The Hanford Sentinel from Hanford, California • 12

I a 12 Wednesday, October 1, 1969 ie Canforb Sentinel Mexicans Boycott Backers Campaign Counter Crackdown i LANDOVER, Md. (UPIV-Backers of grape boycott leaner Cesar Chavez were out hours before sunup today begging for support from truck drivers at a big warehouse complex that distributes most of the food for the Washington, D.C. area. An estimated 300 demonstrators picketed the gates of the complex starting at 3:30 A.M. as the big trucks pulled out on their morning runs to supply chain stores and other distribution points.

The demonstrators were asking each driver to refuse to haul California table grapes. It was not knowm if any of the trucks passing out of the warehouse complex actually contained grapes. Chavez was not present but planned to put in an appearance later. He is scheduled to testify before a House Labor subcommittee to discuss health problems of farm workers. There was no attempt to stop any of the trucks and the drivers all appeared willing to stop for a few minutes and listen to the pleadings of the demonstrators.

Welfare Confrontation WELFARE PROTESTERS led by Fr. James Groppi met sharp opposition Tuesday when they marched to the state capitol in Madison, Wis. Wisconsin National Guardsmen, ordered to duty Monday when the demonstrators held the Assembly chambers for 10 hours, halted the crowd of several hundred marchers with fixed bayonets. CECELIA SHEPARD, 22, of Loma Linda, died Monday of stab wounds inflicted by a hooded man with a butcher knife. Her companion, Bryan Hartnell, 20, of Troutdale, is in a hospital intensive care unit with multiple stab wounds in the back.

The two young people were knifed on the shore of Lake Berryessa Saturday by a man who first threatened them with a gun and tied them up. They are believed to be victims of the code killer in the north Bay Area since December. Reagan Skeptical Of Charge By United Press International Operation Dignity, Mexican businessmans answer to the U.S. government's Operation Intercept drive against marijuana smuggling, began today in Mexicos border cities. The counteroffensive was launched by the Mexican Confederation of National Chambers of Commerce whose members were hurting from a drop in tourist business because of the border crackdown.

Traffic into Mexico has dwindled because of long waits to get back to the U.S. side while customs agents search every car and pedestrian for contraband. More than 1,000 volunteers for Operation Dignity sought to prevent Mexicans who work or shop in the United States from crossing the border, A representative of the group in Ciudad Jarez, across the border from El Paso, said the volunteers would use loundspeakers and leaflets urging citizens to Buy Mexican but would not physically try to block crossings on the international border. Mexico President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz has called Intercept A bureaucratic error that raised a wall of suspicion between our peoples. Mexicos ambassador in Washington has presented a written protest of jthe drive.

The Justice Department has (found two methods of easing traffic jams at the 31 border crossings, Atty. Gen. John Mitchell told the International lAssociation of Chiefs of Police in Miami Beach. I The twin goals of Intercept to encourage Mexico to wipe out the source of marijuana in the fields and to drive up the U.S. price beyond the means of young people.

DEL MONTE Pentagon Replies Troops Like Grapes SACRAMENTO (UPI) Gov. Ronald Reagan believes shenanigans may be involved in an accusation by the striking farm workers union that California table grapes contained a dangerous level of pesticide residue. The Republican governor Tuesday discussed at a news conference the charge by the the grapes were bought at a store in the Washington, D.C., area and a laboratory found the residue on them. A Senate labor subcommittees two-day hearing on the charge concluded Tuesday. Reagan told newsmen that he was convinced that the charge had been proven to be spurious.

United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC) spokesman to a Congressional committee recently that four pounds of California grown grapes were contaminated with aldrin residue. The truth is, aldrin is not used on grapes in California, Reagan said. The UFWOC spokesman said DRISKELL'S Stabbing Victims Will Man Mow Lawn On Moon? MOUNTAIN VIEW (UPI)-Scientists at the space agencys Ames Research Laboratory started experiments today to determine if man can enjoy the singular pleasures of mowing the lawn, trimming hedges and battling crabgrass on the moon. The lunar dust and rocks brought back by the Apollo 11 astronauts have already been declared lifeless by the manned spacecraft center in Houston. But Ames scientists will try to feed plant food into the lunar materials to see if anything starts growing.

SPECIALS DOLLAR DAY SAVINGS! ings of soldiers in Vietnam for grapes. The Pentagon said today that shipments in 1967 were 468,000 pounds; 1968, 555,000 pounds; and 1969, 2,167,000 pounds, and total military purchases rose from 8.3 million pounds in 1967 to 10.4 million pounds in 1969. The Pentagon attributed the increase in shipments to Vietnam this year to three factors: high troop acceptability; reduced availability of export quality fresh oranges; and improved capability of refrigerator ships. APPLIANC SAVE $60 T0P-0F-THE-LRIE DISHWASHER 2 only. Avocado color only.

This dishwasher has all the cycles 7 cycles with 5 options. A truly wonderful dishwasher. WASHINGTON (UPI) The Pentagon said today it has sharply increased its shipments of grapes to Vietnam because troops like them and there are fewer available oranges. The Pentagon replied to a charge by Cesar E. Chavez, leader of the grape boycott, that the Defense Department had increased the shipments because of the grape boycott.

Chavez said Sunday night that shipments had increased 350 per cent. He said that when the Pentagon was asked why, it replied because of the crav 3-lb. Tin 10-oz. Instant Jar. Pillsbury Except Angel Food CAKE MIX M.J.B.

LONG GRAIN RICE 42-oz. Pkg NEW GAIN DETERGENT Giant Box SUNSHINE CRISPY CRACKERS 1-lb. Box PEPSI COLA 16-oz. Bottle 1 Ctn. 59c Plus Dep.

PUREX BLEACH 29c A -Gal The warehouse demonstration was an extension of a marathon campaign that began Tuesday night to the beat of African drums outside the Lutheran church of the Reformation two blocks from the capitol. Chavez was not at the church but several leaders of the grape boycott were introduced to the assembly. Manny Vasquez, a boycott leader from Washington, said the California grape growers have lost $3 million to $4 million in grapes because of the boycott in the past year alone. The growers did not bother to pick them because they could not sell them, he said. We are willing to stay out of the fields four more years or 10 or however long it takes.

Phone 584-7795 sWl $() FRIGIDAIRE FLAIR RANGE Double glass door ovens on top, oven for easy cleaning, 40" wide, chrome burners, storage cabinets 1 only. teflon panels in slide-out brushed in bottom. White, FREEZER FRIGIDAIRE FROST-PROOF WHITE 1 white, 1 yellow. 525-lb. food capacity, only 32 inches wide.

Buy now at a big savings on this popular size freezer. Completely frost-proof no defrosting ever. SAVE WASHER $40 DRYER SAVE 30 3IHIICH RANGE Has 30-inch oven with lift-off door for easy cleaning. Harvest gold only 2 only. Matched pair, avocado only.

Washer has 2-speed. Dryer has delicate, regular and durable-press cycles. 5 YEAR NATION-WIDE WARRANTY 333 E. 7th St. HANFORD WE HAVE THE LARGEST SELECTION OF USED IN KINGS COUNTY SALES RENTALS APPLIANCES SERVICE 5 BIG DAYS Weekdays 9:00 a.m.

to 7:00 p.nn Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. OPEN SUNDAYS 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. FREE PARKING IN HANFORD WEDNESDAY THRU SUNDAY OCT.

1 THRU 5, 1969 DRISKELLS APPLIANCES FREE PARKING IN REAR 207 NORTH DOUTY HANFORD PHONE 584-7646.