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A Word From John Paul II From The United Nations About A World Gone Askew – October 5, 1995

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Pope John Paul II Addresses United Nations General Assembly – October 5, 1995 – NPR – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Billed as the last address he would give at a gathering…

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October 6, 2013

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Last Time The Lights Went Out – Government Shutdown’s Greatest Hits – Dec. 1995 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – News reports on Government Shutdown – December 16-21, 1995 – CBS Radio News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With word today of the impasse on Capitol Hill and the resulting shutdown…

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October 1, 2013

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President Kennedy At The UN – September 25, 1961

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”46625″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”pres-kennedy-un-address-sept-25-1961″ content_type=”link”] Subscribers can download for free:Become a Patron! A United Nations address during times of great change. East-West relations were tenuous at best. UN Secretary Dag Hammarskjold had been killed while on a fact-finding…

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September 25, 2013

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September 25, 1963 – The Valachi Hearings – The Profumo Scandal – Testimony On Capitol Hill

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”10273″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”September 25, 1963 – News On The Hour – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Busy month for scandals, revelations and upheavals. September in 1963 was no different, it seems. On this day…

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September 25, 2013

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September 23, 1960 – Rumble On 46th Street – Communists And The Congo – Report From The United Nations

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”10262″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”September 23, 1960 – Report From The UN – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] September, 1960 was a milestone year for The United Nations. With Africa going through Independence upheavals, Cuba flexing…

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September 24, 2013

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Saving It By Destroying It – September 23, 1967

Click on the link here for Audio Player – ABC News Around The World – September 23, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Waking up to the news this morning in 1967 had much to do with the endless war…

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September 23, 2013
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Ali Bhutto Has A Word About Pakistan – September 19, 1973

Click on the link here for Audio Player: National Press Club – Ali Bhutto: Pakistan In A Changing World – Sept. 19, 1973 – NPR – Gordon Skene Sound Collection On this day in 1973, former President (1971-1973) and now…

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September 19, 2013

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A Lot Of Bad Chickens Came Home To Roost Today – September 18, 1939

Click on the link here for Audio Player – News for September 18, 1939 – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Today was not a good day to be in Poland, or Europe for that matter. September 18,…

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September 18, 2013

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September 10, 1949 – “Something Went Snap” – Mass Shooting In New Jersey – Throwing Rocks In Peekskill –

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September 10, 2013

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Status Of American Women In 1963 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Status Of American Women – NBC Special Report – Oct. 10, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With the Civil Rights Movement hitting a pivotal point in 1963, it’s also…

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September 9, 2013

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