UFW Sues Kern County for 500 Million Damages
The United Farm Workers filed a 500 million dollar civil suit in Fresno against 35 defendants including the Kern County Sheriff’s Department and District Attorney Albert Leddy. Cesar Chavez said the action aims to end a climate of fear and repression in the fields and support an effective strike against tomato growers.
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United Farm Workers
Kern County
Cesar Chavez
U.S. District Court
Fresno
Kern County Sheriff’s Department
Dist
Albert Leddy
UFW
Teamsters Union
Chavez
Giamarra Vineyards
Bakersfield
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California
Teamsters
Radio exec to give up SLA tapes
KPFEK FM general manager Will Lewis said he would turn over a tape of Patricia Hearst and a Weather Underground letter to a federal grand jury only if he can raise about 15000 dollars for appeal costs. He argued the taped materials are peripheral to guilt or innocence and cited a dangerous precedent set by the 9th Circuit.
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Patricia Hearst
Weather Underground
U.S. Supreme Court
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North Hollywood
Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Federal Grand Jury
U.S. District Court
A. Andrew Hauk
Symbionese Liberation Army
Willie
Cujo
Wolfe
SLA
William
Emily Harris
Harris
Teko
Atty
Evelle J. Younger
Los Angeles
Chavez kin i iff protest fast outside supermarket
Richard Chavez brother of Cesar Chavez began a four day fast outside a South Huntington New York supermarket to protest sales of grapes and lettuce picked by nonunion workers. Picket lines were set up as he planned an indefinite fast to dramatize the union’s boycott request.
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UPI
Cesar Chavez
Noington Farm
Richard Chavez
United Farm Workers of America
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