The State - News from Aug. 14, 1988

Spurning medical advice that he was risking his life, United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez continued his fast into its 28th day, but grape growers said his effort has attracted more publicity than actual support for the union’s 4-year-old boycott. Since beginning his water-only diet July 17 in Delano, Chavez has lost at least 26 pounds and barely has the stamina to sit through a two-hour nightly community meeting and Mass. Nonetheless, he refuses his doctor’s request to end the fast and enter the hospital.