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  • Burros Had Much To Do With Building of the West

    11/24/2021 7:03:13 AM PST · by mairdie · 52 replies
    Personal ^ | Nov 19, 1922 | Jack Bell
    I've spent the last few months putting together a book on my grandfather, Jack Bell, a prospector who won and lost fortunes from Alaska down to Mexico - naturalist, angler, newspaper and magazine writer, law enforcement. Book's too big. So while I'm figuring out what to do about that, thought I'd put up the occasional story of his to see if people find them interesting. Major categories that might interest you are prospecting/naturalist, fishing, the first air mail pilots, and crime.
  • Hispanic leaders upset at radio station's campaign [700 WLW Cincinnati "The Big Juan"]

    05/08/2007 4:16:35 PM PDT · by SwinneySwitch · 35 replies · 3,618+ views
    CINCINNATI - Hispanic leaders are demanding a public apology from a radio station that put up billboards showing a Mexican flag, a donkey, and a mustachioed man in a sombrero with the headline "The Big Juan." The Hispanic Chamber Cincinnati USA complained that the advertising by WLW-AM stereotyped Hispanics. The community leaders said at a news conference Tuesday that they plan to meet with station executives to talk about sensitivity training and creating a multicultural community advisory board. WLW, which calls itself "The Big One," is the Cincinnati area's radio ratings leader. The Hispanic Chamber and the League of United...