San Antonio Register (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, June 6, 1975 Page: 3 of 10
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FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1975
SAN ANTONIO REGISTER
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Fireman
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dovotlon to duty.
•Mayor Cockrell and this
City council cart about cur
6,900 city omployooa. Wo
oapoclally cart about Flre-
flfhtor Billy Hayto today, who
hat set a high example of
leadership in hit performance
of duty aa a city employee.*
Hayes joined the City of San
Antonio Oct. 19, 1971 as a
mechanic's helper in the Fire
department, a position funded
under the federal Emergency
Employment act. He later
successfully took and passed
the rigid Fire department en-
trance examination and be-
came a probationary Fire-
fighter April 3, 1973,
Holmes-
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with the civil service commis-
sion of which he remained a
faithful employee for 30 years.
Holmes’ survivors, besides
his widow, Include three broth-
ers, O.W., Robert, and Willie
Holmoa; a sister, Mrs. Rosa
Callles, and numerous nieces
and nephews.
Rev. C.J, Foster officiated
at the funeral.
Suburb
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ployoes with the exception of
those in the Detroit school
district.
As a condition to receiving
revenue-sharing funds, Gov-
ernor Mllllken signed an as-
surance stating that no pro-
gram aided by those funds
would be operated in a dis-
criminatory manner, the suit
•aid.
On November 19, 1974, the
suit said, Governor Mllllken
was notified by the Office of
Revenue Sharing that the use
of revenue-sharing funds for
the public school retirement
system on behalf of Ferndale
School district employees was
“tangible funding or assistance
and support of a racially dis-
criminatory program in vio-
lation. ..of the act.”
The state was asked to bring
the Ferndale district into com-
pliance with nondiscrimination
provisions of the Revenue
Sharing act within 60 days,
the suit added.
Michigan refused to take the
necessary action, the suit said,
and last February 19 the di-
rector of the Office of Revenue
Sharing requested the attorney
general to take civil action
against the state.
The suit said the practices
of the defendants have denied
equal protection of the laws
and equal educational oppor-
tunity to black students and
faculty in the Ferndale elem-
entary schools in violation of
Title II of the Equal Education-
al Opportunity act of 1974,
commitments made under the
Revenue Sharing act, and the
14th amendment’s equal pro-
tection provisions.
The suit asked the court to
prohibit the defendants from
operating a racially segregat-
ed school system and to re-
quire them to bring the Fern-
dale district into compliance
with federal law and the 14th
amendment.
The court was also asked
to prohibit the state defendants
from permitting racial dis-
crimination In the operation of
any program funded with rev-
enue-sharing money.
Accident-
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possibility of filing charges
against the owner of the gun
who reportedly loaned the
weapon to the boy.
Senior-
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7402 South New Braunfels ave-
nue.
Zarxamora Service center,
4719 South Zarxamora street.
Barrio Betterment and De-
velopment corporation, 314
Merida street.
The four city offices are
open weekdays from 7:49 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. Barrio Better-
ment and Development offices
are open weekdays from 8 a.m.
to 9 p.m.
“Last year, officials of Bar-
rio Betterment and Develop-
ment corporation volunteered
to help In canvassing areas of
the city, assisting eligible
homeowners to apply for the
tax exemption,* Gordon noted.
“They will be assisting us
again this year through their
main antes ana enrougn vol-
unteers going house to house.*
Senior citizens who own and
reside on property within the
boundaries of both the City of
San Antonio and San Antonio
Independent School district
may be eligible for homestead
tax exemptions from both par-
ties, Gordon noted.
SADD presently grants a
$3,000 homestead tax exemp-
tion to qualified senior clt-
lsen homeowners who meet the
same criteria as that laid down
by the city.
Registration for the city
exemption also applies for the
school district In such cases
Gordon said.
Inquiries about the home-
stead exemption for the eld-
erly may be directed to the
City Treasury office at 228-
9611.
Bigger-
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one low income allowance or
percentage standard deduction.
The third group which should
review Its withholding Includes
employees who now claim addi-
tional withholding allown acts
due to large Itemised deduc-
tions. Under the now with-
holding rules, some of these
employees may no longer be
entitled to as many withhold-
ing allowances for large Item-
ized deductions as they are
now claiming.
New Form W-4 “employees
withholding Allowance Certi-
ficate* and Circular E “em-
ployers Tax Guide* are avail-
able at IRS offices.
Cafe-
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and integrated groups.
Attorney General Edward H.
Levi said the suit, filed In
United States District court in
Shreveport, is against Rufus
L. Jones, owner of the Travel-
ers Cafe in Pine Prairie.
The suit said Jones had de-
nied blacks and whites accom-
panied by blacks the same
services given white persons.
It said such a practice vio-
lates the public accommoda-
tions section of the Civil Rights
act of 1964.
Assistant Attorney General
J. Stanley Pottlnger, head of
the Civil Rights division, said
the suit asks the court to pro-
hibit Jones from refusing to
admit and serve blacks and
integrated groups on the same
basis as whites only, and to
toll the public his cafe is open
to everyone.
Parents-
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Vital Statistics window of the
Metropolitan Health district,
131 West Nueva street, for
children born in Bexar county.
Dr. Jerry Newton stresses
that obtaining the two sets of
records during the summer
months will help avoid last-
minute difficulties at registra-
tion time in August.
Foundation
Awards $1,000
Scholarship
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Rhonda
B. West, 18, valedictorian of the
318-member senior class at
Southeast High School here,
has won the first $1,000 col-
lege scholarship to be awarded
to a black student for academic
achievement by the Foundation
for a Greater Kansas City.
Miss West, a drum major-
ette, musician and Girl Scout
troop leader, earned a grade
point average of 4.74 out of a
possible 9 points during her
senior year. She has applied
for admission to Stanford, Yale
and the University of Missouri
to study mathematics and com-
puter sciences.
Charles E. Curry, president
of the foundation and of the
Chamber of Commerce of
Greater Kansas City, said she
was selected as the finalist
among 13 high school seniors
nominated by principals of the
11 Greater Kansas City high
schools with black enrollment.
Miss West is the daughter of
Gwendolyn West, 6740 College
avenue, Kansas City, Mo.
The scholarship was estab-
lished in cooperation of the
Kansas City chamber and the
local chapter of the Southern
Christian Leadership confer-
ence. Funding for the schol-
arship was provided by the
H and R Block foundation of
Kansas City. Selection was
made by a committee of eight
person representing the
SCLC, the chamber and edu-
cational-technical institutions
in the Kansas City area.
Miss West was the winner
M ill* «• 11 wpiiiee ior outstand-
ing musicianship at Southeast.
She also was secretary of the
school’s symphonic and jazz
bands and president of the
Spanish club. She is a mem-
ber of St. James Gregory
United Methodist church, sings
in Its chotr and Is president
of its Youth Friendship organ-
isation.
Cities,County Charged
With Discrimination
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- - The Departweig of
Justice has filed a civil suit charging Bir-
mingham, Alabama, Jefferson county, ana
other cities in the county with discriminating
against black persons and women in govern-
m Attorney General Edward H. Levi said the
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employment discrimination
suit was filed in United States
District court In Birmingham
to enforce the nondiscrimina-
tion provision of the Revenue
Sharing act of 1973.
The defendants Include Jef-
ferson county and Its three
commissioners, the county
personnel beard and its three
members and director, the
county health department and
its health officer, the Birming-
ham Park and Recreation board
and Its director, and the 13
cities and their mayors.
The cities are Bessemer,
Birmingham, Fairfield. Ful-
tondale, Gardendale, Home-
wood, Hueytown, Midfield,
Mountain Brook, Pleasant
Grove, Tarrant, and Vestavla
Hills.
The suit said the public em-
ployers have followed a policy
of hiring and assigning employ-
ees on the basis of race and
sex, with black and women
employees being hired for and
assigned to the less desirable
and generally lowerpaylngjobs
with the least opportunity for
advancement.
Although black persons rep-
resented 33 per cent of Jef-
ferson county’s population In
1970, a smaller percentage of
blacks held jobs in the county
and municipal governments in
recent years.
The county departments of
highways employed 629 white
men, 49 black men, six white
women, and no black women.
The Birmingham police de-
partment employed 628 white
men, 34 black men, 89 white
women, and 28 black women.
The 11 other cities had only
19 blacks among their 806 clas-
sified employees.
White men, the suit said,
have been employed and given
the better positions that usual-
ly paid more and had bettor
chances for promotion.
The suit further charged that
the public employers:
--Denied blacks and women
the same conditions of employ-
ment as given white men.
--Discharged blacks on an
unequal basis with whites.
--Segregated blacks in work
assignments.
--Used qualifications, tests,
and other standards for hiring
and promotion that have a dis-
proportionately adverse effect
on blacks and women, even
though these procedures have
not been shown to predict suc-
cessful job performance.
The suit said these practices
violate the civil rights act of
1964, the Revenue Sharing act,
and the law authorizing grants
by the Law Enforcement As-
sistance administration.
The suit asked the court to
prohibit the defendants from
refusing to recruit, hire, as-
sign, and promote black appli-
cants and employees on an
equal basis with whites, and
women on the same basis with
men.
It further asked that the de-
fendants be required to elim-
inate qualifications, tests, and
other standards not shown to
be job related which dispro-
portionately exclude blacks and
women.
The suit also asked the court
to require the defendants to
compensate any black or wom-
an job applicant or employee,
past or present, who has been
harmed by the alleged unlaw-
ful employment practices.
In addition, the suit asked
that the defendants be directed
to:
--Conduct a recruitment
program to tell potential black
and women employees of jobs
opportunities available with
the county, cities, and agen-
cies named as defendants.
—Establish valid tests or
other selection standards that
are sufficiently objective to
prevent continuing discrimina-
tion against blacks and women
in hiring practices.
—Hire qualified blacks and
women and assign and promote
qualified blacks and women to
Jobe formerly closed to them
in sufficient numbers to over-
come the effects of alleged
past dlscrlmlnatorv policies.
Assistant Attorney General
J. Stanley Pottlnger, bead of
the Civil Rights division, said
this is the first Justice depart-
ment suit that has charged a
county and most of the cities
in It with employment dis-
crimination.
The Justice department has
previously filed employment
discrimination suits against
the cities of Montgomery, Ala-
bama; Jackson, Mississippi;
Memphis, Tennessee; and Tel -
lahaseee, Florida.
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EstateFirms
Under Fire
CHICAGO—The Department
of Justice has filed a civil suit
charging that five real estate
firms in the Chicago suburbs
engaged in racially discrimi-
natory housing practices to
preserve the racial character
of some areas.
Attorney General Edward H.
Levi said the housing discrimi-
nation suit was filed in United
States District court in Chlca-
6®.
Named as defendants were
Bear - Harps Realty, Inc., La
Mantis Realty, and Sells Real-
ty, all of Berwyn, and Home
Realty and Twin City Realty,
both of Cicero.
The suit said the firms ob-
tain listings and sell homes
located in Berwyn and Cicero
as well as In one or more of
the suburban communities of
Lyons, North Riverside,
Riverside, and Stickney—allot
which are virtually all-white.
The suit charged that the
firms violated the Fair Housing
act of 1968 by making homes
unavailable because of race and
by making statements Indicat-
ing a racial preference in the
sale of homes.
It also said the firms steer-
ed persons to homes in certain
areas and away from other
areas because of race, and
misrepresented that homes
were not available.
The purpose and effect of
these practices has been to
preserve the racial character
of some communities, partic-
ularly Berwyn, Cicero, Lyons,
North Riverside, Riverside,
and Stlckney, and to cause ra-
cial transition in racially
integrated suburbs, particul-
arly Broadview, Maywood, and
Oak Park, the suit said.
Assistant Attorney General
J. Stanley Pottlnger, head of
the Civil Rights division, said
the suit asked the court to
prohibit the firms from violat-
ing the Fair Housing act.
It also asked the court to
require the defendants to cor-
rect their alleged discrimina-
tory practices.
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FAYETTVILLE, N.C.—The
Department of Juetlcehae filed
a civil ault charging the owner
of a Fayetteville, North Carol-
ina, swimming club with re-
fusing to admit blacks.
Attorney General Edward H.
Levi said the ault, filed in
United States District court in
Fayetteville, wee against Gra-
ham C, Moody Sr., owner and
operator of the Lake Pines
Swim club.
The suit said Moody dis-
criminated against blacks by
denying them the use of club
services available to whites,
thereby violating the public
accommodations section of the
CivU Righto act of 1964.
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J. Stanley Pottlnger, head of
tM civil iiri-ic=, ssi-
the ault asked the court to
prohibit Moody from refusing
blacks the use of the club’s
recreational facilities.
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quired to make all club sarv-
lcea available to blacks on the
seme basis as they are to
others end to Inform the public
of his nondlacrlminatory poli-
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