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Show The 4 Lake Tribune, Sunday, August U, 1973 Bv K.iv NrwtiouH' The gunt tnwstown (onstant.y rumble by the row houses on East Lorn bard Street and their roar strains conversation on the marble stoops But ask the truck driver, the factory guard or the neighbor lady on this block of Germans, Italians and lash Americans about food prices and what and they're doing to cooe they don't hesitate to speak out They wonder, though, whether anyone is bstenmg They disagree on who to blame the President, the farmer, the storekeeper or even the nearby meat packing plant The issue is there, ripe for political exploitation Lives With Dog t'uik bu-e- s By Charles HilUnger Los Angeles Times Writer RIO RICO, MEXICO This town is in tin. wrong country It really belongs to Texas 'All nix life I thought 1 wa-- a Mexican Now they tell me I'm a Texan, said 72 year-olFelipe Cantu, one of the 300 residents of Rio Rico d Rio Rieo was once north of the Rio Grande, but a in change in the rivers course put it on the south side Mexico I buy what I rn used to," says Philip Theis, a truck Now the Rio Ricans call themselves Los Americanand many the forgotten Americans os Olvidados" of them want their American rights The strange story of the misplaced village might never have come to light if it hadn't been for James E. Hill Jr . en Arizona State University geography prefessor The geographic mtxup came about in 1906 driver whose children are grown and who lives with his dog There aint no sense in complaining We can't do anything about it, he said, taking another swipe at the sidewalk with his broom - Others fuss, and fuss loud Theis nephew William, who lives with his mother up the block, fussed about the price of tomatoes Now he grows his own, mixed m with his roses in a tiny back yard off the a'ley A janitor and guard at Vulcan Hearth Food Equipment Manufacturers, William Theis added that he likes veal cutlets and they're way out of reach Chickens gone sky " lugh, too Theis and his neighbors on operate tight budgets After J4 years on his 3.30 to midnight job, he says he still makes only 52.99 an hour A across the young woman street says that after she pays her rent, buys food and pays bills out of her $130 paycheck, I only have $5 left for myself Builds Pumping Station built a large consequence, boundary end of a loop The loop was lorgotten, but according to international law, the land left dangling inside Mexico never lost its American identity Hill visited Rio Rico, but none of the people there ever heard of the boundary switch. He checked with officials of Hidalgo County, Tex , on the opposite side and found the same reaction Nothing happened, not until the U S. Boundary Commission and the U.S. State Department looked into the matter agreement has been reached with the Mexican government whereby Rio Rico will be given to Mexico for an equal amount of unoccupied land 25 miles up nvor below McAllen, Tex. That now lies in Mexico. The Rio Grande will be straightened at that point upstream An What Happens to Forgotten? It is hoped the exchange will be accomplished next several years. in the But what happens to Los Amencanos Olivadados'.1 Obviously they are as American as Richard Nixon, said Launer B. McDonald, 41, an Edinburg, Tx , attorney and history buff. He is representing 40 Rio Ricans who arc seeking formal documents of American citizenship. Felipe Cantu, the village patriarch, is the final word on proof of binh if documents are not av ailable Works Regularly One man may be laid off right away, another in November. One was out of work three months straight last year and, while working regularly now, brings home only about $130 a week to feed a family of four. They cope with rising prices in varied ways. William Theis and his mother Julia, who is on Social Security, buy pretty much what they always have. Mrs. Theis late husband was a butcher for Esskay, a meatpacking plant only a few blocks away, and theyre used to having meat. They do dnve about five miles to outlying Baltimore County, where they find food a little cheaper settled quickly, said For myself, and other oldtimers here, we are forward to receiving the old age pension from I hope this whole business is Cantu looking President Nixon Younger Rio Ricans for the most part can't wait until they achieve their rights as Amencan citizens and can move to the other side. 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(lassilied Ads 5 General Display Retail Display 1 can't save like I did Mv husband doesnt make that much If he brings in $90 clear, were lucky a week Mrs Kellner says, we never went in for luxuries " fortunately, (.laze gives her Betty three boys more Spam and a lot of starches, noodles and nee Were doing without all that meat In a way, I feel I shoulun't have to do that I feel my children are lacking protein Her husband faces a layoff from the Baltimore Sun mail room, so the family has applied for food stamps Shes making her own bread, using more powdered milk, buying scrapple but you get tired of scrapple. The children are used to having luices and they stand why they hem any more 4 in cant under- can't have School Katherine McGianey will lave all four children in school this fall for the first time and the price of school lunches is going up a nickel Shes serving more spaghetti and soups and a lot more salads cole slaw. macaroni salad because produce is not as high as meat Betty Deacon, who lives across the street, says shes mad about paying the prices But Im spending a little more time and getting meals to go further for her husband and two young sons. She makes homemade soups with lots of vegetables. And if she cooks a chicken, she and her husband don't polish off the three pieces they once ate but make sure the boys have all they want In politics as in economic, this long block defies neat labels. True, the row houses look alike, with a brick one or some bnck steps instead of Baltimores traditional marble steps thrown in now and again for vanety. two-stor- y Theres an Italian gift shop near one end of the block which displays photographs of Rome m silver frames in the window and a model of a Venetian gondola which lights up all imported from Italy There's a corner drugstore a corner bar and a shoe repair shop up the block No Front Yards , One house window bea.s a decal and another a VFW sticker flower-powe- r cent days Vote reminis- of Eugene McCarthy to Register urging, Near the bus stop, signs in several doors ask people please not to sit on the There are no front steps yards so kids run along the sidewalk or play in the fenced-plots in the back Politically, there are as many ideas as people. In last spring's primary, George Wallace earned the two precincts divided by East Lombard Street despite the earlier crippling attempt on his life. In the general election the precincts, usually Democrat, went for Nixon But a pocket of McGovern support existed around Betty Deacon's house She's new to politics but into it with vigor Mrs Deacon says her neighborhood might be considered apathetic on national politic but when it comes to a local gut issue, people turn out. She remembers how 50 people stood out in the street last summer, backing up traffic five miles, to dramatize their plea to move a truck route away from their homes not blame it on my President Maybe I'm wrong but I will not blame it on the President 1 blame it on the ston"- - Ruby Flynn and her husband live down the street Their income comes from Social Security and his BetShe hlehem Steel pension Freezing the pnee of says beef and not other stuff only made the other stuff go up She's angry at Nixon for not coming through with a Social People only blame President Nixon for the spiralling prices if they didn't vote for him last fall And then they blame him mainly for not freezing all food pnees or for fre ting wages rigidly and kecunty benefit hike he prum-iv'if price"- - went up and .he dot's not believe Nixon all he could to keep down those prices Asked whether she would vote for George McGovern she said. "I still again, wouldnt vote for Nixon Ill tell vou that." The President should take the freeze off and let the farmer bring his food to Betty Glaze said market, "We should stop worrying I about foreign countries can't see selling everything to foreign countries . . . you should worry about your own people first, then keep your friendships up William Theis suggests Coninvestigate the whole gress &D Ons wt thing and bring aoout how storekeepers are raising prices Theyre investigating everybody else now." tu-do- LUMBER At low, low PHses! pnees LAGOON loosely. Oh, no, I dont blame it on the President," said Mrs I will Theis, a Republican. Everything For The Bulkier SALT LAKE CiTYOSLtH 3br sjdlt Cikr Sribttnr 143 South Worn D.ol 524 2800 Established April 15, 1871, issued every morning bv the Kearns Tribune Corporation, Salt Lake Citv, Utah 84110 Second class postage paid at Soil coke City. Utah. 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