Migrant Workers Face Poverty Cycle in Illinois Canneries
Alberto Mendoza, a 50 year old migrant, scrapes by on about 60 dollars a week with his wife and five children in a central Illinois barracks. He and hundreds of thousands migrate yearly from Texas and the Rio Grande Valley, facing debt to crew leaders, meager wages, interrupted schooling, and poor housing as mechanization shrinks jobs.
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Hoopeston, Ill
Alberto Mendoza
Alberto
Canning Company
Illinois
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Joan of Arc
U.S. Department of Labor
Albert
Migrant Research Project
Illinois General Assembly
Jim Vailaly
Sanitary Engineering Division
Illinois Department of Public Health
Joseph C. Kaspar
Midwest
Kaspar
Anita Mendoza
Migrant Council
Center
Hoopeston
Ill
Associated Press
Deborah Rankin
Upright Ape Theory Draws Scientists In Atlanta
Researchers led by Dr. Russell H. Tuttle at the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center seek to prove humans descended from a upright walking ape species rather than through a knuckle walking stage. Using electronic gear, they study a female ape named Inaki to compare forearms and hands with humans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta, Ga
Inaki
Russell H. Tuttle
University of Chicago Ske Oo
Tuttle
Yerkes
Sedgwick Seeks U S Boost In Public Service Jobs
Rep Garner Shriver of Kansas says Sedgwick County will qualify for public service jobs under the Emergency Employment Act of 1971. He supports immediate funding up to 1 billion for 1971-72, with unemployed veterans given preference and a path to permanent work rather than a WPA style program.
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Washington
Garner Shriver
R-Kan
Sedgwick County
Congress
Shriver
Labor Department
Wichita
Winfield Finally Gets Lake For The City
Winfield Kansas gains a city lake after a 1969 dam on Timber Creek, speeding up from drought to a busy waterscape in 1970. New rules require boat licenses and set speed limits while a lake officer patrols. Docks and ramps awaited. fishing starts January 1 1972.
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Walnut River
Winfield
Timber Creek
Atlanta
Winfield City
Kansas City Lawyer Mor ris Dubiner Dies at 56
Mor ris Dubiner 56 a former Jackson County Court member and Missouri Bar lawyer died Monday. He helped create the Jackson County Sports Authority and backed a bond issue to finance twin stadiums for baseball and football now under construction and due to be finished next year.
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Kansas City
Morris Dubiner
Jackson County Court
Dubiner
Missouri Bar and American Trial Lawyers Association
Jackson County Sports Authority
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Chicago Heights
Stokely van Camp, Inc
Terry Feiertag
Community — Legal Council
Chicago
Loran Agler
Illinois Department of Labor
Sedgwick
U.S
the Associaed Press
Winfield, Kan
Lake
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