European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse The resurgence of foreign language newspapers sports fan catches up with soccer news by checking an italian newspaper in new York. By John Pom fret associated Pressw Hen u of Anu him Jwj in now Yolk two years ago re k Pirn red what was lacing turn lion a of articles on successful . Americans in the chinch Langij i Centre daily news. Ii laugh i to thai i Vegol to he in inc studio All Day to says the 32-Yetj old Arfisa. Now represented by a ma0r now York gallery when Enmore Narcisse Emir railed from Haiti 10 years ago to had Lillic but a Driver License and spoke Lilly re English. The Haiti . N Creole newspaper based in Brooklyn a clod change trial. Heading the paper i found this cab company and got me a Marci Sec says slapping Itic Seal of his la. If also a clod bring me into the unt Uin world Hie " at or decades of decline foreign language newspapers Are making a comeback in the United Stales. In a 1962 Surveyor inc american Loreign language press. Yeshiva University protester Joshua Fishman found 701 publications in .50 languages. Twenty two years Laler or documented 1,031 publications in so languages India i g Ghoul 100riady wv.spapur5 the papers Are leaching new groups of newcomers How to Cope with inc now world and in a break Wilh the past. Second and third generation immigrants arc also turning to inc paper As a Means of holding onto their cultural heritage. For first generation immigrant inc papers play a of Lical Rote in the acclimation Fishman says they provide important social. Iced and economic information to new Bui or second and third generation americans the of or something less Tania Ilc for them. The papers play Moie of a cultural and social Rota Fishman says. The papers for up Iho readers Dof Rno themselves As americana alter fill pc Aio a Nalion of the foreign language papers Are sensitive to this cultural role and it s helped them slay alive Fishman says Many Pancis now run sections in English or write stones using very simple words in the Mother Tongue. The heyday of Loreign languor jul newspapers was at the i urn of the Century at Tho hair Jet of the european immigration when nearly every Lown Wilh a substantial immigrant population had a foreign language press. Boston j and dozens of italian and gaelic papers. New York s slain Way so real was Home to a Stew of German language Dailes. Tho jams daily Forward Buill a towering building on manhattans lower East Side. Papers in scandinavian languages could be found in Minn Osolio but As the older generation died off leaving a new generation committed to a Buluro in America not a past in Europe foreign language papers lode of a drop in immigration duo to the depression and legislation restricting entry to inc United slates further hurl the Industry. It was not unlit the 1960s Hal immig action and Iho Erma Bombeck it s go i two tougher and Tough i to Hod c egg Toi Ion As a tool of humor Why for the same Kinison it tools Loughor and tougher 1o Wear something out Al halloween. You can 1 outdistanced Hurt a time thai if i suggested we left a kid in Iho is station restroom on vacation and did t miss him or i to hours Tho Absurdity would have gotten a laugh a in a i Ilam recently it potted a vacationer drove 100 Miles jul oct Cali Jug he had left his wife behind Al a Gas station. I Hie tale Iron of sad they in very Nice Lolk s Andrj mrs a Ruvan i Hal to i Over 1 had a cobe Cllon of Moid Nan 400 pair of shoulder pads because i knew someday i d Ike Fiji item leaders would say you sound Hoo thai Vum a in toil a sync. Ind Tho inspects Page 16 the stars and stripes 24,000 pounds of potato chips on an Assembly Lino each Day and has a Colt Clion of More than 200 chips that resemble among others Yogi Bear and Bob Hope " when Vogi boar broke she said i glued him Back together but he s not really valuable Renkly i can t begin to compete with the headlines in the daily newspaper no matter How far i stretch my weird i open my paper and see a Story Aboul a woman who is building an 86-loot-Long. 20-foor-wide, 65-loot-High boat in her Back said in now Jersey. She Bogan Iho project in 13b1, using i umber salvaged from demolished buildings. Her plan is to sail if Home to Japan asked in there was t an easier Way to gel them she replied i don11 just try to gel Mic Oul raucous than the Guy in Nevada Vii cd his athletic supporter to a hidden saturday september 10,1988 microcomputer on his Call to improve his Odds of winning Blackjack. Or the Long distance operator in peking who has memorized 15.000 phone numbers and Hopes to to Portze 18,000 More by inc end Al the loaf. A few cirs ago i spun an amusing Little tale of my son driving Lor the first time on the expressway and gelling picked up for driving 35 Mph in reverse that Story does t hold a Candle to a news Story about an to year old woman who hit a bicyclist but drove on because she thought a Golf Ball hit the car she said when she looked in the rear View Mirror and saw a Man lying in the Road she Houghl he was working on a Van when she got Home Sho called the police to report Iho damage to her car done by inc gait Ball " maybe Art can Amilale life but it can l lop it
