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Express and News from San Antonio, Texas • Page 19

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Pot Continued from Page 1A tthe plus more not yet a aftei the, haul was Drought to the rrotel loom eaily Saturday morning Sgt a Westbrook of the J3an A i police said the quality" marijuana ap- was bound for Chicago have been sent theie commeicial plane The haul was smuggled into fiom Mexico, Westbrook Bond was set at $20,000 each two ol the men and at each for the other men jand the two girls them were jailed in lieu of bond Charged i receiving and concealing imported marijuana -and placed under $20,000 bond Thomas Miller Chaney IV, of Pittsbuigh, Pa and John Woodbury, 19, of Wood stock, 111 Also a on the same counts and placed under $10,000 bond were Christine Hufh Barr, 18, of Pittsbuigh, Thomas Don aid a a i 26, of Des arid Dominick Jo- D'Agostino, 24; Allen Wes- White, 34; i a John Walberer, 31; and a i Howard Prussat, 19, all of Chicago. Ah examining tr-ai was set for 10 a.m. May 19. Bexar Sheriff's inv. Edgar "Blackie" McGraw said he and two other officers used a search warrant to enter a house Redland Road.

They found 19 marijuana planls growing outside and a smoking rig and i til- er evidence inside, McGraw Several rifles also were found. The five ranging in ages from 18 to 26, were booked at Bexar County jail for possession of marijuana. Four listed San Antonio addresses, i the fifth said he was from Houston. Officers were checking owner- ship of Ihe rifles. San Antonio Mtiy 10, 1970 Page T9-A MARIJUANA SEIZED--These marijuana plants, a small plastic sack of the plant's leaves and several rifles were confiscated Saturday when Sheriff's Invs.

Fred Davis, left, and Edgar "Blackie" McGraw, right, and Deputy Mendoza raided a North Bexar County farm house. Five were arrested and booked for possession of Photo. Puerto Rican Vote Crucial iu Newark Election NEWARK, N. J. (AP) -Voters in this city of where blacks and Puerto Ricans outnumber whites by nearly two to one go to the polls Tuesday to choose among'seven candidates for mayor pt "the candidates are black, and one of them Kenneth Gibson, a city engineer nti leave from his job--is'expected election incumbent Mayor Hugh .1.

Addonizlo, who is seeking a third term. The sometimes bitter campaign has been marked by accusations against Addonizio --of running a corrupt administration. Addonizlo is waiting trial June 12 other men on federal extortion charges. They were indicted test December by a federal grand jury investigating alleged official corruption in New ark. They were charged with ex torting $253,000 from a construe lion company 'that had woite for the city.

Addoriizio and sev eral of the other defendants also are charged with income tax Besides Gibson, the black can did ales are George Richardson assistant minority leader of the Atsembly, and Harr; Wheeler, a former Newari Continued from Page ISA here. He's a fascinating man! As old 'as he is he's with it. Very wise, philosophical muy Mejicaiio. He led school wal- in the '30s. I am also very impressed: with the commitment of Albert Pena, but not with his political ways.

tells it, like it is if lie wins, he wins, if he loses, he loses. He doesn't give a (. I am impressed with Joe Bernal. As a pol- ideal leader he's smart and good, I ad. mire Cesar I just met him.

I discussed some very senous questions with him: I don't think that he can be compared to Martin Luther King (nor I to H. Hap Brown or Stokely Carmichael). I think he's a tough guy. I don't buy all that (. .) about his going to church every Sunday.

If he's an organizer, and a i man, if you kick him in the (. .) he's going to i you right back, otherwise he's no good. Miscellaneous comments: I've learned one thing: the gringos are just as scared of us as.we are of them, and that is very advantageous because one'can out-gringo the gringo. The Rangers have not bothered us. I.

don't think there will be brown campus riots around here because we're taking over our colleges by sheer numbers. Pan American, 9 Jr. College, Texas A Uvalde Jr. College are all'heavily Chicano, or will become Chicano very soon. You'll find riots and all this stuff in California and Colorado, up maybe.

Chicanos have been rioting all the lime, but the media and society always think of black power when they hear of riots and burnings. Raza up in Michigan in desperation scrawled "Viva La Raza" and "Brown-Power" around a building they had burned, so that people iWould know they it, not the blacks. ON VIETNAM-INDOCHINA: The Chicanos over there should be fighting here against the gringos instead of over there with (lie gringos. discover TOW windowdrama with color-coordinated custom made draperrcs of Antique Satin ond sheer Chiffon underdrap'er- ies in one hundred ethereal colors for you to fhp.pse from. Your draperies are made to Ihe exact specifications'for your window wilh double turned 4" hems and French pleated headings, Hand pressed folded for Ihe exquisite io'olc of hand craftsmanship.

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By irud-niornirig, the lawns he Ellipse began filling up with are-chested boys and bra-less iris. Seemingly endless lines oung people streamed into the rea through downtown streets 'olicemen, a i by hastily rained student a a learal streets and walkways to eep the demonstrators moving The temperature rose steadily nd reached 90 early in the af ernoon. Medical I 6 area. Marshalls In the tried with little success to control tile rock-throwers. At about 5:15 p.m the first gas cannister exploded at 17th and Pennsylvania.

It was said to have been an accidental discharge, and it was uncertain vhose canister it was. At about the same time, sev eral hundred other demonstra- were i the Justice Department, throwing hrough windows. About 80 em- ers of the city's civil disturbance unit moved into the area. They i tear gas and the crowd dispersed with policemen pursuit. had been no overt warnings earlier in the day that the demonstration deteriorate into street fighting before dusk had come to Washington.

The calm, picnic-like atmosphere on the Ellipse prevailed all morning. Many of the young demonstrators were in Washing ton for. the first time and their language was free of threats of coming violence. "I had to come," said a law student from the University Michigan. "My i wouldn't let me sit back know ing that else wai doing my protest for me.

A young New Jersey secretary said it was her first experience with a a i n. thought it was really importan to come here," she said. "I real rawn from up and ly think Nixon's extending thi town the East Coast, hurriedly rdercd supplies of salt tablets 0 real casualties the eat. At least 50,000 tablets were distributed. Cjty authorities in mergency water supplies and urned on fire a 1 of demonstrators ought relief in fountains and in ie long reflecting pool.

The speeches began a little af er the noon hour and dragget far rngre than three hours "limisands i the talk lany professed their oredom. Some of the a came rom familiar faces--David Del nger, one of the Chicago con piracy trial defendants; actress ane Fonda, Coretta King, am lobert Scheer of Ramparts ma Some of the speeches from obscure figures in he movement. No politician of any note made a speech. By 3 p.m. the crowd began breaking up and it was at this joint that the separation began street activists and non-activists.

Progressive Labor party repre- ientatives urged the crowd to head cast on Consttiution Avenue for a march on the Labor and Justice Departments. Pacif- sts, such as the poet, A "Tinsourg, urged (hem to licad in opposite direction, toward ieorge Washington University. The throng split up and headed out in all directions. Many reople left the city to begin the drive home. Thousands rooped through the downtown area to the suburbs, 'actions were indistinguishable.

But a big contingent--several mndrcd at first, several thousand later on-moved into the Labor-Justice Department com flex. Many of them were armed vith sticks, cane poles and bot- les. Many had gas masks and masks. They were addressed by SDS speakers who chanted: "1-2-3-4, Vietnam's a tosses war; 5-6-7-8, nothing to 11 a They vaved banners urging students "ally with workers, not liberal A woman speaker urged the crowd to avoid violence: "If you see someone trying to throw a rock or something, you should dp every tiling you can to stop him," she said. in the crowd were nore militant, however.

Around 3:30 p.m., an estimated group of 700 persons bearing vooden coffins draped in black crepe paper a across Memorial Bridge to Arlington National Cemetery. Just inside the main gate, the narchers, singing "The Battle lymn of the Republic," deposited the coffins on the circular green In front of the Arch. Some of the i were marked "Black a 'Viet Dead" and In an apparent move to avoid confrontation, the demonstrators dispersed when some National troops arrived. On the Ellipse, a band of young men marched, shouting 'to the White Hundreds of people followed them to 16th and Streets, where about 30 demonstrators attempted to turn over one of the busses barring entrance to a a a across Pennsylvaniaa Avenue from the White House Air was let out of the tires some buses and i a for reinforcements Inspector Charles Monroe urged the i to "be calm, quiet we don't care, about a little air out of bus tires. Don get keep it was no way to coo down the crowd, however.

By 4 p.m., 1,000 people wore at 17lh and Pennsylvania acros the street from the executiv office building chanting cuvsc at the President, yelling, "Le that pig Nixon hear our volcel A tew rocks and bottles were ihrowri through the windows the parked busses that blocke the crowd off from the Whit A few students were smoking pot. Some were playing guitars dancing, throwing frisbees, am having water fights at the foun tains. War Continued From Page IA Neak Lunng and ran into sniper fire from a small island in Ihp middle of the river three miles upstream. A dispatch from Cambodia said the gunboats replied wit! heavy meachine gun fire and si r.nced the enemy. Reporters nearby said thej aw U.S.-made helicopter lounding enemy Iroops dug i it Neak Luong and said the acks continued throughout In dav in' the afternoon, six larg Jhi no ok helicopters began lam ig South Vietnamese troops he east bank of the Mekong 'he Cambodian commander a Thorn, nearby, said th oiith Vietnamese would set a base just norlli of Neai By dusk 13 South Vietnamese had passed Ncai Luong.

Three were parked ii iildstream just abova thu (eiv rossing. A strike force of Cambodians orn in Soulh Vietnam an rained by U.S. Green Berets been flown to Phnom Pen nd may be about to join tin lattle at Neak Luong. Associated Press corrosponi nt T. Jeff Williams reporlc rom Koki Thorn that two com anics of the Cambodians ii uses were passing Hie are; vhere Soulh Vietnamese gun oats were exchanging fire wil nipers: They got out quickl nd deployed when some encm ullets hit their buses.

A U.S. Command spokesma aid he had no report of the gui hips, troop landings or tli igllling but 'confirmed tha lielciopters were lorting the river operation. He also said he did not kno 1 vhetlier the U.S. advisers nor mally assigned lo Soulb Vie namese gunboats were sti aboard but that "U.S.forces ai iot authorized to proceed int Cambodia beyond the limits au horized by the The latest incursions hit Cambodia placed about 20,01 troops and an cnual nun )er of South Vietnamese on nin cattered fronts along a 600-mil tretch of the border. The U.S.

Command said ele nents of the 2nd Brigade of th 5th Infantry Division joine tlier American forces opera ng against enemy bases i Cambodia 80 to 90 miles norlh Saigon. Field reports said the force in volved 2,500 Iroops and scores Sheridan tanks and armore (ersonnel carriers. They vvcr hrusting westward on a ma siye sweep by U.S. troops in Fishhook region of Cambodia. The other operation auhchcd Thursday by hundrci )f troops of the 3rd Brigade lie 9th Infantry Division in th Parrot's Beak 45 miles west Saigon.

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