Drafting a redress proposal, and losing Asian Americans in Washington
Redress led this 12-page issue. JACL’s Reparations Committee met in San Francisco and drafted a proposal for individual payments and…
Print Issue: 1978
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Nisei farmers find their political voice, and a Manzanar pilgrimage
Farm politics led the news in this 8-page issue. A front-page story traced how California farmers, with Nisei leaders such…
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Nobel science, civil rights and the words used for the camps
Japanese scientists who worked alongside Dr. Andrew V. Schally in the research behind his Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
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Northrop bias suit, two new Nikkei judges and a Manzanar pilgrimage
A class action complaint against Northrop Corp.’s Ventura Division led this 12-page issue. Alice Nehira and Jo Ann Shimizu charged…
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Nikkei representation on federal panels, and a tax vote in California
Who sits on federal advisory panels was a question that ran through this eight-page issue. JACL National Headquarters sent the…
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Nikkei mayors in California, and A-bomb survivors seeking help
Japanese Americans in public life were the thread running through this eight-page issue. Kenichi Nishino was appointed mayor of Hemet,…
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Local firsts and the reparation debate, March 1978
Questions of citizenship, representation and reparation ran through this twelve-page issue. The front page reported a 6-3 Supreme Court ruling…
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HR 5150 hearings for atomic bomb survivors, and JACL’s money troubles
Health care for American survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings led the news. Congressional hearings on HR 5150, co-authored…
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Atomic bomb survivors, redress and JACL planning in March 1978
Medical aid for atomic bomb survivors in the U.S. led the front page. Congressional hearings on HR 5150 were set…
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A contested JACL presidency and a job bias petition against the EPA
A job bias petition against the Environmental Protection Agency led this issue. James W. Chin, the agency’s affirmative action officer…
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The Bakke case, the A-bomb survivors bill and JACL’s convention plans
The Bakke case led the front page. Yori Wada told a Los Angeles church audience that Asian Americans would be…
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A Nisei principal’s dismissal in Calipatria and other 1978 news
The dismissal of Dr. Miyoshi Ikeda, principal of Calipatria High School, led the news. The school board refused to reinstate…
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Politics, a coming convention and Executive Order 9066 in 1978
Politics ran through the front page of this 12-page issue. Assistant Secretary of State Patsy Mink told San Fernando Valley…
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Hibakusha, a Spokane rebuttal and charges dropped for two nurses
Americans who survived the atomic bombs were the subject of several stories in this eight-page issue. Pat Tashima reported that…
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Redress credit bill passes House, and Harry Cain is honored
Congress and the community both looked back at the wartime incarceration in this eight-page issue. The House passed HR 9471…
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Junior Miss title denied and the Bakke case
Phuong-Ngoc Davis, a 17-year-old Vietnamese teenager, won the Touchet Valley Junior Miss title and then lost it because she was…