Top Fold

The Boeing Company is currently trying to stay out of the headlines, but to no avail.  Once they created a huge publicity event that was sure to make wonderful headlines all over the world, but hardly anyone noticed.  What monumental event took the spotlight?  Find out on this episode of Top Fold. 

Top Fold is dedicated to, "All the news that would have been". What does that mean? That means that on 9/11, or when the Hindenburg exploded, or Elvis Presley died, headlines were replaced and stories fell below the fold. What event happened that was huge but wasn’t talked about because something else monumental took the headlines? The name of the podcast comes from a combination of "TOP Story" and "Above the FOLD"-TOP FOLD.

Original music by David "Beezer" Wagler.
Sources for Season 4 Ep 7

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Boeing_747_operators
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmc9qJHCML4 AP footage of this flight.  No sound.https://cartoblography.com/2023/02/03/the-last-747/
https://sites.northwestern.edu/747anniversary/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR_mQ-24XJg Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet Promo Film #2 - 1969
https://www.historynet.com/jumbo-boeing-747/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Everett_Factory
https://onemileatatime.com/news/final-boeing-747-delivery-flight/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War_draft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl29gRRppBg The 1969 Draft Lottery
https://www.historynet.com/live-from-dc-its-lottery-night-1969.htm
https://time.com/6051363/vietnam-war-women-memorial/
https://www.uswings.com/about-us-wings/vietnam-war-facts/
https://www.americanwarlibrary.com/vietnam/vwc24.htm casualties by month
https://library.cqpress.com/cqalmanac/document.php?id=cqal75-1213988

When the President of Russia abruptly decided to quit and transfer power to an unknown former KGB agent, it surprised everyone including the United States.  What event was making headlines all over the world that when the leader of a nuclear superpower suddenly resigned, it WASN’T the top story?  Find out on this episode of Top Fold.  

Top Fold is dedicated to, "All the news that would have been". What does that mean? That means that on 9/11, or when the Hindenburg exploded, or Elvis Presley died, headlines were replaced and stories fell below the fold. What event happened that was huge but wasn’t talked about because something else monumental took the headlines? The name of the podcast comes from a combination of "TOP Story" and "Above the FOLD"-TOP FOLD.

Original music by David "Beezer" Wagler.
Sources for Season 4 Ep6

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/yeltsin-resigns/ 

https://www.history.com/news/soviet-union-leaders-order

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin  

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_KoNZkf-2k KGBT 4 Archives - Valley Residents Prepare For Y2K (December 28, 1999) Albersons Grocery Store)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2000_problem 

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/Y2K-bug/ 

https://time.com/5752129/y2k-bug-history/ 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/features/y2k071899.htm 

Would you believe that the shocking news from the murder trial of a National Civil Rights Icon did not make the top story? What huge event on this day was changing headlines across the nation?  Find out on this episode of Top Fold.

Top Fold is dedicated to, "All the news that would have been". What does that mean? That means that on 9/11, or when the Hindenburg exploded, or Elvis Presley died, headlines were replaced and stories fell below the fold. What event happened that was huge but wasn’t talked about because something else monumental took the headlines? The name of the podcast comes from a combination of "TOP Story" and "Above the FOLD"-TOP FOLD.

Original music by David "Beezer" Wagler.
Sources for Season 4 Ep 5
 

https://southernchanges.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/sc16-1_001/sc16-1_003/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y88N8vxP4A Beckwith bio

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/medgar-evers

https://www.mec.cuny.edu/history/justice-of-medgar-evers/

https://casetext.com/case/de-la-beckwith-v-state

https://www.beatlesbible.com/1964/02/11/live-washington-coliseum/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatlemania

https://www.thefest.com/this-week-in-beatles-history-feb-13-21-1964/

https://daytrippin.com/2017/02/06/the-beatles-first-visit-to-new-york-city-in-1964-a-day-by-day-diary/

https://www.edsullivan.com/artists/the-beatles/ 

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles 

https://flashbak.com/the-beatles-1964-first-tour-of-the-united-states-the-photos-and-the-mania-7137/ 

https://lithub.com/did-medgar-evers-killer-go-free-because-of-jury-tampering/ 

https://blog.genealogybank.com/beatlemania-comes-to-america-7-february-1964.html 

https://www.beatlesbible.com/1964/02/13/travel-new-york-miami/ https://www.beatlesbible.com/1964/02/18/beatles-meet-cassius-clay/

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/05/1964-beatlemania/100745/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break-up_of_the_Beatles  

Would you believe that the news of an American soccer team being almost killed by the opposing players and fans and then again playing just two days later in the same stadium WASN'T what everyone was talking about? Instead of reporting about the melee, ALL the major networks were coving a HUGE announcement.  Find out what it was on THIS episode of TOP FOLD.

Top Fold is dedicated to, "All the news that would have been". What does that mean? That means that on 9/11, or when the Hindenburg exploded, or Elvis Presley died, headlines were replaced and stories fell below the fold. What event happened that was huge but wasn’t talked about because something else monumental took the headlines? The -name of the podcast comes from a combination of "TOP Story" and "Above the FOLD"-TOP FOLD.

Original music by David "Beezer" Wagler.
Sources for Season 4 Ep 3
Game Ended by Fight, New York Times April 22, 1985, Section C, Page 6
Multiple texts and phone discussions with Brenthley Yiraiyah Babb (Jan-Apr., 2023)
Multiple texts and phone discussions with L. Roitman
Brooklyn College Kingsmen & Friends 1977-1992  FB page  Robert De Gale, (gave permission for usage of photos)
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/04/23/Foreign-News-Briefs/3337483080400/ https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/the-exciting-80s-in-nepals-football-history 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANFA_Cup
https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/anfa.html#85
https://www.cosmosoccerleague.com/CSL/Team/6849
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-14-sp-930-story.html
Len Roitman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnEIJcG8IW4  talking to parents and kids. 
https://static.cunyathletics.com/custompages/championship%20programs/2008-09/2008%20Men's%20Soccer%20Program.pdf
https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/anfa.html (entire list of the game)
ANFA Invitational Tournament (Nepal)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s9LDhIGHoU&t=210s Harold Burson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgbtQQGOuoA debut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqvTMPY8Q_8
www.goizuetafoundation.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Coke
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola
Creative Commons - Max Headroom images -public domain

How could a tragic nightclub fire with mass casualties not be what everyone was talking about? What started out as an afterthought, then suddenly became the headline story? Find out what was on this episode of TOP FOLD.

Top Fold is dedicated to, "All the news that would have been". What does that mean? That means that on 9/11, or when the Hindenburg exploded, or Elvis Presley died, headlines were replaced and stories fell below the fold. What event happened that was huge but wasn’t talked about because something else monumental took the headlines? The -name of the podcast comes from a combination of "TOP Story" and "Above the FOLD"-TOP FOLD.

Original music by David "Beezer" Wagler.

Sources for S4 E2 Beverly Hills Cantina
https://www.zippia.com/beverly-hills-club-careers-1223190/history/?src=sp-popout-timed
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/2021/05/28/opinion-history-says-supper-club-fire-no-accident/7427554002/
https://www.nkyviews.com/campbell/text/eastern_sin_city.html 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egmqhcziIm4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Zk6yRmstE 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLcCWWkC9E4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPaTUB5mnyQ 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Hills_Supper_Club_fire
https://history.ky.gov/2018/11/26/collection-preserves-beverly-hills-supper-clubs-story/ 
https://www.looper.com/249198/what-it-was-really-like-to-see-star-wars-in-1977/  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLcCWWkC9E4
https://boundarystones.weta.org/2015/12/18/1977-long-time-ago-theater-not-far-away
https://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/519 
https://www.wcpo.com/news/northern-kentucky/new-homes-coming-to-redeveloped-site-of-deadly-1977-beverly-hills-supper-club-fire 
https://boundarystones.weta.org/2015/12/18/1977-long-time-ago-theater-not-far-away

The Induction of an Archbishop, a visit to the United Nations, and even a scheduled trip to Hawaii for discussions on ending the Vietnam War were not enough to keep President Johnson the top story.  What happened on this day that changed everything? Find out on this episode of TOP FOLD.
Top Fold is dedicated to, "All the news that would have been". What does that mean? That means that on 9/11, or when the Hindenburg exploded, or Elvis Presley died, headlines were replaced and stories fell below the fold. What event happened that was huge but wasn’t talked about because something else monumental took the headlines? The -name of the podcast comes from a combination of "TOP Story" and "Above the FOLD"-TOP FOLD.

Original music by David "Beezer" Wagler.
Sources for S4 E1
https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/lbjfinalspeech.htm
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/did-the-news-media-led-by-walter-cronkite-lose-the-war-in-vietnam/2018/05/25/a5b3e098-495e-11e8-827e-190efaf1f1ee_story.html https://medium.com/useless-knowledge-daily/which-us-presidents-chose-not-to-run-for-a-second-term-eba9cb2660cb
http://www.lbjlibrary.net/collections/daily-diary.html
https://prde.upress.virginia.edu/ 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUcXJAmBGRY
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/martin-luther-king-jr-stabbed-book-signing-1958-article-1.2798298
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Cooke
https://www.nps.gov/lyjo/planyourvisit/johnsoncemetery.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUcXJAmBGRYMLK  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTZ7r9n1z6Y
http://www.lbjlibrary.net/collections/on-this-day-in-history/april.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZm56WUXe9E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqIidpUmFr8 

At the exact same time that the President was giving the Medal of Freedom to  former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, almost 1700 miles away there were bombs, bullets, and bedlam.  Find out why the headlines changed and the news story truly shocked America on this episode of TOP FOLD.
Top Fold is dedicated to, "All the news that would have been". What does that mean? That means that on 9/11, or when the Hindenburg exploded, or Elvis Presley died, headlines were replaced and stories fell below the fold. What event happened that was huge but wasn’t talked about because something else monumental took the headlines? The -name of the podcast comes from a combination of "TOP Story" and "Above the FOLD"-TOP FOLD.

Original music by David "Beezer" Wagler.
Sources for S3 E6
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Kohl

https://clintonwhitehouse4.archives.gov/WH/New/html/19990420-1374.html

https://clintonwhitehouse4.archives.gov/WH/Work/042099.html

https://clintonwhitehouse4.archives.gov/WH/New/html/19990420-1374.html

https://www.c-span.org/video/?122649-1/medal-freedom-presentation

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-kohl/world-leaders-bid-farewell-to-germanys-kohl-as-force-for-european-unity-idUSKBN19M3EE Kohl’s funeral

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQX8KNXP14w https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre

https://www.denverpost.com/1999/04/21/columbine-high-school-shooting/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9mUpUHk3nE Murder At Columbine High School (Mass Shooting Documentary) | Real Crime 

https://extras.denverpost.com/news/chs0416j.htm Patti Nielson interviewhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/juvmurders/stories/school050499.htm Going back to school 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQX8KNXP14w President Clinton's Remarks Regarding Columbine HS Shooting (1999)

https://www.history.com/topics/1990s/columbine-high-school-shootings 

Would you believe that a deadly fire at the largest casino in Las Vegas was NOT what everyone was talking about?  How could such a monumental disaster not be the topic of conversations all around the country? Find out what was on this episode of TOP FOLD.

Top Fold is dedicated to, "All the news that would have been". What does that mean? That means that on 9/11, or when the Hindenburg exploded, or Elvis Presley died, headlines were replaced and stories fell below the fold. What event happened that was huge but wasn’t talked about because something else monumental took the headlines? The -name of the podcast comes from a combination of "TOP Story" and "Above the FOLD"-TOP FOLD.

Original music by David "Beezer" Wagler.

Sources for S3 Ep4 THE BURNING QUESTION

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_Grand_fire

https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/the-strip/hell-on-earth-40-years-ago-a-historic-fire-at-the-mgm-grand-2181965/

https://classiclasvegas.com/clv-history-blog/2020/11/20/40-years-gone-the-mgm-grand-fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH7 ln4 Disasters TV show

https://classiclasvegas.com/clv-history-blog/2020/11/20/40-years-gone-the-mgm-grand-fire 

https://www.qrfs.com/blog/271-the-deadliest-fires-in-u-s-history-the-mgm-grand-fire-in-las-vegas/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_shot_J.R.%3F
https://outsider.com/news/entertainment/dallas-jr-ewing-shot-this-day-1980-leading-who-shot-jr-campaign/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbl2-RA-_m8