“My Name Is Tania” – Symbionese Liberation Army Communiqué Of June 6, 1974 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles – Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) - Communiqué of June 6, 1974 - Gordon Skene Sound Collection - One of the big news events of 1974, aside from the daily revelations of Richard Nixon and the Watergate scandal, was the kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst...

1974: Through A Past Darkly – A Year That Was – Past Daily Thousand Yard Stare – 1974 Year-End - CBS News - December 29, 1974 - Gordon Skene Sound Collection - 1974 - If you were around at the time, and you were old enough to remember it, 1974 was a year we thought would never end fast enough. As Gerald Ford, our first dually un-elected vice-President and eventually President...

December 12, 1980 – Transitions At The White House – Solidarity In Poland – December 12, 1980 - CBS Radio Hourly News - Gordon Skene Sound Collection - December 12, 1980 - A busy day on Capitol Hill, in Diplomatic circles, around the Gdansk Shipyards in Poland. News of the Reagan transition of the White House from Jimmy Carter - snags, ruffled feathers and attempts at cordiality...

September 15, 1978 – Nicaragua: Dusk To Dawn Curfews – Rebel-Held Towns – September 15, 1978 - CBS World News Roundup - Gordon Skene Sound Collection - September 15, 1978 - Independence day in Nicaragua. Fighting continued between government troops and insurgents trying to overthrow the military government of Anastasio Somoza. Most of the hostilities appeared to be taking place...

January 23, 1977 – Dawn Of The Carter Era – January 23, 1977 - Voices In The Headlines - ABC Radio News - Gordon Skene Sound Collection - January 23, 1977 - 40 years ago, it was Sunday. And on this Sunday, 40 years ago, it was about reflection on the week just past. The big story of this week was the inauguration of Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States - all the pomp...

Pres. Elect Jimmy Carter’s Press Conference – 1976 – The Reference Room – President-Elect Jimmy Carter - First Press Conference -November 4, 1976 - Gordon Skene Sound Collection - President-Elect Jimmy Carter, in his first press conference since winning the White House, from November 4, 1976. In retrospect probably not an earth-shattering press conference, certainly sedate...

Campaign ’72 – Spiro Speaks – Spiro Agnew On Meet The Press – 1972 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room – Past Daily – Looking back at previous elections and the people who helped shape them, or at least make them unforgettable. Spiro Agnew, vice-President to Richard Nixon had a legendary disdain for the Press. His dislike probably went deeper than his disdain...