Magyar Örökségünk August 1986. [antikvár]

FROM THE EDITOR: There is much more behind the subject of our editorial this month than "meets-the-eye". But we are quite certain ihat you will be able to pinpoint one of the most stubbornly opiníonated obstacles to unification behind unselfish efforts to enhance the nationwide public image of the Hungárián community in terms other than "what's in it for me?", by turning to and reading Page 2 REPORT FROM CANADA: Nicholas Korponay, the President of the Rákóczi Foundation and of the Rákóczi Press-International, stood up to be heard at the recent 1986 Learned Societies Conference of the Canadian Association of Hungárián Studies held at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada, and you will find Part I of what he said on Page 10 DATELINE:BUDAPEST: Because of our sponsorship of the 1986 Historical Tour of Hungary and because of our concern for the personal safety of readers who planned to participate in our tour group, we sent our Associate Executive Editor, Roger B. Goodman, over to Hungary to conduct an itidependent investigation into "the-news-behind-the-news" about the alieged lethal fallout from the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plánt in the Ukraine. After sifting the "chaff of fiction" from the "wheat of truth", he returned with the special report you will find on Page 12 HUNGÁRIÁN HALL OF FAME: The recent celebration of the lOOth anniversary of the Statue of Liberty received so much worldwide coverage in the press, over the radio, and on TV that the story of the Hungárián connection with the "Mother of Exiles" did not get the attention that it should have. For this reason, we decided to teli you about the Hungárián immigrant who was responsible for this connection and how he did it on Page 19 HUNGÁRIÁN HERITAGE CALENDAR: We are delighted to introduce to you in this issue a new addition to our growing team of Associate Editors, Dr. András Boros-Kazai, whose new "Hungárián Heritage Calendar" series begins this month °n Page 20 FEATURE-QF-THE-MONTH: Another newcomer to our staff of Associate Editors is Kevin Tóth of Westminster, Maryland, whose "In the Footsteps of Prince Ferenc Rákóczi II (Part I) begins on Page 23