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+ ACTIVITIES CONCERNING FARM WCRKL.:5 Save é STRIKE IN RIO GRANDE CITY, TEXAS —" sy! . *'£n the next day or two.! ] "Named in the suit az Texas Ranges Capt. A. Y. se Allee, Ranger Sgt. S. H. Dense n, Rangers Jack Van Cleve], ~ T. H. Dawson, and Jerome Preiss, Starr County Sheriff Pr. Rene, Solis, Deputies Raul Fena end Roberto Pena, Special Deputy Jim Rochester, and Justice of th: Porce B.S. Leprz. “Rochester is an em.'s7e_ of a ‘Cas ita Farme, the principal target of the wnioréc year-long orgarizatioral drive. The California-case:. union get}s a $2.25 an hour minimum wage and union eccortracts for the field hends of Starr County. "Rochester's brovhor, Ray, is vice vresident and genera? manager of the huge farn. "Hamad a5 plaintiffs in +he suit are Frank (Pancho) Medrano or Dalles, cathy Baker, Cavid Lopez, Gilbert Fadilia, “Magdaleno Diwa2, henjamin Rudrigues and the union. & z “The Charges "Delendantr in the tase ame accused of ‘unlawful harrassmer.t, threats. searches i:.d seizures uniawful and greundless mass and ii.civicual arrests, ph,sical assaults and batteries an? dicregar? fcr due process of lav.' Panne hie ss wll ewe tine AF the ant maw bar ¢; cc. Od wh whe Swe iS FL Van Cleve and Preies ‘unlawfully and without serr justification,’ arested some of the plaintiff:. ‘The suit also alleges that private property was taken from some of the plaintiffs and” contends that some of the property was destroyed. , “William Kircher, organization director of tha AFL-CIO, is scheduled to meet with Gov. Jchn Connall: at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Acstin, =ccurding to Yilliana, "A union spokesman aaid Kircher expects to iltcuss { “the Starr County labor dispute with the zevernor., eo a