Tag Dwight D. Eisenhower

A Few Cold War Words From Nikita Khruschev – 1961 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio Special Report – Nikita Khruschev Reports – Jan. 16, 1961 As the Kennedy Years started to unfold, the Cold War took on new aspects. The U-2 incident during the…

Allan Shivers And The World Of 1954 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio: Youth Wants To Know – Guest: Governor Allan Shivers (D-Tx) – April 28, 1954 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection At first glance, the year 1954 doesn’t seem like that…

Squabbles And Bribes – August 2, 1951

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Edward R. Murrow And The News With Don Hollenbeck – August 2, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection No shortage of global or domestic hotspots, this August 2nd in 1951. Starting with…

Waiting For The Other Shoe To Drop – August 1, 1945

Click on the link here for Audio Player: BBC World Service – London Column – Aug. 1, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection While the war was still raging in the Pacific, the war was over in Europe. And the…

Truman Talks Point 4 – June 28, 1950

Click on the link here for Audio Player – President Truman address to Newspaper Guild – Point 4 Program – June 28, 1950 On this day in 1950, President Truman introduced an idea that, had it not been mired in…