Tag: Richard Nixon

January 11, 1956 – Will He, Or Won’t He?

  January 11, 1956 – Listen To Washington – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 11, 1956 – this day 60 years ago was all about speculation over whether or not President Eisenhower would seek a second term in office. His health issues had many concerned –

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The Guessing Game – August 7, 1974

– ABC Radio Network – News, reports and Bulletins – August 7, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in 1974 had everything (or just about everything) to do with Watergate and the fate of President Richard Nixon. Support had evaporated when it was disclosed he

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The Gloomy Message From Saigon – July 20, 1965

– WCBS News + CBS World News Roundup – July 20, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Fifty years ago today, we were looking at a Summer awash with gloomy reports, agitated people and uncertain times. After a whirlwind 5-day fact-finding tour of South Vietnam, Defense Secretary McNamara boarded

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Making The Case For War – June 30, 1966

  . . . LBJ – Address In Omaha, Nebraska – June 30, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Hot on the heels of Robert McNamara‘s announcement the day before of stepped up air raids over North Vietnam, President Johnson went on the road to make the sales pitch, this

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The Spring Of Discontent – May 1970

  . . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Discussion on Protests – May 12, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection 45 years ago, May of 1970 was a month of upheaval, triggered by the events of expansion of the War in Vietnam to include

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