San Antonio Light Wednesday April 24, 1985 Front page Street

Final [1?]04th year, No.93

The Largest and Best Newspaper in South Texas

[Headline] Disabled Block Buses 50 protesters in wheelchairs clog downtown

S.A. traffic. See Below.

PHOTO by Roberta Barnes, San Antonio Light: On a city street a bare-chested man (Claude Holcolm) in a power chair sits in front of a GMC city bus blocking it. On Claude's left a man in a manual chair (Joe Carle?) rolls toward the back of the bus. On Claude's right a man on a scooter rolls down the other side of the bus. Inside the windshield of the bus is a sign that says "APTA."

Caption reads: Stopping The Bus: Three Wheelchair-bound protesters block the path of a bus downtown as part of a protest over access for the disabled.

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Thursday 11 July 2013

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Thursday 10 December 2015

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APTA, blocking a bus, Claude Holcomb, Joe Carle, protest, San Antonio, wheelchair bound

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