Chavez the man who organized farm workers in America
In Salinas California Cesar Chavez emerges as a persistent organizer of lettuce workers, challenging Teamsters ties with growers and drawing attention to migrant labor. The piece frames him as complex, capable yet controversial, and sets up a three‑part series on his impact on American agriculture.
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Cozar
Salinas
Calif
America
California
Cesar Chavez
Saul Alinsky
Chicago
Chavez
Helds
Chaves
San Joaquin
Teamsters Union
United Farm Workers
India
Tat Union
Afl-Cio
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
UFWOC
Nsters
Bud Anite, Inc
San Joaquin Valley
Teamsters
Ahle
National Labor Relations Act
Communist Party
Agriculture and Business
Associated Farmers of California
Mexico
Canada
United States
el Paso
Tex
San Diego
Calixico
Aflcio
Norman Smith
Clark Kerr
University of California
Kerr
Hollings Leads Southern Strategy For 1972 Senate Dems
Senate Democrats appoint Ernest Hollings of South Carolina as chairman of the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee. The move leans on a southern-driven plan as seven of the 13 incumbents up for reelection come from southern states, with Hollings seen as key to mobilizing regional support and potentially shaping a 1972 presidential ticket.
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Ernest ‘Fritz’ Hollings
South Carolina
Senate
Democratic Campaign Committee
Sens
Allen J. Ellender
Louisian
James C. Eastland
Mississippi
B. Everett Jordan
North Carolina
John L. McClellan
Arkansas
David Garbrell
Georgia
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
William B. Spong
Virginia
Hollings
Oklahoma
New Hampshire
Montana
Minnesota
Rhode Island
West Virginia
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy
Newhall Quake Highlights City Centered Destruction
The February 9 1971 Newhall earthquake showed that a 6.5 magnitude event near a dense population can cause widespread damage. Old pre 1933 buildings suffered most, while Long Beach lessons spurred school building restrictions. Panic and overwhelmed phone lines followed, as seismologists warned California remains overdue for a major quake.
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Los Angeles
Newhall
California
Long Beach
Structural Engineers Association of California
San Francisco
Charles Richter
Whatime
U.S. China ties fray amid Formosa unease and aid shifts
Taipei officials link an explosion at a Bank of America office to a gas leak while rocks strike the U S embassy. The piece notes rising anti American sentiment in Nationalist China on Formosa as U S policy shifts toward a two China approach. It cites aid, including 1969 70 levels, and critiques of Washington's actions in Asia.
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Taipei
Bank of America
U.S
Asia
China
United States
Formosa
Red China
U.S. Navy
Taiwan Strait
Fortress America
Republic of China
Louise Day Hicks Drafts a Progressive Image in Congress
Boston congresswoman Louise Day Hicks defends her stance against labeling her racist while promoting neighborhood schools and liberal labor causes. Assigned to Education and Labor, she supports fed funds for cities and Nixon era programs with accountability, though she fences with or loses early fights.
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Ray Moseley Washington
UPI
Boston
John W. McCormack
Louise Day Hicks
Ninth
Massachusetts
McCormack
Sun District
Hicks
Congress
John Jay Hicks
Cancer Crusade
Hasbard
Ticks
House Education and Labor Committee
Nixon
Mrs. Ilicks
Armed Services Committee
Michael Harrington
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Paul Corcoran
Copley News Service
NLRA
APL Jettuce-packers
Henry Sanborn
Antistrck
Ideal
John Steinbeck
Carey McWilliams
The
Green Carders
Cesar Chaves
Washington
Eastern Seaboard
U.s.-China
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