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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1978

Page

8

Helicopter Drops Water on 1800 Acre Denver-Area Blaze

A helicopter battles dense smoke over an 1800 acre fire southwest of Denver as firefighters work a two day effort to prevent major property damage in canyon areas. Hundreds of crews have been deployed to control the blaze amid thick flames.

Denver Belonarias P.K. Martin Rt. 11 Clearbrook Frederick County Fair Grounds RCA Rockwell H.P Schram Wisconsin H.D Remington Colt Automatic Sansul Garrard A&r Philco Lynn Anderson

Growers Fight To House Puerto Rican Pickers

Labor department assurances fail as 300 plus migrants flood a Virginia park prompting officials to coordinate shelter and meals. Migrant workers Association helps arrange rooms at the Darlington and Best Western, while growers fear economic strain from guaranteed wages and low housing capacity.

Robinson Labor Department Department Puerto Rican Labor Department American Labor Department Migrant Seasonal Farmworkers Association Darlington Farmworkers Association CETA MSFA Mount Jackson

Two Women Sentenced In Virginia ERA Case

In Richmond two ERA activists, Marianne Fowler and Jean Clarke, were found guilty of trespassing with Fowler fined 150 dollars and 45 days suspended, Clarke fined 100 dollars and 30 days suspended. Both were lobbyists for a pro ERA coalition, with testimony highlighting Capitol disturbances after ERA defeat.

Richmond Virginia General Assembly Robert Duling Marianne Fowler Jean M. Clarke American Civil Liberties Union Fowler Alexandria Clarke Orange Virginia Duling Philip Hirschkop Hirschkop Commonwealth Gregory L. Rupe Rupe Ms. Fowler State Capitol ERA Richard Holloway

Apple harvest labor shifts amid migrant and offshore workers

Michigan relies on migrants from Florida and Texas to harvest 18.3 million bushels of apples with crews arriving in campers. Virginia and New York face similar offshore labor pressure with Puerto Rican workers seen as less dependable and Jamaica imports curtailed by legal changes.

Robinson Labor Department Michigan Fred Hasler Michigan Apple Committee Florida Texas Hasler Jamaica Mexico Washington Virginia New York State Hudson Valley Lake Champlain New York J. Douglas Sinclair Cornell University

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