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American Scene 1971

The Great Radio Documentaries – “Who Am I? What Am I Doing? Where Am I Going?” – The American Scene: 1971 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

– Second Sunday – The American Scene – A Re- Assessment – 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Since it’s a holiday weekend I just had to put up another documentary – 1971 seems apropos and what we were…

May 10, 1975 – South Vietnam – Cambodia – That Was The Week That Was –

Further evidence May, historically, has been anything but a dull month. Take for example this past week in 1975. News for the week ending May 11, 1975 was about upheaval, reprisal and fear for the future. With the collapse of…

Earth Day 1970

April 22, 1970 – On Top Of Everything Else; Earth Day

On top of everything else going on this day in 1970, it was also Earth Day – the very first one. Amid a flurry of publicity and events, Earth Day was intended to be the beginning of what would be…

December 30, 1986 – Reagan And Gorbachev: No Deal, No Friendly New Year Greeting – Sour Summit

– CBS World News Roundup – December 30, 1986 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Only a year earlier, on December 30, 1985, President Reagan and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev exchanged warm New Years greetings and hopes for continued progress…

Nixon

August 17, 1973 – Nixon And The Flimsy Defense – The Slow Close Of Unpopular Excursions – Mae West Has A Birthday –

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”4267″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”August 17, 1973 – The World This Week – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] The World This Week – August 17, 1973 – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News…

July 22, 1973 – John Ehrlichman And The Poppycock Defense – A Weeks Worth Of Watergate

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”9241″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”July 22, 1973 – The World This Week – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] The World This Week – Week Ending July 22, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – And forty-eight…

Pentagon Pressure over Vietnam

April 8, 1975 – The Bleed-Out – Pressure From The Pentagon Over Vietnam

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”20573″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”April 8, 1975 – NBC Nightly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] As the situation in Vietnam went from bad to worse to hopeless – the Pentagon was pressuring The White House to pressure…

Vietnam - The panic was on.

April 1, 1975 – ‘The Military Has Lost Control Of The City’ – The Situation In South Vietnam

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”20458″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”April 1, 1975 – NBC Nightly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] In what was previously described as a strategic withdrawal of South Vietnamese forces from key provinces, became a rout as South Vietnamese…

February 4, 1980 – ABSCAM: New Word In The Dictionary.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”6822″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 4, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] On this February 4th in 1980, a new Acronym entered our Dictionary –ABSCAM, which stood for Abdul Enterprises Scam or Arab…

November 23, 1970 – A Search Continues, A War Goes On, The View From Folsom – Nixon Overrides A Veto –

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”5747″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”November 23, 1970 – NBC News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] A day a lot happened. This November 23rd in 1970 heard reports of an unsuccessful attempt to free American prisoners in a North…