– CBS World News Roundup – May 14, 1984 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this May 14th in 1984 was hopeful, as far as the kidnapped Americans in Sri Lanka were concerned. Word surfaced the rebel group holding the tourists, Stanley and Mary Allen, were relenting on
– NBC Nightly News – March 27, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the odyssey of Vietnam wound up the last remaining weeks, the panic spread and the evacuations continued. This time is was Danang; second largest city behind Saigon and site of the largest U.S. airbase. With
– NBC Radio – News Of The World – March 26, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this March 26th in 1948 had much to do with the changing face of Europe and the ever-changing relations between East and West in the Post-War world after events in
– CBS World News Roundup – February 6, 1992 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another crack at some sort of affordable healthcare started making the rounds, this February 6th in 1992. President George (HW) Bush was proposing a plan for health coverage for the millions of Americans with no
– CBS Radio: The World This Week – February 3, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The big news for the week which ended on this February 3rd in 1980 was the successful escape of 6 Americans who had barely avoided being part of the 50 other Americans held
– Combined Networks – President Roosevelt Birthday celebrations – January 30, 1936 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Lest we all forget, 143 years ago today is President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s birthday, born January 30, 1882. In 1936 it was a national celebration, and parties were held all over the
America’s Town Meeting – March 23, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the world was inching closer to all-out war, the debate raged over how much should the U.S. get involved? Much of the question lay over how much influence was being wielded by outside interests on public
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– CBS World News Roundup – January 27, 1996 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this January 27th in 1996 began with a standoff between police and John DuPont, great-great-grandson of the founder of DuPont Chemical. DuPont had, what was characterized as a snap from reality, killing a
– Elvis Presley – Live At the Las Vegas Hilton – August 3, 1969 – The further we get away from the 1950s, when Elvis Presley was new and we had never heard anybody like him before the harder it is to picture the era and the people and the
– BBC News – Palestinian Elections – CBS News – Condoleeza Rice Interview – Jan 25-27, 2006 – 19 years ago, things changed in Gaza. Hamas, an organization labeled by many governments as a terrorist organization decided to don political attire and go after a popular election. In what was
