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Hotels for the homeless

New York mayor to look at suggestion to house the city's homeless in empty hotel rooms.

New York mayor to look at suggestion to house the city's homeless in empty hotel rooms.

This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the BBC in 2014.

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Sun 24 Aug 198609:15
BBC Radio 4

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PresenterAlistair Cooke

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  • Fri 22 Aug 198621:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sun 24 Aug 198609:15
    BBC Radio 4

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