The Cristal Experiment: A Chicano Struggle for Community Control

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Index Acuna, Rodolfo "Rudy:' xvii, 80, 87-88, 107,231 Addison, H. M., 23 Aguilar, Maria, 336 Alaniz, John, 34 Alcozer, Santos, 41, 42 Alianza Federal de Mercedes, 159, 212 Alinsky, Saul, 6, 30, 62, 86, 96, 229 Allee, Capt. A. Y. (Texas Ranger), 32, 35, 37,38,77 Almarez, Jesus, 289 Almendaris, Alex, 299 Almond, Gabriel, 5 Altshuler, Alan A., 11 Alvarado, Jose, 337 Alvarado, Ray, 130 Amistad (anti-RUP organization): board of directors, 108; establishment of, 108-9; county elections (1972), 112-15, 157; Perez as leader of, 112-15, 151; supporting independents, 124. See also Los Catorce (The Fourteen) Anderson, Sam, 288-89 Andrade, Erasmo, 225, 232, 295-97, 297, 306 Andrade, Sally, 297 Anglo, defined, 381n2 Aragon, Joseph, 277 Aragon, Juan, 107 Arcos, Luz, 40 Aristotle, 8-9 Arroyo, Richard c., 173, 191 Atzhin (Chicano nation), xi, 159, 382n5 Avila, Carlos, 40, 46, 49, 209 Avila, Luis R., 205, 206, 327, 328 Avila, Maria Balboa, 130, 132 Avila, Pablo (Paul), 187, 193,208,211,320, 321,342 420 Avila, Richard, 130, 140 Avila, Rosaria T., 325, 329 Baca, Herman, 110, 202 Bachrach, Peter, 147, 148 Baldenegro, Salomon, 110 Balderas, Jose Luis: county elections candidacy (1974), 134; school board elections (1975), 140, 141; on Cuba trip, 166; on opposition to Gutierrez, 169, 175,185,186; on city and school board elections (1976), 187; as leader of CU, 197,198; Housing Authority director, 200; Urban Renewal Commission chair, 201 Banack, Emerson Jr., 226 Banter, Bert, 138 Baratz, Morton S., 147, 148 Barker, Dale (editor of Zavala County Sentinel ): CASAA board of directors member , 40; on Gutierrez Odessa speech, 67; on migration from Cristal, 71; "The Barker" column by, 75; on CU as a political machine, 95; on Amistad, 108; RUP opposition, 113; on elections (1973), 118; on elections (1974), 130, 132, 133, 135, 138; on life in Cuba, 165; on RUP Cuban delegation trip, 165; on split in RUP, 170, 174; on elections (1976), 188; on RUP primary (1976), 189; on CU alliance (1978), 205; on community participation , 222; on white migration, 238; on baiting Gutierrez, 321; on elections (1979),327; on Gutierrez's leave of absence , 333; on elections (1980), 336; on Gutierrez resignation, 341, 342 Barmea, Armando G., 108, 115 Barnett, Warren, 63 Copyrighted Material Index Barrio Club: as RUP security force, 112, 185; leader Lupe Cortinas, 150, 160-61, 183-85; and political rupture, 156, 162; reaction to RUP Cuba trip, 166; local elections (1975), 171; supporters of, 171; slander suit against Gutierrez, 174; arrest of members for Gutierrez snake attack , 177; and technocrats, 177,204-5; charges of violence, 179; as a political power, 185-86; genesis of (1971),185, 309; leaders of, 185; local elections (1976), 191; Ku Klux Klan threat, 202; local elections (1978), 204-7; demise as political force, 206; local elections (1980),335,336 Barrioistas: opposition to CU secretariat, 168; on police chief appointment, 170-71; expulsion of members from CU, 175; on violence against Gutierristas , 183; formation of Barrioista CU, 186 Barrios, Greg, 130, 131 barrios in Cristal, 20 Baxter, Bert, 324 Beceril, Maria de la Paz, 107 Belcher, Ernest (District Court Judge), 135-36 Bell, Chester, Jr., 70 Bell, Griffin, 277 Benavides, Fidel, 319, 325, 333 Benavides, Francisco (Frank): passed over for mayor, 51; as RUP supporter, 70, 72-73; as mayor, 79, 200, 206, 210, 287-88; city council candidacy (1971), 96,100; city council member, 119; city council candidacy (1976), 187-88, 190, 191; RUP delegation meeting with Mexico (1972), 187-88, 265; on Mexican relations , 266, 267; on Lo Vaca gas crisis, 281,282 Bensman, Joseph, 146 Bermes, Mario, 192 Better Government (BG), 97-100, 104, 157 bilingual-bicultural education program, 118-19, 120, 121, 151, 230, 240, 241-42, 247,349 Billings, John, 220, 224 Blackman, M. L., 115 Black Power (Carmichael and Hamilton), 6 Blauner, Robert, 218 bond issues: new school construction, 40, 421 239; county park construction, 194; high school remodeling, 207 Bonilla, Maria, 312 Bonilla, Victor III, 335, 336 Bookout, Bea, 320 Bookout, Gloria, 95 Bookout, J. c., 31, 36 Bostic, Lonzo, 115 Botello, Jesse Roy, 323 Botello, Roberto, 239 boycotts. See economic boycotts Boyer, R. E., 23 Brennan, W. P., 31, 36 Briggs, John, 220, 224-27 Brinton, Carne, 58 Briscoe, Dolph (Texas governor), 115-16, 139,200; "Little Cuba" statements, 71, 166, 265, 274; opposition to ZCEDC farm collective, 196,272-73,275-77, 371; and Lo Vaca gas crisis, 281 Briscoe, Ralph, 71, 139 Brockette, M. L., 178...