Word: chicanos
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...Angeles County Sheriff Peter Pitchess reported that the dead man, an unidentified Chicano, had been shot in the head and chest by shotgun blasts. Deputy sheriffs called out to quell the disturbance had fired shotguns. The number of wounded could not be determined immediately...
...disturbance began at the end of a rally sponsored by the Chicano Moratorium Committee attended by 5000 people. About 1000 demonstrators marched to a police substation at the end of the rally but were dispersed after a few minutes. An hour later, looting began along Whittier Boulevard, six blocks from the substation...
About 1000 sheriff's deputies in flak jackets and helmets were called out to put down the looting, and to protect firemen called in to stop blazes in the area, which destroyed two buildings. The violence came in the same area where Chicano newsman Ruben Salazar was killed by police bullets last August...
...Chicanos claim that WHRB had broken faith with them in negotiations that had been going on since early November for a Chicano program. WHRB cancelled the program shortly before it was to go on the air, claiming that none of its members were capable of monitoring on the Spanish speaking broadcasts...
...Chicano group offered to provide a transcript and to have a translator present during each broadcast. The radio station, however, did not think these measures were sufficient...