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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 1974

Page

5

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.

San Francisco 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 Naji Daifullah 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.

Will Lewis Tosday Patricia Hearst Weather Underground U.S. Supreme Court Lewis Kpfek-Fm 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.

Huntington UPI Cesar Chavez Noington Farm Richard Chavez United Farm Workers of America Afl-Cio

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