – With the situation in Iran getting more and more chaotic, troops loyal to The Shah opened fire on groups of demonstrators around the country celebrating The Shah’s departure from Iran the previous day, killing
Can we get a bit of love? Tiny bit? – Become a Patron! – January 12, 1982 – CBS Radio News on The Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 12, 1982 – The situation in Poland was escalating into a war of words, with the Reagan administration threatening
CBS Reports – The Silent Spring of Rachel Carson – 1963, rebroadcast 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In 1962, when Marine biologist and Conservationist Rachel Carson‘s landmark book Silent Spring was published, it immediately caused a storm of controversy. The rampant, unchecked use of pesticides since the 1940s
