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rer “decntraet Will Extend Valley Geeration -—_— wontrace minbextend Vailcy vecration VISTA Official Claims Vfalkout By Weslaco Students Was Headed Off VISTA volunteers Apparently; nine” volunteers, Quintanilla volved in the student t protest | are going to remain the! said, and Del Rio has 40, Sani Jiowever, he scid the role Valicy and expand * neil Antonio 30 and El Paso 20. VISTA in the strike was operations under a contract| VISTA was brought to llidalzo “misinlerpreted.” He explained, being acgotiated by the Office!County at the Mest of the|"These kids had ready had had ie Economic Opportunity and/Texas Council Churches,ja meeting and then contacted the Leo Cramer Corp. afjwhich as sponsoring agency lus for help. We worked to get Washington. ti ti with approval by the local OEO, |the pzreats involved with what At the same fine, cng of the still kas a hand in supervising ltheir kids were doing — ri Hidalgo County VISTA super-jaciivitics. Pe * lor wrong.”" " ent visors, admitting his; Quintanilla said a Vahcy, In testimony at a federal organization bas “a black eye"|Service Committee, made up cijcourt hearing in Brownsville on in the Valley, ssid he boped!Hidalgo County ministers meets ia successful request for an jthat such incidents cs the lonce a month with VISTA; rinjunction barring the bdcouch JEdcouch-Iisa school walkout inisunervisars to offer guid lance | Elsa §. Schcol Doard from ex- which VISTA was invulved can/and advice. Ife said “three orjpellisz any of the student] - be avoided in the future. four” meetings wore heid injogitators without a hearing, it “I fact," Christ Quintanilla offthe past month during the: was wrought ont that VISTA lacetare: g, the supervisor, Edcouch-Elsa student boycott, 'paid for printing the Lists of declared, “We've already| The VISTA supervisor said-student demands. ard. for lez ral theaded ocf 2 similar walkxout'there perhaps was some bad ‘assistance for the sittden : ‘in the Westaco schools.” j judgement on the part of his| i | ‘The contract being negotiated/OTganization in becoming in- (See VISTA P Pose it)! Waskincton would prov “de' 7 % Quimanila. suserviacr of a tween 150 and 150 VISZA; volunteers for am area irom} Brownsville to El Paso by next {Spriag. ) According to Qu: tance, ine ‘new contract would not increase ‘the scope of VISTA's operation ‘in Hidalso County. = which ‘already has an authorization for ‘49 volunteers and four Super: ‘ViSOrs. | The border program would 'eost belween $750,000 and $1 ‘million, an OEO spokesman a i Washington said. Of amount $600,000 would be useal to pay volunteers ‘The Army! Finance Center in Tlinois is the’ disbursement agency for salaries of VISTA volunicers. .The Leo Crame: Corp., al private company invoived in ihe VISTA. program on a contract basis with the government, would = receive approximately $175.00 to $203,009 lo say the 15 io 2 supervisors and pay office and travel expenses. a i the Quintanilla suid under the contract 10 VIST.. volunteers would be sent fo Siarr County for the first time. .\t prescot Cameron , County bas “sight oc . gqerovide savings on food bills.) _. area cover mag Westaco, Doma Wlercedes and Alani, said fit jWorkers in Weslaco had teed | feontacted by students wig! “wanted lo do the same thing: jthe Edccuch-Elsa students cid, ; ‘‘Somechow they thought ‘VISTA was ine ring leader.” the Edisburg rion sad. “One tof my volunteces in purticular \did @ marvelous jou in gotling -Uncse Kids organized into other jactivilies. I con't thunk we wiil thave the same trouble in ‘Weslaco as we did in Edcouch- Elsa.”” Quiniintia said despite bad ‘publicity given VISTA, he believes the organiz: ation ean be ia big asset to ‘ibe Valicy. “Our ‘main job is to work with ihe poor and hulp «them = help jthemselves.” he said. “In the towns in which my ‘votunicers are working we have good relations with city and schooi officials. «= We have organized cilizens into com: ‘millees lo seek sich things as improvements to sirects and sanitation, and in oac town, ¥e are attempting la set up a “membership grocery store +o |