The 1973 holiday issue: Iva Toguri d’Aquino and the ‘Tokyo Rose’ trial
The treason trial of Iva Toguri d’Aquino filled most of this 60-page holiday issue. The paper followed the San Francisco…
Print Issue: 1973
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Remembering Toge Fujihira, and the 1973 energy crisis
Photographer Toge Fujihira, who died suddenly in Vancouver on Nov. 28, was remembered on three pages of this six-page issue.…
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A federal hiring order, the Central California JACL convention, and Pearl Harbor recalled
A federal judge’s order on police hiring in San Francisco led this six-page issue. The ruling required the department to…
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Court rulings on resident aliens and college quotas, and JACL’s search for identity
Questions of civil rights and who counts as a citizen ran through this six-page issue. The front page reported that…
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JACL’s 1974 membership changes and Henry Tanaka’s weekend in Placer County
National JACL President Henry T. Tanaka opened the issue with a column on a weekend in Placer County and the…
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Silence at JACL meetings, and Watergate testimony from Nisei witnesses
National JACL President Henry T. Tanaka opened this four-page issue with a front-page column on why so many JACL board…
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The 1973 JACL Building Fund kickoff and a call on Watergate
The JACL Building Fund kickoff dinner in San Francisco on October 28 led the issue. National JACL President Henry T.…
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Watergate, the Nixon tapes and a JACL building fund
Watergate filled the front page of this six-page issue. An editorial questioned why President Nixon fired Archibald Cox, urged the…
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Seattle’s mayoral race and the JACL Building Fund campaign
The Seattle mayoral race led the news in this six-page issue. The city’s ethics committee asked the city council to…
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JACL Building Fund drive and reader letters on booster delegates
A drive to raise at least $250,000 for a national JACL headquarters in San Francisco led the news. Harvard professor…
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Immigration limits, a Nisei family in Grand Junction, and Executive Order 9066
Immigration and civil rights ran through this four-page issue. The House voted to cap visas from Western Hemisphere countries at…
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Rethinking the JACL conference, plus a record membership count
Henry T. Tanaka, the National JACL President, opened the issue by asking why JACL kept calling some conference attendees “booster…
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Regionalization of JACL and a Chinese American mayoral bid in Seattle
Regionalization of JACL was the lead concern of this six-page issue. National JACL President Henry T. Tanaka wrote that a…
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A year in review for JACL president Henry T. Tanaka
JACL National President Henry T. Tanaka looked back on his first year in office on the front page, naming gains…
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Ending a slur, adoption from Vietnam and the JACL building fund
A racial slur for Japanese people ran through this six-page issue. The Machinist, the International Association of Machinists’ publication, apologized…
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Kim Dae Jung’s abduction in Tokyo and a JACL district convention
The abduction of Korean opposition leader Kim Dae Jung in Tokyo led this six-page issue. The front-page story, by the…