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Week # 25-98, Air Date 6/21/1998 - 6/27/1998

 File — Box: 34, Item: 270

Scope and Contents

Segment #1: 'LAND GRANTS CONTROVERSY IN NEW MEXICO' Adam Saytanides reports from Costilla, New Mexico, on the on-going debate regarding centuries-old land grants promised to early settlers of the area under the 1848 Treaty of Guadaiupe Hida]go. The formation of a commission has recently been proposed in Congress to examine these land grants claims. (5:39)

Subject Types: History; Other - Politics

Locations: U.S. Regions - Southwest; States - New Mexico

Segment #2: 'DUAL-LANGUAGE PROGRAM IN IOWA' Mary Hartnett reports from Iowa City, Iowa, on a dual language program in effect in the city of West Liberty, Iowa, in which both Latino and Anglo children are learning English and Spanish. (4:22)

Subject Types: Education; Youth

Locations: U.S. Regions - Midwest: States - Iowa

Segment #3: 'CUBAN BASEBALL PLAYER ORLANDO HERNANDEZ' Commentator Tom Miller has some thoughts on the baseball pitcher Orlando Hernandez, whose journey to the pitching mound of the New York Yankees began in the baseball fields of his native Cuba. (3:01)

Subject Types: Other - Sports

Locations: Non-U.S. Regions - Cuba

Segment #4: 'LOS MUNEQUITOS DE MATANZAS' This is a self- contained musical profile: Latino USA's Maria Hinojosa speaks with two members of the Cuban rumba group, Los Munequitos de Matanzas. (6:04)

Subject Types: Arts - Music

Locations: Non-U.S. Regions - Cuba

Dates

  • Creation: Air Date 6/21/1998 - 6/27/1998

Repository Details

Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository

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