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NO PROGRESS
WITHOUT STRUGGLE
*H there la no struggle, there
la no profrv*> Those who
profess to favor freedom, and
jwt depreciate agitation, arc
man who want cropa without
ploughing up the ground...Power
concedes nothing without a
demand. It never did and never
will.*
--Frederick Douglass
Sat* Antonio Register
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VOLUME 45, NUMBER 48
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1977
IT'S YOUR NEWSPAPER
EMS TECHS TREAT VICTIM--Two unidentified EMS technicians aid Paul Zlegler, 25, 421 Dakota,
while en route to Bexar County hospital. Zlegler told police early Monday a man machinegunned him
In a park. Late Tuesday he was reported in fair condition.
--Photo courtesy Express-News Corp.
SA Man
Machine
Gunned
A 25-year-old Dakota atreet
man told police another man
used a machlnegun on him Mon-
day following an argument over
a ring,
Paul Zlegler. 421 Dakota,
managed to avoid being hit by
all but one of the bullets which
ripped through his lower abdo-
men.
Monday afternoon Bexar
County hospital authorities re-
ported him In fair condition.
Zlegler told officers he met
a man known only as "Moe"
at Pecan Valley park on the
city's southeast side where they
argued over a ring.
"Moe" brandished a ma-
chlnegun and opened fire on
Zlegler, police were told. Af-
ter wounding the man, the as-
sailant and an accomplice
placed Zlegler in a car and
drove to Martin Luther King
driver where they dumped Zleg-
ler.
Zlegler managed to flag down
a motorist who drove him to a
fire station in the 1400 block
of East Commerce street.
There EMS technicians treat-
ed Zlegler, then rushed him
to the county hospital.
NABM
Receives
Grant
Register Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON—The Office of
Minority Business Enterprise
(MBE), an agency of the U.S.
Department of Commerce, has
renewed its grant to tlu> Na-
tional Association of Black
Manufacturers NABM for an-
other year.
Alex Armendarls, OMBE di-
rector, announced the grant of
9228,030 on January 24, prior
to his resignation to enter pri-
vate business. The grant will
ran for a 12-month period be-
ginning on March 11. Armen-
darls and Eugene Baker, NABM
president, signed the grant re-
cently in Washington, D.C.
Under the terms of the grant,
NABM will continue serving as
a trade association for minority
manufacturing firms exchang-
ing technical Information, con-
ducting market surveys, devel-
oping common arcmntlnr oro-
(See GRANT, Page 3)
Steals from
Salvation
Army
Police arrested a 44-
year-old Chlckerlng street
man Tuesday evening for
stealing clothea from aSal-
vatlon Army poet.
Police Officer G.E. Wea-
ver said he spotted the man
breaking into the building
at Pecan Valley and Dollar-
hide avenues. He moved
two bundles of clothes and
placed the Items in his car.
Jail officials Wednesday
reported the suspect had
been released under aper-
sonal recognizance bond.
Jobs,Back
Pay Won
In KC
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - The
Department of Justice has ob-
tained a consent decree requir-
ing the Kansas City, Kansas,
Board of Public Utilities to ex-
pand the hiring and promotion
of black employees and to pay
$185,000 to victims of discrim-
ination.
Attorney General Griffin B.
Bell said the decree was filed
In U.S. District court In Kan-
sas City, Kansas, resolving an
employment discrimination suit
filed on January 29, 1976.
The suit charged that the five-
member Board of Public Utili-
ties violated the Civil Rights
act of 1964 by pursuing prac-
tices that discriminated against
black employees and Job appli-
cants.
At that time, the board had
about 918 employees, of whom
138, or 15 per cent, were black.
The decree permanently en-
joins the board from racial dis-
crimination In employment
practices and from retaliating
against any person Involved in
the Justice department Inves-
tigation.
The board agreed In the de-
cree to establish a long-term
goal of achieving throughout
its work force a ratio of black
and white employeea approx-
imating the racial composi-
tion of the labor force of the
city.
Blacks currently represent
about 18.6 per cent of the Kan-
sas City, Kansas, civilian la-
bor force.
To reach the long-term goal,
the board agreed to seek to fill
50 per cent of all vacancies
with qualified blacks In each
(See KC, Page 3)
SA Man Killed When
Auto Slams into Tree
Suspect Held in 1976
Sex Assault of Boy
Hatcher
Attacks
Woman
A hatchet-wleldlng man at-
tacked a west side woman Sun-
day morning on the city's east
side.
Ms. Mary Ann Owens, 22,
2209 West Poplar street, es-
caped serious injury, and was
treated for a two-Inch gash on
her right arm.
Police Officer George Cas-
teneda Jr. said Ms. Owens re-
fused to go into details about
the attack.
The woman would only say
she was at Brooks andSherman
streets shortly before 12:30
Sunday morning when the man
attacked her, Casteneda said.
Ms. Owens went to Robert B.
Green hospital by a private ve-
hicle and personnel there con-
tacted police.
The woman said she did not
know the man's name, but that
she could recognize him, po-
lice said.
Officials
Institute Set
For Austin
AUSTIN—A minority elected
officials Institute will be held
In Austin Friday and Saturday
March 11 and 12 at Hur'.on-
Tlllotson college. Meetings
begin at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the
Agard-Lovlnggood building.
Elected minority officials
from all over the state will be
In attendance.
Ben McDonald, executive di-
rector of the Texas Department
of Community Affairs, a speak-
er for the Institute, stated that
one of the goals of TMA Is to
assist local elected officials In
every way possible.
TDCA and Huston-Tlllotson
college are co-sponsors of the
Institute.
The purpose of the Institute
Is to acquaint officials with the
government budgetary process.
Topics for the Institute are
capital and operating budgets,
projecting and collecting rev-
enue, and state resources avail-
able to local officials.
Other speakers for the In-
stitute will be Rep. Craig Wash-
ington, Rep. Mat Garcia, Rep.
Gonzalos Barrlentoe, Rep.Sar-
ah Weddlngton, Rep. Wllhelmlna
Delco, Rep. Anthony Hall, Rep.
Mickey Leland and Rep. Paul
Ragsdale.
Coordinators for the Insti-
tute are Dr. Harriet Murphy
H-TC government professor/
coordinator, Ma. Sally Kllgore,
H-TC director of social science
(See AUSTIN, Page 3)
Solon
Blasts
Governor
Homicide detectives filed a_ complaint of
aecravated sexual abuse of a child against a
15-year-old Wheatlev Heights area youth on
March 4 in the Nov, 10, 19 <6, assault of a 12-
Xhe°assauilt victim identified his assail-
ant's picture from a mug line-up, police said.
Officers said the youth posi-
tively Identified his attacker,
saying "That's him! That's
him! I'd know that face any-
where!"
On the afternoon of the at-
tack, the boy had been walking
through Martin Luther King
park when an older youth at-
tacked him and forced him into
some bushes.
Behind the bushes the older
youth struck the boy over the
head with a rock, tore his
clothes and sexually assaulted
him.
Two passers-by found the
badly bruised, blood-soaked boy
wandering on the roadway.
Officers searched the neigh-
borhood for a youth fitting the
description given, but failed to
find him.
The victim gave police a new
lead In the case, however, dur-
ing the week of the stock show
and rodeo. The boy and his
father attended the carnival and
by chance happened to see the
suspected rapist and another
youth on the grounds.
One Case
Leads to
Another
The boy pointed out his at-
tacker to his father and inform-
ed his dad that the second youth
was a student at the same
schoul the victim attended.
The father later contacted the
school's principal In order to
learii the Identity of the two
subjects. After getting the in-
formation he wanted, he noti-
fied police.
Homicide Detective Eddie
Plnchback talked to the sus-
pected youth's parents and had
the teenager brought to police
headquarters for questioning.
After being informed of his
rights and the accusation
against him, the youth allowed
his picture to be taken.
Mier the victim positively
Identified the suspect's picture
from a row of others, Pinch
prepared his case against the
teenager.
The older boy denied being
Involved in any homosexual ac-
tivity and denied knowing the
victim, police reported.
The suspect was released to
his parents.
Man
Escapes
One burglary case led to
another Wednesday morn-
ing and police Jailed three
south slders in connection
with the theft of a $48 bat-
tery.
Booked were Tim L. Gil-
lespie, 17, 278 East Mitch-
ell; Luther Harris, 22, 401
Montrose, and William Le-
Blancl, 29, 7131 Oaklawn.
The three were jailed for
the burglary of a vehicle
and theft of a battery from
the vehicle in the 400 block
of North Olive street.
Police listed the owner's
name as James A. Moore,
42, 420 North Olive.
Police Officer Rogello
Guerra nabbed the three in
the 1700 block of East
Houston street reportedly
burglarizing a business.
While the suspects' ve-
hicle was being checked,
officers found a battery
Moore had reported stolen
earlier.
Trap
An apparent setup for a North
Pine street resident, Saturday
afternoon, failed when the vic-
tim managed to escape a volley
of shots.
James Mitchell,30,319North
Pine, did, however, suffer
scratches and bruises he re-
ceived while Jumping a fence to
escape the gunman.
Mitchell told police a woman
called him and told him to come
to a home in the 100 block of
Vargas street.
when Mitchell arrived at the
address, another man met him,
armed with a gun. The man
reportedly told Mitchell he had
been looking for him "for a
long time,*
Mitchell said he fled the house
with the gunman in pursuit,
(See TRAP, Page 3)
AHS SOLDIER OF YEAR—Major General CharlesC. Pixley(left),
superintendent, Academy of Health Sciences, US Army, presents
a Certificate oI Achievement to Specialist Four Kelvin D. Williams
for his selection as the AHS Soldier of the Year (E-4 and below)
for 1976. Specialist Williams also received a three-day pass and
a $100 US Savlnga Bond.
AUSTIN -- Representa-
tive Craig A. Washington,
D-Houston, has criticized
Governor Dolph Briscoe
for the absence of Black
appointees to the twenty-
three newly created dis-
trict courts in Texas.
•The governor's action
further perpetrates the
alienation of Blacks from
the Judicial system in Tex-
as. Although 40 per cent
of all the defendants going
before these newly created
courts will be Black, the
governor failed to appoint
any Black judges to these
positions." The governor's
action reflects a callous-
ed insensltivlty to the needs
and problems of the Black
community," Washington
said.
'Little Rock 9'
Member Tapped
By Carter
WASHINGTON--A member of
the "Little Rock Nine" and the
first black to be graduated from
Central High school, Ernest G.
Green will be nominated to be
assistant secretary of labor for
employment and training, Pres-
ident Jimmy Carter has an -
nounced.
As chief officer of the U.S.
Department of Labor's Employ-
ment and Training adminis-
tration, Green will be in charge
of programs involving job train-
ing and placement, public serv-
ice, unemployment insurance,
apprenticeship and work Inven-
tives.
The nomination requires Sen-
ate confirmation.
Green, 35, has been execu-
tive director of the Recruit-
ment and Training program
(R-T-P, Inc.) and a predeces-
sor organization since 1967.
R-T-P, Inc., a contractor
under the Department of La-
bor's Apprenticeship Outreach
program, has played a key role
in placement of minority group
members and women in appren-
tlceable occupations. Under
Green's leadership the organ-
ization grew from a small of-
fice in the Bedford-Stuyvesant
section of Brooklyn to Its pres-
ent 49 offices in 18 states.
After graduating from Cen-
tral High school In 1958, Green
attended Michigan State uni-
versity where he received bach-
elor of arts (1962) and master
of arts (1964) degrees.
Green has written widely on
youth employment, apprentice-
ship and affirmative action and
has lectured at a number of
leading universities.
His affiliations Include:
NAACP; American Civil Lib-
erties Union; New York Urbar.
League; board of director.,
Hudson Guild; National Council
of Employment Policy; Federal
Committee on Apprenticeship;
board of directors, National
Rural Center; Steering commit-
tee, National Urban Coalition;
board of directors, Manpower
Demonstration Research cor-
poration; and Industrial Rela-
tions Research association. He
has been chairman of the United
Neighborhood Houses Manpow-
er committee and president of
the U.S. Youth Council.
Green has received the J.D,
Rockefeller Outstanding Public
Service award, the A. Philip
Randolph award of the Negro
Trade Union Leadership Coun-
(See MEMBER, Page 3)
Death is First
Black Traffic
Fatality of Year
Funeral services were held, Monday, in
St. Fhilip s Episcopal church, for James £u-
■jene ("Jimmy ) Brown, 50, who died instant-
y on Thursday evening, March 3, when the
automobile he' was driving, slammed into a
tree at North New Braunfels avenue and Blue
Bonnet street.
*
Dead on arrival at the down-
town Baptist Memorial hospi-
tal, from Internal chest injuries
suffered in the crash, Brown
became San Antonio's first
black traffic fatality for 1977.
A native of Georgetown,
where he was born in 1928, the
decedent had, Interruptedly,
made his home in San Antonio
for a number of years. Having
first come here with his fam-
ily in his early youth, he at-
tended the local public schools
and graJuated from Phillis
Wheatley High school. After
high school he did his college
studies at Kansas State uni-
versity and, upon completion
of his studies there, returned
to his native state and child-
hood home
A gifted singer with a re-
markably clear and beautiful
tenor voice, Brown was, for
several years, associated with
several popular local music
aggregations as a featured vo-
calist and was extremely pop-
ular in the entertainment realm.
Still later, he was to travel
extensively with the George
Hudson orchestra and the wide-
ly known "Wings Over Jordan"
group.
Upon his return to San An-
tonio he had apparently put the
"entertainment world,"inwhich
he had played such a success-
ful role, in the background of
his -ttfe\ -However, with the
same enthusiasm and just as
dedlcatedly, he was to give of
his great talent to still another
segment of community life--
the church. And, for James
Brown, that meant anybody's
church that might find itself
in need of either a vocalist or
an augment to its choir.
While many churches were
to benefit from his services,
perhaps St. Philip's was the
greatest beneficiary of all. Be-
cause of his long service rec-
ord there, most of the mem-
bers felt that no matter what
his church affiliation, he "be-
longed" to St. Philip's. Indeed,
even at the time of his death,
he was collaborating with his
long-time close friend and com-
panion, St. Philip's former
choirmaster, James Hopkins,
for special sacred music for
the approaching Easter season.
Brown had only recently--
within the past two weeks--re-
turned to San Antonio after a
brief sojourn In Georgetown,
where he spent approximately
two months with his 91-year-
old grandmother, Mrs. LUlle
Thomas, while transacting
some family business.
A former employee of a local
chain food store, Brown had,
within a few days of his death,
accepted reemployment with the
firm and, the evening of his
tragic accident was to have been
his first on the new Job.
Appropriately Brown's eu-
logy was given by a long-time
friend, fellow entertainer and
former employer, Don Albert.
Interment was made In Mea-
dow lawn Memorial Park with
funeral arrangements under the
direction of the Lewis Funeral
Home.
In addition to his grandmoth-
er, other survivors Include his
(See TREE, Page 3)
2 Girls
Reported
Raped
Two girls, aged 13 and 14,
told police two young men ab-
ducted them and took turns
raping them early Tuesday in
a Loma Park Heights apart-
ment.
The girls said they were
leaving a friend's apartment
Monday night when a car oc-
cupied by two man followed
them.
The car neared the girls and
a passenger got out and forced
them into the vehicle, police
were told.
The driver of the car then
drove to an auto parts store
where his passenger bought a
can of spray paint. Then they
went to an apartment complex
in the 300 block of Loma Park.
Inside one of the apartments,
the men reportedly raped each
of the girls at knifepoint, then
exchanged partners.
During the attack, the young-
er girl managed to flee and
contacted Police Officer Daniel
Ramirez in the 3000 block of
Culebra.
Ramirez and back-up offi-
cers converged on the apart-
ment in time to spot the two
suspects fleeing, but the rapists
managed to make good their
escape.
Homicide Detective Barbara
Niemann was still searching
for the men on Wednesday.'
Minorities
To Get OJT
Training
Register Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON -- Minority
group persons and veterans will
be among the more than 570
unemployed persoiis who will
be trained as painters, decor-
ators and drywall workers or
prepared to enter apprentice-
ship In these trades, Secretary
of Labor Ray Marshall has an-
nounced.
Under a $".06,980 contract,
the National Joint Painting,
Decorating Drywall Appren-
ticeship and Training commit-
tee, a labor-management or-
ganization, has contracted to
prepare 252 paintera, decora-
tors and drywall workers to
enable them to attain qualified
craft worker status In the nalnt-
(See TRAINING, Page 3)
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