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Latin Vote Tops Crystal City City Hall Ballot
Crystal City Texas, a quiet farming town, saw a Latin led campaign gain City Hall after a poll tax push aided by PASO and the Teamsters. Juan Cornejo and Maldonado headed a slate that beat Anglo incumbents, triggering shifts in local power and regional political nerves.
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Tom Henshaw
Crystal City
Tex
Texas
Popeye
City Hall
B. H. Holsomback
Juan Cornejo
Teamsters Union
South Texas
San Antonio
Political Association of Spanish-Speaking Organizations
PASO
Maldonado
Hernandez
Cardenas
Mendoza
Comejo
Albert Pena
Crystal
Grover Jackson
Andrew Dickens
Dickens
Teamster Cornejo
John Wagner
Brennan
Ruiz
Cornejo
Councilman
Albert Fuentes Jr
Mexico
Dale Barker
Zavala Sentinel
All Latin Party
Teamsters
California Packing Co
Raymond Shaffer
Shafer
Viva Kennedy
John Kennedy
Democratic Party
Pena
Bexar
Price Daniel
Citizens For Better Government
John Alaniz
Ceeee
PASOQ
Tio Tomas
Uncle Tom
de Zavala School
Denas
Worldhefo Cen
S. G. Galvan
Arnoldo Lopez
Martin Garcia
de Zavala
Mexico Viejo
R. C. Tate
Tate
Texas Rangers
Alfred Allee
Carrizo
Springs
Fuentes
South
Rangers
E. W. Ritchie Jr
Galvan
Lopez
Independent
Alice
Harold Byrd
la’ Pryor
Warren Wagner
Ranger Allee
Allee
Council
James Dill
George Ozuna Jr
Ray Perez
Eagle Pass
Rudy Esquivel
Roberto Benevides
Laredo
Claro Carreon
Zavala