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a ( cd the eng of the day. ane Inad!Their | parents of non -ostrining pupi's inwered! muitant. their Reade and covered their At leat one pares! told school faces at the vehicle P2ssedjactharities he was keeping his demonstraters in an effective’ child at home hecaice he didn't protest of their own, wanl her “endancered" by the A group of the students in walkout. . tnived in the walkout crawled Hit Where # , tends to disrupt, interfere with. mio a big Ted stake - bed truck re Haris “for create warest or dissension” late in the afternoon aad headed’ Students involved said the! |among the student body. for Weslaco. It kad been walkout would “hit the School | Ramirez said the demon- Fumored the group would de‘where it hurts." cutting down! monsirate in Weslaco. ithe average daily attendance on’ ‘the school board refused to call The truck drove around' waren cafe (un i= are avovatel, several streets in the downtown’ Union, PASO. VISTA and! ewes -amore *@-Palsion of students fa- the der ; Wa nOurs semester. | Students, the .jfor any night to hear his group's list area and appeared to he headed Texas Correil of Churches! [of 18 “demands” and two for the morthside plaza park. Zant ministry represen-: [PeCommendations. Police Kept them under sur. it.es slaved ‘away from|] — _—sMeet Morday veillaace, {Tau:~fay so mernung’s demon-}{ Billie Cellum. board Instead of going to ‘\e park. Strela, They have been ad- [presidéent, toid the Spokesman trustees would listen to the complaints at a regular meeung set for & p.m. Monday. He said a full board could not be present before that time. ihe young penple stopped at a Gr'ssing meetings held tw the Kansas Street residence. Powce;s1écets in the last two weeks, | 07k Bo action. Schoo! officis's including one Wednesday Bight! Ippeared =osherily afer otne-a’ which the walkout Was] “aoa Elsg gra.> arrived, planed. she ee at ‘pparentiy fo ocecrmune of Pipkip and ataoo: administrators may Feslace students ore itve’ ed. Tomassini, Spanish rtacner! suspend students for three days, “Will Net View! ‘serving as his interpreter, were) Pipkin explained, with board After the appr...n aviy i40.tae only schoo! officiats meeting) *tB Becessary for expulsion, sudents began th-.. sovcort oflwih the walkout participants} .‘\S the demonstration began bf toate of = on Binkin tala the atg-2t- to oe ‘Wasses al 8 a.m. Te vay, acd Thursday. . E1PUR he was fNED SL GO 4, aia wr tut SUGEEST hai er a senes &. couerenes' Ramirez and the other, “Willing to listen to any justified ith the six de. ters of ihe leaders charge “biatant, joomplaint, dut as far as being *monstraiors ar: sevcral-d'<crimination.” They say the: Has of class. T will not tolerate arents, Pipkin announced ajtistudent body ts approximately /-}"- hose involy walxott: Mexican. , Eddy Gonzaiez, one of t i involved in the walxout 3¢ per cent Mexican-American, walkont leader, tal ine wald he eucnended fer three’ The nign School enrollment is. ra ceGat vesting cating for. ope sing.” par: Urosatine | demonstrations or fame . jpolizy, are forhidden ro “recruit: j¢., y lor solicit. on campus, membe.s' (STiNee (0 Say excep stration was organized because! 2 special mecting Wednesday a + ‘You att ive thie is not Gour:-2 ‘ald Be prncipal, “If vir: deg’ think that it 18 somethuig, look across the street.” Pipkin said be nad noting vany ‘thay will <4s teat auemt & fot on Organization Wichita wematically come under the board fey and will be ex. pelled for the semester.” || One of the sdults wanted to know “how onme high govern}. rent can eal emergen = SS es eT ‘mecungs, but th: schon] boar arte + Mrz. Rebecca Ramurez who- jsaid she had children xttending { iclasses, argued at length with. both students and adults cutside the high school cntrabcr, telling them they were wrong and to’ return to classes . Pipkin was asked # he would eit with the demonstrating | Met Wilk students and ther parent: Ho i Said he didn’t want 2 mass ' meeting,” but if the leader: and j their parents wanted to discuss “anything officialy or unofa fidia'y” he war wiiling te comply. Reqecsts, Not Demands He said he wanted to em- gphasize he woua hear their requests, “but not demanis.” , He also told the leadere * but . Yam not going to listen it tbat WS. pending action of tne believed to be between 608 and! te paren ant the eng to group standing over thete is heal board. . ae The school is supposed t | defiance.” pointing to te main The conferences took piace at; Many of the — Mexican.! Pposec to meet! pody of the demonstrators * school house door, and later- American students remairung ia: every emergency. This is aI ‘across the unpaved, dusty road. rf about an hour on a roomiclasses told reporters ata break! femergency. Get the board! TT Nas then that ihe sx cide the build.ng cbefween Plstcae thaw ¢ha.. oral here. ' ' Svassts CY inGugM “We will not yield one ‘ota:the walkout was a “disgrace.” jong as I am principal,”; Others Watching shin declared. The siudenis; Gther school district ad- il not dictate the policy ” im:lsiratofs in the area were! An estimated 123 had begun keeping in close contact on the| : > demonstration as the school Edcouch-Elea ——development,{ [had talked with the superin- drang at Bam. and another'indicating they felt the| jiemdent and was advised that walked out at the beginning'movement might spread if firm| |the board would meet at § p.m. the second period. jactton were not taken in the, {Monday and “at that time, Uf “he demonstrators pathervd, first instance. | you have any statement you “ors the road icom the! The student participants; |Wish to present to the board, npus while the ke sders metiremained in a group pear the|} |You may do so.’ oo: | The leaders and several parents requested Pipkin te contact Supt. 4. W. Bell. He left the door briefMy to do so. When he returned, he said he: jaccompanied Pipkin inside the building for a conference. | Asked following it what he -Jeaders and six or seven adults | said, Pipkin replicd, “fF listened." } Ramirez anj the viher b- cot leaders denied to reporters earlier and to Pipkin toaas that ihey were a part of the Mexican + American Youth Organation (MAYO). They said they hoped ie form a MAYS group iater. 4 Pipkin. The. -srried sicampus. Original plans to t Ted Ge Back Earlier, some of the students rge banner = =ntreating/the day at a stockyard sdplaing|t A short time later, Pipkin had described themselves as wentt classes" -ng one the school had to be|: )Stated to the group: “The only} MAYO members. : font hoisied tm - + andicalied off the pens were) |thing I can tel) you right now] ~The two “recommendations” ck farm labor stris: nag. {filled with cattle Thursday! {is to ge back to class. 1 you! drafied for prescatation to the ake Foy, Eisa — city|morning. do mot se fo G0 to class you! schoo! board call for cithee weeman, kept an eye on the| The Edcouch - Elsa school! [may w . students ar townspeopie to ba Ceetings but for the most'board took sctioa last week ia] | Luis Chavez father of three! hired as school bus drivers “t the students were orderly. 7 ts students wvolved in the) instead of teachers and for — demonstration, tied with the! longer periods of :.me ia he priacips ugh an it-) piven Si ; terpreter. He charted the school aye mae get to asses ber ween authorives declined to listen to] “ They said five minutes w-uid : / |