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NO PROGRESS WITHOUT STRUGGLE
"If there is no struggle,
there is no progress.
Those who profess to fa-
vor freedom, and yet de-
preciate' agitation, a r e
men who want crops
without ploughing up the
ground. ...Povffcr con-
cedes nothing without a
demand. It never Hrd and
never will.
--Frederick Douglass
Sat* AjvtojvioRegister
RIGHT • JUSTICE • PROGRESS
All the SAN
ANTONIO and
SOUTH TEXAS NEWS
While It is News.
Complete National
and World Wide
News Coverage.
VOLUME 43, NUMBER 45
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AFRIL 26, 1974
IT'S YOUR NEWSPAPER
SWEARING IN--Secretary of Labor Peter J. Brennan (right) swears in three members to the new
federal Benefits Review board. They are Ruth V. Washington, chairperson of the new board and former
commissioner of the New York State Workmen’s Compensation board; Julius Miller (left) attorney of
the New York firm Gleason and Miller; and Ralph Hartman (standing behind Ms. Washington), an as-
sistant manager of Bethlehem Steel corporation. Assisting in the ceremony Is Senator James L. Buck-
ley of New York. The new board will hear appeals under two federal workmen’s compensation laws
administered by the Labor department.
Teeners
Attack
Woman
A 38-year-old housewife was
treated at Southeast Baptist
hospital Monday afternoon after
being clubbed with a baseball
bat by one of two teen-age sis-
ters who attacked her on the
grounds of an east side high
school.
Mrs. Martha R. Miller of
4846 Lord road told Police Of-
ficer Ronald Becker she went
to Sam Houston High school at
4735 East Houston street to get
her daughter.
A 16-year-old girl attacked
Mrs. Miller In one of the school
buildings with a belt buckle,
Becker said. The mother grab-
bed the student and was holding
her when the girl’s 17-year-old
sister hit the woman with a
baseball bat.
No Immediate arrests were
made, but Mrs. Miller was
quoted by the patrolman as say-
ing she would file char-—
Health, Inc.
Salutes RN
For Services
Mrs. Lou Berda Jones, reg-
istered nurse, has been saluted
by Health, Incorporated, for
being a volunteer of distinction.
The ambition of Mrs. Jones
was realized when she receiv-
ed her nurse training at the
Wheatly Providence hospital In
Kansas City, Mo. She returned
to her home In Taylor and be-
came Involved in a typhoid fe-
ver epidemic.
Further training was taken
to become a surgical nurse.
For 10 years she helped to set
up and operated a 22-bed well-
equipped hospital In Taylor.
Mrs. Jones and her husband
moved to San Antonio In 1944.
She served as a pioneer as a
black registered nurse when
such a position was unknown
In this area.
She has nursed at Robert B.
Green, Baptist Memorial and
Santa Rosa hospitals.
At Santa Rosa she became
staff nurse, assistant super-
visor. trainer of personnel snd
emergency room supervisor
where she served for twelve
years.
For two years she was as-
signed as director of central
(See SERVICES, Page 4)
N.J. Girl First
Woman
Black in Junior
Miss Finals
MOBILE, Ala.—When the fi-
nals of the America’s Junior
Miss Pageant are telecast from
Mobile, Ala., Monday, May 6,
New Jersey’s Donna Alexander
will be the first black girl to
appear as a contestant. The
finals
EDT,
Michael Landon as master of
ceremonies.
A senior at East Orange High
school with a straight A aver-
age, Miss Alexander will par-
ticipate In many varied activi-
ties during the 10-day pageant
and vie with the new Junior
Misses from the other 49 states
for thousands of dollars In
scholarship awards.
It was the lure of scholar-
ship award possibilities that
led her to enter the Essex
county pageant In which she won
the title that permitted her to
go on to the state pageant and
become New Jersey’s Junior
Miss.
In an interview with Barbara
Leap of the Camden Courier-
Post staff following her win-
ning of the title, Mias Alex-
ander said, “I hope my winning
will have some influence for
other black girls to follow. A
lot of girls In my area didn’t
want to enter the pageant be-
cause they thought of It as a
white thing.”
She decided to enter because
“I heard about the scholarships
that would be awarded to win-
ners. There’s no way I would
pass up a chance to win a col-
lege scholarship, with costs the
way they are today.”
Of her feelings and exper-
ience In being the only black
contestant at both local and state
level, she says, *At first that
feld odd. You realized you were
different. I managed to hold my
black identity but not alienate
myself from the rest of the
girls.”
According to New Jersey
state pageant officials, Miss
Alexander was very popular
with the other 15 high school
seniors with whom she com-
peted for the title.
Miss Alexander did well In
the scholarship area by winning
the state title. She has a choice
of full tuition scholarships In
two New Jersey schools or a
$1,500 cash scholarship to the
college of her choice. While
her favorite subject In high
school Is calculus, her college
mil la shirlv nf vatorlnarv marl.
iclne at Purdue university.
In the national pageant, she’ll
be able to compete for a whole
array of scholarships that are
awarded not only to America’s
(See FINALS, Page 4)
will be seen at 10 p.m.,
on the CBS network, with
Shot in
Struggle
No Immediate charges were
filed In the Monday afternoon
shooting of a 34-year-old black
woman by her 37-year-old
Anglo husband.
Mrs. Joyce M. Tyson of 5619
Brandemere drive was In sat-
isfactory condition at Bexar
County hospital Tuesday with
.22 caliber bullet wounds In
right forearm and face.
Her husband, Carl Tyson,
6600 Falrdale avenue, No. 162,
told officers he went to his
estranged spouse’s home to get
his mall. The woman held a
gun on him and he tried to take
the weapon away.
During the struggle, the pis-
tol went off, with a bullet strik-
ing Mrs. Tyson.
Vet Home
Loans
Easier
WACO—The Veterans Ad-
ministration reminds married
home-minded veterans that It
Is now easier to qualify for GI
home loans.
Jack Coker, VA regional of-
fice director, noted that VA
now accords full recognition to
Incomes and expenses of both
veteran and spouse In deter-
mining ability to repay loan
obligations.
Coker said VA Is required by
law to determine If contemplat-
ed terms of repayment bear a
proper relation to the veteran’s
anticipated income and expen-
ses before approving the loan.
“But while the spouse’s In-
come has always been consid-
ered,” Coker explained, "local
rules sometimes had the effect
of discounting the spouse’s In-
come. Now, however, no such
local rules are Imposed, and
the spouse’s Income Is given
full consideration. *
VA guarantees 60 per cent
or ui nome loans (maximum
$12,500) private lenders make
to servicemen, veterans and
eligible spouses of World War
II Korean and post-Korean
Conflicts and the Viet Nam
Era.
Man Gives Up in Two
Bit Dice Game Killing
Two White ’Sippi Teachers
Fired For Mixing,Win $30,000
Register Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, D.C.--Two white Stark -
ville, Miss., teachers who lost their jobs
about four years ago for associating and being
concerned with black students and adults have
wonalmost $30,000 in compensatory damages,
the National Education association reports.
The NEA, through its DuShane Emergency
fund, has supported the teach-
ers in their legal battle which
began in July 1970.
Dr. Carolyn Reeves, the only
Starkvllle teacher with a doc-
toral degree, will receive
$20,356 in back pay, benefits,
and Interest under the court
order signed earlier this month
by United States District Judge
Orma Smith In Greenville. She
had returned to her classroom
In a Starkvllle elementary
school last fall In accordance
with an order of Judge Smith.
Janet Peterson, now a teach-
er at Mississippi State uni-
versity, will receive $9,307 for
the more limited time she was
unemployed.
Both women, teachers In all-
black schools in 1969-70, were
unable to get their contracts
renewed for the 1970-71 school
year. They had been recom-
mended for reemployment by
the principal for whom they
worked In 1969-70.
The teachers alleged that they
were not reemployed because
they associated with and ex-
hibited concern for the black
community and the black stu-
dents In the schools where they
taught. In particular, the two
teachers disagreed with the way
the dual school system In Stark-
vllle was dismantled.
Last July, Judge Smith up-
held the teachers’ contentions
that their non-renewals were In
retaliation for their expres-
sions of concern.
For example, Mrs. Peterson
walked out of a faculty meeting
because of distress by news that
three of the four black schools
were to be closed and that half-
sessions would be Instituted to
accommodate most of the black
students at formerly all-white
schools.
Mrs. Reeves, among other
things, expressed concern about
the discriminatory manner In
which a standardized test was
administered to her pupils.
Starkvllle desegregation has
been in the news for years. In
February 1970 the district court
ordered the school district to
ijnplement faculty desegrega-
tion. That spring, several black
teachers learned they would not
be rehlred for 1970-71 because
they did not meet minimum cut-
off scores on the Graduate Rec-
ord examination (GRE) Imposed
as a criterion for hiring and
retention of staff.
NEA and the Mississippi
Teachers to their positions In
1972. The fifth U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals observed that
the GRE was not shown to be
a reliable measure for testing
teaching competency, and that
the cut-off eliminated many
good teachers.
The Peterson and Reeves
matters were litigated as part
of that suit.
Gun Toting
Jails SA
Woman
After posting a $5,000 bond
Monday, a 42-year-old woman
was released from county Jail,
having been charged Wednes-
day, April 17 with possession
of a firearm on federal prem-
ises.
Mrs. Katherine Blngle Wil-
liams, 227 Warm ok avenue, Is
accused of entering the down-
town federal building carrying
a .32 caliber revolver In her
purse.
The weapon was discovered
by Security Officer B.H. Buck
during a routine examination
of Mrs. Williams’ handbag.
Reportedly the woman had
been on her way to the office
of U.S. Congressman Henry B.
Gonzalez.
Mrs. Williams told authori-
ties she had forgotten the gun
was In her handbag and that she
had not Intended to bring the
weapon with her.
U.S. Magistrate John Giles
set a Wednesday preliminary
hearing.
MoreAdion for
Minorities in
Texas Demos
New rules of the Texas Dem-
ocratic party assure minority
groups that their voices will
be heard at the precinct con-
ventions May 4, Commissioner
of Agriculture John C. White
said this week.
White also Is chairman of
the Texas Affirmative Action
committee. His committee
seeks to Inspire more Involve-
ment from minority groups,
women, youth and senior cit-
izens In the selection of dele-
gates.
“Our new party rules pro-
vide that any group, with at least
20 per cent of those In attend-
ance, can--by written petition
--caucus separately and elect
their share of the delegates,"
White said.
“This Is a guarantee that
every group will be represent-
ed, that every voice will be
heard,” he added.
“But you have to show up,
in person, at your precinct con-
vention for your vote to count,”
White pointed out.
Most precinct conventions
are held at the polling place,
starting at 7:15 p.m.
From the precinct level,
delegates Journey to 254 county
conventions on May 11. The
county conventions will select
a total of 5,463 delegates to the
state convention In Austin Sep-
tember 17.
The state convention, In ad-
dition to writing a platform
and electing party leaders, will
choose delegates to a national
conference In Kansas City De-
cember 6-8 to write a charter
for the Democratic party.
“You start writing a new
charter for the Democratic
party when you attend your pre-
cinct convention, ” White pointed
out.
“And you take the first step
toward nominating the next
Democratic presidential candi-
date,” White added.
White noted that minority
groups In the past had been un-
der-represented In the selec-
tion ot delegates.
■The door Is open now, wide
open, and the welcome sign Is
out at our precinct conven-
tions,” White said.
"Everybody Is Invited to get
some of the action,” he added.
nnKNA ALEXANDER
IN FINALS OF JUNIOR MISS PAGEANT--A senior at East
Orange High school with a straight A average, New Jersey's Junior
Miss, Donna Alexander, will be the first black girl to appear as
a contestant In the finals of the America’s Junior Miss Pageant.
The finals are telecast from Mobile, Ala., and will be seen Mon-
day, May 6, 10 p.m., EDT, on the CBS network.
21-Year-Old Man
Surrenders April 18,
In April 5 Slaying
The alleged slayer in a 25-cent dice game
murder was jailed April 18 after turning nim-
self in to police.
Larry E. Drummer, 21, of 2505 Del Rio
walk is charged with the April 5 shooting death
of Albert Emanuel Jones, 24, 4902 Lakewood.
Jones was shot in the stomach after refus-
ing to pay 25 cents he lost in
a dice game.
Drummer remained In county
Jail Monday In lieu of $7,500
bond.
Jones’ family had offered a
$1,000 reward for Information
leading to the arrest and con-
viction of Jones’ slayer.
Homicide detectives said
Drummer turned himself In.
Attack
Holiday
Set for
Friday
The final student-teacher
holiday for the 1973-74 school
year is scheduled for Friday,
April 26, In order to allow par-
ticipation In the annual Battle
of Flowers parade.
Students and teachers will be
off following the close of school
Thursday and will return Mon-
day, April 29.
Barbara Jordan
To Speak at
Howard U.
Register Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, D.C.—United
States House of Representatives
Barbara Jordan (D-Texas) will
be the principal speaker at
Howard university’s 106thcom-
mencement exercises on Satur-
day, May 11.
The program will be held at
the Howard university stadium,
6th and Fairmont streets,N.W.,
at 10:00 a.m.
Congresswoman Jordan, who
represents Houston’s 18thCon-
gressional district, will also
receive an honorary degree of
doctor of laws from the uni-
versity during the commence-
ment exercises.
When Barbara Jordan was
elected to the Texas Senate In
1966, she became the first black
person since 1883 to serve on
that legislative body. When the
Texas legislature convened for
a called session on March 28,
1973, she was unanimously
elected president pro tempore,
and on June 10, 1972, when that
state celebrated Its traditional
Governor for a Day, she be-
came the first Black woman
governor In the history of the
United States.
She served In the Texas sen-
ate until 1972. when she was
elected to the United States
House of Representatives.
Representative Jordan is a
member of the executl -e com-
mittee of the National Demo-
Cops
Two west side Juveniles were
arrested and two police officers
were treated for lacerations and
bruises late last Wednesday,
April 17, following a melee in
the 500 block of South Acme
road.
Receiving minor injuries
were Police Officers Raymond
Ruiz, 29 and George Cardenas,
25.
Arrested were two 16-year-
old youths who gave Be mis and
Frldell street addresses.
Police said the altercation
began when one of the boys
walked past the patrolmen, who
were In their automobiles, and
called them “m----f----pigs.”
When Ruls got out of his
squad car and began to ques-
tion the youth, the Bemis street
resident repeated his statement
and said he was not going any-
where with the officer.
According to reports, the
youth swung at Ruiz while the
officer was attempting to hand-
cuff him.
Ruiz and the youth exchanged
several blows and Cardenas
Joined In the altercation to help
his companion.
About this time, a crowd
gathered and began harassing
the officers and interfering with
their duties.
An unknown citizen, however,
called the police dispatcher and
Informed him of the patrol-
men’s plight and additional units
were sent to the scene.
The Frldell street youth was
arrested after he reportedly
attacked Police Officer Jose
Espinosa, 22, when the patrol-
man ordered him to leave the
area.
During the fight, Ruiz’ badge
was ripped from his uniform,
his shirt torn and his $75 .38
caliber revolver snatched from
Its holster. The gun was not
found.
NewHonors for
Col. David H.
McElveen
Register Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The
honors and promotions keep
coming for Col. David H. Mc-
Elveen, one of the nation ’s most
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Andrews, U. J. San Antonio Register (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, April 26, 1974, newspaper, April 26, 1974; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1052455/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.