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2 stories matching civic
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:civil, civ, civilli, civilian, civet, crevic
- Seattle's Filipino Progress Association Elects Its First Officers
A new civic organization installs a president, a board of managers and a six-month plan — and its leaders argue that running a community association is training for running a government.
- “Close Your Gates to Us — But Give Us Independence First”
A Filipino student in Seattle goes before the Labor Union's legislative committee to head off an exclusion bill, and finds the union men surprisingly reasonable — because independence, he argues, gives them exactly what they want anyway.