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THURSDAY', JULY 6, 1972 THE RIO GRANDE HERALD PAGE 14
'Ya Mero' Ends
Almost never hap-
pened. It nearly got here, but
its chances of arrival have now
been greatly decreased.
"Ya Mero," which means
"almost" in Spanish, was the
name of a weekly newspaper,
printed in Spanish and pub-
lished by David M. Fishlow.
Fishlow has given the paper
up, the offices here have been
closed and the equipment has
been sold. "Ya Mero" was pub-
lished twice each month until
the first of 1972, when it got a
second class mailing permit for
weekly publication.
The paper was the brain-child
of its founder, Fishlow, three
years ago. Fishlow first came
to the Valley in July, 1967,
during the Starr County strikes.
He spent a month in Rio Grande
City before returing to Delano,
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PHARMACY
TOPICS
Scientists at McGill Univer-
sity, Montreal, are working on
a special blood test that may be
able to detect cancer of the
large bowel and rectum.
* * *
The United Nations now spends
about one-third of a cent per
year for each of the world's
300 million disabled persons.
* * *
Barbiturates are depressant
drugs that work on the central
nervous system to calm, or to
induce sleep.
* *
There are at least 80 different
viruses known to cause the com-
mon cold, and scientists suspect
there may be even more yet to
be discovered.
* * *
In the vast majority of cases,
food poisoning is caused by im-
proper handling or cooking.
* * *
The British medical journal
Lancet reports that smoking
marijuana seemed to be linked
with brain damage, in a study
of some 23 subjects.
* * *
A group of school children in
Florida is being given chewing
gum containing phosphate, to
find out whether this substance
can help prevent tooth decay.
* * *
In the early stage of a cold,
many people get relief from
remedies containing antihista-
mine, and pain relievers such
as aspirin.
CESAR
SALINAS
PHARMACY
Roma, Texas
Calif. When he got back to
Delano he asked United
Farm Workers Organizing
Committee leader Cesar Cha-
vez for a job. Chavez told him
he could have a job if he could
picket.
Fishlow worked in California
for a few months as a volunteer
in farm workers' service cen-
ters before he was finally hired
by the farm workers' union.
'at was in February of 1968
when Cesar was going on one of
his first fasts" Fishlow re-
called. "He wanted to start
'El Malcriado' up again and we
had about three weeks. He
came over on a Thursday night
and said he wanted the first is-
sue out the next Monday. I told
him it was impossible, but we
got it out."
Fishlow was born in Kansas
during World War II. His father
was a civilian employe of the
Army at the time, and the fam-
ily moved back to their home
in New York City six weeks af-
ter Fishlow's birth.
He lived in the Bronx and the
Queens until he was 14. His
family then moved to Clare-
mont, Calif., about 35 miles east
of downtown Los Angeles. Fish-
low tried college for a while at
Pamona before joining the
Peace Corps. He learned his
excellent command of the Span-
ish language in a two-year stint
in Panama from 1964-66.
Fishlow said that he was
pleased with some of the pro-
gress "Ya Mero" had made
since publishing the first edi-
tion Nov. 1, 1969. "We've man-
aged to show the other side of
the news. You can use satire
and old-fashioned muckraking
effectively," he said. "We've
given the other point of view
besides The (McAllen) Monitor.
We've shown that you can telj
the truth without getting sued
for libel."
He said that he had worked
for the Freedom Newspapers at
one time in California after he
left the Peace Corps. He was
fired, he said, after it "be-
came clear that our attitudes
about the news were different."
Fihslow said he felt "Ya Mero"
had been an educational success
because it had given readers in
the Valley an independent
source of news.
No one will take "Ya Mero"
over when Fishlow leaves this
week for a trip to Europe. That,
Uncle Sam
calls more
Starr men
BOARD NO. 306
The following men have been
called to report for INDUCTION
on July 17, 1972:
Reynaldo Rodriguez, Benito
Guajardo, Santiago Reyna, Juan
C. Cantu, David D. Garza, Mi-
guel A. Flores, Jr., Rogelio A.
Rivas, Jesus R. Vargas
The following men have been
called to report for PRE-
REDUCTION PHYSICAL EXAM-
INATION on July 17, 1972:
Rafael Buentello, Jr., Rogelio
Farias, Jose Sanchez, Rafael
Valdez, Jr., Domingo Mercado,
Roberto L. Sandoval, Juan J.
Gutierrez, Baldemar Garza,
Jr., Eduardo Flores, Jr., Juan
A. Raya, Agustin Gonzalez, Ra-
fael Reyna, Jr., Albert J. Theis,
Jr., Fidencio Salinas, Jr., David
Hernande?,, Thomas M. Beach-
urn, Lionel Garza, Jr.
Also, Tommy J. Waggoner,
III, Adolfo Perez, Trinidad Or-
nelas, Jr., Jesse Ybarra, Jr.,
Armando Cavazos, Refugio
Carreon, Arthur F. Horn, Jose
Gonzalez, Santos T. So lis, Efren
C. Lopez, Jose R. Rivas, Jaime
Garza, Delio P. Zamora, Leo-
nel Cardona, Adan Perez, Jr.,
Fidel E. Hernandez, Hijinio
Rodriguez
he said, was one of his biggest
frustrations: "The inability to
find local Chicano writers to,
write the news has hurt. If
we had that, *Ya Mero' could
really be made a part of the
Valley."
Fishlow will take a job with
the American Civil Liberties
Union (ACLU) in Colorado when
he returns to the U.S. in early
1973. He will work in the Rocky
Mountain States in setting up
new chapters and "expanding
the effectiveness" of the ACLU.
He was the organizer and first
president of the Rio Grande Val-
ley Civil Liberties Union. It
was organized last September.
He formally resigned the pre-
sidency Friday.
The Valley chapter helped in
the defense of Efrain Fernandez
when he was acquitted early tills
year on charges of rioting on
Feb. 6, 1971. The chapter also
helped with others charged in
the civil demonstration against
alleged police brutality in
Pharr.
Fishlow also said that getting
the previous administration out
of office in Pharr was looked on
him as a success. He said that
the 5,000 issues of "Ya Mero"
printed each week gave read-
ers a different way of looking
at the news. "It made our
readers more critical of the
system," he said.
Fishlow's first experience
with the farm workers' union
came after his Peace Corp and
newspaper jobs in California,
while looking for a job. He
contacted a friend from school,
Doug Adair, who was picking
fruit in the San Joaquin Valley
in California. Adair was asso-
ciated with Delores Huerta and
other union organizers before
the first grape strike in 1965.
Adair had been associated with
the union activities for a year
and a half and had come to Rio
Grande City to edit "El Mal-
criado de Texas" during the
Starr County strikes.
At his father's encouraging,
Fshlow came to Texas to visit
his friend. That was his first
association with the union's ac-
tivities.
After a month in Texas, Fish-
low returned to Delano and then
began his work with union acti-
vities.
He said that while working
with a service center near De-
lano, he became involved in
negotiations between farm
workers and farm owners.
Fishlow did it all for "Ya
Mero." He wrote the news,
translated stories, set the type,
wrote headlines, took many of
the photographs, wrote the ad-
vertising copy, handled much of
the distribution of the paper,
did most of the billing and kept
the paper going.
He said that the paper was get-
ting more financial support
from advertisers now and that it
was debt-free. He figured it
could become even more effec-
tive if he stayed another three
years, but his final edition was
published nearly a month ago.
He says that the paper could
be started back up by a person
with the ability to speak and
write Spanish and with some
newspaper ability. "It also
helps to be a little bit of a fan-
atic," he said.
Fishlow said he tried to keep
the news content of "Ya Mero"
independent of total union news.
He said he attempted to develop
local, independent coverage of
Valley events. "El Malcriado"
was totally devoted to union
activities across the country,
he said.
The farm workers' issue is
not a separate issue, however,
Fishlow said. "The farm work-
ers are only one of a number of
groups who have not been get-
ting a fair shake in this coun-
try. Black people, as a class,
see YA MERO page 15
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Trejo, Raul. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1972, newspaper, July 6, 1972; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194361/m1/14/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.