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Walter Cronkite and kittens

Walter Cronkite Has A Word About 1980 – Past Daily Reference Room

– Walter Cronkite – News and Commentary – November 5, 1980 – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Walter Cronkite – the last election he covered before his retirement was the 1980 Presidential campaign. The Most Trusted Man…

Postwar world - Rome - November 1947

Postwar Europe – The High Price Of Everything – The Winter Of Discontent – November 15, 1947

November 15, 1947 – An approaching Winter and a time of much discontent in the Postwar world. The slow rebuilding of Europe was complicated by mass flooding which wiped out crops and added a severe food shortage to the already…

Mike Dukakis

Election ’88: Two Weeks To Know If It’s Bush Or Dukakis – October 26, 1988

October 26, 1988 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 26, 1988 – Two weeks until Election Day. Only this particular October 26th the election was between Michael Dukakis and George H.W. Bush. News from…

Beirut - October 24, 1983

Beirut: Aftermath Of The Barracks Bombing – October 24, 1983

  October 24, 1983 – Beirut Bombing aftermath – President Reagan Press Conference – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 24, 1983 – The aftermath of the bombing of Marine Barracks and a French Army Command Post…

Clarence Thomas

SCOTUS: Dawning Of The Age Of Clarence – October 20, 1991

– ABC World News This Week – October 20, 1991 – ABC Radio News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 20, 1991 culminated a week of contentious questioning and cross-examination over President Bush’s nomination of Clarence Thomas to the…