July 8, 1979 – Yours Truly, OPEC – America’s Little Gas Crisis – Here Comes Skylab.
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Tag: Conflicts
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 South Vietnam, the exodus of refugees to America continued. The
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 the Ecological Movement throughout the world – the day where
April 21, 1975 – Imminent Implosion In South Vietnam – Thieu Resigns – Saigon Surrounded
– April 21, 1975 – Thieu Resigns – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the collapse of South Vietnam only a matter of time this April in 1975, word came on the 21st of the resignation of South Vietnamese President Nguyen van Thieu, citing anger and bitterness
April 15, 1950 -Baseball, Cold War, Red Scares And Television – Life On Planet Earth
– April 15, 1950 -Voices And Events – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Your typical week, as far as the Fabulous 50s are concerned. This week, ending on April 15th in 1950, was no different. The Cold War was ratcheting up a few notches with word of
March 14, 1962 – A JFK Press Conference – From Taxes To Vietnam And A Brother Running For The Senate.
– JFK Press Conference – March 14, 1962 – On this day in 1962, President Kennedy delivered his 27th News conference. He opened by reading a portion of a letter to Secretary of State Dean Rusk regarding the upcoming disarmament conference in Geneva and the goals the White House was
February 25, 1979 – The Sino-Vietnam War – For A Change, Not In The Frying Pan – But Iran . . .
February 25, 1979 – CBS Radio – The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With grossly inflated casualty and capture claims coming from both sides, the war between China and Vietnam was heating up, this week in February, 1979. And with clucks of “this could be the
October 25, 1962 – The Cuban Missile Crisis – Light At The End Of The Tunnel
On this day in October of 1962 – Day 9 of the Cuban Missile Crisis, there were signs the crisis could have a resolution. This address by Ambassador Adlai Stevenson is not the famous showdown with Soviet Ambassador Zorin, but rather an update on the crisis up to that point
October 18, 1946 – Secretary Of State James F. Byrnes Reports On The Paris Peace Conference.
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October 18, 1941 – War In Europe – Watching With Strained Tension In America.
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