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Cesar Chavez — Part 3

115 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Aug 15, 1968 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Cesar Chavez · 106 pages OCR'd
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C () {Meunt Clipping In Space Below) ' _ E-E Campus Quiet Saturday, 4, :nacst 3f them will be on hand EDCOUCH — The campus of Edcosch-Elsa High School was quict Salurday, but Principal M. L. Pipkin warned it could be jusi “the lull before the real storm.” Mariday figures te he the cli wiawiie €54 Gh a achoet contro wersy oak resullcd Friday in Six Suudents being arrested, Tue arrests rigvered a mass raily ja front of the Hidalgo County jail before the Jast of the students was freed shortly aitew fo a.m. Saturday. Move than 1) students dem orsitaled on campus Friday mecring, and Ppkm figures ags't when classes resume A onda a adsy¥. ‘The arrests Friday sftcrnoch “ccered an excdus to the E)- Ja'go County jail where five ¢f the siudonts were held. On> of the Six arrested was 3 girl, Mistala Villarreal, a 17-ycar-old juwiior, and she was released on er own recognizance imme- Ciately after arraignment at ine Tecéma@endation of Sheriff Tne other five were Homer Trevino. 19, a senior; Freddy Saenz, 16, a sophomore held as a juveniic by ordcr of Judge J. €. Boyd; Xavier Ramurez, 17, a senior and spokesman for the demonstrators; Amnulfo Sus- faita, 19, and Artemio Salinas. Ramirez was arrested outside the office of Justicn of the ra es A z E Fata fal > f EB rw ai 7 of DIX /FFESTCE — aie i “We plan to take every pos: f sible logal action against ail} students and outsiders who ares joitering on the campus Mon-s day," the principal said. A school board meeting — which had been sought jast WEES DY EN SPOlesiets — will te held Monuzy at 3 pm., et which Ume tae poard will lis- ten to the camplaints of the student group. The students have a list of demands and charges including alleged “‘bia- fant discrimmaton.” Pipkin said he hoped the ar- rests Friday would have a testers, bet addad, “I am an- “sobering effewt’ on the mm] ticipaiing they will be back Monday.” | ecuch several blocks from the school, and Salinas was picked up by Depuly Tem Freeman after the arrest of the others. Lopez set bond of 850 each on the charce of “loiterinz oa camous.” The charge carries a mamiun cenaity of $2 fre. Friday afizmoon a largs ctowd gathered at tne jail, Mt dispersed alier McAllen ator ney Bob Sanchez promised to arrange surety bends for the youths, Both Lopez and Vick- ers said the youths would be released if a responsible adult would sien for them. — However, only Sustaita had been released of bond by Fri- i Peace Uvaldo Lopez of me | day night, and the crowd re- , et ,
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