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The article presents information on Salinas valley in California. The place is like that 100 per cent American heartland; the sort of place where Nixon and Agnew would feel at home. But the plastic, serenity of Middle America has been. shattered in this Western outpost, and there is every indication that the reign of the 1970-71 artichoke queen will not be tranquil. Number, of large independent farm corporations, sprawl down the 100 miles of this narrow, fertile, valley and produce a huge, share of the nation's "iceberg" lettuce, celery, carrots, strawberries, broccoli, cauliflower, and, of course, artichokes. |
