Archive for May 4th, 2024

RADIO SERIES DURING THE GOLDEN AGE


William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960)

Clark Gable for CBS Radio program, Silver Theater, and
the performance of ‘For Richer, For Richer,’ December
1939. The sponsor was the International Silver Company
.

Silver Theater  was a radio dramatic anthology series. Originating
in
Hollywood, California, carried on CBS and on the Canadian 
Broadcasting Corporation.

First broadcast October 3, 1937, its last broadcast was August 17,
1947.

OTR Advertisements: Silver Theater (international Silver)

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Rosalind Russell and James Stewart for their performance
on Sunday Afternoon Silver Theater.

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THE MAY 4 MASSACRE ON THIS DAY IN 1970

On May 4, 1970, in Kent, Ohio, 28 National Guardsmen fired their weapons at a group of anti-war demonstrators on the Kent State University campus, killing four students, wounding eight, and permanently paralyzing another. The tragedy was a watershed
moment for a nation divided by the conflict in Vietnam, and
further galvanized the
anti-war movement
. 

Kent State massacre: The roots of today's polarization were planted 50 years ago. So were the ...

Troops fired on Kent State students in 1970. Survivors see echoes in today's campus protests ...

Photos: See Student Activists Throughout History | Time

Kent State shootings: Warning, flames greeted National Guard at campus      
      
 

Honoring Students Killed at Kent State in 1970 - The New York Times

Kent State: The End of the 1960s and the Beginning of Something Far Worse - The American Vision

    
      
      
    

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