Today in 1963 A Southern Pacific train loaded with sugar beets strikes a makeshift bus filled with 60 migrant workers near Salinas, Calif., killing 32. The driver said the bus was so crowded he couldn›t see the train coming.
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General Membership Meetings Baltimore - Sept. 5 @ 10 am Salisbury - Oct. 19 @ 10 am Please be present and on time.
