Stamp story

Re “Salazar, 4 others on U.S. postage,” April 23

Ruben Salazar in January 1961 filed a story about the political movement to incorporate East Los Angeles, describing it as a new era of political awakening.

He liked the area and its people. Regretfully, he died covering an uprising of the people of East L.A. during an antiwar demonstration. The U.S. Postal Service stamp in his honor will be a cherished memento for those of us who lived and worked in East L.A. in the 1960s.

William G. Hutson

Rancho Cucamonga

The writer was a member of the Incorporation of East Los Angeles Committee.

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I still haven’t seen anything that explains why the stamp pointedly omits what happened during the Chicano protest rally in East Los Angeles and who did it. Seems to kind of miss part of the point of the stamp, especially because Salazar was a journalist and here’s a stamp in his honor missing two of the W’s.

John Rabe

Cypress Park

The writer hosts the “Off-Ramp” program on KPCC-FM (89.3).