– Sen. Ted Kennedy on National Health Care – May 22, 1974 – The debate over affordable Health Care has been groaning on for decades, it makes for great soundbites, and sometimes it gets votes. But the seemingly endless haggle over a National Health Plan never quite went anywhere. In
– NBC Blue Network News Of The World – August 12, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this August 12th in 1941 was filled with reports of Air Raids over Europe. RAF Bombers were busy attacking Western Germany, while Soviet bombers were busy attacking Eastern Germany. Berlin
News of the Day – August 8, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Fifty-one years ago today, the Great National Nightmare, as Gerald Ford put it, was over. After months of investigations, hearings and discoveries, the end of an era had finally come to pass. Speculation had been
– Don Hollenbeck And the News – CBS Radio – July 23, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With news for this July 23rd in 1951 focused on President Truman‘s upbeat assessment of the country mid-way through 1951 and cautious reports on negotiations in Korea toward an armistice, news
Sixty-two years ago today, the Civil Rights struggle had gathered steam, but it was still a struggle with bitter and violent opposition every step of the way. On this day in 1963, the infamous showdown between Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach and Alabama Governor George Wallace typified just how deep
Since most mainstream media will be focusing on the end of the War in Europe in 1945, May 7th also marks another anniversary; one that had far-reaching consequences during the years and decades directly following it. The fall of the French Army garrison at Dien Bien Phu. A battle which
– NBC News Of The World – April 25, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this day in 1941 had much to do with the War in Europe, going into its 600th day, this April 25th in 1941. With raids over England, fighting in the Balkans, panic in
– NBC Radio – Second Sunday: J.Edgar Hoover’s FBI – May, 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Long before the days of Internet spying, domestic surveillance and government intrusion on privacy, we had J.Edgar Hoover. Hoover was the man behind the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and he made is his
On a day where crises were popping up seemingly everywhere, the focus on this February 7th in 1964 was the flare-up of bad relations with Cuba and threats by the Castro regime against our military base at Guantanamo. The flap began over the seizing of four Cuban fishing trawlers off
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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
