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- Larry Otis talks about his career at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI, from 1959 to 1975. Otis describes his youth and early jobs before coming to REO as a truck mechanic. He talks about REO facilities and products, explains the closing of the plant, the disposal of parts and equipment and the start of the Nuts & Bolts Store by former REO workers selling salvaged REO parts. Otis says that he considered REO a good place to work and recalls employee activities in the plant and the REO Clubhouse and the sense of belonging that came with REO employment. The interviewer is Shirley Bradley. Recorded as part of the commemoration of the REO Motor Car Company's 100th Anniversary.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-05-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Tremaine Phillips, Chief Program Officer of the Prima Civitas Foundation, delivers a talk at the Michigan State University Main Library titled "Michigan's energy future." Phillips discusses energy policy, technology, climate science, and what people can do in their homes and at work to conserve energy. He talks about the mission of Prima Civitas, the risks and costs of current sources of Michigan's energy, and the environmental impacts of drilling, mining and waste disposal. He also paints a gloomy picture of the growing concentration of greenhouse gases, and supports a change in Michigan to alternative energy sources. Question and answer follows. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Environmental Series held in the Main Library and hosted by the Library Environmental Committee.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President Obama introduces his to-do list for Congress, a list of initiatives which he asserts will create jobs and help the middle class. Obama calls on Congress to take action on the list's first item by passing legislation that rewards companies who bring jobs back to American with lower taxes and pays for the tax breaks by eliminating tax incentives to companies which ship jobs overseas. Obama acknowledges the number of high-tech firms operating in upstate New York and declares that the private sector must create jobs. Obama speaks at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany-SUNY.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-05-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Lois Schrier was born in Grand Haven to Arend John II and Grace Arkema Nyland. Her grandfather, Arend John I, owned and operated the Grand Haven Leather Company, which later became Eagle Ottawa Leather Company. Lois recalls the day when the Peoples Bank in Grand Haven was robbed in the summer of 1933. Upon graduating from high school, she entered the WWII cadet nursing program at Saint Mary's in Grand Rapids, but the war ended before she could serve. Instead, she completed her service at Grand Haven Municipal Hospital. Also during the interview, Lois discusses the fishing industry, women's roles in society and equal rights.
- 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 Ronald Reagan addresses a joint session of the British Parliament talking about the stresses in European politics, nuclear war, and communism. Reagan advocates trade opportunities with Brezhnev and the Soviet Union wants to address each others nations via television. Recording is missing the opening remarks.
- Date Issued:
- 1982-06-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President Clinton addresses the people of Israel from Tel Aviv following the anti-terrorism conference in Sharm el-Sheikh.
- Date Issued:
- 1996-03-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President Bill Clinton apologizes for the infamous Tuskegee Experiment in which the government scientists knowingly withheld cures for syphilis from a control group of Black patients.
- Date Issued:
- 1997-05-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President Obama speaks to reporters about escalating violence in Iraq by the militant group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Obama reports he is receiving updates from his security team but will not be sending U.S. troops. He says that the escalating violence in Iraq should serve as a "wake-up call" to the Iraqi government and that the Iraqis needed to show some political will. He responds to questions.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-06-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Dr. Willis Dunbar explains the election process in Italy and examines some election predictions ahead of Italy's crucial 1948 election. Dunbar explains proportional representation and then describes the impact that Italian proportional representation will have on the election, noting that there are a multitude of anti-communist parties such as the Christian Democrats, but that there is only one communist party. Dunbar also cites analysts who believe that the unity of the Communist Party and the quirks in the Italian system of proportional representation will give the communists between 20 and 25 more seats in the Chamber of Deputies than would be expected from the voting totals. Dunbar goes on to explain the intricacies of the Council of Ministers, who's makeup is controlled by the Chamber of Deputies, and the problems of involving communists in the Council whether on a small scale or a large scale.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-04-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Radio host Uncle Ed reads and describes comic strips from the Detroit Times in this installment of "Fun with the funnies," including "Blondie" and "Uncle Remus" among others.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-04-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection