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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1967
Page
4
A Denison resident died after a motorcycle struck a pickup truck on a Wednesday. The crash details and exact circumstances are being investigated by local authorities.
Kennard of Fort Worth warns law enforcement failure in Starr County fuels unrest as progressive figures decry reliance on the Rangers. Schwartz, Kennard, and Dallas' Oscar Malley address 38 attendees including farm laborers, union women, growers and Rangers amid stormy local politics and labor tensions.
Austin dispatch reports about 1,000 telegrams and 58 letters on the dispute, with under 10 percent critical of the Rangers beating and unlawful assembly. Mauay notes 153 charges filed since last fall and 40 trials postponed on defendant request, stressing that swift trials are important in such cases.
Justice Department officials in Washington sent an FBI report on alleged lawbreaking in the Lower Rio Grande Valley farm labor dispute. FBI San Antonio officials said the area’s multi million dollar citrus and vegetable industry, tied to the Rangers, is under review to determine if federal laws were violated. Joe Bernal of San Antonio pressed Washington while Rangers were described as strikebreakers in a solo Valley tour amid recent mass arrests.
The obituary notes writer Dorothy Parker died at age 73, remembered for wit and involvement with New York literary circles including Robert Benchley, Franklin Adams, Heywood Broun, and others. It recalls her sharp public persona and associations with the Algonquin Round Table.
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