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NO PROGRESS
WITHOUT STRUGGLE
‘V there la no struggle, there
i» no progress. Those who
profess to favor freedom, and
yet depreciate agitation, are
man who want crops without
ploughing up the ground...Power
concedes nothing without . a
demand. It never did and never
will.*
—Frederick Douglaaa
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VOLUME 45, NUMBER 27
RIGHT • JUSTICE • PROGRESS
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1976
All the SAN
ANTONIO and
SOUTH TEXAS NEWS
While It is News
Complete National
and World Wide
News Coverage
IT’S YOUR NEWSPAPER
Murder
Details
RaroH
UUI uu
In a brief hearing Tuesday
before Justice of the Peace
Rudy Esquivel, a young man got
his bond lowered, In a murder
case, but was remanded to jail.
Bond for Charles Ray Franks,
24, 2114 Legan West, was re-
duced from $100,000 to $20,000
after the judge found probable
cause to send a murder com-
plaint against him to the Bexar
County grand jury.
Franks Is charged with the
June 29 stabbing death of Miss
Carolyn Houston, 20, 82? Ar-
thur.
Off-duty Police Officer Larry
Thompson found Miss Houston
lying In a pool of blood In the
1600 block of Hays street. The
county medical examiner said
she died from multiple stab
wounds to the back.
Relatives of the woman told
police she and a man had gone
walking together a short while
before Thompson found her
body.
At the hearing a friend Iden-
tified as Richard Cunningham
testified that he, Miss Houston
and Franks had gone to a store
and were returning home when
they stopped In front of a church
at North Gevers and Hays
streets.
There Franks and Miss Hous-
ton engaged In an argument, but
then started kissing and hugging
each other, Cunningham said.
The argument resumed and
Cunningham later saw Franks
on top of Miss Houston beating
her.
Cunningham said when he got
closer to the couple he saw
Franks was stabbing the woman
with a knife. The witness then
knocked Franks off Miss Hous-
ton, but the assailant reportedly
chased Cunningham away.
Homicide Detective Willie
Allen arrested Franks the day
after the murder following a
brief chase near the Rigsby
apartments.
NAPOLEON BYRD
WINS SECOND PLACE--Napoleon Byrd, a security officer at
Bexar County hospital, takes aim as he did at the Texas Peace
Officers association’s 41st annual conference In Houston to win the
second place statue In front of him.
Rape
Trial
Postponed
A young man accused of rap-
ing an elderly woman last April
had his trial postponed Tuesday
to a later date.
James Gregory Jones, 23,
2402 East Houston, was to have
stood trial this week In Judge
H.F. ‘‘Hippo" Garcia’s 144th
district court.
A court spokesman, however,
said the trial was postponed
to a later date due to the un-
availability of a witness.
Jones Is charged with the
April 19 rape of a 60-year-old
woman In her home near East
Terrace courts.
The woman told officers a
burglar entered her home, and
assaulted her. Following the
attack, the man stole the wom-
an’s jewelry and fled.
Police arrested Jonesashort
while later and returned him
to the scene where the woman
reportedly Identified him as the
rapist.
Jones remains lodged in Bex-
ar County jail in lieu of $100,000
bond.
NO
MORE
BINGO
Grandma may have to find a
new sport to play, because bingo
Is out.
Chief E.E. Peters, on Oct. 7,
said he expects'churches and
other non-profit organizations
to peacefully comply with a ban
against Illegal bingo games.
Peters sent a position state-
ment to City council announc-
ing his Intention of eliminating
games here.
■We have been letting them
operate on a low-profile basis
for years,* the chief said of the
church and non-profit organiza-
tional games, "but we’ve had to
re-evaluate our position In light
of the recent ruling by the Fifth
Court of Civil Appeals.
The court case, initiated by
Dallas county prosecutors, held
that bingo playing la a form of
gambling and thus is Illegal,
Peters said.
The police chief added he ful-
ly expects churches and other
organizations to comply with
the ban once the words gets
around that it Is against the law.
"I don’t think It will be ne-
cessary to have to raid them,”
Peters said of any non-com-
plying groups. "But if they don’t
comply with the law, cases will
be filed against them
Hank
Aaron is ' 3 Firms
Veep
ATLANTA — The Atlanta
Braves have signed all-time
home run king Henry "Hank"
Aaron as vice president in
charge of player development,
It was announced last week.
The position, essentially that
of farm (club) director, makes
him the second-highest black
executive In baseball--second
only to his former brother-in-
law, Bill Lucas, who recently
was named the Braves’ direc-
tor of player personnel.
Aaron, 42, returns to the
team where he compiled most
of his statistics In a glittering
23-year career that ended Oct.
3 when he singled In a run for
the Milwaukee Brewers In his
final appearance at bat.
Aaron was traded to the
Brewers at the end of the 1974
season, the one In which he
broke the legendary Babe Ruth’s
home run record when he
launched No. 715 off A1 Down-
ing of the Loe Angeles Dodgers
on April 8 In Atlanta stadium.
He ended his playing career
with a .310 lifetime batting
average, 755 home runs, 2,202
runs batted and 3,771 base hits.
He hit his last homer against
Gary Ross of the California
Angels on July 20.
"I feel like I’m going back to
1954, like a rookie,* said Aaron.
"I’m going to be willing to learn
and hope I can fulfill my role
like I did on the playing flold."
He added that his playing
days were over, but that he In-
tended to suit up In spring train-
ing camp to help Instruct the
vounestera in the organization.
Aaron was also in line for a
front office poeltlon with the
Brewers. He said the return to
the Braves merely brought him
home. "I really never left.
I’ve been paying taxes on my
home here.*
Day Will be
City Holiday
Veterans day (Monday, Oct.
25) will be an official holiday
for the City of San Antonio.
Most municipal functions and
offices will be closed In ob-
servance of the holiday. Ex-
ceptions Include normal police,
fire, ambulance, sewage treat-
ment plant and other designated
round-the-clock operations.
No garbage routes will be
serviced by city forces on Vet-
erans day. Regular pickup
operations will resume the fol-
lowing day.
Main Library hours will be
1-5 p.m. on Veterans day. All
other library system functions
are to be closed for the holiday.
Parking meters In downtown
San Antonio also will be on
holiday schedule for Veterans
day.
Ex-GF
Beats
Rival
A 43-year-old woman was
treated at Baptist Memorial
hospital iSaturday following an
attack upon her by the ex-glrl-
frlend of the woman’s lover.
The woman told officers she
was at her boy friend’s home
when the 22-year-old ex-frlend
came by, dragged the woman
from nor car ana pagan Dew-
ing her.
The younger woman later
threw rocks at the older fe-
male, police were told.
No arrest was made In the
case.
Young CoupleHeld in
rarlraw KlinTil Ifillinn
■ rwign. ........g
Bond for Man,22,
Woman, 19, Set
At $15,000 Each
Knife is Embedded
In S.A. Man’s Skull
Police Tuesday were still quizzing two
teen-age suspects in the brutal Sunday slay-
ing of a retired air force sergeant at h l s
home, _ ,
The children of George Studynrure, 42, were
the first to see the body of their father with
a large kitchen knife embedded in the center
of his skull. the youths had to enter through
Police reported Studymlre a window,
also suffered lacerations to the Detectives at the scene had
forehead, beneath his eye and
behind his ear.
George Studymlre Jr., 19,
told police he and his brothers
and sister--Kent, 11; Maurice,
13, and Kusebla, 18--had re-
turned from shopping when they
entered their home at 5870
Branch Valley and made the
gruesome discovery.
Officers were told the house
had been locked and that one of
to use a pair of pliers to re-
move the knife from the man’s
skull.
Despite the numerous wounds
on the man’s body, police re-
ported there were no signs of
a struggle In the house.
Homicide Detective Willie
Allen said he was questioning
two youths believed connected
with the case.
Sellers Case Suspect
To Fight Extradition
The man arrested in another state, in con-
nection with the theft of a missing San Antonio
minister s car has indicated he will fight ex-
tradition of his personfrom Oklahoma to Tex-
as, a homicide detective said Tuesday.
Wayne Grice, 30, was arrested in Tale-,
quah, Okla., Friaay by Oklahoma State Bureau
May Lose
US Work
Register Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON—Three large
corporations may lose their
right to do federal contract
work If they do not compensate
workers’ losses resulting from
past discriminatory employ-
ment practices, the Labor de-
partment announced.
Lawrence Z. Lorber, direc-
tor of the Office of Federal Con-
tract Compliance Programs
(OFCCP), said the firms are
Honeywell, Inc., Kerr Glass
company and Owens-Illinois,
incorporated.
Lorber said Honeywell, In-
corporated, faces debarment
from further federal contract
work If It falls to pay female
employees over $1 million dol-
lars for alleged past discrim-
inatory employment practices.
In similar actions, Kerr
Glass company and Owens-Il-
linois, Incorporated, have been
notified that they must provide
back wages to current and for-
mer female employees who suf-
fered from past discriminatory
job practices, or face debar-
ment from federal contract
work.
Honeywell, Incorporated la
contesting a requirement that It
provide more than 2,600former
and current female workers at
Its Minneapolis, Minn., plant
with back pay to correct the
/•tirrant mttmctm at put dis-
criminatory placement and pro-
motion policies.
Negotiations to reach a set-
tlement on the back pay with
Honeywell issued failed. On
(See FIRMS, Page 3)
of Investigation agents on a
teletype warrant Issued from
Judge Jimmie Gutierrez of San
Antonio.
Grice has been charged with
the theft of a car belonging to
Henry Sellers, a San Antonio
Church of Christ minister who
has been missing for more than
a year.
Sellers’ automobile turned up
last month In Houston and au-
thorities were able to trace it
to Grice, Homicide Detective
Lt. Dave Keene reported.
Shortly after hie arrest,
Grice said he would not fight
extradition and Keene sent
Homicide Detective Sgt. Lloyd
Brown and Emilio Cavazos to
bring him to San Antonio.
Tuesday afternoon, however,
word came that Grice had
changed his mind and might
fight extradition, Homicide De-
tective Frank Castlllon said.
Castlllon added that If Grice
fought extradition lt "might take
a little longer before he’s
brought In.*
Keene earlier Indicated evi-
dence concerning Sellers was in
other parts of Oklahoma as he
had Brown and Cavazos "check-
ing out leads In some other
towns there.”
Sellers disappeared from his
home July 12, 1975, after going
to buy doughnuts. His wallet
was found a week later In Uni-
versal City and photographs
from the purse were found else-
where In the county.
Despite a large reward of-
fered by the news media through
Its Secret Witness committee,
nothing turned up until just last
month when Sellers’ 1970model
car was found In Houston.
A mechanic there bought the
oar from another man and later
checked the registration to see
lt belonged to Sellers. The
mechanic called Mrs. Sellers
from Houston and she In turn
contacted local police.
Working with Houston lawmen
officers obtained Grice's iden-
tity ttil MU i wBiiKii iimumi
for him.
FEARED DEAD
Officials fear Sellers is dead.
The fact that the Homicide
bureau and not Missing Per-
sons Is working on the case
strengthens that belief, but of-
ficially It Is not known whether
the minister Is dead.
Keene told Register he has
more information on the case,
but could not reveal lt until
after talking with Grice.
Transit Town
Meetings
Scheduled
Four town meetings have been
scheduled by the Metropolitan
Transit Authority Council ad-
visory committee to allow cit-
izens the opportunity to give
their Input on the future of tran-
sit In the area.
The public meetings will be
held r>n October 19, at the East
Side Multi Service center, 2805
East Commerce, 7:30p.m.; Oc-
tober 20, at Harlandale High
school auditorium, 7:30 p.m.;
October 21, Our Lady of the
Lake university, main build-
ing, and October 24, at Trinity
university Chapman Graduate
center auditorium, 3:30 p.m.
Committee members, ap -
pointed by city council, will use
citizen Input as the basis for a
feasibility study on transit
changes and expansion. Issues
to be discussed will be the pos-
sibility of a Metropolitan Tran-
sit authority system, a city de-
partment transit system, or a
continuation of the current
board of trustees structure.
In addition, the committee
will make recommendation to
city council on funding for ex-
panded or improved transit In
the area.
The current San Antonio
Transit System board of trus-
tees structure was established
In 1959 by a bond Indenture.
With the lost bond payment in
•imrcn, 1878, the system win
legally terminate. The Metro-
politan Transit Authority Coun-
cil advisory committee was
formed to moke recommenda-
tions to council on the future of
transit after 1978.
REV. A.C. SUTTON-
STATE PRESIDE NT--Rev.
Alexander C. "Buster" Sutton
returned home Sunday as presi-
dent of the Texas State Confer-
ence of the NAACP, defeating
incumbent president S.L. Deck-
ard Sr., another San Antonian.
Rev. Sutton, who also serves
as adviser to local NAACP
Youth council, pledged to make
the state conference number one
In the nation.
Rev. Sutton, 56, resides with
his wife, Mrs. Elma Sutton,
at 1310 Virginia boulevard.
Sutton
Wins
Election
The brother of a late state
representative returned home
Sunday as president of the Texas
State Conference of the NAACP.
Rev. Alexander C. ("Buster")
Sutton narrowly edged out the
Incumbent president, S. L.
Deckard Sr., another San An-
tonian, In the contested elec-
tion.
Rev. Sutton, 56, is the broth-
er of the late State Rep. G.J.
Sutton, District 57-E, who died
last June.
This year’s election was held
In Corpus Chrlstl. The results
of the election were announced
by Richard L. Dockery, direc-
tor of Region VI, NAACP
branches (Arkansas, Louisiana,
Oklahoma, New Mexico and
Texas).
During the campaign Rev.
Sutton pledged to make the state
NAACP number one by assist-
ing branches and communities
to build a stronger and more
active NAACP, by calling at
least three regular board meet-
ings a year with branch presi-
dents and other conference rep-
resentatives, and by working
with the treasurer and state
finance committee to present a
proper accounting of all state
conference funds to each board
meeting.
Upon his return home Rev.
Sutton declared the Immediate
priority of his administration
would be raising funds for the
national organization's battle
In Mississippi.
His seven-point outline to
carry out his action Included
a declaration to "Join the Fight"
Oct. 15-Nov. 30; encouraging
all branches to double their
memberships; asking churches
In the communities to go the
"second mile" and allow a spe-
cial drive on one Sunday; make
use of special service time «.
television and radio; use pos-
sible donated space in news-
papers and magasines; solicit
the membership of other com-
munity groups, clubs and organ-
(See SUTTON, Pegs 9)
A young couple remained in county jail
Tuesday in lieu of $15,000 bond each for the
Monday night stabbing death of a Sanders
street resident.
Accused of murdering Lawrence Johnson
are Miss Renda E. Williams, 19, 2939 Wy-
oming, and Charles F, Hood, 22, 1113 Lamar.
Johnson, 25, 318 Sanders,
was pronounced dead on ar-
rival at Robert B. Green hos-
pital with two stab wounds to
the chest.
A small pocket knife was re-
covered by police or the person
of one of the two suspects.
Police Officer Benny Johnson
reported a fight erupted between
Hood and Lawrence Johnson In
an Ice house In the 900 block
of North New Braunfels avenue.
One witness said the fight
erupted over change due fol-
lowing the purchase of a beer.
Another report said the fight
was over the beverage itself.
During the row Lawrence
Johnson reportedly struck Hood
with his fist and Hood gave
chase with a knife.
The two men ran to Hays
and St. Martin streets where
Hood caught his man and the two
of them fell to the ground.
Officer Johnson quoted Hood
as saying he "thought" he had
stabbed Lawrence Johnson after
which Miss Williams, who fol-
lowed the men outside, grabbed
the knife from him.
Miss Williams, however, told
the patrolman she, took the
knife from Hood and stabbed L.
Johnson herself, reports con-
tinued.
After the stabbing both Hood
and Miss Williams returned to
the Ice house and awaited po-
lice.
Voluntary statements were
taken from the couple and they
were booked for murder.
Johnson’s death marks the
21st homicide this year involv-
ing blacks as compared with 22
at this time last year.
Final Riles
Held for
George Bailey
Funeral services were held
Friday, Oct. 8, at Coliseum
Park Baptist church for George
Bailey of 2918 Martin Luther
King drive. Rev. Lemuel Smith,
pastor, officiated with Rev.Ed-
die Cunningham and Rev.
Charles T. Longhum assisting.
Bailey, 79, was hospitalized
for some months and succumb-
ed at Audie L. Murphy Veterans
hospital, Tuesday evening, Oct.
5.
He was a native of Eagle Lake,
Texas, born January 21, 1897,
and attended the public schools
there. After serving In World
War I, he married Miss Paul-
ette Pettus and three children
were born to this union, Katie,
Claudell, and George Edward.
After the passing of his wife
In August af 1938 ha brought
his three children to San An-
tonio to Uve with his mother,
the late Mrs. Mary Kelly.
The decedent confessed reli-
gion at an early age and be-
came an ordained deacon In
the Baptist church at the age
of $4. He had held many posi-
tions In the church during his
lifetime—president of choirs,
chairman af deacons board, su-
(See BAILEY, Page $)
Fire Hits
Murder
Suspect
Arson Investigators Wednes-
day were checking Into a fire
at the apartment of a murder
suspect.
Officials estimated $1,000
damage to the apartment of Miss
Rends E. Williams, 19, at 2939
Wyoming street. Another
$4,000 damage was listed to the
building.
Authorities found a message
written In chalk on the front
screen door of the apartment
warning the occupant to "Be
careful. Dor’t say a thing.”
Miss Williams was not home
when the fire erupted In her
bedroom. She presently re-
mains In Bexar County jail In
lieu of $15,000 bond.
Miss Williams and Charles
F. Hood, 22, 1113 Lamar, are
both charged with the Monday
night stabbing death of Law-
rence Johnson, 25, 318 Sanders
street.
Police found Sanders at St.
Martin and Hays streets with
two stab wounds In the chest.
He died en route to Robert B.
Green hospital.
Police reports quoted both
Miss Williams and Hood as say-
ing they each stabbed Johnson.
The fire In Miss Williams’
apartment was discovered by
Mrs. Eddie Smith, a neighbor
at 2941 Wyoming upstairs, who
was awakened by the smell of
smoke.
Mrs. Smith and her daughter,
Angela, five, fled the apart-
ment house while her husband
called firemen.
Officials said the Smiths'
apartment sustained smoke
damage.
Won’t
Prosecute
A 55-year-old man refused
to prosecute a gun wlelder who
shot hlir. In the abdomen Satur-
day evening.
Jesse Helghes, 55, 206 Lin-
colnshire, was treated at Bap-
tist Memorial hospital for a
bullet wound suffered by him
while he was at Walters and
Montana streets.
Witnesses told police they
saw Helghes and another man
scuffling moments before
Helghes was shot.
Helghes named his assailant
to Detective Joe Medina, but
told the officer he would not
file a complaint against him.
Medina sold Helghes signed
a waiver at the hospital stating
he did not wish to file against
the gunman.
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