Kick Off of Channel 4 WRC-TV Infant Mortality Awareness Campaign - "Beautiful Babies - Right From the Start"

 
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THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WASHINGTON. D.C. 20004 BARRY. JR. • YOB REMARKS FOR MARION BARRY, JR. AT THE KICK-OFF OF CHANNELL 4 WRC-TV INFANT MORTALITY AWARENESS CAMPAIGN "BEAUTIFUL BABIES — RIGHT FROM THE START" THE RITZ CARLTON BALLROOM 2100 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, N.W. TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1986 11: 00 а.пь GOOD MORNING! I’M PLEASED TO BE HERE THIS MORNING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF YOUR PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN — "BEAUTIFUL BABIES ... RIGHT FROM THE START." THE HOPE AND PROMISE THAT IT BEARS FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND FOR THE UNBORN IS INDEED WELCOME. ■ WE HAVE LIVED FOR TOO LONG WITH THE PAIN AND SUFFERING OF OUR HIGH INFANT MORTALITY RATE. DESPITE OUR BEST EFFORTS — THE MANY EXCELLENT HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAMS THAT THE DISTRICT GOVERNMENT PROVIDES, IT REMAINS UNACCEPTABLY HIGH. NEVER BEFORE, HOWEVER, HAVE WE HAD AS A COMMITTED PARTNER THE POWER OF A MAJOR MEDIA OUTLET. THE PLANNED MEDIA EDUCATIONAL