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...correct; incomes in California are slightly higher (as is the cost of living). But according to the 1970 U.S. Census, the median family income for experienced California farmworkers (including foremen and skilled machine operators) is only $6200 a year, or 52 per cent of the state median. For Chicano farmworkers, the median is $600 lower. According to the Census data, over 20 per cent of all California farmworker families live below the poverty line. For Chicanos, the figure is 28 per cent. Even among those families whose head was able to find work for over 50 weeks a year...
...program card as souvenirs. She also asked Nancy Kissinger: "Are you pregnant?" (Nancy's answer: "Absolutely not.") President Ford invited Justice William O. Douglas whom he tried to impeach in 1970. That breach healed, the President soon got into the swinging-singles spirit of the occasion. Whirling Chicano Singer Vikki Carr onto the dance floor, Ford was asked, "What's your favorite Mexican dish?" "You," replied Jerry without missing a beat...
...Democrats' success was nothing more complicated than the fact that the party had generally managed to put forward the most attractive and distinctive candidates in a campaign in which many of the gubernatorial rivals were taking remarkably similar positions. Among the winners were Raul Castro, the first Chicano to be elected in Arizona; Jerry Apodaca, the first Spanish-surnamed candidate to win in New Mexico in 56 years; and Hawaii's George Ariyoshi, the first American of Japanese ancestry to reach a U.S. Governor's mansion...
...have a strong Chicano identification or admonish disputes between teammates, but he likes to regard his profession as a controversial one, as he says sportscaster Howard Cosell does. "I like Howard. I think he's added a lot to sport broadcasting because he's controversial with his attitude that 'a sport is just a microcosm of life.' People hated him at first, but they continued to listen...
...time farmworkers (those working on farms for over 150 days a year) were only $10.90 in 1970. Mr. Ferrara's claim that UFW statistics come from averaging full and part time workers' annual wages is simply not true. Malcolm Lovell, Assistant Secretary of Labor, has testified that the average Chicano family of six, all working full time in the fields, makes $3,350 a year--hardly Mr. Ferrara...