Tag Archives: 1978

ABC News: 20/20- First Episode: 6/06/1978

Source: The New Democrat As the lead in to this video said ABC News, was a small player if not joke in the network news business in the 1970s. They basically remained that way until the Iran Hostage Crisis in … Continue reading

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Active News: ABC World News Tonight, July 10, 1978: The Soviet Union Making Trouble

Source: Active News: ABC World News Tonight, July 10, 1978: The Soviet Union Making Trouble The thing that people need to know about Marxist states which is exactly what the Soviet Union of Russia was for over seventy-years before the … Continue reading

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Fatal Ish: NBA 1978-Los Angeles Lakers @ Washington Wizards: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Highlights

  Source:The New Democrat  “Quick highlights of KAJ vs Elvin Hayes and Wes Unseld’s Bullets. 05/04/1978.” From Fatal Ish Interesting video about Kareem, considering that the Bullets won this game and the Lakers lost. But the person who did the video … Continue reading

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CBS: WKRP- Turkeys Away (1978)

Source:IMDB– WKRP News on the spot reporter Less Nessman (played by Richard Sanders) covering the attack on the flying turkeys, that has just invaded Cincinnati, Ohio. Source: The New Democrat “This is the signature episode, the one that first comes to … Continue reading

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Danielle Allen: ‘Equality in the Declaration of Independence’

Source:Amazon– Danielle Allen’s book about the Declaration of Independence. “The following text is excerpted from Our Declaration: A Reading of the ­Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality (Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2014) by Danielle Allen, UPS Foundation Professor in the … Continue reading

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ABC Sports: MLB 1978- NLCS Game 4- Philadelphia Phillies @ Los Angeles Dodgers: Full Game

Source:ABC Sports– with the 1978 NLCS. Source:The New Democrat “1978 NLCS Game 4 – Phillies vs Dodgers @mrodsports” From Classic Phillies TV This was a very good matchup for an NLCS between the Phillies and Dodgers because you had a more … Continue reading

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The NBA History: NBA 1979-Christmas Day-Philadelphia 76ers @ New York Knicks: Highlights

Source:The Daily Press  “Dr. J, Henry Bibby, ”Jellybean” Bryant and Doug Collins took the floor against Earl ”The Pearl” and the Knicks.” From The NBA History Philadelphia-New York, is a great rivalry in any sport. Eagles-Giants in the NFL, which is … Continue reading

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ABC News: ABC Evening News, January 11, 1978

Source: This piece was originally posted at FRS Daily Press on WordPress: ABC News: ABC Evening News, January 11, 1978 The economy was probably the biggest story of 1978, because that’s went it went down hill and didn’t come back … Continue reading

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CBS Sports: NFL 1978- Philadelphia Eagles @ New York Giants: Miracle At The Meadowlands

Source:Sports Illustrated– perhaps the most memorable game in the great Eagles-Giants rivalry in the NFC East. Source:The Daily Press “Forty years ago this week, as the Giants tried to kill off a game against the division-rival Eagles in the waning … Continue reading

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Bob Parker: CBS News 1968- A Year That Changed America

Source:Bob Parker– from CBS News’s 1978 documentary about the year 1968. Source:The Daily Press “1968 A Year that Changed America with Harry Reasoner. A look back on the year 1968, produced by CBS News in 1978.” From Bob Parker  “Time Magazine … Continue reading

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