July 16-17, 1999 – “A Small Plane Is Missing” – The Death Of JFK Jr.
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AKA: Dixiecrats – 1948 Democratic Convention – Past Daily Reference Room
Dixiecrats: A relatively new word in the political lexicon in 1948. The Southern wing of the Democratic Party, or States Rights Democrats, represented a staunch resistance to Civil Rights, Integration in the Armed Forces and the end of Segregation. This Southern wing, who repeatedly broke ranks with the rest of
July 15, 1996 – The Trouble With Boris
July 15, 1996 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this July 15, 1996 had to do with bad manners, mixed signals and no-shows. Russia’s Boris Yeltsin abruptly cancelled a planned meeting with vice-President Al Gore, with Kremlin officials stammering and making awkward excuses.
July 13, 1960 – A Kennedy Clincher – Chaos In The Congo
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”9096″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”July 13, 1960 – NBC News On The Hour – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] News for this July 13, 1960 was about contrasts. In Los Angeles, the Democratic Convention was moving along, with Senator John F. Kennedy having more than enough
Convention Snapshot – 1964 Democratic – Bull Connor Interview – LBJ Arrives
The 1964 Democratic Convention – a one hour snapshot of the events going during August 26, 1964. The defection of the “Solid South” – an interview with Alabama delegate Eugene “Bull” Connor, the infamous Sheriff, whose opposition to the Civil Rights movement made him an international symbol of racism. The
July 12, 1996 – In Blew Bertha
July 12, 1996 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Twenty years ago today, on July 12, 1996, we were wondering about just where Hurricane Bertha was going to land. Bertha, blowing at speeds upwards from 90 miles an hour, was poised somewhere off the Carolina
July 7, 1945 – Getting A United Nations Started
On this July 7, 1945, the world was still at war in the Pacific, but the bigger discussion of the Peace was taking place in San Francisco. In 1945, the first major steps at starting a United Nations were undertaken. The hammering out of a United Nations Charter was an
July 6, 1976 – The World Learns A Word: Entebbe
July 6, 1976 – Radio Nederland World Service News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In what was described as one of Israel’s most daring raids to rescue hostages, the raid at Uganda’s Entebbe Airport in order to rescue some 284 passengers, held captive on a Tel-Aviv to Paris bound
The Beau Brummels – Live In Evanston – 1975 – Past Daily Soundbooth
When The Beau Brummels first arrived on the scene with the iconic Laugh Laugh in January of 1965, it was assumed they were one more band from that onslaught known as The British Invasion. Imagine everyone’s surprise when we learned they were actually from the San Francisco Bay Area –
June 30, 1940 – Anticipating Invasion – The Dark Days Of Summer – The Collective Holding Of Breath
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”51584″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”June 30 1940 – News Of The Word – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] We could use the support: Become a Patron! June 30, 1940 – The news was ominous and hardly upbeat. France had surrendered to Germany only days earlier. Word