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May 13, 1951 – War In Korea – Getting Ready For the Spring Offensive –

Voices And Events – News-for-week-ending-may-13th-1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another week of war, this week ending on May 13th in 1951. The war this time was Korea and UN troops were preparing for what they believed was a second…

LBJ

April 26, 1964 – LBJ: “Making A Step Toward A Peaceful World” – New York World’s Fair Opens.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”8028″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”April 26, 1964 – ABC Voices In The News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] LBJ and cause for cautious optimism, this April 26th in 1964. President Johnson announced a reduction in Nuclear arms, and…

Saga Of The Nine Old Men – FDR And Expanding The Supreme Court In 1937 – Past Daily Reference Room.

With the latest storm of controversy over the “court packing issue”, here’s a reminder the concept rears its head every so often, going back to President Andrew Jackson. The biggest incident took place in 1937 when President Roosevelt suggested expanding…

Henry Wallace

April 14, 1947 – The Trouble With Henry – The Trouble With Labor – The Trouble With Spring.

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April 2, 1980 – Carter; Sweep – Anderson; Nil – Primary Season In Full Swing.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”7687″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”March 2, 1980 – News On The Hour – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Since April 2, 1980 was right in the middle of Presidential Primary season, most of the news for…

Africa in 1964

March 26, 1961 – Soapy Goes To Africa – Fact-Finding In A Region Roiling In Conflict.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”7580″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”March 26, 1961 – Meet The Press – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] The ongoing turmoil/growing pains/strife that marked the Africa Independence Movement in the 1960s continues, to a degree, to this…

March 22, 1964 – Trench Life During The War On Poverty – Sargent Shriver

This day in 1964 (a Sunday), Meet The Press had Sargent Shriver on as guest. As former head of The Peace Corps, he was tagged by President Johnson to head up the newly declared War On Poverty. The War On…

Honduras

March 17, 1988 – Invading Honduras: Is This Trip Necessary?

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March 5, 1997 – Another Day Underwater – The Ohio River Floods Of 1997 – Legislating Bad Behavior.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”7259″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”March 5, 1997 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Characterized as the worst flooding since the infamous Ohio River Valley floods of 1937, the Ohio River Valley Floods of 1997…

Dr. Klaus Fuchs

March 4, 1950 – “Brilliant Mind – Nasty Person”: The Klaus Fuchs Affair – The Ever-Present Cult Of Doom.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”7247″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”March 4, 1950 – Voices And Events – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] News for the week ending on March 4, 1950 had a lot to do with the Cold War and…