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NO PROGRESS WITHOUT STRUGGLE
"U toare Is no atrufgte, than
la no procraaa. Thoao who
proftaa to favor freedom, and
yet dapraclata agitation, art
nan who want crops without
ploughlm up tha ground.. .Powar
coocadaa nothing without a
damand. It navar did and navar
wUl.*
—Fradarlck Douglaaa
San Antonio Register
RIGHT • JUSTICE • PROGRESS
All the SAN
ANTONIO and
SOUTHTEXASNE W$
While It is News
Complete National
and World Wide
News Coverage
VOLUME 44, NUMBER 26
Man, 19,
Admits
Arson
A 19-yaar-old North Gavars
atraat man Saturday avanlng
admlttad aattlng ona of two
first occur lng In tha aama vie*
lnlty.
Jallad In llau of 98,800 bond
for araon waa Donald HlUyar
of 1830 North Gavars atraat.
HlUyar la accuaad of starting
a flra undsr tha back stairs
of tha homa of Mrs. Fanny
Shalton, 88, at 818 North Monu-
mantal atraat.
Mrs. Shalton told poUca aha
had drlvan In bar drlvaway
around 6:46 Saturday avanlng
whan aha saw a man, later Iden-
tlflad aa HlUyar, iaavlng har
back yard.
Whan Mra. Shalton raachad
har back porch, aha noticed a
large pot flllad with wood and
papar on flra.
Mrs. Shalton removed tha pot
from under tha atalrs and ex-
tinguished tha flames, than call-
ed police.
Hours later another flra waa
deUberately sat at 1036 Dawson
street causing an estimated
980,000 damage to tha vacant
two-story house.
PoUca Officer Harvey Jack-
son, who had answered tha call
to Mra. Shelton's homa earlier
that avanlng, saw HlUyar walk-
ing on Dawson street while tha
patrolman was directing traffic
at tha eecond flra.
Jackson placed Hlllyer under
arrest and advised him of his
rights.
Arson Investigator Capt. Dan
Davila said HlUyar admlttad
setting tbs flra at Mrs. Shel-
ton's homa, but denied that on
Dawaon street.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1975
IT’S YOUR NEWSPAPER
In Kanehenehe
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member of' parliament, llson
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woman ware
rased by several men. 1
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and women, Including a
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NASA Medal Awarded
Former San AntonianProw,i^
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Jehovah's
Witnesses Said
Persecuted
"Thousands of Christians are
now under brutal persecution
In Malawi," declared J.N. Nor-
ris, spokesman for the forty
congregations of Jehovah’s Wit-
nesses in San Antonio. "Start-
ing August 19, 1978, more than
34,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses
from Malawi who fled as re-
fugees to Mozambique In 1978
because of severe persecution
ware forced to return to Malawi
and now experience brutal per-
secution again. AU of this Is
because of their refusal to join
a political party."
Norris said he had received
a report from N.H. Knorr at
the Brooklyn headquarters of
Jehovah's Witnesses. Knorr
said that when a group of Je-
hovah’s Witnesses arrived at
the Malawi border, the mini-
ster for the Central region,
Kumbwesa Banda, greeted
them: "We welcome you with
both hands. You left Malawi
ef your own accord and now
you have returned of your own
accord. The Malawi Congress
party Is still In power In this
country. Go back to your home
villages and cooperate with the
party officials."
Then, referring to the mem-
bers of the League of Malawi
Youth, no said: "My boys are
here to see that you do cooper-
ate with the Party." Soon roads
in the north and central regions
of Malawi were fUled with Je-
hovah’s Witnesses on their way
hack to their home villages.
In cfome Instances the Wit-
nesses were allowed to enter
their vUages and take up oc-
cupancy of houses they aban-
doned la 1978. However, in
moot eases Youth Leaguers
soon celled to ask If they were
prepared to buy political party
oar da. lUfsrrlng to Jesus’
example of political neutraUty,
the Witnesses refused. Im-
mediately beatings, rapings and
other atrocities began again and
mssy rsrs ir!?-s !r*s
FORMER SAN ANTONIAN AWARDED NASA MEDAL—NASA
Administrator Dr. James C. Fletcher (left) awards NASA Ex-
ceptional Service Medal to Joseph D. Atkinson, Jr, former San
Antonian.
NAACP Aided in Fund
Drive by labor Chiefs
NEW YORK, N.Y.--A group of labor lead-
ers, representing more than seven million
23.T>0V1! oS^aSSnsI gTthe Jefln
December 2 to help the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People in its
financial crisis.
•We cannot allow the NAACP
to go down the drain* declared
Roosevelt Watts, secretary-
treasurer of the Transport
Workers Union, AFL-CIO, who
serves as co-chairman of the
labor group. “The NAACP
must survive and become even
stronger," he said. William
H. Oliver, of the United Auto-
mobile Workers called upon
labor to make emergency con-
tributions and to take out life
memberships.
The meeting, called In re-
sponse totheassoclatlon’scrlt-
ical year-end deficit, was or-
ganized labor’s reaction to the
plight of the civil rights organi-
zation with which It has worked
closely over the years. Roy
Wilkins, executive director of
the NAACP, and other officials
outlined the association’s finan-
cial position and explained the
urgent need for Immediate
funds.
William Pollard, director of
the AFL-CIO’s civil rights de-
partment and an NAACP board
member, said that the enemies
of labor are also the enemies
of the civil rights movement.
That was why labor had come
together, he explained, and with
the blessing of George Meany.
Echoing the theme that the
NAACP must remain solvent
and must xeept its door* open,
the labor leaders pledged to
raise substantial and Immediate
contributions from 109 Interna-
tional locals and their affiliates.
An on-golng committee was
formed to plan for long-range
financial support by the labor
movement.
Co-chairmen for the group
are Roosevelt Watts and Wil-
liam Pollard. Other union rep-
resentatives attending the
meeting were: Robert Brown,
National Mallhandlers union;
John Burnell, New York City
Central Labor Council; James
Campbell, Mall Handlers union,
AFL-CIO; Charles Faulding,
Black Trade Unionists Leader-
ship committee; Alex Fuller,
United Steelworkers of Ameri-
ca; Charles Garrahan, Amal-
gamated Clothing Workers of
America; Raymond Gray, Sr.,
American Federation of Gov-
ernment Employees; Leon Har-
ris, Retail, Wholesale and De-
partment Store union; Henry
Harrison, International Union of
Dolls, Toys, Playthings, Novel-
ties and Allied Products; Nor-
man Hili, A. Philip Randolph
Institute; E.V. Lewis, American
Federation of Musicians; Vito
P. Magum, Mall Handlers,
AFL-CIO; Ronald Moe, Mall
Handlers, AFL-CIO; William
H. Oliver, United Automobile
Workers; Frederick O’Neal,
Associated Actors and Artists
of America; Jasper Peyton,
ILGWU; Earl Robinson, Me-
chlnests Union; Raymond Stub-
blefield, Retail Clerks Inter-
(See LABOR, Page 3)
Register Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON--Joseph D. Atkinson Jr.,
National Aeronautics ana Space Administra-
tion Johnson Space center, and former San
Antonian, was awarded the NASA Exceptional
Service medal at recent awards ceremonies
in Washington, D.C. „ , ,
The citation stated, In recognition of his
outstanding leadership In direc-
ting the Johnson Space Center’s
Equal Opportunity Program.
His accomplishments In re-
solving discrimination com-
plaints, recruiting minority and
famale employees, and inform-
ing employees of equal oppor-
tunity progress have contrib-
uted significantly to the
achievement of NASA’s equal
opportunity goals."
Atkinson Is chief of the JS C
Equal Opportunity Programs
office. He Is formerly of San
Antonio, and Is the son of Mrs.
Gladys L. Atkinson, 930 Capi-
tal View avenue, N.W., Atlanta,
Georgia 30314.
He Is a 1949 graduate of More-
house college, Atlanta^ wltha
BA degree, and attended Har-
vard graduate school.
Philip W. Buchen, counsel to
the President, commended the
awardees and NASA for their
achievements In space and
aeronautics. NASA Admini-
strator Dr. James C. Fletcher
and Deputy Administrator Dr.
George M. Low made the In-
dividual awards at the annual
headquarters ceremony.
"I have a deep conviction that
these men and women represent
the best of America, and that
their accomplishments we ac-
knowledge today are not only
significant elements In our past
performance but a major factor
In the assurance of our nation’s
future," Dr. Fletcher eaid.
The agency honored 161 in-
dividuals for outstanding per-
formance of their assignments
during the past year.
tUuitlonal federal employees
'sere honored In 32 group
a^nlevement awards and em-
ployees of Industrial firms
contributing to the space effort
were awarded medals and cita-
tions for their participation In
the space program.
A special feature of this
year's ceremony was the rec-
ognition of 40 Individuals for
their contributions to the suc-
cess of the Apollo Soyuz Test
project.
Leading the awards In 10
different categories were the
NASA Distinguished Service
medal, awarded to six agency
employees; and the Distinguish-
ed Public Service medal, re-
ceived by three Individuals In
organizations outside govern-
ment.
Seventy-seven NASAemploy-
ees agency wide received the
Exceptional Service medal; nine
were awarded the Outstanding
Leadership medal; 13 persons
received the Exceptional Scien-
tific Achievement medal; and
seven Equal Employment Op-
portunity awards were given
this year.
VERY ACTIVE IN S. A.
While living In San Antonio,
Atkinson was active In St. Paul
United Methodist church, In his
fraternity—Alpha Phi Alpha--
which he served In several cap-
(See MEDAL, Page 3)
Public Warned Scream
Of Mail Order Frightens
Swindlers
Burgh
in n
_ THANK YOU --Cleo Lee, sergeant major for Troop Command,
oruwM Army meuieai center, receives the thanks os Brigadier
Oeneral Floyd W, Baker, medleal center commander, and a De-
partment of the Army Certificate of Achievement for a job well
dOMe
SOM Lee was cited for hla exceptional devotion to duty, and
outstanding proficiency from March to September 1976, while act-
lng In ihe capacity at command sergeant major for the medical
center, in addition to his normal duties as sergeant major for
Troop command.
Christmas bargain hunters
should be wary of mall - orders
swindlers, who may be ope rat -
lng In greater numbers this year
because of economic conditions,
according to the United States
Postal Service.
Several types of fraud and
misrepresentation cases have
been Investigated by postal In-
spectors during the holiday buy-
ing season In past years.
Postal consumer protection
attorney George Davis recalled
one operator who advertised a
well-known make of camerafor
sale at about 980 less than its
market value.
"He got thousands of people
to mall him checks for 919.96,
but fortunately the postal in-
spectors got Into the case very
quickly," Davis said. "They
found out that the swindler
wasn't delivering any cameras,
and got a court ordered seizure
of his bank account containing
960.000 before he could leave
town with the money,"
Postal Inspectors say
9800.000 was eventually return-
ed to people who fell for the
scheme.
Postal service attorneye say
another scheme that operated
itavlnj tha Christmas mail-or-
der season Involved misrep-
resentation of the else and qual-
ity of dolls. The dolls mailed
to buyers turned out to bo much
smaller and of poorer quality
than those pictured in an ad.
"Another area to be careful
(pas PUBLIC, Pngs 9)
A woman’s scream, Sunday
night, frightened a burglar from
her home without his Intended
loot.
Mrs. Joyce Freeman, 48,100
Enoch walk, Apartment B, told
officers she awoke to see a
men standing In the hallway of
her apartment.
Mrs. Freeman screamed and
the burglar fled the apartment
through the front door.
Nothing was reported miss-
ing, police said.
Dec. 25, 26,
Jan. 1 to be
City Holidays
Most employees of the City
of San Antonio will observe
Thursday and Friday, Dec. 38-
36, as official Christmas holl-
6nys, according to City Man-
■far Sam Oranata, Jr.
City offices also will cloee
New Year’s day, Jan. 1.
No municipal garbage routes
will be serviced on those three
vtmumw
Christmas day, Dee. 88 and
Year’s day, Jan. 1, have
been designated parking meter
holidays in downtown San An-
tonio..
The Main library, its annex
(See holidays, Page 3)
Two men were arrested Mon-
day In connection with an auto-
mobile burglary on the north
side of town.
Jailed were Lawrence E,
Hodges, 26, 319 Mason, and Roy
L. Barnes, 29, 1834 East Mul-
berry street.
The two were arrested In the
parking lot of a motor Inn In
the 10000 block of IH-36 north.
Police were alerted by Mike
Eckerman, 27, a security guard
at the Inn who was told by a
tenant of two suspicious-looking
men loitering in the lot.
Officers said the duo had
Illegally entered the car of
Rob Ramby, 43, of Abilene.
Atlanta FD
Sued For
Bias
ATLANTA, Ga.--The De-
partment of Justice has filed a
civil suit charging that the At-
lanta Fire department dis-
criminates against black per-
sons In job promotions.
Attorney General Edward H.
Levi said the employment dis-
crimination suit was filed In
U.S. District court In Atlanta.
Named as defendants were
Fire Chief P.O. Williams, Pub-
lic Safety Commissioner A.
Reginald Eaves, the city, its
department of public safety, Its
fire department, and Local 134
of the International Association
of Firefighters.
The suit said only 2.8 per cent
of fire department jobs above
entry level are held by blacks,
although blacks comprise 28,6
par cent of the fire force.
The fire department has 963
firemen, of whom 246 are black.
Only six of the 242 positions
above the entry level are held
by blacks.
The suit charged that the de-
fendants have pursued and con-
tinue to pursue policies and
practices that discriminate
against blacks In promotional
opportunities.
These practices Include re-
fusing .to hire blacks as fire-
men before 1964, using promo-
tion tssts that have an adverse
Impact on blacks and that have
not been shown to predict suc-
cessful job performance, and
falling to correct the effects
of the discriminatory policies,
the suit added.
The suit asked for prelimi-
nary and permanent Injunctions
prohibiting the defendants from
engaging In any racially dis-
criminatory employment prac-
tice.
In addition, the suit asked
that the defendants be required
to adopt promotion goals for
blacks, to promote blacks to
jobs they would have held but
for the alleged discriminatory
practices, and to give them
back pay.
Assistant Attorney General
J. Stanley Pottinger, head of the
Civil Rights division, said the
suit Is the first filed by the
Justice department charging
discrimination solely In pro-
motions.
He said the suit is also the
10th filed against a fire depart-
ment. Cities involved In pre-
vious suits are Boston; Buffalo*
NSW T«rx; cmcege; Sum;
Jackson, Mississippi Loo An-
galea; Memphis; Milwaukee;
and St. Louis.
The suit la the 46th filed toy
tho Justice department against
public employers since enact-
ment of the Equal Employment
Opportunity act of 197S.
anOOTing
■ Gun Wielder Held
In lail Under
$50,000 Bond
Released from county jail two months ago
on bond after having been charged with mur-
der, a 29-year-old man was arrested Satur-
day morning and charged with another shoot-
lieu of
Themp-
ine death.
Lodged in county jail Tu e s d a y in
$50,000 bond was Herbert Squeaky ’
3 Girls
Attack
Woman
son who had addresses listed
at 117 Omaha and 2110 Schley
avenue.
Thompson Is accused of
pumping three bullets In to the
chest of Esklee C. Chatham, 68,
326 North Hackberry, In the
1800 block of East Houston
street, Saturday.
Chatham dlod shortly after
arriving at Brooke Army Med-
ical center.
According to reports, Chat-
ham was walking east on Hous-
ton when he met Thompson who
was walking west.
For no reason, Thompson
pulled out a gur. and tired three
times, then ran south on Wheel-
er alley, police reports read.
When officers arrived at the
scene, they found Chatham still
conscious.
When police asked the victim
who shot him, Chatham report-
edly said, “The Thompson boy
who killed that Mexican on Hays
street."
Thompson had been released
Oct. 9 under a 910,000 bond In
connection with the Oct. 6 shoot-
ing of Polo Gerardo Medina,
27, 1332 Burleson.
Medina was shot once In the
stomach In the 1400 block of
Hays street.
Thompson was arrested the
next day after witnesses Iden-
tified him as the man they saw-
standing over Medina’s body
immediately after shots were
heard.
In the Chatham case, police
arrested Thompson minutes
later at Idaho and South Hack-
berry street. A gun believed to
be the murder weapon was found
near the area of Thompson’s
arrest.
As In Medina’s case, Thomp-
son has refused to make a state-
ment In the Chatham shooting.
An additional bond of 9800
was levied against Thompson
(See SHOOTING, Page 3)
Three young teen-aged girls,
Tuesday afternoon, attacked an
18-year-old woman with a rake
and steel pipe, police reported.
Miss Pauls Davis, 123 Ira
Aldridge, told officers she was
returning home from a friend’s
when the trio, reportedly sis-
ters.who live in the neighbor-
hood, assaulted her outside
Miss Davis’ home.
Officers were told the as-
sailants used a rake and a
steel pipe to hit Miss Davis.
Miss Davis suffered bruises
to the face, arms, and back,
and was "pretty shaken up and
crying" when police arrived.
No arrests were immediately
made.
Woman
Scores A
First
DALLAS—In May 1978, Glor-
ia Conway began a giant step In
fulfilling her longrange goal of
career advancement.
A former clerical employee,
(See FIRST, Page 3)
GLORIA CONWAY
8AFETY SPECIALIST--Gloria Conway, tos first black woman
nsswd a safety specialist with the Dallas office at tos United
Slates Labor department’s Occupational Safety and Health admini-
stration, reads about job safety and health.
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