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60 Million Strong Citizen Volunteers Busy Working For Communities
Wayne Freberg and a corps of volunteers invest weekends in Watts Los Angeles painting homes and aiding families. The piece highlights national volunteer growth from 57 million in 1968 to broader civic projects and corporate and university involvement, led by Nixon administration efforts and figures like George Romney and Max M. Fisher.
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Freberg
Watts
Los Angeles
Revitalization Corps
Walla Walla
Wash
Columbia
S. C
Harlem
American Association of Fund Raising Counsel
United Fund
Janet Cole
Michigan State University
U.S. National Bank
Portland
Ore
Montgomery County
Lansing
Mich
Indianapolis
Nixon
Borhood Ee
George Romney
University of South Carolina
Robert Alexander
University
Charles H. Witten
James R. Tanck
White House
Tanek
Richland House
Reform School
Circle K Club
Kiwanis
Circle K
Chase Manhattan Bank
New York
Chase Volunteers For
Chase Manhattan
Leonard Goldenson
American Broadcasting Companies
United Cerebral Palsy Associations
Goldenson
Genise