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‘~ Protest Tn Valley - Continres By HOYT HAGER Caller-Times Statt Writer Eisa ~ Hidalgo County: sherif’s deputies arrested Fre day five of the estimated 150 Pupils who have been boycotting Classes at Edcouch-Zisa High Schon} in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, |. The pupils were arraigned be- Hfore Justice of the Pesce Uvalde j Lopez en misdeamezror charges :Of loitering on the 100? Erourcs. Tne comp! fled by Principal Mf. L. laiter the pupils refused to com PY with Pipkin's repeated re- jouesis for them to leave the "school ground. ive Identified Lopez identified thase arrested » Mirtala Viliarreal, Homer Freddie Sainz, Armutfo id Xavier Remirez, | Teal was foe sed upon her own recognizance ai ‘the others were ned the Hi- dalgo County Jail at Edinbut The tt grew out of the Gemial by the school board ow request 10 meet with pupi's and: discuss a tist of 13 demands @rawn up by the pupiis. ‘They asked that the mecting be held Wednesday, and when the school board not comply, the stue dents began a boycott of classes ‘Thursday that continued through ‘Friday. Among the complaints lodged dy the demonstrating pupils, is one there is “olatant dis- Tia " by faculty mem- “ers against the 96 per cent Mexican-American pupil las tion at the high school. The fae ulty is 70 per cent Mexican Americas: Pipkin said, ew =a | Movement Baek i The sewly -formed Mexican american Youth Organization s MAYO) was believed to be backing the student Movement, but student leader Ramurez said the boycott was being carried out by a “student committee.” Pipkin said he had obt 2 list of the complsints and hod 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 participants. Where some 200 paraded Thursday. there were fewer aa 160 Friday. i] During the hearing before Lo- 2, the small justice of the ‘4 "See STUDENTS, Page 144 7 er)