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Politics And Inflation – Season Of Adjustment And Discontent – December 8, 1947

– 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…

Pierre Boulez Speaks – 1973 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry

– Speaking Freely – Edwin Newman interviews Pierre Boulez – May 6, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It’s difficult to imagine the world without Pierre Boulez – he had always been considered one of those firebrands of Contemporary…

March 17, 1942

Yanks In Oz – Bombs On Rhodes – Worries About Tires – Enter: The Draft – March 17, 1942 –

– March 17, 1942 – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 17, 1942 – War in the Pacific is ramping up. U.S. troops arrive on Australian soil, amid fears an invasion by Japan is imminent.…

March 16, 1942

India: Threat Of Invasion – Attacks On Port Moresby – Putting 12,000 Women In Uniform – March 16, 1942

– March 16, 1942 – News of the World – NBC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 16, 1942 – A day where focus of attention was on the Far East and the South Pacific. Word that Sir Stafford…

August 29, 1942 – “Somewhere In The Pacific . . .” – A Solomon Islands State Of Mind.

– NBC News Of The World – August 29, 1942 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in 1942 had much to do with the War in the Pacific and the Eastern front. With the Solomon Islands…