The 1982 holiday issue: The Year in Pictures
The Pacific Citizen’s 1982 holiday issue carried a year-end photo review on its cover, “The Year in Pictures.” In an…
Print Issue: 1982
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Redress and the CWRIC report: Hayakawa, Matsui and Dymally
The Pacific Citizen opened this issue with redress. Sen. S.I. Hayakawa spoke against financial reparations on the Senate floor on…
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JACL’s long-range plan, hate crime law and safety of Asians in America
The December 10, 1982 issue carried the news of a Japanese tourist, Kazumi Miura, who died a year after being…
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Redress funding and a call to former state workers
Redress ran through this 12-page issue. The front page carried Assemblyman Patrick Johnston’s final call to find Japanese Americans fired…
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Immigration reform and a redress recommendation: November 1982
Two subjects led the front page. Peter Imamura reported from Los Angeles on Rep. Romano Mazzoli, co-sponsor with Sen. Alan…
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A Census Bureau denial and the Heart Mountain memorial, 1982
The Census Bureau’s denial of a charge made in John Toland’s book “Infamy” led the November 19, 1982 issue. Director…
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A new Japantown center campaign, plus Hiroshima and redress news
The front page carried news of a $3-million campaign for a multi-service community center in San Francisco’s Japantown, led by…
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Gardena rescinds its 1942 evacuation resolution
A city council reversed itself forty years later. On the front page, Gardena Mayor Pro Tem Mas Fukai, a Nisei…
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Coroner Noguchi’s case nears final arguments, and a call to support coram nobis
The front page followed the case of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the Los Angeles County coroner defending his record before the…
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JACL board meeting, Contra Costa redress and the Tokyo quake
The JACL National Board met in San Francisco on Oct. 8 to 10, and its decisions filled the middle of…
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Honda in Ohio, the PC’s 53rd anniversary and redress pledges
The front page followed Honda’s new auto assembly plant near Marysville, Ohio, where residents faced doubled sewer rates and a…
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How census data was used against Nikkei, and the Nisei Week queen debate
The front page carried Raymond Okamura’s report on historian John Toland’s book ‘Infamy: Pearl Harbor and Its Aftermath,’ which says…
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Farm labor and the Simpson-Mazzoli immigration bill, plus a new editor
The front page turned to the Simpson-Mazzoli immigration bill and what it could mean for California farms. Harry Kubo of…
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Immigration bill votes, Japanese Canadian redress and an editor’s farewell
The House Judiciary Committee voted 15-12 to keep the second and fifth visa preference categories in the Simpson-Mazzoli immigration bill,…
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The 1982 immigration bill and the fifth preference, plus JACL’s own history
The front page of this issue was about immigration. National JACL joined other Asian Pacific American organizations in urging the…
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Houston teacher’s job at stake; state worker redress law passes
A Houston art teacher was at the center of the front page. Betty Waki, a Sansei with 11 years at…