A check of copyright.gov confirms that only 5 items related to Patsy Mink have been renewed (Searched Patsy Mink and Patsy Takemoto Mink as a title, keyword, and name): the film PA0001633633/2009-04-28 Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority; a photograph by Ricardo A. Finney, VAu001278462/2017-06-16 USS Reagan Escorted Into Pearl Harbor By ASD Patsy Mink; an oil painting by Setsuko Aihara, VAu000651384/2005-01-26 Portrait of the late congresswoman Patsy Mink; a sculpture by Helen Young (dba Holly Young) VAu001361793/2019-02-26 Patsy T. Mink Monument; and a book, by Sue Davidson TX0005485327/2001-12-19, A Heart in Politics: Jeannette Rankin and Patsy T. Mink. No items were renewed for Joe Pacheco and the 1954 Catalog of Copyright Entries contains no copyrighted material by Pacheco or concerning Mink. Neither the masthead (p 1) and publisher info (p 2) give any indication that the newspaper or contents were copyrighted.

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