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9 9■-W ill!about a year and that no one wanted to put word* ir themouth” of the new B shop be. fore he arrivedVoted t* ( hrUuansFather Bvron. who gave theinvocation for the meeting andmade his address on the program following the vote to support Nelson's union, toid the group You have voted a*- trueChristians **Jle said he wanted them to know that he and our priestsand our Bishop are all for soiv ing our problems as thev present themselves ” He said hethought it ‘ terrible to sav we have no problem.” in anotherapparent reference to Father La Ring 's statements.Garcia. who tame to the Val ley from Puerto Rico to preside over the meeting suspended the order of regular business to con-«-:der ihe Starr County support He cautioned the members not to oon-'der the action “lightlv ”lie 'old them thev were approving the support ‘‘With everything we've got ” lie said ;tinvolved “not fust food andclothing* but * o u | d t,e car ried out poijtirau, economical!' and anv other via-, we cando it ”I xecuthe SessionBecau e of the* pressing nature of the bumnes he said 'ifCoals of the local were a^ked to go into e*ecut ve sesnion immediate!' after the vote to de termioe the amount of mones if could g’\e ilt;i ttie siare Countv onion ’ without jjoinn brtfke 'B)lt; r rdo Ha mo ot BrownsVll'e lo» a! president businessagent Benito ranioof and finance' eeretar- Jorge Salmas both of Eh a returned a shortO’Shea said the NVC projects are a I S Labor department program and not und er theOBOBut Ramon said this was in-correct.He said the NYC projects are authorized by Title 1 * B of theEconomic Opportunity Art and come under the OEO though vme aspects have been delegated to the Labor Irepartment. Ramon said that all CameronCounty NYC projects — in or out-ide of schools — should tie coordinated with u- ”O.'Nhea meanwhile • * •ed coordinator” would tie incharge of the NYC projects in the four cities Ramon confirmed thatO’Shea also said his role wa to expedite contacts wtih area cities to set up new NYlt; program Hr said he did o at therequest of Dalla- official- administering the NYC programHe also said he understood the city administrations would sponsor the NYC projects in Browns* vilte. Edinburg and Weslaco, but that the Port Isabel NYCwould be set up under au-pices of that city's school di-'rut.Ramon said a meeting i slat ed Tuesrta-. in Mr Allen on theNYC program.SUNRISE 3 40 am. St NSKT7:25 pm.Amarillo ........8866Atlanta .........Ml70Bismarck N. D.7959Brownsville ......8769Buffalo .........Ml72Chicago .........8170Denver .........7851Des Moines .....8.167Detroit ..........9270El Paso ..........9265Fort Worth .....9170Helena ..........8448Houston .........9079Jacksonville ....8668Kansas City .....81nLos Angeles ....7863Memphis .......9571Miami ..........8376Midland ........8869Minpls-St, Paul .8159New Orleans9165New York ......8264Oklahoma City9765Phoenix .........104180P.ttsburgh ......9565St Louis92nSail Lake City .,94ViSari Antonio ....86HSault Ste Marie7150Seattle ..........7055Washington .....8976CANADIAN:Edmonton ......7642Toronto ..........9159W mnipeg .......7739BOSH (dirt lllliililt.II \NI I on011847SEWA deep-sej sailor forfeited h s $500 bond loda s In failed highest to show up m County Court-at ! Sunday L i a on driving wild*. iritoxicat-j Bureau, ed chargesRom oe Vt Cast on Jr ofBrownsville couldn't show uph. attorney -aid, Uetau e be •now in FranceYORK (IPIj -tempei ature ri*|eirted to the t S Weather excluding Alaska andwa 198 at Blythe and—j Cailf, 7 The v lowestreported (hi morning was 4) atMarquette County .Airport, Mich., and Ely, Nev.HawaiiNeedlr■ auiunua gi ape pn xers strikeHe also gave a brief report onthe \ alley congressman. Rep. Kik.t d» la Garza, in which he -a,d the situation had improved some in that the congressman was ‘ not voting against us all of the time ” However, he said Be ia Garza also was not vot ing for us ” He said the congressman reiently voted absent’ three times on three important pieces of minimum wage legislation.Evans said that ‘ intimidation run- rampant” in fhp state Herec alled that Gov. John Connal-fly. before the Democratic print ar%. (ame to ;ho Valley ‘ to V) 'ake a slap” at Henry Sanchez, -tate representative eandicate opposing Rep Menton Murray.freedom March Shapiro likened ihe Starr County labor movement to the Mississippi freedom march Hesaid it icpresented ‘‘essentially iand basically** the ‘ things we 'are fighting for here”Jim S t u b e r of Brownsville, who identified himself as a coffee ompany representative asked to M,r*ak on the CatholicChurch and social justice. Hisremarks supporting the strikewere probably the most lengthy of the afternoon Garcia said an attempt would be made to meet again in two we*k at the Casa del Sol Hesa d tf H wasn't available anoth er huddine would ie* sought and if one could not be obtained, “we w id meet under a tree or under a in idge *• lie aid the mating would tie a continuation of the Sundaymeet in w to follow up ilt;n the Star- Count 'Hon and thengo into the regular order of business.Thi
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Brownsville Herald
Brownsville, Texas, US
Mon, Jun 27, 1966
Page 8
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