Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 54, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 23, 1975 Page: 1 of 16

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THE LARGEST PAID CIRCULATION GOING IN STARR COUNTY"
RIO GRANDE
TPA Award Winning Newspaper
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Vol. XXXIII
No. 54
Thursday, October 23,1975
Rio Grande City, Texas
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MeALJLEN GRAND OPENING-A grand opening was held on Oct. 18 at the Elmo Lopes
Music Company in McAllen. Present for the ceremonies were, from left to right, Elxno
Lopez Jr., Rafael Rodriguez, Art Mello, manager, Jesse Trevino, Mrs. Brigido Flores and
her son Rafael Flores, McAllen Attorney Brigido Flores, Mrs. Elmo Lopez, and Mr.
Elmo Lopez. The two children standing in front are Christina Lopez on the left and Roberto
Lopez on the right. Elmo Lopez Music Co. is located at 119 South Broadway, McAllen.
Wilson Construction Is Low Bidder
For New High School
Bids for a new high school
building at Rio Grande City
were tabulated last Thursday
afternoon at the Multi-purpose
and the apparent low bidder
was the D. Wilson Construction
Company of McAllen.
Clinic At Starr
Plaza Saturday
The Heart Association of
Texas, which was recently
started, will hold a hyper-
tension clinic Saturday, from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Starr Plaza
Shopping Center.
A team of nurses along with
Association members will be
there to administer blood
pressure tests to anyone in-
terested, according to Beto
Garcia, Association president.
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The new building is to be built
near where the old tennis courts
now stand and construction is to
began shortly after the official
contract is signed.
Wilson Construction Co. bid a
low bid of $1,199,000 with con-
struction to be completed within
390 calendar days.
Second low bidder was the
Bruce Campbell and Son
Construction Company with
$1,223,400 and 290 calendar days
estimated for completion of
construction.
Board member Charles La
Grange said the low bid was
some $200,000 less than an-
ticipated.
The Wilson Construction
Company is the same outfit
which built the multi-purpose
center at Rio High School.
Halloween Jamaica
Is Saturday Night
A Halloween Jamaica is
being planned for this Saturday
night, October 25, from 6:30 on.
It will be on the Immaculate
Conception School grounds. The
public is invited to attend the
event sponsored by the school's
Parent-Teacher Organization.
There will be a costume
contest, a spook house, hay
rides, Halloween games, and
lots of goodies to be eaten by
goblins.
Debate On <
Incorporating
Rio To Be Held
A debate on the pros and cons
of incorporating Rio Grande
City will be held at the multi-
purpose center on Wednesday,
Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m., according
to Sam Ramos, Chamber of
Commerce treasurer.
Sponsoring the event will be
the Chamber of Commerce but
the debate team will be com-
posed of Rotary Club members.
Taking part in the event will
be Beto Garcia and John Pope
ni who will be debating the
"cons" and Romeo Lopez and
R.C. Salinas who will be on the
"pro" side.
Ramos said a lot of time and
effort had been into making this
debate possible and that both
sides had done considerable
research. He added that the
public is invited to attend and
that the question would
probably be put to the public in
the near future.
Reminder!
Don't forget to turn back the]
hands of time before you go to
bed on Saturday night or)
Sunday morning, however the j
case may be. Daylight Savings
Time will come to an end and
U.S. citizens will get one extra {
hour of sleep. So if you show up j
for church late, you know what]
the problem is.
The Texas State Teachers
Association has approved the
law firm of Dixie, Wolf and Hall
of Houston to represent the
local group which is fighting to
regain their employment with
the Rio Grande City Con-
solidated Independent School
District.
The group, many of who had
been employed by the district
for some time, contends that
those who were fired, about 67
persons, were fired for political
reasons.
The suit which is scheduled in
the Brownsville federal court
later this week will name each
of the board members as
defendants.
At a meeting held last
Wednesday at the community
room at the First State Bank of
Rio Grande City, Robert E.
Hall, law firm representative,
and J. Shelby Peters, TSTA
field representative, told the
group of their plans.
"liie firm believes that the
future of the children should not
be based on the political
philosophy of a few people.
Politics and education should be
divided," said Hall to the
roomful of people.
Hall also said that TSTA and
the National Education
Association (NEA) are fighting
jointly and that they will sup-
port the fired group all the way
to the Supreme Court if
necessary.
The group is asking to be
reinstated and for assurances
that they will not be fired again.
Spokesperson for the group,
Mrs. Minnie Garza said they
would like two year contracts.
In continuing his talk, Hall
said, "A judgement should be
brought to where these people
will not be intimidated. Federal
judges will be asked to render a
decision on the illegal, un-
constitutional and political
retaliation and insist on things
that aides are entitled to."
At the meeting, Hall brought
Vote
Absentee
Nov. 4
State Senator John Traeger of
Seguin today urged all citizens
who expect to be away from
their homes for any reason on
Tuesday, November 4th , the
date of the election on the
proposed new Texas Con-
stitution, to vote absentee
between October 15th and
October 31st.
' This election is perhaps the
most important one in which
any citizen of Texas will ever
have the opportunity to par-
ticipate. The adoption of a
workable, new Constitution is
the most significant issue that
has been submitted to the
people of this state in almost a
century," Traeger said.
out a newspaper clipping from
1945 which stated that young
veterans coming in from World
War II were going to run
against the Guerra faction, for
many years the rulers of Starr
County, and that they promised
to change Starr County and the
schools in particular. "But to
date, this county is still the
same. It is ruled by dictators
like Fidel Castro," replied Mrs.
Garza.
After the talk, Hall had an
agreement for the group to sign
authorizing TSTA, NEA and the
law firm to pursue such legal
remedies and to represent the
group in the actions of the Rio
Grande City Independent
School District which resulted
in the termination of em-
ployment for the group.
All 22 TSTA members signed.
Mrs. Garza told the attorney
that "if we win this case, we will
teach many teachers that
degrees will sometimes go
down the drain, that in the
future, everybody will be free to
vote whichever way they want
without the fear of being fired."
Peters disclosed to the group
that he had received a phone
call from an unidentified person
who threatened him and ad-
vised him to keep TSTA out of
the matter.
Garza told Peters that threats
are common in Starr County.
"The New Party will do
anything to obstruct justice.
They have tried it before with
me when my station wagon was
riddled with bullets to stop me
from continuing a voter fraud
investigation," said Mrs.
Garza.
The suit is expected to be filed
sometime Thursday at
Brownsville.
DIES IN AUTO CRASH - Garry
(Bubba) Davis, 32, was the
victim of an auto accident In
Poteet, Texas on October 10.
For the past year, Davis had
been working in construction on
the water and sewer lines in Rio
Grande City. He is survived by
his wife, Laura Christine; a
daughter, Donna Jo; a son, Ira
Shane; his father. Ben Davis;
his mother, Mrs. Richard
Mussey; a brother, William R.
Davis; and a sister, Mrs.
Darrell Eckert, all of San
Antonio