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EVERYONE IN THE NFWA STRIKE REFERRED TO STRIKER WILLIAM KING AS "MR. KING" - QUIET, SOFT-SPOKEN, PATIENT AND INDEFATIGABLE PICKETER. HE WAS ONE OF THE VERY FEW DELANO STRIKERS WHO MARCHED THE ENTIRE 300 MILE ROUTE OF THE MARCH TO SACRAMENTO.
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YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER: IN 1966 CARS WERE BUILT WITH REAL STEEL AND WHEN 190 POUND TONY ORENDAIN STOOD ON THE ROOF TOP, HE CAUSED NO DAMAGE.
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IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A FAIR FIGHT: TWO NFWA STRIKERS AGAINST A MULTI-MILLION AGRIBUSINESS GRAPE GROWER.
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NFWA STRIKER, MRS ZAPATA, GLADLY TAKES HER TURN ON THE MEGAPHONE TO DELIVER HER ACERBIC MESSAGE TO THE STRIKERBREAKERS
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A DELANO STRIKERS RENAMES THE COUNTY ROAD: "HUELGA AVE".
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A 12-CAR CARAVAN BROUGHT THE NFWA STRIKERS TO THIS PICKET LINE.
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YOU CAN COUNT ON THIS: WHERE EVER THE NFWA SET UP A PICKET LINE, THE COPS WERE SOON TO FOLLOW.
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DELANO STRIKERS CAR CARAVAN SETS UP A PICKET LINE ALONG THE COUNTY ROAD.
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DELANO STRIKER CLENCHES HIS PICKET SIGN
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NFWA STRIKER, EPIPHANIO COMACHO, WAS A SEASONED PICKET LINE VETERAN AND USED THE BULLHORN WITH GREAT AUTHORITY.
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THE STRIKEBREAKERS ARE WORKING CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE COUNTY ROAD TO HEAR THE MAGNIFIED HUELGA MESSAGE
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FOR SOME FARMWORKERS, USING THE BULLHORN ON THE PICKET LINE WAS THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES THEY HAD SPOKEN IN PUBLIC.
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