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Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 17

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CAP PoimeD Cirtsimtied IHIeeid Stoirft Personnel Veto Cox Alfredo Marquez Mrs' added the director's tenure wQl the program lashing given County Com The Abilene Board of abstained and President Education Wednesday approved Morgan Jones Jr did not vote contract between the school but obviously opposed the contract as presented a district and the Community majority vote the committee 'the school district and that the can reject any applicant for OEO guidelines and an evahia-employment in the program tion report of the local CAP were and adds that the director will satisfied by insuring the policy be interviewed by the commit- group have some voice in missioner Grover Nelson by Tim Adams at a CAP meeting this year Osborn said that was an 'isolated Mrs Hofheinz said she foresaw no such situation developing Dr Schafer a member of the committee said he had never been harassed in the meetln He supported involving Action Program for operation of the next Head Start program giving the Head Start Policy Advisory Committee veto power over selection of Head teachers and the director Voting for the contract were Whitten Dr Herman Schafer Bill Wright and Mrs Rutledge Larry Adamson The contract which insures that operational control of the program will rest with the school system was passed after Start'about 14 hours of discussion with CAP Executive Director Dick Osborn and Mrs Walter Hofheinz chairman of the Head Start Committee Disagreement concerned the selection of personnel Although all board members apparently were willing to accept the veto power Jones voiced vigorous objection to the personal interview requirement for the director He said he was not willing to a man down there (to the committee) to be citing the tongue- tee The contract also says written basis for rejection of any applicant will be furnished by the committee Osborn said items under discussion had been revised after a meeting with SupL A 'Wells and were designed to insure both that the operations jOf the program remained with voted no Mrs Claud McAden provision that by three-fourths Genevieve Daniels Mrs Lila be for the eight months of the! The vote was taken after Belle Curtis Milton Hix Mrs1 Head Start Program and then he several suggestions including Rae Phillips Billy Earles Mrs would have to be rehired or' postponing action and voting on Emily Marquez Mrs Alicia replaced for the program the(the contract without the Jacquez and Dr Schafer jnext year director's were Osborn said Thursday this! Wells contended through out presented committee will continue in the discussion Wednesday that! Wednesday the board also operation until a new committee the veto and i I w'selected a cream colored brick is named in October Iprovisinns would damage the for the interior and a decorative He said the committee would program and that the evaluation planetarium being built on the not have the power to fire a team had overstepped the basic same block but south of the paCTtsand'the ronrununity jdirertor aler is guidelines fur operation ofSchnol Administration Building operation of the program is not a one-year he said It is a decade thing" The advisory committee is headed by Mrs Hofheinz There are 31 members Eighteen are parents of Head Start students and 13 are members of the CAP Head Start Committee Members include Mrs George fifton Mrs Linda Pearson Irs Jack Rodriquez Mrs elen Killam Mrs Ernest arris Mrs Elam Burns Mrs Chavana Mrs Paul Kiser etton Hackney Mrs Donna ichards Mrs Joe Salas Mrs ailisa Ramirez Mrs Bill Lee Mrs James Reagor Mrs Mina folds Mrs Fidel Leal Mrs iorace Everett Mrs Joe 'avera Mrs Grace Strother Rev Wallace Far is Dr Brady tSTje Reporter PAGE ONE ABILENE TEXAS 79604 THURSDAY EVENING JULY 11 1968 SECTION i-SU Drama Set For Repeat Show So well-received was i Company of Wayward a 1 n-Simmons summer drama production that it will be presented again at 8:30 pm Saturday according to George Sorensen director of the university theater Although the performance Is staged basicallly the in Van Ellis Theatre projection screens are used to extend stage i areas where additional acting will take place Tickets may be reserved by phoning 677-7281 extensions 421 1 1 or 520 Adult admission is $1 1 college students 75 cents and high school age and under 50 cents i SAVE UP TO 60 WOMENS SHOES SPRING AND SUMMER STYLES He blames the for much of the trouble Yet he says a lot of good here too' VALUES TO 3900 otordtay Irslogilhiti on Modem 597 1997 to Come take advantage of our semi-annual shoe sale! All the styles and colors to pep up your summer wardrobe and styles to be worn on into Fall! Names like D' Antonio Delman DeLiso Deb Florsheim Nat uralzier Miss Constance Roma Nina etc witness get two or three different stories out of him and record the pertinents is all done quickly and nconspicuously No guns are drawn because even though a tiller is loose the police are not allowed revolvers unless directly threatened No immediate search is conducted because unless a cop has a warrant or an invitation he cannot rater private property So the cops leave to other murders to other frustrations they complain to criminal populace that increasingly uses the law to break the law 'Nothing Fazes Jerry Dunlop looks wearily around doesn't fax el he says fazesll them Violence Is a way of life for most The only wrong thing to do Is to get Grime Is closing in on Dunlop 1 He can reach out and touch it at! any time Yet he doesn't 1 Because he says as the 'I hoodlum element around him continues to grow his police authority continues to shrink he wonders things coming Tomorrow: Sunday In Harlem I And the killer? says a detective probably turn himself in after awhile When he sobers up start thinking about pleading manslaughter or something figure that the most get will be a lew years And be right you know Killing people a big thing in the courts A kid runs up and stares at the belts of departing policemen He is counting their bullets A woman in a brassiere drops cigarette ashes from a third-story window A young man yells me arrest me River Oaks Downtown River Oaks Downtown i Un My By TOM T1EDE NEA Staff Correspondent (Put 2 of 3) NEW YORK (NEA)-It is Saturday night the worst of the week in New Harlem For policeman Jerry Dunlop eight more hours of walking six-block beat stepping In vomit smelling tenement urine and swinging a fiberglass nightstick Events are eff to rapid start On Lennox Avenue a man is stabbed in the head during an argument Police speculate that if the man lives he will refuse to sign a complaint against his assailant The explanation is that the man will be too frightened On 144th Street a woman has a heart attack in a fifth-floor room So crowded is the street so winding the stairway and so cluttered the room that police spend 30 critical minutes just to remove her to the ambulance I Purse Snatcher 1 On Eighth Avenue a small boy waits outside a grocery store 'woman comes out The boy grabs her purse and scrambles out of sight The kid may need the money for dope or to satisfy a malicious demands thievery will be big Jerry Dunlop says was Day in Harlem what they call the arrival of the welfare checks And if the husbands steal them the purse snatchers Dunlop mops his brow the he smiles welfare payments should The cop walks on He pauses to pick up a drunk from gutter ya old buddy the drunk slurps Dunlop helps him to his feet ya old bud dy cop the hell is Tie drunk wheels and beads back for the bar New Stock On 143rd Street Jerry Dunlop I opens the door to Furniture Store and waves to the manager Leo Dansky The manager is putting out new I stock He explains that all of his id not Ladies Departmnet Group of Summer Sleeveless Dresses Large Asst of colors Values to 3600 Reduced stock is new and recently uncrated lost everything in the he shrugs The followed the death Martin Luther King Officer Dunlop says that people streamed into the store and stripped it dean He adds that police were given orders to touch the looters and so they had a free Why such orders? says the cop 'felt that police action would create larger disorders We felt different of course but we can only carry out the At the mention id the word store manager Dansky crings He has goo reason He says that he lost 830000 worth of stock but he collect on his riot insurance the mayor call the looting a What does the mayor call it? disorder or something" says Dansky should have seen that Dozens id people in Harlem are out of business now The rest of us have had to put steel garage doors over our windows for protection" Steel Fronts Testaments to assertion are everywhere in neighborhood Several stores are warded up and abandoned One quor establishment has replaced its all-window front with walls of foot -thick concrete blocks And as for the merchants not hurt in the riots? A couple of doors up from Fur nitur eMrs Gertrude Kahn owner of a variety store says: buy nsurance at all any more helpless All I can do is go home each night and pray nothing Dunlop the cop nods sympathetically as if to say "Me A Homicide The evening continues Shortly wfore dusk Jerry Dunlop is summoned to a building on 142nd Street Kids are playing skip rope outside the entrance a mother is nursing an infant old women cool themselves on chairs asks another cop Homicide" the officer answers A young girl is singing it to me A couple in a parked car is necking furiously An old man Is checking bottles in the street searching for a shot of a wine selling for 50 cents a pint Inside the building the homicide victim lies in a furnace well His head and neck are pockmarked with punctures A witness says that a wino tripped the victim then hit him repeatedly with a 20-pound poker Several detectives are Investigating They question the It and Mens Department Entire Stock Summer Slacks Plain or Pleated Tops Regs Longs Reg Vol to Sale 1200 995 1500 1095 1800 1395 2000 1595 2395 1795 2695 1995 2995 2495 3500 2995 group summer Pant Dresses values to 2300 25 off Children's Department (River Oaks Only) Sizes 2-7 Boys Walking Shorts off Short Sleeye Knits Shirts Sizes 2-7 y4 off Boys Cotton Shirts 4 off Childrens Grab Table Downtown River Oaks 300 Knit Shirts blouses Tapers odds ends Val to 800 Fabric Department Printed Whisper Jersey Novelty Plaid and Printed Silks Choose from beautiful colors and designs Values to 850 At Home Patio Dresses long and short Vera Elizabeth Stewart Vsbff 1 v- Grab Table Sport Shirts Button Down and Regular Collars Vz price Silk and Stretch Tapers values to 1700 Vz price Summer Pajamas (Short Sleeve Knee Length) Val Reg to Sole 500 395 600 445 495 Group Blouses values to 1700 Vz price 339 Downtown Only (Trim Ihrwffc VMtirtiV) AccMiiiH 1968 1560 Injuria! In 1961 511 Fatalatiai In 1968 4.

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