– Voices And Events for the week ending August 28, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for the week ending on this August 28th in 1949 had much to do with a familiar meme; corruption, profiteering, influence peddling and bribery on Capitol Hill. In this case, it was
– CBS Radio – Face The Nation + Hourly News – August 21, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A day of stark contrasts from opposite sides of the world, this August 21st in 1983. At home, attention was on Capitol Hill and the current set of negotiations on
– NBC Emphasis – Aug. 10, 1968 – Yes, there really was a Liberal wing of the Republican Party. But as of 1968 it was scarcely noticeable. Headed up by dark horse/longshot Presidential candidate Nelson Rockefeller (who himself was once a New Deal Democrat), Rockefeller appealed to the Youth Vote
News of the Day – August 8, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Fifty-one years ago today, the Great National Nightmare, as Gerald Ford put it, was over. After months of investigations, hearings and discoveries, the end of an era had finally come to pass. Speculation had been
– Don Hollenbeck And the News – CBS Radio – July 23, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With news for this July 23rd in 1951 focused on President Truman‘s upbeat assessment of the country mid-way through 1951 and cautious reports on negotiations in Korea toward an armistice, news
Sixty-two years ago today, the Civil Rights struggle had gathered steam, but it was still a struggle with bitter and violent opposition every step of the way. On this day in 1963, the infamous showdown between Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach and Alabama Governor George Wallace typified just how deep
– News for January 3, 1983 – This January 3rd in 1983 saw the opening day of the 98th Congress. Speculation and swearing in pretty much filled up the days news, but everything was guaranteed to settle down once President Reagan gave the State of The Union later in the
– FDR – Taxes and Budget – Nov. 29, 1935 – This day in 1935, President Roosevelt delivered an address to a huge gathering near his “Warm Springs White House“, where he spent the Thanksgiving holiday. The address was straightforward and simple – it was about the state of the
– CBS World News Roundup – November 6, 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The flood of East Germans pouring into West Berlin continued without stop on this day 35 years ago. The East German government was quickly amending travel laws, allowing anyone from East Germany to visit the
– ABC World News This Week – October 31, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Election ’76: Down to the wire – the last full week of campaigning before America went to the polls, this week ending October 31st, in 1976. President Ford and Jimmy Carter and, by the
