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until several years ago, Dionne Warwick had never seen SAn Jose, but that was before recording what has become the city's unofficial theme song and today was official Dionne Warwick Day in san Jose an orchestrated coincidence to her current peninsula performance. So she got out of her

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SAn Carlos hotel bed early today noon and asked her show for one of the all time obvious questions. Do you know the way to san Jose? I've been away so long, I may go wrong and lose my way? One of the stops was the lee Matheson

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school where attention was divided between Dion and her transportation. One class presented her with flowers and song Thanks. There was a brief ceremony at a local radio station where city councilman Al Garza read a proclamation signed by the mayor and whereas MS

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Warwick showed she knows the way to san Jose by returning here today to visit the east side now. Therefore, I norman Mineta mayor of the city of san Jose do hereby declare Wednesday March 22nd, 1972 as Dionne Warwick Day, MS Warwick toured three east side schools

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where she was overwhelmed with free artwork from students and hounded for autographs at every turn, I asked her about the pressure being felt by big name black performers to speak out on behalf of the movement. I am the type of person that I don't allow pressures

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to have studied me at all. Uh, as far as the Black liberation movement is concerned, I think it's quite necessary is something that is a long time coming and finally it's happening. I think my the extent of my helping in this cause is the fact that

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I do have a scholarship foundation that is for economically unable kids, which are the majority of them are black. I think that's my best move mike lee, eyewitness news saN Jose.