November 12, 1979 - The Hits Just Keep On Comin'!
Obwon
November 12, 1979 - The Hits Just Keep On Comin'!
Posted: 13 Nov 2009 07:00 PM PST
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(November 12, 1979 - Getting a bit testy all around)
As the hostage drama continued to unfold (still at over 60
sitting in the Embassy in Tehran), Jimmy Carter started
imposing sanctions on the Iranians, to not much success.
Jimmy Carter: �I am ordering that we discontinue
purchasing of any oil from Iran for delivery to this
country."
Making matters worse, demonstrations were popping up at
college campuses all over, especially in Los Angeles, where
Iranian students demonstrated in support of the hostage
takers and the anti-Iranian crowd started making their
presence felt.
All in all, it was clearly not going to be solved any time
soon, and situations only made a bad situation worse.
And there was that added bonus of Ronald Reagan declaring
his candidacy for President - to be official the next day.
Interesting coincidence, that.
Here is an excerpt of the day, as heard over KNX in Los
Angeles
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