Immigrants reshape Queens and Brighton Beach neighborhoods
Portraits of new arrivals from Korea Jamaica Barbados Haiti Trinidad and Tobago and Russia showcase immigrant pathways to New York City. Koreans like Song Lee transition from meat work to business ownership while Salvadoran Castella seeks green card status and American citizenship. West Indian and Soviet Jewish communities emphasize hardship resilience and cultural retention amid integration.
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U.S
Castella
el Salvador
New York City
Jamaica
Barbados
Haiti
Trinidad and Tobago
Soviet Union
Brighton Beach Avenue
Pauline Bilus
Bilas
Eugene Alter
Alter
Russia
New breed of immigrants in New York City
A feature notes nearly 25 percent of New Yorkers are foreign born while the nation averages six percent. It traces immigrant motives, economic progress, and enduring ties to homeland, highlighting language barriers, discrimination, and cultural adjustment across Greek, Korean, Salvadoran, and other communities in Queens, Brooklyn, and beyond.
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Joseph J. Etienne
Crown Heights
Brooklyn
Etienne
Brighton Beach
Little Odessa By the Sea
Page Af
Europe
United States
Latin America
Caribbean Islands
Asia
Yiorgos Kotsolakos
Kotsdlakos
Astoria
Hanyoung Lee
Flushing
Queens
Peter W. Zendzian
Catholic Migration and Immigration Office
Zendzian
Japan marks 38th surrender anniversary with emperor, protests
At a nationwide service in Tokyo, Emperor Hirohito led a somber memorial for World War II dead with 6,400 relatives and 1,000 officials present. Prime Minister Nakasone urged pacifism and lasting peace while opponents organized a rival vow for nonmilitarization.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Hirohito
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Socialist Party
Communist Party
Nakasone
Socialist Party and
General Council of Trade Unions
Imperial Grounds
Ichio Asukata
Steagan
Yasukuni
Azuko Okayasu
Polovchak Family Seeks New Life in Soviet Union
The Polovchaks begin anew in Lvov as they settle into a high rise, Julia born July 16, and Walter, Natalie, and Michael adjust to life in the U S S R. Walter seeks asylum in the United States, while Michael works as a bus driver and Anna tends to a new home and job. Walter fears exile to Siberia if he returns.
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LVOV
U.S.S
Natalie
Walter
Siberia
Soviet Union
United States
U.S
Michael Polovcchak
Anna Polovchak
Julia
Polovchaks
Polovchak
Anna
New World
Jewel Food
Michael
Chicago
Polovcchak
The
Henry Valvera
Cosmos 1443 cargo return from Salyut 7 orbit
Soviet space officials report Cosmos 1443 returning to Earth with half ton of cargo from Salyut 7. Tass earlier said cosmonauts Vladimir Lyakhov and Alexander Alexandrov detached the satellite and remain aboard. Cosmos docked March 10 carrying three tons of research material and supplies.
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Moscow
Earth
Salyut 7 Space Station
Radio
Tass
Vladimir Lyakhov
Alexander Alexandrov
Cosmos
Salyut 7
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Susan B. Garland
Newhouse News Service
New York
Seoul
South Korea
Song Lee
Korea
Lez
Jorge Castella
EB Salvador
Liberal-Democratic Party
Yasukuni Shrine
Kelly’s
Jeno
DeWitt
Dewitt Drive-in
Eric Blyd
Penn Can Mall
E. Genesee St
Herald-Journal
Herald- Journal/American
Southend
England
Mountain Valley
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Mountain Vally Water CO
Traister BR
Liverpool
Somneiaran
Ack
Ark
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