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September 16, 1970 – Civil War On Campus – Civil War In Jordan – A Season Of Rocks, Bullets And Teargas.

– Newsfront – September 16, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A season of raging discontent, this September 16th in 1970. Anti-War protests on college campuses were spreading everywhere, even to seemingly quiet placid ones. The eruptions which turned…

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September 16, 2022

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September 21, 1979 – All That’s Crazy Is Gold

September 21, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 21, 1979 was another insane day, if you were in the Gold Market. Prices were on a roller coaster ride all week and then slumped…

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September 21, 2016

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Sweeping Proposals – September 28, 1991

– CBS World News Roundup – September 28, 1991 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In what was described as one of the most comprehensive and sweeping nuclear disarmament proposals by the U.S., President Bush announced a plan to dramatically…

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September 28, 2015

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Death Of Yasser Arafat – November 11-12, 2004

. . .or Click on the link here for Audio Player – Various News Reports on death of Yasser Arafat – November 11-12, 2004 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Ten years ago today (and yesterday), the world heard the news…

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November 12, 2014

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Another Crisis – Another Summit – October 14, 2000

Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC World Service News – October 14, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another day in the seemingly endless crisis in the Middle East, this October 14th, 2000. With news that…

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October 14, 2014

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Nervous Days – August 1, 1994

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – August 1, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this first day of August in 1994 was another mixed bag of hopeful and nervous. Hopeful,…

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August 1, 2014