Hungarian Heritage Review, 1987 (16. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1987-03-01 / 3. szám
^íeítJB ^uggets Broadcasting readings of newspapers, magazines, advertisements, best-selling books, and a “call in” radio program, about 530 listeners, within a radius of 45 miles of the radio station, tune in daily. However, many other listeners were blocked out because the terrain in the northwest sector of the state impeded the radio signal. Then, Sammons Communications, a cable TV company, offered to and did solve the problem. The first hookup was tested in the home of Norma Krajczar, who is blind and the Executive Director of the New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Upon listening to the broadcast, she said: “This is exciting. It’s a wonderful service. The sky is the limit for this type of service. We’ll be able to develop so much new and innovative programming. I can foresee that we’ll develop educational courses, such as child care for blind mothers, basic cooking or first aid courses designed specifically for the blind.” Norma Krajczar may not be able to see. But her vision of what can be is 20/20! Norma Krajczar works in her home as she listens a ‘Radio Reader’ program available on cable from Sammons Communications BUDAPEST, HUNGARY — A new office was recently opened for business here, whose purpose is to be of service to Hungarians living outside of Hungary. Called the DUNA SERVICE OFFICE, it offers every conceivable kind of service to clients, including the handling of personal problems, family matters, business connections, and many others. So, if you have something to take care of in Hungary, but cannot go there to take care of it yourself, get in touch with: DUNA SERVICE OFFICE, Damjanich u.37.11.1, H-1071 Budapest, Hungary (Tel: 361-213-711). NEW YORK, N.Y. - Mayor Ed Koch is not noted for being too shy when it comes to talking up a storm in public, putting his listeners to sleep, or for refusing any opportunity to tell it like he thinks it is. A real gabfester, is this Honorable Mayor of the City of New York, who wheeled-and-dealed and wowed them in Warsaw during his recent trip abroad. That is why his obviously “tuned-down” report on his stop-over in Budapest, not only leaves a lot to be desired, but also poses a mind-tickling puzzler. All he highlighted about it in press interviews was his exchange of gifts with Imre Miklós, Hungary’s minister for religious affairs. “Hungary’s minister for religious affairs,” Koch said, “is an atheist and he doesn’t know how many Christians, Catholics, Protestants, and Jews there are in Hungary, because they don’t make any record of it. We exchanged gifts. It was interesting, because he gave me a religious gift and I gave him an atheist crystal from Tiffanys.” Chances are that Imre Miklós is still suffering from aftershock from his meeting with His Honor. On the other hand, the Hungarian Heritage Review got a hot tip that Mayor Koch, who proudly proclaims his Polishness, may also have Hungarian “roots”! —Photo courtesy of New York Post In Budapest, Koch drops in on meeting in the National Rabbinic Seminary. STRATHMORE (ALBERTA), CANADA — It seems that, when Steve Fonyo, the one-legged long distance runner, made his heroic, 14-months-long run across Canada two years ago and raised $10.5-million for cancer research, romance blossomed en-route. He met Wendy Reeder and congratulations are in order. For it has been reported that the two are getting married and that Wendy’s mother said that it was going to be the biggest wedding bash ever held or seen in her small town near Calgary on the Trans- Canada Highway. EDISON, N.J. — In what can be considered to be an unprecedented gettogether of ethnic communities within one State and in perfect harmony, occurred recently when the Heritage Festival Ball Committee, which originated among the leaders of the Garden State Arts Center’s Heritage Festivals, held its “Heritage Festival Ball” at the Pines Manor. The New Jersey Ethnic Advisory Council also took part in the colorful affair, which honored Governor Thomas H. Kean. “Governor Kean has done a great deal to encourage New Jersey’s many ethnic communities to present programs that illustrate and perpetuate our respective cultures and traditions,” said Laureanna Abano, Ball Chairman and Phillipine representative. “We felt that it was time the Governor was recognized for helping us to continue to be proud of our respective heritage and happy to be Americans.” The Heritage Festival Ball Committee now represents 34 ethnic committees in the State of New Jersey, among them the African-American, American Indian, Asian Indian, Byelorussian, Cambodian, Chinese, Danish, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, German, Greek, Hispanic, Hungarian, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Korean, Laotian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Peruvian, Polish, Portugese, Puerto Rican, Scottish, Sikh, Slovak, Swedish, Syrian, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese. —continued next page MARCH 1987 HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW 5
