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- Harold Fisher's grandfather started the first commercial fishing business in Grand Haven, located on Dewey Hill. In this interview, Harold discusses the family business, the family's involvement in the First Reformed Church, as well as childhood memories and his service days as a young man in the Air Force during World War II. For nearly twenty years, Harold worked for the Muskegon Area Intermediate School District as Vocational Director, Director of Special Projects, and Director of Personnel. He was a business consultant for Northern Michigan University for three years, and he worked for Grand Haven Public Schools as a math teacher and Coordinator of Business Education. Harold was also employed by the University of Michigan as an adjunct instructor of vocational education. He was elected to the Grand Haven City Council in 1959.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President Obama urges Congress to take action to avoid the automatic budget cuts known as "sequestration" which are scheduled to hit March 1 if lawmakers fail to find a path forward on balanced deficit reduction. Obama calls the "sequester" a "meat clever approach" to budget cutting. Joined by law enforcement officers and first-responders, Obama warns that the automatic cuts, totaling about $85 billion over the course of a year, will prompt job losses, weaken national security, and cancel government services. Held in the South Court Auditorium of the White House.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-02-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Nineteen year old Lansing Community College freshman Tyler Ford talks about living in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia with his father who worked for an oil company and moving back to the U.S. to live in East Lansing, MI with his mother, and says that he regrets not taking full advantage of living abroad. He also discusses his parent's marriage and divorce and life at LCC saying he has remained focused in college despite the "freshman foolishness" around him. Ford sees extensive travel in his future and says that he doesn't believe that children will fit into that life style.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-04-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Clinton announces the administrations new policy on illegal immigration. Other speakers are Vice President Al Gore and Attorney General Janet Reno.
- Date Issued:
- 1993-07-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Ronald Reagan announces the nomination of Robert McFarlane as National Security Advisor. Reagan answers questions about the U.S. presence in Lebanon, his candidacy for re-election, and about the deployment of nuclear missiles.
- Date Issued:
- 1983-10-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Bill Clinton announces the bombing of Iraqi military emplacements following Saddam Husseins attacks on his own Kurdish nationals.
- Date Issued:
- 1996-09-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- U.S. President Barach Obama responds to reporters' questions in a press conference held at the White House. Topics include President-elect Donald Trump, his own goals for a smooth transition, and the learning curve for being President.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-11-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Bush calls a press conference in Huntsville, Alabama to announce the suspension of U.S. dialogues with the Palestine Liberation Organization, following the recent terrorist invasion of Israel. Bush also answers questions on a variety of topics, including the savings and loan bailout.
- Date Issued:
- 1990-06-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Delivered to the combined first session of the 77th Congress requesting U.S. support of armaments to those nations resisting aggression (Lend-Lease), also stressing domestic aims; including famous quotation on "The Four Freedoms."
- Date Issued:
- 1941-01-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Barnett "Barney" Rosenberg talks about chemotherapeutic cures for certain cancers as part of the Great Teachers series in the MSU Evening College.
- Date Issued:
- 1980-05-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection