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Local ACWA grants aid Chicago area students for college
The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America Chicago joint board awards $700 yearly grants to ten local students whose parents have long union ties. Recipients include Artie Robinson Trinity College and Beverly Johnson Northwestern University among others. Since 1966 the program has granted $380,000 with 145 students this year. Jan Hendon from Kenwood High is with a German department group in Baden Austria.
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Chicago
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of American Union
Amalgamated Union
Artie Robinson
Trinity College
Ernest Rooks
DeVry Institute
Phyllis Simpson
Bryant and Stratton
Claudette Grice
Lane College
Tennessee
Curtis Mayes
Yankton College
South Dakota
Demetrice Moore
National College of Education
David Neely
Indian Hills College
Iowa
Beverly
Ronald Johnson
Benny Johnson
Northwestern University
Murray Finley
Chicago Joint Board
Finley
Jan Hendon
Kenwood High School
Baden
Austria
University of Illinois