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nn i - *. eee Movement Backer to —-#D _—— | Th ly -formed Nexican- - P rotest ‘american Youth Organization ° MAYO) was believed to be In Valley ena backing the siudent movement, but student leader Ramirez said e ¥ . Continves Ey HOYT HAGER the boycott was being carried out by a “student commirtee,”" : Caller-Times Staff tyriter ELSA -— Hidalgo County: Pipkin said he had obtained a Sheriff's deputies arrested Frj- list of the complaints and hod day five of the estimated 150 asked the student council to 20 over them and determine if the student body agreed with de- mands. The walkout carried into Fri- _day with considerably fewer pupils who have been boycotting participants. Classes at Edcouch-Zisa Hizh ‘Where some 200 paraded Schoo! in the Lower Rio Grande Thursday. there were fewer Valley, aa 160 Friday. — hefore Lo- ; Lopez on misdeamezror charzes “4 ___ See STUDENTS, Page 1iA ,of loitering on the school . . [Zrouncs. Tne complaint was ‘Hed by Principal MF. L. Pipkin laiter the pups refused to com- e Pty with Pipkin's Tepeated re- -ouesis for them to leave the "school zround, Five Identifie4 Lopez iertified those arrested x Mirtala Villarreal. Homer Trevino, Freddie Sainz, Arnutto :Sustaits, and Xavier Remirez. Miss Villarreal was Teleased iUpan her own recognizance and ‘the others were held in the Hi- aalzo County Jail at Edinburg. The boycott grew out of the denial by the schcol board of a request lo meet with pupils and: discuss a list of 15 demands drawn up by the pupils. They asked that the mectine be held Wednesday, and when the school hoard did not comply, the stu- dents begun a boycott of classes Thursday that continued throuch ' 'Friday. Amonz the complaints lodzed by the demonstrating pupils, is one that there is “olatant dis- crimination" by faculty mem- — “ers against the 96 per cent Ce ~ a Mexican-American pupil popula- ' oe, tion at the high school. The fae ulty is 70 per cent Mexican . Lon