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- Wayne Nunheimer recalls his career at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI, from 1945 to 1975. He talks about his father working for REO, the REO Clubhouse, the 1937 strike, the company in the post-war period, his job as a spot welder, lawnmower production, piecework and the beautiful REO Flying Cloud automobile. Nunheimer also recalls the mergers which led to the end of the company, ongoing legal battles in bankruptcy, and says how fortunate workers were to have union representation and what a positive influence the union was in the plant. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-06-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- "Fox and friends" airs an exclusive interview with President Donald Trump. Trump speaks out on the Michael Cohen plea deal, Paul Manafort guilty verdict, and his frustrations with Attorney General Jeff Sessions. He says that no evidence of collusion came out of the Cohen or Manafort cases. Trump is interviewed by Ainsley Earhardt.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-08-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- During the morning session on the fifteenth day of the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, Chief Justice William Rehnquist questions Clinton's defense attorneys and members of the House Judiciary Committee who are serving as "managers", the equivalent of prosecutors. The questions, which are provided by Senators and simply read by Rehnquist, focus on the nature of the arguments made by the Managers and Clinton's attorneys. Clinton's attorneys Charles Ruff, Cheryl D. Mills, David Kendall and Greg Craig defend their original arguments against conviction under Republican questioning. Managers Ed Bryant (R-TN), Asa Hutchinson II (R-AR), Charles T. Canady (R-FL), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Bob Barr Jr. (R-GA) and James E. Rogan (R-CA) defend their arguments for conviction under Democratic questioning. Part one of four.
- Date Issued:
- 1999-01-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President Bush's statement about the verdict in the Rodney king beating case and the rioting in Los Angeles which followed its announcement.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-04-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- During the morning session on the nineteenth day of the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, members of the House Judiciary Committee serving as "managers", the equivalent of prosecutors, present their case for the introduction of witnesses into the trial. Managers Ed Bryant (R-TN), Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) and James E. Rogan (R-CA) explain their reasoning for introducing witnesses. Clinton attorney David Kendall responds to the managers, explaining why introducing witnesses to the trial is unnecessary. Managers Bill McCollum (R-FL) and Henry Hyde (R-IL) join Bryant, Hutchinson and Rogan for the rebuttal of Kendall. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) submits a proposal that the Senate debate and vote on the option to introduce witnesses in a closed session.
- Date Issued:
- 1999-01-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Arthur Frahm recalls his career as a bookkeeper and purchasing agent at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc, in Lansing, Mi, between 1947 and 1972. Frahm describes his job buying almost everything used in the factory, the constant turmoil as REO changed hands over the years, the decline of the company, his own discharge, and his unsuccessful class action law suit filed against REO. Frahm also talks about his education, childhood in Lansing, the Lansing Labor Holiday and the 1937 strikes, REO’s involvement in the community, the destruction of the worker's pension fund, the start of Spartan Motors, and his career after REO. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-02-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University interim President John Engler, acting C.E.O. of the U.S. Olympic Committee Susanne Lyons, President and CEO of USA Gymnastics Kerry Perry, and Chair of the U.S. Olympic Committee Athlete's Advisory Council Han Xiao testify before a Senate Commerce subcommittee about changes their institutions have made and will make to protect amateur athletes from abuse. Engler is questioned by the subcommittee about an alleged exchange Engler had with Kaylee Lorincz, an abuse survivor of Larry Nassar, in which Lorincz claims that Engler offered her money to drop her civil suit against MSU. Engler denies this allegation and says that while he did meet with Lorincz without her attorney present, he never offered her money.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- David Murley reminisces about his former professor C. Patrick "Lash" Larrowe, Michigan State University professor of economics. Murley talks about working as Larrowe's teaching assistant, their political differences, Larrowe's eccentricities, and Larrowe's involvement in controversies surrounding the Vietnam war, government surveillance, race relations, and MSU's ROTC program. Murley also talks about Larrowe's war experiences on Okinawa during WWII, his personal life, his association with Students for a Democratic Society, and Larrowe's lawsuit against MSU for forcing him into retirement. Murley is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor emeritus of Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-02-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Special Counsel to the President David Kendall delivers his argument against conviction as the Senate continues the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton. Kendall provides a detailed chronology of events regarding Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky and the aftermath and explains that these events are not proof of illegal acts by the President. Kendall asserts that the facts, the law, and the Constitution are all on the side of the President.
- Date Issued:
- 1999-01-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Supreme Court of the United States oral arguments for Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. At issue in the case is the requirement within the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that obliges businesses to provide health insurance plans including contraceptives for female employees. Hobby Lobby Inc. seeks to apply the Free Exercise clause within the First Amendment of the Constitution to nullify the statute within the Affordable Care Act and avoid the per employee tax that comes from denying contraceptive-covering insurance. Attorney Paul Drew Clement argues for Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. argues for the United States Government.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-03-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection