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D155723-11
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- 1969-03-20 (Creation)
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71-year-old Peter Zavitski, a legendary recluse, met on March 20, 1969 with Mrs. Kay Cook (left) and Mrs. Audrey Kirk to get some legal advice regarding his Carbonado area homestead. Mrs. Cook was the manager of the Buckley office of Rural Economic Opportunity and Mrs. Kirk was the director of REO. The REO worked with Opportunity Development Inc. to serve low-income clients over an area of 1535 square miles in rural Pierce County in the "War on Poverty". The bearded Mr. Zavitski was reportedly a one-time confidant of Gandhi and Nehru. He rarely left his rural home, preferring life with his chickens, sheep, goats and dogs, two of which are making acquaintance with Mrs. Cook and Mrs. Kirk. (TNT 3-30-69, A-21)
Zavitski, Peter; Cook, Kay; Kirk, Audrey; Rural Economic Opportunity;