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Re: [HCDX] Quito Ecuador War of the Worlds Story
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I met with Javier Almeida in February 1992. We spoke in Spanish. Not until later, when hearing him on HCJB, did I realize that he was fluent in English. Almeida was reluctant to talk about the tragedy but showed me a number of newspaper cuttings from 1949 which he allowed me to copy.
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I sent a write up of his story to the German DX-magazine Kurier in 1992, âEine verfluchte Geschichteâ (Kurier #23-24/92, p. 21). The article has one picture showing the corner of Chile and BelalcÃzar streets, rebuilt after the fire.
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Combining AlmeidaÂs info with that of the newspapers and the detail contained in Alvaro San FÃlixÂs book âRadiodifusiÃn en la Mitad del Mundoâ (Editora Nacional, Quito,1991), I condensed the Radio Quito story for the Latin American edition of the Radio World magazine in their May 25 edition, 1997, p. 28: âLa tragedia de Radio Quitoâ.
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I filed another version for the #68 issue (no vol. indicated) of the Argentine DX-magazine ConexiÃn, p. 18, âUn hito en la historia de la radiodifusiÃn ecuatoriana: El radioteatro mÃs caro del mundoâ.
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On p.156 in his book, Alvaro San FÃlix notes that script writer Leonard PÃez died in Venezuela on March 14, 1991.
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Henrik Klemetz
(Co-Editor, WRTH Latin American section (exc. Brazil)Â& EditorÂWRTH LA-NL,ÂÂ1987-1995).
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