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NEW YORK (AP) — A coalition of Hispanic organi
zations is calling for a boycott of the four major networks
during the first two weeks of the TV season to protest
“the continued invisibility of Latinos on television.”
The “brownout” of ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC begins
Sunday and continues through Sept. 25.
The National Council of La Raza, which is coordi
nating the boycott, counts just one Hispanic — Martin
Sheen, on NBC’s “The West Wing” — among the lead
characters in the 38 new series premiering this fall.
Three others continue on returning series: Bruno
Campos (NBC’s “Jesse”), and, on CBS, Hector Elizondo
(“Chicago Hope”) and Cheech Marin (“Nash Bridges”).
While Hispanics constitute 11 percent of the U.S. pop
ulation, they make up less than 2 percent of all charac
ters on prime-time shows, according to Lisa Navarrete,
a spokesperson for La Raza.
The results of the boycott will not be measured by
ratings, she said.
“If we can educate a large proportion of the com
munity and others who are interested in this issue,
then we’ve succeeded,” Navarrete said.
Responding to the planned boycott, G
son Chris Ender said, “We have talentedL
ing roles, but we recognize that there nee:|
representation both in front of the earner;
the camera.”
“We are making improvements and®
we need to do more,” ABC said in a statein
an ongoing process and ABC is deeply coir;
Fox declined to comment on the boya
had no immediate comment.
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Educators
end strike
in Detroit
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit’s
teachers ended a nine-day strike
and finally welcomed back
180,000 students from summer
vacation yesterday, starting the
first school year under a board
appointed to turn the struggling
district around.
The students lost six days of
school to the strike by the
11,500-member union.
The teachers agreed Wednes
day to go back to work after the
union and the school board
reached a tentative contract over
the Labor Day weekend. The
teachers defeated, for the time be
ing at least, such refonn measures
proposed by the board as merit
pay and a longer school day.
Parents were relieved to have
their children back in class.
Alice Martin, a 42-year-old
mother of nine, had been relying
on her 18-year-old daughter to
babysit.
“She’s been a lifesaver for
me, actually, because I was try
ing to get my other kids into day
care. 1 don’t know what 1
would’ve done without her,”
Martin said as she dropped off
some of her children at a
spruced-up Joy Middle School.
The clean-up was among re
forms sought by district chief ex
ecutive David Adamany, who
pushed through $80 million
worth of renovations to most of
the district’s 270 school build
ings over the summer.
Teachers still must ratify the
contract. Ballots will be mailed
out later this month.
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mother whose baby was switched
at birth with another child lost her
bid yesterday to overturn a finan
cial settlement the hospital made
on the child’s behalf.
The Virginia Supreme Court re
jected Paula Johnson’s attempt to
block the $875,000 settlement for
her biological daughter, upholding
a judge’s approval of the settlement
for 4-year-old Rebecca Chittum and
the families raising her.
Johnson claimed the settlement
is too little and that the couple who
have been caring for her have no
right to any compensation.
She is suing the University of
Virginia Medical Center for $31
million.
The case made national news
when Johnson discovered the
baby she had been raising was
not her own.
Her biological baby, Rebecca,
had been sent home hejwool HI
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Hit man cuts deal in co—-
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BOSTON (AP) — A mob hit
man who said he killed 20 people
has cut a deal with prosecutors
that would allow him to get out of
prison in as little as eight years,
according to documents released
yesterday.
John Martorano, 58, agreed to
plead guilty to 12 of the slayings.
His victims included a million
aire executive in THIsa, Okla., and
two teen-agers in Boston who hap
pened to be with one of his targets.
U.S. Attorney Donald K. Stern
said all of the killings probably
would have gone unsolved without
the deal, which requires Martorano
to testify against his former cronies.
Those other reputed mobsters
include James J. “Whitey" Bulger
and Stephen “The Rifleman” Flem-
mi. who were ihemse,? 5 s hado'
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