Almanac, Episode 340

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Date
1991-06-21
Main contributor
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary
The first segment is a discussion about the end of apartheid in South Africa, with new South African ambassador to the United States, Harry Heinz Schwartz. The second segment is an interview with John Privett, director of the Tax Research Association (TRA) about the TRA's plan to cut Houston Independent School District (HISD) administrative staff and give teachers raises. In the third segment, Patricia Gras provides an exclusive report from Ecuador about the cholera epidemic. Gras then talks about the epidemic with Dr. Abdul Ali, Dr. Jorge Duchicela, and Dr. George Delclos. The fourth segment is a conversation about Houston's Cornerstone House Daycare, a daycare center for young AIDS patients, Domingo Barrios, the coordinator of the Cornerstone Family Service Center and Audrey Gassama, the Cornerstone House Day Care director. John Davenport provides commentary on how things have changed since "the good old days." 
Contributors
Ryan, Pat; Booth, Ward; Rushlo, Sheila; Gras, Patricia
Genre
television programs
Subjects
Heinz Schwartz, Harry; Privett, John; Ali, Abdul; Duchicela, Jorge; Delclos, George L.; Barrios, Domingo; Gassama, Audrey; Davenport, John; Apartheid; AIDS (Disease); Public television
Location
South Africa
Collection
KUHT Film and Video
Unit
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Language
English
Rights Statement
In Copyright
Physical Description
00:57:58
Notes
This item is from an archival collection and may contain content which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.
Digitization and access for this item is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and Texas State Library and Archives Commission (2017).
Other Identifiers
Other: ID 1997-006a, AV Shelving; Preservation Location: ark:/84475/pm68945s18n
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