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16-A CORPUS CHRIST! TIMES, Mon., June 2, 1969One-YearFunds BillIrks Smith'1 • -' • }IDLE GARBAGE WORKERS LINE BOTH SIDES OF GREENWOOD THIS MORNING... scene at samtarion yard orderly -while men wait for decision on their demands(Siorr phefo by auaay Penicfc)Continued from Page 1Townsend said he would make an announcement latex-on garbage collection.“Meanwhile, we suggest that people who ceed to get rid of their garbage take it to one of the two citv dumus, one in the 5900 block of South Staples and the other on Carbon Plant Road, Townsend said.No mention was made in the council’s statement of Raymond Duncan, collection supervisor, against whom the workers have complained.The garbagemeh, with the aid of CL’MA, are demanding that Duncan be replaced and that they receive time and a half pay for any work over eight hours a day and for all work on Saturday or Sunday. Townsend has offered the workers a uniform 44-hour week but this has been turned down. Under this proposal the garbagemen would receive regular pay for the first 40 hours and time and a half for the next four based on a six-day week.About 150 sanitation workers, with a scattered number of supporters including at least one member of CUMA, were gathered outside the garbage truck yard.The men reported to work at 7:30 a.m. but indicated they would not actually go to work uniil they were satisfied that their demands would be met by the council.Signs were placed by the striking workers on the wire fence of the yard, reading '‘Fire Duncan,” “Viva la Huelga (Strike), “Viva la Rstza,” and “Mexicans Unidas Triunfan.’'Shortly after 8 a.m. two men from the crowd spoke to the assembled group from the back of a private truck.Richard Hinojosa of 540 Ayers who described himself as self-employed, ’ speaking i n Spanish, urged the men toMmwxmw —LINE*-Continued from Page 1A light at one of the Little League ball parks on the old Airport shines in my face after I go to bed. Why don’t they put ft out when the ball game is over? Also the portable restrooms will start smelling soon. J.B.W.The lights, along with a number of street lights, were installed in this area to curb vandalism and to protect both property and individuals, IV. P. Witt, Park and Recreation director, says.The restrooms are serviced regularly by the firm that rents them to the Little Uague. There should be no smells.• • •There is a pile of old lumber and trash which is creating a hre hazard in the 5[lt;0 block of Duncan Street for neighbors on either side. How do we get it cleaned up? P.D.P. and CLM.P.It has now been cleaned off. Health inspectors and the neighborhood improvement division workers, while working on this case, discovered a still larger pile of debris in the same block.They have started a case on this project, too.• • •STRIKEhold out for a just settlement.Speaking to a reporter after his remarks, Hinojosa said he is a member of no organization but “only an interested citizen.“These men fee! that thev have a just cause. Would vou wane to work for $1.25an hour?” Hinojosa asked.He said the men in the group were frustrated and confused but warded a good settlement.ican-Americans passing in ears and trucks.Displeased by ReportsKe said they were displeased following reports that all sanitation workers, including temporary ones, would not be phced on civil service status with related benefits.He also said that the men who have only 30 minutes for lunch would like to have an hour like all other city employes.“They should be able to schedule their lunch near a city park where there are shade trees. These men work hard. They are human beings too.”The second speaker, Jesus B. Martinez of 4542 Larkspur, said that he was not an official spokesman but is interested in getting a fair settlement in their dispute with the city.Martinez said the men were particularly displeased because the two Mextean-Ameri-cans on the City Council — Mayor Pro Tern Gabe Lozano Sr. and City Councilman Ed de Ascs — have not appeared at the sanitation yard in person to listen to their grievances.Someone brought coffee and rolls for the striking workers and a woman from a house across the street from the sanitation yard made several trips with a coffee pot to refill their cups.At one poin.t members began to chant in Spanish and pointed in the direction of a reporter. One member of the group said they .were requesting that the newspaper send a Mexi-can-American reporter who can understand Spanish.By ROBERT HEARDAUSTIN, (fl — Gov. Preston Smith spoke a trifle harsher about the one-year appropriation bill today, but he insisted he would have to study it before deciding on a veto.Smith talked with newsmen after signing bills in the glare of camera lights.He said the one-year bill was “never discussed on the floor of the House or the Senate.This meant Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes and Speaker Gus Mutscher did the deciding, a.d Smith’s forces in the two houses never had a chance to contest it.Barnes and Mutscher preempted executive authority, he said, because “only the governor can call a special session. A special session will be needed to pass a spending bill for the second year of the biennium—or for a two-year bill if he vetoes the one-year bill.Escalation ClausesPolice Stand BySmith said he did not learn until “the last few days” that the teacher pay raise bill contains escalation clauses extending 10 years. This seemed to upset him.He rapped a bill imposing a $10 building use fee on students at state supported colleges. He called it “pretty much of a farce and said “it was a desperate attempt to raise monev to get enough to make thentlP-VParAssurances SoughtHinojosa said the men he had talked to wanted definite assurances that all sanitation workers will be put on a civil service status with the city.“They say that they have heard these promises before and. they did not come true,” Hinojosa said.He indicated that the men wanted someone like Lozano,De Ases or City Manager Marvin Townsend to come to them and give them the assurances they were waiting for.Most of the men in the group were relaxed and milling about and talking with their friends. Frequently they would shout and wave at Mex-A police unit stood by at the scene.About 20 police patrolmen were waiting nearby in case trouble developed.They included the seven-man police tactical squad and 10 off-duty patrolmen. The force was waiting at the parking lot of the Memorial Medical Center Outpatient Clinic about two blocks from where the striking garbage workers congregated.Heavy riot - control batons and impact-absorbing helmets were available to the officers but were not to be issued unless needed.Duncan was not at work today. Calvin EUiott, sanitation division supervisor, said that Duncan was on leave of absence but that it did not indicate any change in his status.In the structural setup Duncan is under Elliott and in over-all charge of collections. There are six route foremen directly under him. Five of the six are Mexican - Americans.Inside the sanitation yard, white garbage tracks were parked in rows waiting to go when a settlement is reached. Inside the office, Elliott, and two women workers waited for word from City Hall.However, the available lines into the office were bringing a flood of calls from people asking if the strike was over and when their garbage would be picked up.Elliott said he had been at his office answering calls like these since 5 a.m. today.Four route superintendents, three of whom are Mexican-Americans, sat in a city sedan parked at the sanitation office.one-year appropriation work.” unly I’m against that“Certain, .... UJaisort of legislation,” he said in answer to a question. He declined to say if be would veto the bill.He would have preferred his proposed $13 penalty on moving traffic violations to a “stu-dent head tax,” he said.lias 20 DaysSmith has 20 clays after today’s adjournment to decide what to do about the appropriations bill.Asked if his study of the bill really could make a difference in iiis decision, he said it could.He said he would have to study a number of other bills in relation to the spending bill because they affect the economy.He called the legislative session “one of the most objective sessions we’ve had” with much legislation that “will move this state forward.”But it would have been better with a two-year splt;x ding bill, he said.Czechs Seeking Canada AsylumHALIFAX, N.S. ffl - A Czechoslovak family of four was to be questioned bv immigration officials after leaving a Cuban airliner in Glider, Nfld., Saturday and requesting asylum in Canada.Jiri Bohac, 48, his wife Vera, 33, and their two daughters, Verinoka 14, and Lucia, 7, left a Cubana Airlines plane bound to Prague from Havana when it made a routine landing for fuel in Gander.TwodirectiDrivetersectrafficsectinj which built, Lane, pies a The built ' sidew; work quickl access ing on A si edge bound widewvide while being of the The rary the ce to se during fronta ered.The will be main Field ; inch n under* fronta;latterLestenginestructipartnuis sup tractoiBaiRoiWiJOHAfricanewsp that I nard, plant: i nte Zoelini nesbui Bari divorc Town spent Zoelbu tion j-Bay ol The Sunda;lines jgeon iThe swhen , to ma laughi. ny. 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Corpus Christi Times
Corpus Christi, Texas, US
Mon, Jun 02, 1969
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