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...many of the strikers, the union represents the first chance to establish a settled, reasonably stable community. Like a number of California's two million Mexican-Americans, Munoz was born in Mexico, but came to this country when he was thirteen to join the stream of migrant fruit and cotton harvesters. Whether migrating, or working at seasonal labor in the Delano area, he had no job security, no defense against the high risk of injury in the fields. One of the union's first moves was to write a life insurance policy for every member, and each union contract signed...
...Thirteen girls have moved out of Holmes, leaving 82 girls in a dormitory with a capacity for 120 girls. The dorm has 39 doubles and 24 singles; 10 of these doubles have single occupants. There are only four seniors living in Holmes and over 50 per cent of the girls are freshmen...
...childhood seems to have been unhappy in every external circumstance. Fred, his father, deserted his wife shortly before John's birth. His mother soon left John in the care of an aunt, Mimi. Mimi's husband George, who became the child's close friend, died when John was thirteen. At this time John's real mother reappeared, and she and John became extremely close: "She spoke the same language, liked the same things, hated the same sort of people." At about the time John entered Art College his mother was run over by a car and instantly killed. "I thought...
Harvard's Mike Koerner took control of the race early and snapped the tape thirteen seconds ahead of Providence ace Mike Kelly. Yardlings Bob Seals and Rick Jurgens captured third and fourth, respectively, and Alan Long finished strongly to meet nail down sixth. After the third Providence runner finished, Andy Meltzoff followed two UMass harriers across the line, wrapping up the scoring with as tenth-place finish. Rapidly improving Phil Lichtenstein was eleventh, displacing runners from both visiting teams...
Knowles reportedly has already agreed to two minor demands of the thirteen made last Friday by the Student Concern Committee (SCC), a coalition of liberal and radical students...