Word: farm
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Anyone on a picket line faces the same struggle, Cesar Chavez, president of the United Farm Workers, told those at the afternoon rally. Chavez is in the Boston area promoting a boycott of United Brands, Inc. products...
...week lettuce workers' strike in California against Sun Harvest Company threatens the existence of the United Farm Workers union (UFW), Cesar Chavez, president and founder of UFW, told a crowd of more than 500 people last night at the ARCO Forum of the Kennedy School of Government...
Moreton Binn, 42, president of Atwood Richards, the nation's largest bartering firm, New York City. Binn is 32nd on a list of top-money-winning horse owners, and he puts much of his money into a 172-acre farm where he raises thoroughbreds. That is a costly business; prices for a good mare start at $25,000. So Binn advises smaller investors to get into breeding "on a partnership basis only...
...before Rogers became famous as Trapper John in the TV series M*A*S*H, he was boning up on finance and managing the money of his friends, Actors Peter Falk, James Caan and Jack Webb. In 1969, with those and other pals, he bought 2,500 acres of farm land in Paso Robles, Calif., for $750,000 and turned 500 acres into a vineyard that has become famous for its Merlot grapes. Future plans call for building a 40,000-case winery on the property. The land is now worth $7 million and that, Rogers says, "can make...
...bonds are for the birds under current economic conditions. They are not adequate hedges against inflation. Land is the best." For investors who need income, Nathan suggests buying "real property-apartments, office buildings, things that offer a reasonable return and good appreciation." His own investments have been in farm land; one 270-acre spread in Maryland has quintupled in value in the 15 years that Nathan has had an interest...