"Men of Washington" 1959 Year End Show, Reel #2

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Date
1959-05-28
Summary
Ann M. Corrick recounts a difficult year for labor secretary James Mitchell with the problem of persistent unemployment; Jim Snyder covers the hearings on television quiz show scandals, monopolistic practices by certain oil companies and price fixing by pharmaceutical manufacturers; Sid Davis reports on the Soviet Union's successful flight around the moon, America's lagging missile and rocket programs, plans for the Saturn rocket and the selection of the original seven astronauts; Snyder reviews Eisenhower's eleven-nation goodwill tour and the new era of "transatlantic jet diplomacy." Narrated by Sid Davis and Richard Steele.
Publisher
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company. Group W
Genre
Special events radio coverage
Collection
Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) audio tapes
Unit
Special Collections and University Archives
Language
English
Rights Statement
In Copyright
Physical Description
sound tape reel
Notes
A guide to the full collection of Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) audio tapes is available in our archival collections: https://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/43884
Other Identifiers
Catalog Key: bcast-076893; Other: 0492-MMC

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