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Contract Will Extend Valley Greration Were Orica Claims Walkout By are going to remain in the! and Peing.egoelated by the Office ke Een Opportunity and Washington. AC the same tine, ene of t idalgo County VISTA super. Visors, admitting his organization has “a black eye" jin the Valley, scid he hoped!Hidalgo County mini ithat such incidents zs the Edcouch-Lisa, which VISTA was invulved can) ibe avoided in the fuure. “T fact,” Christ Quintanilla off Edinburg, the Supervisor, |aectared, “We've already, headed ocf 2 similar walkout ‘im the Weslaco schools.”” # The contract being negotiated: Washinzton would prox “Je: tween 130 and 150 VISTA} {volunteers for am area irom; Brownsville to El Paso by nest! spring. { 4 According to Qu:ntanivi, ‘he, ‘new contract would nol increase tthe Scope of VISTA’s operation; ‘in Hidalgo County. — which! falready has an authorization for| it volunteers and four super-| i ‘The border program would, sa school walxcut injsupervisars to offer guidance inine* volunteers, Quintanilla jvolved in the student protest. said, and Del Rio has 40, San Antonio 30 and El Paso 20. VISTA was brought to Ilidaizo County at the request of the Texas Council Churches, | Cramer Corp. ofjwhi ‘ich as sponsoring agency iwith approval by the local OO, il has a hand in supervising ciivities. Quintanilla said a Valicy, Service Committee, | Mace up ci} ers meets once a month with VISTA ‘and advice. lie said “three or} four” meetings were heid in the past month during the: Edcouch-Elsa student boycott, ; Tue VISTA supervisor said there perhaps was some bad: judgement on the part of his| lorganizati ion_in becoming in- Nowever, he said the role of! NESTA in the strike was nlerpreted.” He explained, “These kids had already had ja Meeting and then contacted| us for help. We worked to get the parents involved with what, their kids were doing — right jor wrong.” i In testimony at a federal) icourt hearing in Browasvitle on 2 successful request for an tinction barring the (Escouch Elsa Schcol Board from ex- pellisg any of the student “Qalers without a heariag, it Was iwoilgtt cut p2id for pris ting tie sts of Student demands ard for lezal assistance for r the § student ay 1! wanted to do the ‘cost between $759,000 and $1 tmillion, an OEO spokesman inj Washington said. Of that, amount $600,000 would be used| to pay volunteers The Army} Finance Center in Mlinois is the disbursement agency for salaries of VISTA volunicers. Leo Crames Corp., ai private company invoived in the] IST: program on a cont tae with the government, would receive approximately! $175,000, to $202,003 to pay the! 15 to 20 supervisors and pay! office and travel expenses. Quintanilla said under the! contract 12 VISTA volunteers| would be sent to Siarr County| 7 fer Camecen first time. present) Samecon County has “sight or groce . sqrevide caving: on food bills.” _. ithe | Edcouck-Elsa students tia i ‘;Somehow they thought ‘VISTA was tne ri the burg 1 3 tof my volutteces if putticular idid a velous joo in gctling «Unexe cds organized into other jactivitivs. I con't thunk we will same trouble in @ suid deypite bad ‘publicity — given VISTA. he ‘believes the orguniz: ta big asset to ‘ibe Valtey. main job is to work wih he iponr and help them belpr jtoemselves.” fe said. “In the towns in which my ‘votunicers are working we have good relations with city and schooi officials, We have organized citizens into com: ‘millees to seck sich things as improvements to sirects and sanitation, and in oac town, ve are attempting lo set up a *membership ry store ‘0