News conference: Gherman Titov

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Date
1961-08-17
Summary
(1) Sen. Paul Douglas on "truth in lending" bill (8/8). (2) Sen Ralph Yarborough (D-TX) reaction to third airplane hijacking, "We've been patient too long" (complete version, 8/9). (3) Sen Ralph Yarborough (D-TX) reaction to third airplane hijacking (shorter version, 8/9). (4) Sen. Clair Engle (D-CA) reaction to third airplane hijacking (8/9). (5) Leon Gouré, a Russian-born political scientist, testifies before a House subcommittee on Russian civil defense (8/9). (6) Sen. A.S. "Mike" Monroney (D-OK) reaction to third airplane hijacking, legislation should carry the death penalty (8/9). (7) President Kennedy's nuclear inspection system needed "more urgently than ever" (8/10). (8) President Kennedy caution against a premature response before it can be ascertained who hijacked a plane and for what purpose (8/10). (9) Sen. Strom Thurmond (D-SC) Thurmond on "attempts to gag our military personnel" (2 cuts, 8/10). (10) Russian cosmonaut Gherman Titov news conference in Moscow (4 cuts, 8/11). (11) Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Berlin negotiation "will not be simple" (8/11). (12) Secretary of State Dean Rusk urges passage of an administration proposal to create a US Disarmament Agency (5 cuts, 8/14) (13) Army Secretary Elvis J. Stahr announces a program that would add as many as 150,000 military personnel (8/16). (14) Telephone interview with Dr. Albert Sabin after Pfizer is licensed to produce polio serum for Type 1 polio (8/17).
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-077134; Other: 0492-MMC

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