– Our Foreign Policy – The Marshall Plan – September 6, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The news on this day in September of 1947 found the world . . .pretty much as usual, sliding into a state of chaos. The chaos this time had to do with
– 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 up to, particularly relevant. No getting around it, the 70s
NBC Radio: Second Sunday – Modern Women, Modern Crime – November 11, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Continuing our look at the noteworthy Radio Documentaries of the 50s, 60,s and 70’s – This one from 1974. As the Women’s Movement gained momentum in the 1970s, so too did
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 the Ecological Movement throughout the world – the day where
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”8263″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”May 14, 1992 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] CBS World News Roundup -for-may-14-1992 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this May 14th in 1992 had a lot to do with recovery. On the one extreme, Shuttle Endeavor
[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 Soviet Premier Khruschev announced the same. For the first time,
[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 day. But in 1964 it was all pretty fresh. There
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 Poverty, as LBJ unofficially termed it, was first introduced in
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[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”7035″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 18, 1987 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] No end to drama, this February 18th in 1987. Street fighting in Beirut, brokered truces falling apart, fighting over a strategically placed office building in Beirut, which just happened to be
