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July 11, 1974 – Haggling Over Impeachment

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for Week of July 11, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Become a Patron! Busy week, this particular one in July 1974. Surprise results from elections in Canada, uneasy ceasefire staying…

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July 11, 2013
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June 10, 1967 – Summer Of Love, But Not In Damascus – Air Raids Continue Over Hanoi – Cardinal Ritter Dies

News for this 10th of June in 1967 had a lot to do with the Middle East. Notably, the Israeli advance on Syria and the approach to Damascus. Cause for much concern in diplomatic circles. The Soviet Union decided it…

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June 10, 2013

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Segovia And Volcker Leave The Scene, But for Entirely Different Reasons – June 3, 1987

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for this day in June, 1987 was word of the passing of the legendary Andrès Segovia, whose masterful poetry of the guitar influenced entire generations of guitarists and lovers…

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June 3, 2013

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A Question Of Ethics – A Hotbed Of Trade – April 30, 1979

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Never any shortage of scandal where Capitol Hill is concerned, and this April 30th in 1979 was no different. The Senate Ethics Committee was getting ready to hold hearings on…

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April 30, 2013

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Day 159 And Rumors Of Nude Congressmen – April 10, 1980

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for April 10, 1980 Another haywire day, this April 10th, in 1980. With news that the expelled Iranian diplomats were given a hero’s welcome on their return to Tehran was just…

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April 10, 2013

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Rubbing People The Wrong Way – April 5, 1976

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for April 5, 1976 News for this day in 1976 had, among other things, much to do with Secretary Of State Henry Kissinger and the ruffling of feathers in the Middle…

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April 5, 2013

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Situation: The Congo – 1960 – Past Daily Reference Room.

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Eyewitness To History – The Congo – Feb. 24, 1960 When you realize the continent of Africa has been relatively free of colonial rule only within the past 60 years, the seemingly…

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March 1, 2013
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January 15, 1979 – The View From Tehran

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for January 15, 1979 News for this January 15th in 1979 had much to do with the potentially dangerous situation in Iran. On the one hand, it was the first gathering of…

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January 15, 2013

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Commenting On The Thousand Yard Stare – 1955-1958 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Year End Observations – 1955-1958 The only thing more fascinating than hearing how a year in history wound up, is hearing that year in history interpreted by a pundit – those elements we…

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December 31, 2012

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Years Of Crisis – 1958 – Past Daily Reference Room: Through A Glass Darkly Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Years of Crisis – 1958 In 1958 we were knee-deep in the Cold War with grumblings from Europe about a Common Market, or European Union. But on this edition of the year-end Reporters…

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December 27, 2012

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