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A Last Week In January, 1961 – Past Daily Reference Room: Cold War Edition

. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – News Commentaries – January 27-29, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection First week of a new Presidency, same Cold War games of tit-for-tat, same give-and-take on Capitol Hill.…

‘The Stern Demands Of An Era We Are Entering’ – President Eisenhower On The Future Of Security – 1957 – Past Daily Reference Room

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – President Eisenhower Address to Nation – November 17, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. In 1957 the Cold War entered a new phase; The Conquest Of Outer…

‘A New Kind Of War’ – Neville Chamberlain Addresses The World – November 26, 1939

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November Is The Crisis Month – Nov. 2, 1956 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio – United Nations Security Council Meeting – November 2, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In November of 1956, two crises took center stage, almost eclipsing the storm of…

L.A. On Fire – October 24, 1978

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The Tap-Dance Called Detente – Henry Kissinger Press Conference – October 12, 1973 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NPR Special Program – Secretary Of State Henry Kissinger Press Conference – October 12, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. With the Yom Kippur (or Ramadan) War going full-tilt, and what…

A Day In The Life Of August – August 14, 1949

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio – Voices and Events – Week ending August 14, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection And sometimes Summer isn’t necessarily violent or simmering or even contentious. This particular August…

LBJ At The UN – June 25, 1965

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio News – LBJ Addresses United Nations – June 25, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In what is shaping up to being a very busy week in history, June…

Helmut Schmidt Has A Word Or Two About East-West Relations In 1978 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio – Face The Nation – Helmut Schmidt – May 28, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection   Former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt made news again recently, discussing the…