The Grape Boycott: A Situation Report
Cesar Chavez built a farm workers union in Delano aiming to unionize California table grapes. The UFWOC has limited contracts, used nonviolence, and launched a nationwide boycott that grew to involve growers, politicians, and a multi-state campaign. A $75 million anti trust suit seeks damages for losses from the boycott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry E. Henry Delano
Calif
UPI
Central Valley
Cesar Estrada Chavez
Chavez
California
Arizona
Canada
Europe
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
UFWOC
Afl-Cio
di Giorgio Corp
Delano
Kennedy
Coachella
Indio
Ted Kennedy
D-Mass
California Farm Bureau Federation
UFWCC
Irene Dunne backs Allan Hancock King and I cast
Irene Dunne praised the Allan Hancock College summer stock production of The King and I at the Performing Arts Center. She called Leanna Nelson and Kirk Mee excellent and urged broader state touring for the company. The show, featuring ballet scenes and Eliza, runs through August 24 along with The Miser and other plays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
Seanna Nelson
Prince Chulalongkorn
Winston Tong
King
Kirk Mee
King and I
Allan Hancock College Performing Arts Center
Irene Dunne
Miss Dunne
Leanna Nelson
the King
California Arts Commission
Allan Hancock
King of
Siam
Royal Palace
Cheryl Utsunomiya
Eliza
Three Sisters
Pruning of school aid bill planned in California
UPI reports Senate author Sen. Stephen Teale plans to trim the $211 million school aid bill to the $120 million Reagan would approve. Democrats and 17 rebel Republicans backed a $372 million package despite Reagan’s veto threat, forcing last minute coalition actions and possible shelving of the larger measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Ingram
Sacramento
UPI
Senate
Ronald Reagan
Stephen P. Teale
Assembly
Reagan
Senate Finance Committee
Teale
Assembly Democrats
Victor Veysey
Max Rafferty
Veysey
Education Committee
Jess Unruh
Elizabeth Taylor weighs retirement from screen life
London reports 37 year old actress Elizabeth Taylor says she is seriously considering quitting the screen and living a life of leisure with husband Richard Burton and four children. She spoke on a BBC radio program saying she may never work again unless something absolutely captivating comes along.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPI
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
North Vietnam pledges prisoner releases despite U.S. raids
North Vietnam stated the release of three American prisoners will proceed despite U.S. bombing raids on villages July 7-8, calling the acts inhumane but maintaining humanitarian policy. Xuan Thuy, Hanoi chief negotiator, said the plan remains on track as talks continue in Paris. A Hanoi Radio broadcast alleged the raids and chemical drops in the DMZ with injuries reported but no fatalities. David Dellinger, head of the National Mobilization Committee, said he met twice with North Vietnamese officials on the release.
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Paris
UPI
North Vietnam
U.S
Xuan Thuy
Hanoi
Thuy
United States
Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
David T. Dellinger
National Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
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Liz
Life of Leisure
Miss Taylor
National Velvet
British Broadcasting Corp
Mich Oler
Lompoc Record
Lompoc Record Publications
Kenneth L. Adam
J. Donald Adam
Harry J. Crompe
Gaylen Jackson
Jim Ainsworth
John Alexander
Wesley A. Huffman
E. C. Stevens
Bill Cockshott
Betty Laurent
Vaughn Proctor
Dan Duffy
California Newspaper Publishers Association
United Press International
International Press Institute
Inter-American Press Association
National Newspaper Association
California Press Association
Walter North
Walt Disney Productions
el Son Jones
Lee Covctomlinson
Hackett
Tennessee Slevamets
Doris Day
Brian Keith
Me Benson Sno Flynn Fong Granatell
Bill Walsh
Don Dagradi
Robert Stevenson
Cherokee Productions
Local Sheriff
Technicolor
DelLare United Artists
SAT. JR. Matinee
Howvos Theatre
Sun
Fawn
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Lompoc Savings & Loan
Lompoc Savings AN Loan Association
Ocean Avenue
Regent
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