Photos from the Coastline Security Strike of 1980/24npCoastline_NP_Ward_jpg_jpg.jpg

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This was our best news conference: the day we took out the guard, Ron Belling, at the County Neuro-Pychiatric Ward (NP Ward). There were a total of 4-5 TV stations and three or so newspapers. Newspeople, (L-R) a guy from the San Jose Mercury News, Debby Biringer, KMST TV, Marie Rocha and Steve Walsh from KSBW. Steve Walsh was the person who started the great publicity. Like he told me, his boss told him he could go do a Christmas tree story, or he could cover striking security guards - he chose to cover us. We became an overnight sensation...