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~__ .. {Mount Clineing in Space Belew Action May Be Spreading O: EGCO Cont y XOLENE HODGES | ‘DCOUCH Siriking Mexican - American s:udents at Edeouch-Elsa Higa School clunaxed 2 daviong § demot stration Thursday night with 2 rally in front of the campus apdioriam. Xavier Ram:rez. a senior who Pee er) eres member neags it aN _ aement “student committee” leading the revolt. claimed as many a5 200 jeft classes. The last report from schol | authorities indicated 136 were, absent. There was na official | support” count on how many had been: suspended due to the walkaul. ————— {Additional Pg. Alz} uc surigla Villarreal a memter * of the student commitire. said she had talked by telephoge vith Sen. Ralph Yarborouga ncerning the school situation. he said he told her to write im concemung the complainis. | A group of Weslaco students} joined im the = rally. The | spokesman for the Weslaco) Froup identified himself a3} ion Hinojosa. 1 Other speakers included Abel; Ochoa. Hidalgn County PASO: president who told the students; they lad the “100 per cent of PASO. Ocho an: nounced earlier in the week it: to the - * would be PASO's policy to offer; The group said it is protesung | legal aid to students expelled, disctimination and conditions IN for demonstrating. cos Ramirez said the demnn-! straiors would be back on the! campus at 8 am. the district as well as therincipal Mi. L Pipkin ~ eatie failure of the schoo! board to cali a special cession to hear student demand» et Cars Line Highwar ‘ ‘Tre Thursday night _at-! endance was estimated at more: tan 1.0m. 6% and trucks, filed = the sa paring spaces and tinny aoth sides of the divided hignway im front of the school. Adult education ciasses normally held Thursday mghts at the high school sere cajled facully meeting to discus . $verall situation and strategy for today. “We will coatinue to have school as m@ruch as possible,” Pipkin said, ‘and will, check thé afternoon attendance most carefully." He said the demonstrators generally are from the average and lower section academically se and on - participants as far as athletics «and = extra off, presumably because of te=-—=""“Some are trouble m gathering. ~QAd sOme are pot,” he said... Ne) Piplos also announced ovit the loud speaker that studerts walking out would **ynquestionably be expelled" thé schoo] board. ‘ollowing {ne noon hour, he Instructed teachers to check Audeéents the al. As buses left the school at gan joining . ecoasraters + VISTA workers and /Pan América College and advisi TMirsday A tn Ra ed aaa es etreiyily for class members Pege One wio might havé returned after ° sessions. Students in the classi] Harlingen, Texas boycott at 8 a.m. became more(| —. unruly 2s the day wore on, elapping and chanting as they, marched closer and closer to the building, sometimes |} —— shouting to those Inside. Hidalgo Cousty Sheriff E. E. Vickers told is deouties to stay} away from the area. 2 pele high schow is located Date: §=21/15/68 ween the cities of Edcou Edition: and Elsa. and therefore out of Awthor: One only ihe jursdiction of city police. j However, Police Chief Eloy; Editor: Zavala of Elsa and Chief Er-| Title: Héste Olivarez of Edcouch ere . 66 the scent most of the time 48 the évent trouhie broke out. State highway patroimen were eetett in thé arta frequeatly ring er : leamticetion: 62-3769 ting Office; Being laveatiansiod —