LATINO USA:  THE RADIO JOURNAL OF NEWS AND CULTURE

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RUNDOWN FOR LATINO USA #333 FEEDING AUGUST 27, 1999.

SEGMENT #1:  "LATINOS AND WELFARE REFORM"  (5:21)
Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa speaks with Sonia Perez, a welfare 
research specialist for the National Council of La Raza, about the 
current situation of Latino families three years after welfare reform.

SEGMENT #2:  "JULIE'S STORY"  (2:51)
Commentator Claudia Perez brings an update on a former welfare 
teenage mother. 

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SEGMENT #3:  "TEXAS WRITER DAGOBERTO GILB"  (4:14)
Lex Gillespie profiles writer Dagoberto Gilb, who portrays the 
everyday lives of working people.

SEGMENT #4:  "SINGER BETSY PECANINS"  (7:45)
Latino USA's Maria Hinojosa speaks with singer Betsy Pecanins about 
her mix of blues and Mexican ranchera music.


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SEGMENT #1
Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa speaks with Sonia Perez, a welfare 
research specialist for the National Council of la Raza, about the 
current situation of Latino families three years after welfare Reform.  
( SELF CONTAINED 5:21)

SEGMENT #2
When Texas writer Dagoberto Gilb's first collection of short stories, 
"The Magic of Blood," was published in 1993 he was hailed as a new 
voice in American literature.  Writing from experience, Gilb portrays 
the everyday lives of working people in the Southwest.  From 
Washington D.C. Lex Gillespie has this profile.  (4:14)

SEGMENT #3
Latino USA's Maria Hinojosa speaks with singer Betsy Pecanins about 
her mix of blues and Mexican ranchera music.  ( SELF CONTAINED 
V/0 7:27 M/O 7:53)


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LUSA 334 PROMOS 

1.)  NEXT TIME ON LATINO USA ...  

AMERICAN JAZZ FROM THE 40'S AND 50'S IS ALIVE AND WELL N 
CUBA.  MEETING AGAIN AFTER NEARLY 40 YEARS -THE CUBAN JAZZ 
CLUB.

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OF NEWS AND CULTURE.