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Economy In Downturn – Leaving Phnom Penh – Crisis In Cyprus – February 14, 1975

Works wonders: Become a Patron! – News for February 14, 1975 – News for this Valentine’s Day in 1975 was anything but heart-warming. It was all about the Recession. It was about unemployment and it was about bleak economic figures.…

Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford And The Economy In Nosedive – February 1, 1975

A little love goes a long way: Become a Patron! – CBS Radio – The World This Week- ending February 1, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Somehow, it always winds up being about the Economy. This first day of…

London

Blitz Over London – Hitler: Confident Contemptuousness – January 31, 1941

Become a Subscriber: Become a Patron! – News For January 31, 1941 – News for this last day of January in 1941 was a continuation of The Blitz which had begun months earlier. Continued daylight air raids over London and…

Watergate And Cambodia: Putting A Strain On The Constitution – Revisiting Kent State – August 4, 1973

– CBS Radio – The World This Week – Week ending August 4, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A week of drama, the week ending this August 4th in 1973. Supreme Court challenges to the War in Cambodia,…

Earthquake In Peru – Excursion In Cambodia – June 2, 1970

– NBC Nightly News – June 2, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With reports slow to come in, news regarding the massive earthquake hitting Peru two days earlier painted a grim picture, guaranteed to get grimmer as the…

Kent State

Three Nights At Kent State, And Four Dead Later – May 4, 1970

– NBC Nightly News – May 4, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Days earlier, on May 1st 1970, President Nixon was asked about the wave of Campus protests to the American excursion into Cambodia. Referring to the students…

Vietnam

Vietnam War – School Busing – “. . . And Somewhere A Tribe Of Gentle People”- April 11, 1972

– News – April 11, 1972 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this April 11th in 1972 was, by admission of the newscaster on this broadcast; busy. First was news regarding the ongoing war in Vietnam. The North…

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Congress: The Youthquake – January 16, 1975

– NBC Nightly News – January 16, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – On this day in 1975, something was happening in Congress that hadn’t happened in living memory; rank and file Democrats voted to oust some of the…

American Scene 1971