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...largest biscuit maker, in a $113 million stock swap. Last month it bought 96% control of Chicago's James B. Beam Distilling Co. for some $110 million. Two weeks ago, it agreed to buy 52.66% control of Buckingham Corp., which distributes Cutty Sark Scotch in this country, from Schenley for some $50 million. Last week Walker announced plans to buy prosperous Royal Crown Cola Co. in American's biggest deal...
...pleaded Freeman insanity. Though not psychotic, testified his psychiatrist, the lawyer had "morbid depressions" that inhibited him from finishing important work. Driscoll's defense also brought forward 15 impressive character witnesses, including Louis Nichols, the FBI's ex-No. 2 man and now executive vice president of Schenley Industries. They all testified to his good reputation. Driscoll got a hung jury: six jurors voted to convict, six to acquit for insanity. So he, too, may be retried...
...March, Chavez led his huelgistos on a 300-mile march from Delano to Sacramento to publicize the strike and enlist the aid of Governor Edmund G. (Pat) Brown. Brown, of course, was non-commital, but the publicity broke Schenley. In April, Schenley signed a contract, the first ever signed between a major grower and a farm workers union. The contract insured an immediate raise to a minimum of $1.75 per hour with bonuses for rapid work. Bumper stickers were rear-ranged to read simply "Schenley...
Immediately following the Schenley victory, the NFWA began to work on the DiGiorgio Company, traditionally one of the most voluble opponents of farm worker unionization in the Valley. Picketing began, and once again stores were asked to take Delano products off their shelves, this time S&W products and Treesweet Juices...
...after the Schenley victory, Chavez began to concentrate his forces on another of the local growers, Goldberg and Sons. Though the other thirty growers in the Delano area will probably be easier to beat now that Schenley and DiGiorgio have fallen, they will have to be dealt with one by one. The process is painfully slow. Some of the strikers, with a year's experience now, have gotten quite good at organization, but they are getting tired. The town is tired of the Huelga, and the huelgistos are getting