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Cesar Chavez — Part 3
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" PHARR —The secvovmiate activity on the part of There were rumors Barrentios, Uriegas, Smith and
“VISTA program in Hidalgo'workers and of refusal of the/howsver, that weversl other siLopex walked a ‘De
Cousivy — descibed as ani Avstin VISTA administration organizations, including the meeting. .
| Sabsoluie mess by one Texas|io discharge three ef the prov Mexican American» Youth Gaun suspended the three) 1
“Counc! of Churches beard taped leaders. Organization (MAYO), werejlocal leaders snd appointed
‘member — will be dropped’ Triggs xald an everiapiready to take them over —|Chris Quintanilla as director of|
ocee a. sponsor is found in $0! gté“ep x days would be allowed Tumors wtih apparectly the county program. Quitianila
@2ys. leo phase out the church group’sdisturbed Rev. Triggs. ~calied a meeting of
_ ‘The TOC Trarsday af 2 p.m!paricipation in the federally) “The situation is cangerous."ivolunteers in the coumy ¢ :
vefivially amnounced it will ne, sunded poverty project. Dum |Pe sai ce that they’ say cen cer .
Jonger sporsor the iping VISTA came in made Quintanilis, who resigned ;
procram, clinasi,, an tmersel: Tae of -the firing of Rev,; mspoded.” post later that dar is ee
batlic aver who would cect the Edear Krueger as TCC minis At the center of the decision WOrkng in the Edinourg “ms? “
~wolunec?: workers in the cous). at “large to the poor of ete drop VISTA are Jose.cities” program, said the three, .
Tre Tov. VW. A Trizts. pas Valley's “colenias” jUriegas, VISTA project director suspended “leadevy perszzdea!
> af the Unied Mewodisi, Since VISTA volunteersifor the county, Merle Smith,'the others to boycott the;
Courch ne “aT end 2 member: cannot legally operat without deputy director, and David, meeting. |
o: te Yoerd sud se ering, sponsorship rejechion' Lopez, senior supervisor.
@ tes With tne VISTA pomamiostensibly eliminated the! A series of meetings between sows ap tre, bat GU]
was the resul: of constant porte! program in Hidalgo County. vista officials and TCC board Brewin declined” to do this
~ "7 *}members which slarted last felt that many of them wee
Sunday finally ended with the!just misdirected,” he
. TCC washing fts bands of the, However. be dic fire one of;
- program aut <a become; jthera, Ruben Barrera, wher
invo a number of Con-i Quintanilla
troversies fpcluding the Ed- maid attended
couch - Bisa school walkout and (See TCL, Page 2A) ;
, George Gault,
for Texas-Lowsiana,
. and tbe three VISTA
supervisors.
According to iformed
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