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...Most contestants, like her, are retirees who have come to the Sunbelt after years of hard work in cold towns of the North and Midwest. They stay in touch with one another through a network of contesters' groups and subscribe to bulletins like the monthly Contest News-Letter (circ. 50,000) to keep abreast of events in the something-for-next-to-nothing world of merchandising competitions. Mrs. Haley is past president of the Florida State Contesters Association and once belonged to a local group called the Gulfwins...
...Sorbonne, believes that under the pressure of economic development there has been a tragic and costly neglect of Iranian culture. "We have stressed the material aspects of life," he says, "and have lost our cultural identity." Adds Amir Taheri, 38, editor in chief of Kayhan, Iran's largest daily (circ. 700,000): "What does this Westernize-or-bust program give us? Western banks, Western guns, Western secret police, Western buildings. They are supposed to solve our problems. But do they? I don't think so. We need to get to our own culture and then use what can be integrated...
...City News (circ. 425,000), launched by Christopher Hagedorn, who publishes six local weeklies, bears a faint resemblance to the struck News...
...Daily Press (circ. 320,000), another News lookalike, was started by Brothers Gary and Mark Stern, who have published strike papers in Detroit and Baltimore...
...Daily Metro (circ. 400,000) is the inspiration of Frederick Iseman. 25, a pre-strike assistant editor at the Times. The Metro is being aided by the Post in various ways, principally with distribution. The Times has provided distribution help on a smaller scale to the City News. Rupert Murdoch, publisher of the struck Post, reportedly signed an agreement to buy the Metro if Publisher Iseman ever wants to sell it. Iseman insisted he has no such plans, but some of the city's numerous Murdoch-haters speculated that the Australian's hidden motive is to fold the ailing Post...