United States of Television shines a silly mirror on U S TV
A British Channel 4 series curates American clips to mock and reveal English viewers what US television offers. It features Sex Guns and Cowboy Cookin while suggesting Britons may form an opinion of Americans from this montage. The show aims to free English TV from fear of US kitsch, leaving viewers debating what is real.
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United States
Britain
Channel 4
America
Susan Powter
Geraldo
Suzanne Sommers
Southern California
Bruce Wood
Bruce
S&m
Beverly
Leprino plans expansion boosts local jobs and byproducts
Roswell Chamber of Commerce details Leprino Foods expansion plans. Byproducts such as cream and whey will be sold to new industries. Plant completion expected in December with about 238 current jobs and 100 more if expansion proceeds, benefiting farmers, contractors, and state tax revenue.
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Elmer Schooley
Leprino Foods
Leprino
Pecos
Chaves County
J.J. Johnston
Roswell
Westridge Church hosts Rev Donald F Clingan speaker
March 31 1969 the Westridge Christian Church hosted Rev Donald F Clingan director for World Outreach Education of the United Christian Missionary Society and a national administrator for a new Christian Life Curriculum for secondary students. Also two new Spanish speaking missionaries arrive in Roswell for a three to four month assignment Paul W Dawson 19 of Ray Utah and Nick Jorgensen 20 of Ogden Utah plan a door to door campaign.
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Westridge Christian Church
Donald F. Clingan
Department of World Outreach Education
United Christian Missionary Society
Christian Life
Clingan
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Roswell
Paul W. Dawson
Ray
Utah
Nick Jorgensen
Ogden
Baca Gains Early Edge in New Mexico Governor Race
Jim Baca built momentum with a quick poll early fundraising and a campaign hub while Gov. Bruce King and Lt. Gov. Casey Luna faced a 20 day post legislative fundraising ban. Baca gathered 5000 signatures and $80,000 in weeks, positioning a strong, independent bid ahead of the June 7 primary.
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Santa FE
Jim Baca
Bruce King
Casey Luna
Baca
King
Luna
Diane Denish
Casey
Federal Bureau of Land Management
Clinton
New Mexico
Ray Powell
Advan
French students rail against economic gravity and welfare
The writer cites David Brooks and Dana Milbank on France’s student protests over unemployment and a minimum wage policy. He notes 12 percent joblessness and welfare levels, contrasts with Britain’s 9.8 percent unemployment and low minimum pay, and recalls 1968 upheavals as a lens on today’s unrest.
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David Brooks
The
Wall Street Journal
Europe
France
Chicago
Mexico City
New Delhi
Rome
Charles de Gaulle
Balladur
Dana Milbank
Great Britain
United States
Martin Feldstein
Harvard
Clinton's finances scrutinized amid Whitewater questions
The piece argues President Clinton appears checkbook challenged, inviting scrutiny of personal finances linked to Whitewater. It notes disputed back taxes, revised losses, and unreported profits while citing experts on potential political cost as tax day nears.
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Washington
Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Robert Fiske
Clintons
Whitewater
Dee Dee Myers
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