June 1, 1981 – Arm-Twisting With A Smile
June 1, 1981 – CBS World News Roundup + Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 1, 1981 – a day of politicking. On Capitol Hill it was about the Reagan budget, the tax cuts, the defense spending…
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Harry S. Truman – Making A Case And Taking It On The Road – May 15, 1950 – Past Daily Reference Room
Harry S. Truman – Address In Chicago – May 15, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 1950 was an off-year election. But following the legendary “do-nothing 80th Congress”, the 81st Congress was a step in the right direction, and…
May 18, 1982 – The Pressure Of Time
May 18, 1982 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 18, 1982 was a day with a lot of negotiation, finger pointing, wishful thinking and saber rattling going on. In Moscow, Soviet President Leonid…
May 11, 1987 – The Iran-Contra Circus Comes To Capitol Hill
May 11, 1987 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – No shortage of drama and controversies, this May 11, 1987. The joint House-Senate Hearings loooking into the Iran-Contra affair was heading into Week 2 and Witness…
May 9, 1976 – Terremoto Friuli And Campaign ’76
May 9, 1976 – CBS Radio: The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The week ending May 9, 1976 – the news was preoccupied for most of the week with the events in Italy. A powerful…
The Republican Party Of Barry Goldwater 1964 – Election Reference Room
NBC Radio – The Republican Party of Barry Goldwater – July 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As this election year gets closer to the respective conventions, I thought it would be a good idea to take a look…
President Reagan Talks About The Economy – April 28, 1981
President Reagan – Address to joint Session of Congress – April 28, 1981 – National Public Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – President Reagan, in his first appearance since the assassination attempt on March 30, stood before a joint…
April 28, 1981 – A President Returns To Capitol Hill
April 28, 1981 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this April 28th in 1981 had much to do with the return of President Reagan to the Oval Office and preparations for his…
April 26, 1986 – The Trouble With Libya
April 26, 1986 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 26, 1986 – 30 years ago today, everyone was pointing fingers at Libya. With a connection to a recent discotheque bombing in Berlin that killed…
April 25, 1981 – The View From Maze
April 25, 1981 – CBS World News Roundup + 8:00 am network news – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – On this April 25th in 1981, the news was coming from Maze Prison in Northern Ireland, where Bobby Sands, a member…