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Sajv Ajvtojvio Register
RIGHT • JUSTICE • PROGRESS
VOLUME 43, NUMBER 1 SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1973 IT»S YOUR NEWSPAPER
All the SAN
ANTONIO and
SOUTH TEXAS NEWS
While It is News.
Complete National
and World Wide
News Coverage.
HO PROGRESS WITHOUT STRUGGLE
MIf there is no struggle,
there is no progress.
Those who profess to fa-
vor freedom, and yet de-
preciate agitation, a r e
men who want crops
without ploughing up tne
ground. ...Power con-
cedes nothing without a
demand. Itgeverdid and
never will.
--Frederick Douglass
Firearm
Phornar
uiiai&Gd
Hold 2
A San Antonio man and woman
were Indicted this week by a
federal grand jury for posses-
sion of unregistered firearms.
Robert Benjamin Jackson,
39, of 103 Pamela is being held
in Bexar County jail in lieu of
$15,000 bond on charges of
possession of an illegal fire-
arm and possession of a fire-
arm not identified by a serial
number.
A two - count Indictment
against Jackson accuses him
of possessing , April 25, a
20-gauge shotgun not register-
ed in the National Firearms
Registration and Transfer rec-
ord and not identified by a serial
number as required by federal
law.
Also indicted, but reported
free from Bexar County Jail,
is Miss Barbara Lydia Thom-
as, 22, of 635 Ferris.
A single - count indictment
against her charges Miss
Thomas with possessing a .12
gauge shotgun April 20 not
registered with the National
Firearms Registration and
Transfer record.
Conviction on the two of-
fenses carries with it a pos-
sible $10,000 fine and 10 years
imprisonment on each charge.
MISS AMELIA DIANE FRENCH
BURIED WEDNESDAY—Fi-
nal rites were conducted Wed-
nesday for Miss Amelia Diane
French, 19, 347 Vine, who was
gunned down June 13 and died
at Santa Rosa Medical center
Friday. Her assailant was shot
early Sunday and has been filed
on by proxy for murder.
2 Indicted
In Mail,
Check Case
5 Years
rah
rur nn
Five years Imprisonment
each was handed down Monday
to three soldiers found guilty
June 4 of conspiring to fire-
bomb a Fort Sam Houston of-
ficer’s home.
Pvts. Tom Williams Jr., 19,
of Montgomery, Ala., and Rich-
ard Moton, 20, and Harold
White, 21, both of Los Angeles,
Calif., each gave notice in court
that they would appeal the sen-
tence.
United States Judge D.W. Sut-
tle handed down the sentences.
The three men are currently
awaiting trial on a charge of
actually bombing the home of
Lt. Freddie Lee Howard Nov.
16 at 147 Lang street in Fort
Sam Houston.
Bond on that charge for each
of the men is $100,000.
Robert B.
Blocker Dies
Suddenly
Newbornlnfant,
Alive, Found
In Suitcase
A newborn infant girl, be-
lieved to have been four hours
old at the time, was found Tues-
day in a suitcase at a south
side home.
Homicide DetectiveSgt. Doug
Houseton Wednesday said the
child was in good condition and
had been placed under the care
of the Children’s Shelter.
The detective also said the
case was presented to the dis-
trict attorney's office to see
if charges could be filed against
the 25-year-old mother.
Police said a Frostwood ave-
nue woman went to Southeast
Baptist hospital where doctors
and nurses, upon examination,
were convinced she gave birth
to a full-term child.
The woman, however, when
questioned about the child, told
hospital officials she had not
given birth. A neatly cut um-
bilical cord and extended cer-
vix as well as a placenta brought
(See INFANT, Page 3)
E. Johnson said today that
50,000 veterans had been coun-
seled during the program's
first year and 22 per cent
were members of minority ra-
cial groups. During the first
four months of this year, 27,233
interviews were conducted in
the vans and 6,111 of them were
with minority group members.
Johnson said that a primary
miaiinn nl tha mrtKIla waw
od of contacting veterans is to
reach the educationally disad-
vantaged--those who have not
completed high school--as well
as the racially or geograph-
ically disadvantaged.
The program was started in
Texas last June and vans have
visited 21 other states since
that time and have done bus-
iness in some 800 communl-
Two men were indicted by a
federal grand Jury and Jailed
for possession of stolen mail,
possession of a stolen treas-
ury check and forging and pass-
ing as true a government check.
Charged are Edward Eugene
Word, 35, 812 Culebra avenue,
and Lloyd Wright, 23, 359 Al-
bert walk. The two are charged
with unlawfully possessing a
letter April 6 addressed to
Heardy and Patricia Boyd, 1223
Menchaca.
The three-count indictment
against the men accuses them
of having the letter in their
possession, forging the signa-
tures of the Boyds to a United
States Treasury check for
$26.70 and then passing the
check as a valid document.
A fourth count on the indict-
ment charges Word with hav-
ing in his possession on April
1, a letter addressed to Mrs.
Stella Sterling of 428 Albert
walk.
Bexar County jail officials
reported Wright free on an un-
disclosed bond. Word, however,
is being held without bond and
for parole violation.
Conviction for possession of
stolen mall is a $2,000 fine and
five years Imprisonment. Con-
viction for forging and passing
a government treasury check
is a $1,000 fine and 10 years
in prison.
ties.
The vans are fitted and staff-
ed as VA offices and are sched-
uled into towns that are re-
mote from permanent VA work
stations. TTie visits are gen-
erally for one day with the
van operating in a public
square, a shopping center or
other convenient location.
Personnel are experienced
VA wiii# can provide
most of the information and
servlc found in any VA office.
This Includes accepting or ini-
tiating applications for GI ed-
ucation and training, compen-
sation or pension payments,
medical care and GI home
loans.
Personnel have communica-
tion with the nearest VA of-
(See MOBILE, Page 3)
Robert B. Blocker, 833 Da-
kota, native San Antonian and
veteran school teacher, died
suddenly Thursday morning,
June 14. He had been ailing
for only a few days, since Mon-
day. Immediate cause of death
was attributed to a heart at-
tack. He was 54.
Obsequies were conducted
Saturday morning, June 16 from
Sutton and Sutton chapel, Chap-
lain Theodore R. Smith offi-
ciating, with Sutton and Sutton
mortuary in charge of arrange-
ments. Interment was in San
Fernando cemetery.
Blocker was born here, Jan.
1, 1919, attended the local pub-
lic schools, and graduated from
Phillis Wheatley High school in
1936. He was the son of Austin
and Mrs. Rachel Blocker.
He attended Prairie View A
and M college, where he re-
ceived an A.B. degree in 1940,
and his master’s in 1950.
He taught school in Fort
Worth for two years. Return-
ing to San Antonio his career
as a teacher actually extended
over a 30-year pericxi, with his
teaching 22 years at Douglass
Junior school, and the last six
years at Riley Junior school.
For the past 11 summers, he
had worked as a recreation di-
rector in the city recreation
division.
Blocker and the former Miss
Juanita Collins married, Dec.
27, 1946.
He was a member of Omega
Psi Phi fraternity, and of the
Young Men’s Christian asso-
ciation.
Survivors include the widow,
Mrs. Juanita Blocker; father,
Austin Blocker; one brother,
Shelley Blocker of Houston;
five nieces and three nephews.
Broken Wine
Bottle Leads
To Stabbing
A broken wine bottle led to
a Friday morning stabbing in
the 2500 block of Fitzgerald
walk.
Treated at Bexar County hos-
pital for a stab wound of the
left back shoulder was Johnny
Barnes, 74, 135 Ferris.
Barnes told officers he was
warning in tne 2500 block of
Fitzgerald when a Del Rio
street man told him that he
(Barnes) owed two dollars for
a half-gallon of wine bottle he
was supposed to have destroy-
ed.
Barnes told police he gave
the man the money “so there
would be no trouble," but the
other man Jumped at, and stab-
bed, him with a knife.
Mobile Van Program Informs,
Aids Vets In Small Towns
Register Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON--Special help for Viet Nam
veterans among minority groups appears to
be the main result of a unique mobile van
program that brings Veterans administration
nelp and information to local neighborhoods
in small towns and cities.
Administrator of Veterans Affairs Donald
Suspected Murderess
Guarded in Hospital
COL. ROSCOE ROBINSON, JR.
COL. FRED C. SHEFFEY
COL. CALVIN ROGERS
PROMOTED TO RANK OF BRIGADIER GENERAL--The President recently nominated 55 Army
colonels for promotion to the temporary rank of brigadier general. Included on that list were: Colonel
Roscoe Robinson, Jr., commanding officer, Second Brigade, 82d Airborne division, Fort Braggs, N.C.-
Colonel Fred Clifton Sheffey, office, deputy chief of staff for logistics, Department of the Army, and
Colonel Calvin Rogers, commanding officer, 42d Field Artillery group, U.S. Army, Europe.
Colonel Rogers is the first Black Medal of Honor winner to be nominated for promotion to the rank
of general. He was awarded the MedaJ of Honor for his conspiculous gallantry while serving as a bat-
talion commander in Viet Nam.
Double Amputee Hit by
Slug Meant for Another
A double amputee remained in serious con-
dition Wednesday afternoon at Brook Army
Medical center suffering from a bullet wound
meant for a Community Relations officer.
John Hardeman, 46, of 225 Mobile walk was
shot Sunday while in his wheel chair at Hines
and Runnels streets in Sutton homes. Harde-
man is a double amputee who
was wounded in Viet Nam.
Police believe Hardeman was
wounded by one of three bullets
fired at a group of people from
a moving car. The gunmen
were looking for John Ander-
son, 22-year-old community
relations officer.
Anderson had earlier snatch-
ed a bag of LSD from one of
the men as the car drove slow-
ly down Runnels. Reportedly,
the occupants were trying to
get residents to buy the LSD.
Officers said the car was
registered to a man who was
Questioned, but as of Wednes-
ROBERT B. BLOCKER
DIES SUDDENLY--Robert B.
Biocker, 54, a teacher for some
30 years, died suddenly Thurs-
day morning, June 14.
$500 Bond
For Shooting
Husband
A North Palmetto street
mother was released Tues-
day from Bexar county jail un-
der a $500 bond after having
been charged with aggravated
assault with a deadly weapon
following the shooting of her
husband.
Mrs. Merle Butler, 44, of
732 North Palmetto had orig-
inally been booked for assault
to murder her husband, Willie
Butler, 46. Butler was shot
with a .38 caliber snub nose
revolver.
Police quoted the couple’s
son, Melvin Jones, as saying
they had been in a quarrel.
Mrs. Butler told officers her
husband came at her with a
chair.
Jones drove the wounded man
io oruoxe Army Medical cen-
ter where he was treated for
a bullet in the chest and a
grazed forehead. At first re-
port, his condition was said
critical, but Wednesday he was
reported satisfactory.
The district attorney’s of-
fice reduced the assault to mur-
der charge to aggravated as-
sault and Mrs. Butler posted
the $500 bond.
In Pants
Row
A 24-year-old man was in
satisfactory condition, Wed-
nesday, after having been shot
Saturday over a pair of pants.
Billie Ray Williams of 250
Ferris told police he was shot
by an employee o' a cleaning
establishment at 405 Sprlggs-
dale because he wanted his
pants.
According to Williams, he
went to pick up his clothes and
the tab was $2.34, but he had
only 50 cents. Williams tried
to get Just the pants, but failed.
Other witnesses said Wil-
liams and Thomas New argued
over the tab, then fought out-
side. According to Williams,
New knocked him down, then
fired a .22 caliber revolver.
The witnesses, however, say
Williams tried to strike New
first. New himself told police
he fired the gun when Williams
started to go behind the coun-
ter.
New turned himself In to po-
lice downtown and was booked
itaaauii vu #uuiu«I.
Williams was taken to Bexar
County hospital,
Wounded
A Bailey street man was
treated Saturday, at, and re-
leased from, Bexar County hos-
pital for a small caliber bul-
(See EYE, Page 3)
Stabbed
Over
Shoes
A 26-year-old woman Fri-
day morning was treated for a
stab wound in her shoulder and
In her arm after fighting an-
other woman over shoes.
Police quoted Miss Shirley
Kaye Self of 2542 Stanley as
saying she and a 19-year-old
woman were involved in a fight
at Paso Hondo and North Gev-
ers streets over paying for
some shoes.
During the row, the other
woman stabbed Miss Self.
No arrests were made, but
Miss Self told officers she
would go to the district at-
torney’s office to file against
the woman.
Heroin
A $17,000 bond kept a San
Antonio man in Bexar County
Jail Wednesday after narcotics
detectives arrested him Tues-
day morning in his home.
Robert Lewis Ward, 22, of
440 Gabriel was charged with
possession of heroin, mari-
juana anii narcotics pai ajaier-
nalla after detectives armed
with a search warrant raided
his upstairs apartment.
Officers reported finding he-
roin and marijuana in the apart-
ment.
A 22-year-old East Houston
street man in the apartment at
the time was questioned and
released.
Officers said Ward has an-
other address of 1551 Center.
Mother, 19, Shot
June 13, Succumbs
June 15 Afternoon
While a 19 - year - old mother was being
buried Wednesday morning, her 24-year-ola
accused murderess remained under police
guard at Bexar County hospital. The accused
woman was shot Sunday.
Miss Amelia Diane French of 347 Vine died
Friday afternoon, June 15, at Santa Rosa
Medical center from gunshot
wounds she received June 13.
Miss French was shot in the
100 block of Connelly street
after she approached a woman
at a corner. The woman re-
portedly pulled a gun when
Miss French came up and start
ed firing.
Miss French was shot in the
chest, neck and lower right
side.
Homicide detectives were
aware of the gun woman’s iden-
tity at the time, but decided
to wait before making an ar-
rest to see if Miss French
wanted to file.
Detectives reported that had
Miss French lived there was a
possibility she would not have
filed charges against the wo-
man as the shooting stemmed
from a personal feud.
‘MISTAKE*
Homicide Detective Sgt. Doug
Houseton said Miss French,
however, “made the mistake of
dying* which in turn led to the
shooting of her accused mur-
deress early Sunday.
That morning, at the Nlckle
and Nail club, 2906 East Com-
merce, Miss Gloria Hubbard,
2569 Goldsmith walk, was shot
twice in the back as she and
two other women were about
to leave.
Witnesses at the scene would
tell police only that they saw
another woman running east on
Commerce after the shots were
fired.
OLD FEUD
Houseton said the two shoot-
ings go back to ‘sometime last
(See MURDERESS, Page 3)
Dentists
Elect
SA Man
Two San Antonians were
elected to state offices during
the 36th annual convention of
the Gulf State Dental associa-
tion held here this week, Sun-
day through Wednesday morn-
ing.
Dr. Louis Johnson is pres-
ident-elect of the GSDA and
Mrs. Walter J. Duncan is sec-
retary of the GSDA auxiliary.
Mrs. Duncan takes office im-
mediately. Johnson does not
assume office until 1975.
The association met at the
Menger hotel Sunday and ad-
journed Wednesday morning. A
highlight of the meeting was
the appearance of Dr. Earl
M. Lewis, director of urban
studies at Trinity university,
guest speaker at the banquet
on Tuesday evening.
Host to the 55 delegates and
their wives was the W.V. Hurd
Dental society of San Antonio.
Members of the society are Dr.
L.D. Johnson, who is chair-
man, and Drs. Walter Duncan,
(See DENTISTS, Page 3)
Black Presence in American
Revolution Set tor Exhibition
Register Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A
comprehensive exhibition de-
voted to the participation of
black men and women in the
Revolutionary war and the af-
fairs of the early years of the
Republic will open on July 4
at the National Portrait gal-
lery, F street at 8th, N.W.
The independence day opening
of “The Black Presence in the
Era of the American Revolu-
tion 1770-1800 " will afford vis-
itors a rare opportunity to see
many paintings and objects nev-
er before shown.
Among the 250 items assem-
bled from public and private
collections throughout th e
rminfrv or* ——4—* -
• — r-* •• “•**»! iiivO|
broadsides, petition, poems,
letters, and a variety of re-
lated objects.
The exhibition is scheduled
to remain on view through Sep-
tember 3.
The period between 1770 and
1800, in which the American
colonists secured their inde-
pendence and established anew
nation, gave new hope for free-
dom to blacks. Through peti-
tions, court actions, and serv-
ice in the Continental army,
as well as the King’s forces,
they pursued every means that
promised a chance for black
freedom. The National Portrait
gallery’s exhibition traces
these early efforts from the
acts of courage and heroism in
battle, through the establish-
ment of the black churches
which led the way in social
action, to the “Emergence of
Gifts and Powers’--the recog-
nition of individual talents,
finally coming face-to-face
with the fact of ‘The Incom-
plete Revolution."
Most of the gallery’s first
floor area is used for this ex-
hibition, with late 18th cen-
turv architectural rfetaii «n#j
colors added to suggest the
ambiunce of the period. The
portion of the gallery devoted
to ‘The Black Clergy* is de-
signed to resemble the Interior
of an early church, with plank-
ed floor, altar rail, and a re-
production of the stained glass
window portrait of the Rev. An-
drew Bryan. T..e original pul-
pit built by the Rev. Richard
(See EXHIBITION, Page 3)
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Andrews, U. J. San Antonio Register (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, June 22, 1973, newspaper, June 22, 1973; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1052672/m1/1/?q=hamilton+county: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.