Almanac, Episode 306
- Date
1990-10-12
- Main contributor
KUHT-TV (Television station)
- Summary
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First segment is a discussion about the issues local educators face with Carl S. Birk, a teacher at Tijerina Elementary School, Marty Rudolph, Principal of Corpus Christi Catholic School, and Rosalind James, a teacher at Worthing High School. Second segment is interview with Dr. Bruce Oppenheimer, Professor of Political Science at the University of Houston, about issues facing Congress's ability to come to a resolution regarding the federal budget. Third segment is interview with Dr. Peter Marzio, Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, David Gockley, General Director of the Houston Grand Opera, and Michael Peranteau, Co-Director of DiverseWorks about National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) funding when it comes to obscenity. Fourth segment is interview with City Council Member Sheila Jackson Lee, and State Senator Gene Green, about purchasing and handgun in Houston, and the proposal for a seven-day waiting period. Episode includes commentary from Kevin Dorsey about the effects negative reporting has had on blood donations at a center in Houston.
- Contributors
Ryan, Pat; Payne, Don; Houston, J. D.; Gras, Patricia
- Genre
television programs
- Subjects
Dorsey, Kevin; Birk, Carl S.; Rudolph, Marty; James, Rosalind; Oppenheimer, Bruce; Marzio, Peter C.; Gockley, David; Peranteau, Michael; Jackson Lee, Sheila; Green, Gene; Public television
- Collection
KUHT Film and Video
- Unit
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
- Language
English
- Rights Statement
- In Copyright
- Physical Description
00:57:48
- 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/pm8122v6052
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