Warsaw: Solidarity In The Balance – December 14, 1981
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Tag: Democracy
Post-War Europe – Foreign Ministers Conference – People Behaving Badly – December 13, 1947 –
– News for Dec. 13, 1947- Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day was dominated by the goings on in Europe. Primarily over the Foreign Ministers Conference in London, which wasn’t going as well as expected. But also, news of civil unrest throughout all of Europe brought on
Building The UN Headquarters – Home Sweet Fracas – December 12, 1946
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Election ’48 – R.I.P. GOP – Head Scratching And Haywire – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry
– Chicago University Roundtable – Republicans and the 1948 Election – No one was more surprised by the outcome of the 1948 Presidential election than Republicans and Mainstream Media. Since the campaign started, it was almost assured that Republican candidate Thomas E. Dewey would be a shoe-in to the White
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 up to, particularly relevant. No getting around it, the 70s
The Great Radio Documentaries: Nassar’s Egypt – January 1957 – CBS Radio Update – Past Daily Pop Chronicles.
– CBS Radio – Update- Nasser’s Egypt – Jan. 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Continuing our series of memorable documentaries of the 50’s, 60s and 70’s; Nassar’s Egypt from CBS Radio – January 23, 1957. 1956 and 1957 were pivotal years for the emergence of Egypt as a
August 22, 1961 – Cuba And Fidel Castro – Buying Friends And Influencing Destiny –
Sec. of State Dean Rusk and C. Douglas Dillon – Press Conference re: Alliance For Progress – Aug. 22, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The popularity contest for Hearts and Minds was roaring full-speed ahead on this day in 1961. With Cuba under the influence of Moscow, our
July 25, 1947 – Congress Pulls An All-Nighter – Another Mine Disaster – A Batch Of Poisoned Soy Sauce.
– Sam Hayes and The News – July 25, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A mixed bag of news, this July 25th in 1947. Congress pulled an all-nighter in a futile attempt to investigate Attorney General Thomas Clark over his proposed List of Subversive Organizations. Report from Congress:
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 29, 1942 – Raid On Nazaire Postmortem – Demonstrations For A Second Front – India And The Carrot Of Independence –
– WGN – News for March 29, 1942 – The really interesting and somewhat prophetic news on this March 29th in 1942, was buried towards the end of what were daily reports from the Front. The war was dragging on. Britain was staging a series of raids on Germany and