Vermonter joins Chavez farm strikers on picket pilgrimage
George Lane of Northfield Vermont joined about 100 pilgrims traveling from St. Louis to the Coachella Valley to back Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers in a nonviolent campaign amid clashes with Teamsters. The group, including clergy and lay church members, met Chavez, heard calls for a boycott of non UFW lettuce and grapes, and observed tense scenes as Teamsters and sheriff deputies faced farm workers on the picket lines. Lane's account notes confrontations, arrests, and the push for union recognition amid wage and contract disputes in the fields and surrounding area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
George Lane
Northfield
Coachella Valley
California
United Farm Workers
Jane
Vermont
Lane
Cesar Chavez
United Church “Pilgrims
Pilgrims
Ninth
General Synod
United Church of Christ
United Farm Workers Cio-Afl
Teamsters
Bob Howbergg
Meriden
Conn
Avenue $7
Los Angeles
Sheriffs’ Deputies
Huelga
UCC
Caesar Chavez
Caesar
Chavez
Hoffe
Fitzsimmons
Senior Citizens tour Pennsylvania Dutch land
A four percent group from Bennington Revention Department's Senior Citizens Center toured Valley Forge Park Intercourse Hershey Strasburg Gettysburg Lancaster and the Pocono region by bus. They visited museums gardens the Hershey plant a steam train Amish country pretzel factory and the National Wax Museum before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Bennington
Revention Department
Senior Citizens Center
Valley Forge Park
Valley Forge
Intercourse
Hershey
Hershey Chocolate
Hershey Gardens
Founders Hall
Strasburg
Dolly
Gettysburg National Park
Gettysburg
Vermont
Burlington
Internal Revenue Service
Carolyn K. Buttolph
IRS Service
Andover
Mass
National Wax Museum
Lancaster
Pocono Mountain
Mary Seidel
Center
Calais Kent Museum Opens July First In Vermont
The Kent Museum in Calais of the Vermont Historical Society opens for the season on July 1 and runs daily except Mondays from 1 to 5 PM through Labor Day. The building, built about 1833 by Abdiel Kent, reflects early Vermont self sufficiency with local materials and a connected general store. It hosts antiques, the Harold Rugg Collection, works by J F Gilman, a weaving room, miniature rooms by Louise Andrews Kent, and traditional Vermont crafts. Guided tours are available and directions provided from Montpelier and Hardwick.
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Planning Commission
Plasdlag Commission
Kersin
Montpelier
Vermont Historical Society
Kent Museum
Calais
Abdiel Kent
Vermont
Kent
A. Atwater Kent
Louise Andrews Kent
Harold Rugg
J.F. Gilman
Main Street
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Chavez Farm
Teamsters Union
The
United Fair Workers
Schnuck's
St. Laws
Gary Wehrwein
Londonderry
Wehrwein
Schnuck's Market
Auld Board
Lang
SGAS
Dimmensler
MRG
Arcendmoem
Commercial Industriat Discrieta Flavise
Minteat Mivicadt
Feet Feet
Masteum Maximan
le Minimo Inter Minow Mininen
Marios
Maxloane
Alain
Beminston
Vermicot
Algrander Drysdale
Chainman
Virginia NI
Pernetta Duncam Caropbe
Timothy R. Corcoran
Paul Sheridan Howe
Warere
Bensdaroe
Zeakay
Zeplag
South Street
Beoningtom
Selectinen
Bennington, Vermont
Manchester Center
Maple Corner
Kent’s Corner
Thuseum
Hardwick
South Woodbury
Gospel Hollow Church
Kent's Corner
Grand Union Empire
Ooty
Bradford House Tea
Monument Plaza
Bennington, VT
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