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Cesar Chavez — Part 1
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FORT STOCKTON (Suif) —
Thirteen persons, including
United Farm Workers union
sympathizers and two Austin
ae * men who were filming @
a documentary, were arrested by
wea Heeves and Pecos County
"; sheriff's deputies on a private
“troad-agout three miles
, Southeast of Coynosa this
r . morning in the third straight
eg Gay of flareups between
“llawmen and tnicn
mitt y cumpathivers,
“Peace Justice Tillie Colk of
“ort Stockton was expected ts
rave charges of criminal
srespass filled with ber against
he 13 persons and ponds af $400
jon each person were expected
‘to be sot later today. |
Pecos County Sheriff Pete
, Ten Cyck said that the 13 were
ai arrested shortly after 7 a.m.
“2” ZE4 today on a private road at the
ws dim Burkholder farm after the
:’_’ [svimpathizers got out of their
fF . [cars un preparation to talk to
{ canta.oupe pickers working in
rel the fields nearby, .
Ten Fuck eaid the 12 were.
yer a
arrested * ‘as soon as they go’.
jut ci their cars.’
Jim Harrington, an attomey
wi from Hidalgo who has been
observing the union action for
. the past several days, said the
~ the past severa: cays, said wae
"ft lawmen “pushed around’’ those
k arrested before loading them
EB into the seven or eight patrot
Fe cars sent to the scene.
= Among those arrested were
=a Roger Manne and Andy Snyder,
memuvers of an Austin crew
“iilming the action for a
docunivnialy.—. ..0 CO
ce nt ee ae cl i Aa
“They grabbed hold of them
and look Hoger's tape recorder
away from him,” Harrington
said, though he believes the
camera Was not confiscated.
Ten Eyck said no recording
_ or filming equipment was
confiscated | but did: say two men
“who were down there filming
everything,’ were arrested
along with the 11 others.
Harrington said two juvenile
girls were also arrested, but
Ton Eyck Gebied ie charge,
« ‘They were picked up in the
riddle of a public road, as soon
ds they got our of their cars.”
Harrington said. "They didn't
have time to do anything." *
Ten Eyck said the road was @
private drive to the Burkholder
Farm.
Harrington said the Jawmen
were “devided about evenly”
between Reeves and Pecos
County deputies, but Ten Eyck
said most of the men were from
Pecos County and ‘‘only a
couple” were from Reeves
County,
Dernties In both countias
eset Bis bi
have been taking tough stand
against the demonstrators after
27 persons including eight
juveniles were arrested early
Wednesday on a farm near-
: Verhalen, sauth af Daane in
SGuln Of ectog
Reeves County.
All 27 have been released,
with lhe Tast 16 being reiéasad
LAKVOWN MEMBERS OF UNITED FARM WORKERS UNION
From the Odessa~American July 25,
on _bonds by Odessa attorney
Warren Burnett ‘Thursday.
Burnett has been retained to
defend all those arrested and
said today that be or someone
froma his office will be driving
te Pecos this morning. |
Ten Eyck said ‘there w
workers out in the fields" this
morning “but aone of them
came over eat what was
oing on” w e 13 persons
gore arrestad,
Uarrington said two ur bree!
of the persons arrested this
Morning were arrested in th
group of 27 persons Wednesda
and had just been released from
igil Thursday,
oa ae
Ten Eyck satd he didn't know
if any of those arrested in his
county this morning had been
arre-téd before or pa
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