Making the News This WeekRep. Henry B. Gonzalez (D- Texas), who introduced a resolution

to withdrawn U.S. forces from Lebanon four months ago, says he'llcontinue to push for its passage. Gonzalez adds that PresidentReagan fancies himself as "The Gipper - Commander in Chief."_.Former ambassador to Colombia Philip sanchez wins the AdolphCoors Company/Mexican and American Foundation CommunityService Award_. Chicago Mayor Harold Washington names threeHispanics to his economic development task force: Arturo Velasquez,president of Azteca Corn Products; Mario Aranda, executivedirector of the Latino Institute; Angelo Velasquez, president of A &R Janitorial Services. Washington also announces his 15-member

(8 Chicanos, 6 Puerto Ricans, 1 Cuban) Advisory Commission onLatino Affairs._ The Texas Supreme Court reinstates a $800,000libel and slander suit by Cesar Chavez against radio station KBUC.Chavez filed the suit after the station accused the farm labor leaderof being a communist- Six-year-old Teresa Escobar of SouthernCalifornia, who had a brush with death last year when she contractedtuberculosis, is named 1983-84 poster child for the American LungAssociation/Coors TB Coin Cannister Campaign. Her smiling faceappears on collection cannisters in 12,000 markets and businessesin Los Angeles County_ Alex De Jorge, president of Caguas CityCollege in Puerto Rico, becomes first Puerto Rican named to theaccreditation commission of the Association of Independent Collegesand Schools. The association accredits private colleges anduniversities in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

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Catholic 'Monopoly' on Hispanics ErodingThe past five years have seen an unprece­

dented growth in the number of ProtestantHispanic congregations and in the efforts ofProtestant churches- particularly fundamenta~ist denominations- to recruit Hispanos and tomake attractive Protestantism.

According to William McDaniel, developmentdirector of the Mexican Baptist Bible Institutein San Antonio, "This has become the decadefor Hispanic Baptists." The case is not unique.

Just how many Hispanics are Protestant,however, is difficult to estimate. Church sta­tistics are unreliable, even by the admission ofofficials, and the criteria for counting peopleas members vary widely. For example, somedenominations count membership from baptism,others from confirmation.

Up to the 1970s, it was a safe assumptionthat close to 100% of Hispanics were baptizedCatholic. (In Latin America, Catholics accountfor 92 to 98% of the population.) But since the70s, flight of U.S. Catholic Hispanics to Protes­tant churches may have lowered the proportionto as low as 85%, according to informed "guesstf­mates" by Catholic officials.

The Southern Baptist Convention, for ex­ample, reports 1,500 Hispanic congregations,with 150 churches added annually, and an

PASTORAL LETTERON LATINO AFFAIRS

Last year it was the bishops and thebomb. This year ifs the bishops and theHispanos.

When the National Conference of Catho­lic Bishops convenes in Washington, D.C.,Nov. 14 - 17, it will review a major pastoralstatement on Hispanic affairs and discusswhat has been called the "urgent pastoralimplications" of the growing Hispanic popu­lation.

The statement, drafted by the NCCB'sAdHoc Committee for Hispanic Affairs, placesHispanics at the top of the bishops' agendaand calls on the church to recognize His­panic needs and interests. The pastoraladds that the church must respond "inno­vatively, flexibly and immediately" to theU.S. Hispanic presence.

"We envision," the statement says, "anew era of ministry with Hispanics."

estimated total of more than 2 million HispanicBaptists - about 15% of the Convention'smembership.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daySaints reports a 150% increase in Hispanicmembers over the past six years. In Houstonalone it reports 2,500 Hispanic Mormons.

Jehovah's Witnesses estimate a total of45,000 Hispanic members.

Three factors are usually cited as reasonsfor the growing number of Hispanics attractedto Protestant denominations: opportunitiesfor leadership, smaller congregations and flexi­bility in faith expression. A fourth, noted byCatholic observers such as EI Paso bishopRaymundo Pei'la, is the greater use of theBible in Protestant churches.

Out of a total of 58,000 Catholic priests, only1,400 are Hispanic. Training and qualifica­tions include celibacy, at least six years ofstudy and adaptation to a seminary systemdesigned for non-Hispanic seminarians.

In contrast, many Protestant denominationsordain ministers who are married - some ofthem former Catholic priests - and train theircandidates in two to four years in seminaryprograms geared to Hispanics interests.

Similarly, while the average Catholic parishhas hundreds of anonymous families, the aver­age Protestant congregation, according to astudy by religious sociologist John Savage,has about 250 members. This makes forcongregations that are more intimate and"friendly," according to Hispanic members.

Faith expressions - that is, services, de­votions and prayers- which are more attunedto Hispanic culture are also responsible forthe switch. Although Protestantism has tra­ditionally been opposed to devotions to theVirgin Mary, calling it Mariolatry, in the newerU.S. Hispanic congregations it is not infrequentto find large images of Our Lady of Guadalupe,the patroness of Mexico.

Protestant denominations are spending largeamounts of money on their Hispanic aposto­lates for education programs, religious trainingand evangalizing. The Texas Baptist Con­vention spent$10 million between 1978 and1983 alone. The Episcopal Diocese of SanDiego, with 20,000 Hispanics, is raising $150million for Hispanic ministry. Conversely, theNational Conference of Catholic Bishopsspends slightly under $750,000 a year.

Perhaps the most telling remark regardingthe process was given by an Episcopal priest.Episcopalians do not actively recruit Latinosalthough they welcome Hispanics to theircongregations.

"If the Catholic Church did its job," the priestsaid, "we wouldn't have so many Hispanics."

- Antonia Sabajanes

NEW BISHOP NAMEDThe Rev. Placido Rodriguez, pastor of Our

Lady of Fatima Church in Perth Amboy, NewJersey, was named auxiliary bishop of Chicagoby Pope John Paul II on Oct 31. Rodriguez,43, becomes the 16th Hispanic bishop in theUnited States.

A member of the Claretian Missionaries,Rodriguez was born in Celaya, Guanajuato,Mexico. He was associate pastor of Our Ladyof Guadalupe church in Chicago from 1970 to1972 and pastor from 1972 to 1975. He wasnamed pastor of Our Lady of Fatima in PerthAmboy in 1981.

INS BUREAU OPENSImmigrant advocates in San Jose, Calif, fear

that the proposed opening of an Immigrationand Naturalization Service bureau there willlead to abuse of local Hispanic, Filipino andVietnamese residents.

The bureau, scheduled to open after January1984, will be a branch of the INSs San Franciscodistrict office.

Becky Villones of People United for HumanRights said legal as well as illegal aliens willbe harassed because of their color.

The bureau will have seven investigators toarrest and deport illegal aliens holding jobs inCalifornia's high tech region known as theSilicon Valley. In the past, raids were conductedby investigators commuting from San Francisco.

ELECTION RESULTS: Next week His­panic Link Weekly Report will bring youresults of those elections of particular im­portance to U.S. Hispanos.1f there are localelections you would like to see included,send us a news clip of the result or call usdirect: (202) 234-0737.

-Kay Barbaro

Sin pelos en la lenguaJO JO JO: The Christmas season is coming, and so (in early

December) is a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commissionreport on the agency's responsiveness to Hispanics that couldcrush your faith in the bearded old man. If you want a copy, beat theholiday rush. Write Rogelio Padilla Jr., c/o Commissioner TonyGallegos, Rm. 5214, 2401 'E' St NW, Washington, D.C. 20506.Phone (202) 634-6720.

NO NO NO: Now India wants to string a barbed wire fencealong its 1,365-mile border with Bangladesh to keep illegal aliensout Maybe it could cut a deal with the enthusiastic U.S. governmentcontractor who, a few years ago, claimed he was building one for ourMexican border which would slice off the toes of anyone who triedto climb it

(After the press publicized his boast, government specificationswere changed to insure that nobody lost any vital digits.)

RIDDLE: The National Hispanic Leadership Conference hopesto have President Reagan as keynoter at its April '84 conclave inWashington, D.C. And the head of the National Hispanic LeadershipConference just endorsed Jesse Jackson for president Howcome?

Solution: There are TWO National Hispanic Leadership Confer­ences.

No. 1 is literally a "conference." It came together in Dallas in 1977and again in San Antonio in 1980. Ifs headed by Jose Cano,immediate past national chairperson of the American Gl Forum.

No. 2 is the recently incorporated "think tank" organization beingshaped by Tony Bonilla, immediate past president of LULAC.

Both Cano and Bonilla wear Texas boots. Oh, dear. Clear thecorral.

CHA CHA CHA: The night before the OTI International SongFestival in Washington, D.C. (see Arts & Entertainment), the agelesscrowd attending the big SIN reception at the Organization ofAmerican States' Hall of Nations was getting down. The band,Fiebre Amarilla, had just finished playing a spicy salsa beat and thefolks on the floor were calling for more.

So up jumps SIN president Rene Anselmo and instructs themusicos- with red face, loud words and pumping hands- no more"loud" music. It was back to soft ballads.

Afterwards, HLWR roving social editor Katie M. Porta askedFiebre Amarilla's director about the scene on stage. "I'm an artist,"complained the Salvadoran musician. "I'd rather play my musicthan make money and be told what to play."

And they thought they'd be free in America ...

CARDENAS LAWSUITA federal district judge has refused to grant

a temporary restraining order that would haveallowed u.s. Civil Rights Commissioners BlandinaCardenas and Mary Berry to stay in office untilfurther court action.

Attorney Richard Fajardo of the MexicanAmerican Legal Defense & Education Fund,the group representing Cardenas, called theruling by U.S. District Court Judge NormaJohnson in Washington, D.C., a disappointmentbut added that it was not the final word. Apreliminary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 7, hesaid.

Cardenas, who was fired Oct. 26 by PresidentReagan along with Berry and Rabbi MurraySaltzman, charges in her suit that the presidenfsaction is illegal. The NAACP Legal DefenseFund has filed a similar suit for Berry. Saltzmanhas chosen not to take legal action.

LATINO DISTRICTSHispanics comprise the majority of the popu­

lation in nine congressional districts, according toa new U.S. Census Bureau report Five of thedistricts are in Texas. Six are representedby Hispanics, all of whom are Democrats.

Rep. Kika de la Garza's District 15 in SouthTexas has the highest Latino population ­71.7%. Also in Texas are District 20 (61.7%,Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez); District 27 (61.5%,Solomon Ortiz); District 16 (602%, Rep. RonaldColeman); District 23 (53.1 %, Abraham Kazen).

The other districts are California's District25 (63.6%, Rep. Edward RoybaO and District30 (542%, Rep. Matthew Martinez); New YorK'sDistrict 18 (51.3%, Rep. Robert Garcia); andAorida's District 18 (SO.?%, Rep. Claude Pepper).

Of the 20 districts with the highest Hispanicpopulation, 15 were in four states: California,New Mexico, Arizona and Texas.

Of the 435 districts, Garcia's New Yorkdistrict had the lowest median family incomeat $8,448 and the highest poverty rate at432%. (The national rate is 12.4%.) District 18also had the highest percentage of female­headed households at 35%.

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BORDER RELATIONSTwo Hispanics are among seven Californians

appointed by Gov. George Deukmejian to theCommission on the Californias, a state panelwhich is responsible for developing educational,economic and cultural relations between Cali­fornia and Mexican states, particularly BajaCalifornia Norte.

The two appointees are Oscar Padilla, 59, awell-known insurance company executive andformer city planning commissioner from SanDiego, and Fernando Torres, 39, a Calexicocity council member and an investigator withthe San Diego County District Attorney.

Both Padilla and Torres are Republican.The commissions serve at the pleasure of thegovernor and do not have fixed terms.

LEADERS TO MEETA third National Hispanic Leadership Confer­

ence is being scheduled for April 15-18, 1984in Washington, D.C., its national chairman,Jose Cano, told Hispanic Link.

Between $50,000-$75,000 has been com­mitted privately to conduct the conference,according to Gil Chavez, who is coordinatingits logistics. Some 125 representatives ofHispanic organizations and other leaders areexpected to meet on eight to 10 issues ofconcern to U.S. Latinos.

A planning group of 25 persons, includingleaders from many major Hispano organizations,has met twice to make preliminary plans andpreparations. Similar conferences in 1977(Dallas) and 1980 (San Antonio) involved be­tween 100-125 participants each.

ETHNIC DOCTORATEThe University of California at Berkeley is

close to approving what may be the firstethnic studies doctoral program in the country.The proposed program calls for the doctoralcandidates to develop a base in a traditionaldiscipline, such as political science or history, inaddition to their ethnic studies.

CHAVIRA PULLS OUTEI Paso businessman Henry Chavira, one of

the two Hispanics nominated to the LegalServices Corporation board of directors, hasasked President Reagan to withdraw his namefrom consideration. Chavira, who was arrestedin 1981 on still-unresolved larceny charges,cited personal reasons for his dpcision. Hiswithdrawal leaves Denver laWyer Pepe Mendezas the lone Hispanic nominee.

HEARINGS ON EEOCThe Senate Labor& Human Resources Com­

mittee has scheduled a full day of hearingsDec. 14 to address the responsiveness of theU.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Com­mission to Hispanics.

Among those who will testify are Com­missioner Tony Gallegos, ex-CommissionerArmando Rodriguez, and EEOC Deputy Gener­al Counsel Mike Martinez, who conducted sixpublic hearings (Chicago, New York, Miami,Los Angeles, San Antonio and Denver) on theissue in June.

HISPANIC EARNINGSHispanic families earned more than black

and less than white families in 1983, butHispanic individuals earned less than whitesor blacks.

Newly released information from the Bureauof Labor Statistics show that in the first threequarters of 1983, Hispanic families had amedian weekly earning of $377 compared to$351 for blacks and $498 for whites.

Hispanic men, however, had a median weeklyearning of $278 compared to $300 for blacksand $399 for whites. The earnings gap wasmuch lower, and much closer, among women,with working Hispanas making $212, blackwomen $234 and white women $254.

Of the 3.6 million Hispanic families, 2.6million had salaried workers. Of those fa,mjlies,51.8% had one worker and 48.2% had two ormore workers.

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THE GOOD NEWS

FELLOWSH IPS: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation supports 1­year fellowships in Latin American studies at the University ofPittsburgh. Contact: Center for Latin American Studies, 4E04Forbes Quadrangle, U of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Penn. 15260.

MIGRANT REPORT: Copies of "Refugees and Migrants: Problemsand Program Responses," are available from the Ford Foundation.The report discusses and provides statistics on immigration worldwide.Contact: Ford Foundation, Office of Reports, 320 East 43rd St., NewYork, N.Y. 10017.

SOCIAL STATISTICS: A free brochure detailing economic andsocial statistics on Puerto Rico from 1950 to 1982 is available fromthe Office of Economic Research, Government Development Bankfor Puerto Rico, Manillas Government Center, P.O. Box 42001, SanJuan, P.R. 00940.

FREE FILMS: English- and Spanish-language films on healthare available from Core Distribution Operations, 117 Sharpe Ave.,Staten Island, N.Y. 10302. For community groups, organizations,civic and social groups, etc. Will send films anywhere in U.S. orPuerto Rico.

CARTOONISTS: Graphic artists are welcome to submit editorialcartoons for publication in Hispanic Link Weekly Report. Paymenton use.

PENNSYLVANIA NEWS: "EI Forum," published by the Pennsyl­v~nla Governor's Council on the Hispanic Community, is a freebimonthly newsletter in English, Contact Isabel Glasner, Editor,"EIForum," 378 Forum Bldg., Harrisburg, Penn. 17120. (717) 783­3877.

.RELIGI~US NEWS: "En Marcha," isa newsletter that's biweekly,bilingual, timely and free, It's put out by the Secretariat for HispanicAffairs of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops / U.S. CatholicConference. To receive it, write: Cecilio Morales Editor "EnMarcha," 1312 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington:D.C. 20005.(202) 659-6876.

CLINICAL NURSE. Ful~andparHimeposilionsavailable for bilingual nurses registered inCalifornia Contact: Elaine Fischer. HiQhlandGeneral Hospital, 1411 East 31 St.,Oakland, Calif. 94602, (415) 534·8055.

BILINGUAL RESEARCH TECHNICIANS.Positions overseas requiring typing. translatingand routine office administration skills. Salary is$13,369 with liberal fringe benefits. SendStandard Form 171 or resume to DefenseIntelligence Agency, Civilian Personnel Oper·ations Division, Recruitment Office, Wash.,D.C. 20301

PSYCHOTHERAPIST/COUNSELOR. BAdegree and 3 yrs. expo or MA and 1 yr. c1incalwork. Duties include individual, family andgroup therapy. Contact: John Tirado, clinicaldirector, Pilsen-little Village Community MentalHealth Center, 4115 West 26th St., Chicago,III. 60623.

TRANSLATOR/CONSULTANT for Voice ofAmerica aA required. Bilingual in Spanish!­Quechua Salary negotiable. Contact: lillianTagle,330 Independence Ave. SW, Voice ofAmerica, Room 3511, Wash., D.C. 20547,(202) 755-4627.

TEACH ENGLISH OVERSEAS. Must haveBA in English, linguistics or ESL. 2 yrs. expoContact: Doyle Manning, MedromlTrainex.12601 Industry St., Garden Grove Calif.92641.

MANAGEMENT TRAINEE - McDonald's,the largest and most professional of therestaurant industry, is seeking an individualfor their corporate management trainee pro­gram. Positions available nationally, flexiblehours and salaries, five-day work week. Con.'tact: P. Miranda-Mahoney. McDonald's Corp.,1455 Broad St. Bloomfield, NewJersey, 07003,or call 201 - 338·5300.

DEVELOPMENT PRODUCER, KPB&TV, SanDiego, to produce auctions and membership­related video pramas. Experience in on·airfundraising necessary, UNDERWRITING DI·RECTOR, to develop and manage programunderwriting. Experience in corporate under­writing or fundraising required; SPECIAL E­VENTS DIRECTOR, to plan and coordinatespecial events. Salary rangeforeach position,S18,708 - S23,040. Write to the EmploymentOffice, San DiegoState University, San Diego,Calif. 92182. Closing date; Nov. 11.

Calendar AMAE 18th ANNUAL CONFERENCE-------------------1 Fresno, Calif. Nov. 10-12Association of Mexican American Educators

THIS WEEKNATIONAL CENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOODENTERPRISE 1ST ANNUAL CONFERENCEWashington, D.C, Nov. 9-10"Give a Child a Choice" is the theme of thisconference on alternative education, Speakersinclude Rodolfo Gonzalez, from Denver's Escue/aTlate/o/co; Rigo Garnica, from Escue/a de /aRaza Unida in Blythe, Calif.; Manny Ortiz, fromHumbolt Christian School in Chicago; andIleana Ros from Hialeah, Florida's EasternAcademy.Florence Tate (202) 331-1103

INVESTMENT DEMOGRAPHICS CONFERENCENew York Nov. 10Seminar sponsored byAmerican Demographicswill look at how population dynamics can helppredict long - term market movement.(800) 828-1133(800) 462-8686 in New York state

NACOPRW 11 th ANNUAL CONVENTION

Miami Nov. 10-13Yearly gathering of the National Conferenceof Puerto Rican Women Inc. will include avoter registration workshop and a banquethonoring the women achievers of the year.(202) 393-1604Hispanic link Weekly Report

2ND ANNUAL GALA BENEFIT CONCERTNew York Nov. 11Various Puerto Rican classical artists will performin a benefit for Boricua College. Special guestartist will be "the soul of Puerto Rico in song,"Ruth Fernandez. Reception will follow concert.(212) 247-7459 865-9000

A TRIBUTE TO TITO GUIZARSan Francisco Nov. 12Tiempo Latino honors the ambassador of Mex­ican music. (See Arts & Entertainment)

HEALTH OF HISPANICS IN THE U.S. ANDABROADDallas Nov. 13-17A special session at the annual meeting of theAmerican Public Health Association

COMING SOONTwo in the Windy City - coming up in '84.

TWELFTH ANNUAL STATE CONVENTIONIllinois Teachers of English to Speakers ofOther Languages/Bilingual Education (TESOLl­BE) Chicago, April 6-7, 1984

FOURTH ANNUAL MALDEF AWARDS DINNERChicago April 26, 1984(31 2) 427-9363

HISTORY BRIEFSOn Nov. 11, 1919 - a year after the end of

World War I - President Wilson proclaimedthis date as Armistice Day to honor the U.S.soldiers who died in that war. In 1954 PresidentEisenhower changed the holiday to Veteran'sDay- thus honoring veterans of all U.S. wars,There are more Hispanic Medal of Honorrecipients than any other ethnic group. _. Nov.11 marks the Independence of Cartagena ­Colombia's Ciudad Heroica. ..

CONFERENCE SPOTLIGHTChicago is home to some 526,000 Latinos­

making it the fourth-largest Hispanic city inthe continental United States. Next year theWindy City will host various conferences andevents of interest to Hispanics. On April6 and7, the Illinois Teachers of English to Speakersof Other Languages/Bilingual Education (TESOL­/BE) will hold its 12th annual conference. Alsoin April - on the 26th - MALDEF will hold itsannlial awards dinner_ On March 28 throughthe 31 st, Chicago will host the 10th AnnualThird World Conference. This year's theme­"Global Interdependence and the Third World."

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Arts & EntertainmentFESTIVAL FESTIVAL: The 12th annual OTI International Song

Festival was held for the first time in the United States in Washington,D.C.'s Constitution Hall Oct. 29. Twenty-one songwriters fromSpain, the United States, the Netherlands Antilles, Brazil and everySpanish-speaking American country except Bolivia and Cuba competedfor the "song of the year" award. Brazilian performerJesse sang thewinning entry - Estrela de papel, the only song in Portuguese ­followed by entries from the Dominican Republic and Colombia.

"This is a historic step in the development of Hispanic television inthe United States," said SIN executive Danny Villanueva. SIN, anassociate member of the Organizacion de Television Iberoamericana(its members are TV interests in Spain, Portugal and the Americas),broadcast the half-a-million dollar event live to its 241 local affiliatesand to the other 22 OTI member countries.

Another international song festival- Puerto Rico's 10th InternationalFestival of Song and Voice- was held in San Juan's Centro de BellasArtes Oct. 30. New York's WNJU (Embassy's Spanish-languageTV station) will broadcast a taped version of the festival in the BigManzana

Details on that festival next week.MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH: Anyone who remembers

the classic Mexican film Alia en el rancho grande knows Tito Guizar,who will be honored by San Francisco's Tiempo Latino Nov. 12 uponhis retirement from show biz.

Federico Arturo Guizar Tolentino - as he was baptized in hisnative Guadalajara - pioneered the phonograph industry in Mexicowith his 1927 recording of Maria Grever's Jurame. The firstHispanic to perform professionally in New York's Carnegie Hall andto sing at the White House (for Hoover), Guizar is credited withintroducing the ranchera to the United States.

ONE LINERS: Cinecom Inti and Island Alive have acquiredtheatrical distribution rights to Gregory Nava's film EI norte which isscheduled to air on PBS next year... A sculpture show by LourdesAlvarez moves across the borderfrom San Diego State Universitytothe Tijuana Cultural Center, and remains there through Dec. 4...Francisco Letelier's "Recent Works" opens in Washington, D.C.'sInstitute for Policy Studies Nov. 7 Part two of PBS' "The ChemicalPeople" airs Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. EST Two Hispanic dancers with theTulsa Ballet Theatre - Ena Naranjo and Luciano Gomez - debut inNew York's Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts Nov. 11 ...Dance collective Wallflower Order winds up its national tour withCentral American Grupo Raiz in Dayton and Columbus, Ohio, thisweek and in Lexington, Ky., and Cincinnati next week. .. and,Spanish cantactriz Rocio Jurado returns to NYC's Lincoln CenterNov. 13...

-Antonio Mejias-Rentas

Media ReportFamilia Latina, a bilingual weekly newspaper

supplement, is moving off the drawing boardcloser to reality. Publisher Kirk Whisler andeditor Katherine Diaz, who have the sametitles with Caminos magazine, plan to beginpublication of the 16 - to 24-page glossy stockinsert in March 1984.

To date, says Diaz, they have 25 Spanish­language and bilingual community weeklies­with combined circulations exceeding 400,000- lined up to use it. The papers are in LosAngeles, Sacramento, San Diego, Dallas, Hous­ton, San Antonio, Phoenix, Chicago, JerseyCity, Miami, Detroit, Atlanta, Providence, Denver,Albuquerque and Washington, D.C.

The supplement is geared to family reading.For more, check Diaz or Whisler at AmericanInternational Hispanic Communications,P.O. Box 54307, Los Angeles, Calif. 90054.Phone: (213) 222-1349.

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La Raza, a fixture in Chicago's Hispaniccommunity for nearly 12 years, changes handsthis month. The 35,OOO-circulation Spanish­language weekly is being sold by restaurateurCesar Dovalina (owner of the La Margaritachain) to a group of 14 investors headed byLeonel Campos, criminology professorat ChicagoState University.

Dovalina says the new owners indicate they'llmaintain the same basic editorial policies butmay expand La Raza'scirculation area beyondIllinois and start a companion English-languagepublication.

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The magazine Calaveras hit the stands inSan Antonio last week just as it has once ayear, every time el dia de los muertos hascome around, since 1932 (with one slight 18­year interruption).

Its pages ridicule the high and mighty person­ages of U.S. and Latin American business,

politics and society in verse, prose, photosand skeleton and skull caricatures. De laMadrid, Castro, Carr, Trevino and Cisneros arejust a few targets of the good-natured barbs.

Calaveras is the work and love of editor/pu­blisher Moises Espino del Castillo, retiredmaestro who taught literature in his nativeMexico, as well as California and Texas.

This year, he printed 2,000 copies, is sellingsome, giving others to schools or libraries.

"The tradition is important," says Espino ofthe satirical writings and drawings so popularin Spain and Mexico.

Calaveras was published by Feliciano Rodartefrom 1932 until his death in 1954. Espinorevived it in 1972.

When I asked to buy a copy, he said postagewas about$1.75 and I should send him$2. Socan any other Weekly Report reader whowants one, he promised. Mail your requestand a couple of bucks to Moises Espino,Calaveras, P.O. Box 28403, San Antonio, Texas78228.

-Charlie Ericksen

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