Migrant farm workers travel in broken truck to Michigan cherries
AP correspondent joins a crew of 21 migrant workers led by Alex Torres. After 12 days with little work, they finally secure a cherry job near Old Mission Michigan. The back of a 1949 truck becomes a cramped home with tents, beds, and a makeshift life on the road.
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Charles Green
San Antonio
Indiana
Michigan
Ind
Alex Torres
South
Texas
Alex
South Texas
Southwest
Seth Tompkins
Old Mission
Mich
Torres
Mount Summit
New Castle
Illinois
Victor Bonilla, Jr
Victor
Crystal City
Victor Bonilla, Sr
Sorina
Balky
Claudio Bonilla
Worry voiced over future heredity control by chromosomes
Biologist Seymour Benzer of Purdue warns the era of manipulating human chromosomes could bring genetic risks. Meselson and Spiegelman discuss gene switching and cell differentiation while noting current moral questions and the shift from breeding to DNA manipulation.
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Washington
UPI
Seymour Benzer
Purdue University
Benzer
Purdue
Spiegelman
Meselson
String of memories and a Torres family home
A narrator recalls simple scenes and hardship as Freddy Torres and family of six live in two shacks. The piece mentions a broken toy truck, a rummage sale purchase, and the three youngest children Blanche, Freddy, Noel, Sarina, with Freddy as head of the household.
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Freddy Torres
Freddy
Torres
Blanche
Noel
Sarina
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