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The News of Mexico City: Fortieth Anniversary Birthday Bash
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17560 |
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LIFE
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7 / 1990 |
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James C. Roberts
James C. Roberts is the president of Radio America. |
Thus began one of the weekly columns in the Mexico City News, Mexico's English-language daily. The column was written by Sarita Rosenfield, and it provided readers with a critique of the week's bullfight in the Plaza Mexico bullring. Although discontinued in 1972 after ten years, the column is just one of the many features that over the years have made the News such a distinctive journalistic institution.
The News is forty years old this July, and to celebrate the anniversary, the management of the paper has planned a three day celebration for the staff and far-flung alumni. As an alumnus, I received an invitation to the July 5-8 festivities from Shari Rettig, circulation manager for the paper and coordinator of the reunion activities. Among the scheduled events are a luncheon at the Arroyo restaurant, featuring Mexican cuisine plus mariachi music (and for the daring, the opportunity to fight baby bulls in the restaurant's own ring), tours of the city, a marathon bull session, and a formal dinner dance.
Horn-Honking Traffic
"The News," Rettig writes on the invitation, "has survived many crises, some natural and some manmade. It has continued to publish daily despite earthquakes, financial hardships, massive personnel walkouts, computer crashes, and the death of two of its editors. Each of us who has worked on the News, in turn, has played its part in making us what we are today."
I became acquainted with the News upon my arrival in Mexico City in March 1972. I had saved some money during a three-year stint as a naval officer and decided to
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