Nakai Opens Term as Navajo Council Chairman
Raymond Nakai of Flagstaff takes over as chairman of the Navajo Tribal Council. In his inaugural speech he outlines a program for economic and social development for America’s largest Indian tribe, with emphasis on literacy, language, and industrial incentives. The piece notes the challenge of enacting policy through a council and Congress and urges English literacy for participation in official business.
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Raymond Nakai
Flagstaff
America
Naka
Council
Congress
Ans
Nakal
Arizona
Paul Fannin
Clinton P. Anderson
New Mexico
Chamber program invites tourists and business to Flagstaff
Flagstaff welcomes visitors and new business with an all day Letter Business session at Arizona State College Business Administration Hall. Arizona Public Service manager Jack L McDonald leads free 9 am sessions with three morning and four afternoon one hour classes. Additional classes on tourism care run 7:30 pm April 24 25 and May 12 sponsored by ASC University of Arizona and Distributive Education Service with Larry Loven of Winslow teaching. Cost is 2 per person and reservations are through the Flagstaff chamber.
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Flagstaff
Chamber of Commerce
Business Administration
Arizona State College
Jack L. McDonald
Arizona Public Service
Phoenix
Mack Forrester
Business Administration Auditorium
D Ustruction
Cost
ASC
University of Arizona and
Distributive Education Serv
Larry Loven
Winslow
Flagataff Chamber
Three Flagstaff Men On Forest Committee
Three Flagstaff men have been appointed to the Arizona Forest Industries Committee for 1963. They are Ralph Buby Habitt Bros LeVon Tanford Jay Whiting Kat HABab Lumber Co James M Boyd of Southwest Forest Industries in Phoenix accompanied chairman.
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Washington
Flagstaff
Arizona Forest Induatries
Ralph Buby
Habbitt Bros
LeVon Tanford
Southwest Forest Inetuatries
Jay Whiting
Katbab Lumber Co
James M. Boyd
Southwest Forest Industries
Phoenix
Panied
Congress Probes Steel Price Shifts and Tax Filing Urgency
Washington AP report shows memo to tax chief Caplin urging early Form 1040 filing amid steel price concerns. Caplin, joking about tardiness, notes IRS urged refunds to file early while his own payment status remains undecided. Caplin’s new vehicle tag reads 1020 as a constant reminder of his role.
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Revenue Service
Internal Revenue Service
Caplin
Washington
Burglary Fire Threatened Fed Church Annex
Easter weekend blaze damaged the Rees Hall annex of the Federated Community Church after would-be safecrackers used a soldering torch to open a safe. Custodian Tom Spangler discovered the fire at 8:30 am as three fire crews fought to save the 1924 building. The torch and acetylene tank were stolen in a prior break-in at Mava-Hopi Tours, with links to other burglaries at Tyrell Motors and the touring firm garage. Fire spread to the attic, destroying many records and prompting police notes of a second burglary in a week.
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Federated Community Church
Tom Spangler
Gilbert Castro
Mava-Hopi Tours
Castyn
Appar
Tyrell Motors
Spangler
Casira
le Sail
Kidnaping Figure Dies From Heart Attack in San Francisco
Charles Boettcher 62, linked to a famed Colorado family once abducted for a $60,000 ransom in 1933, died in sleep of heart trouble after living in Nob Hill since last November. He and his wife had spent a year in Hawaii. captors served long prison terms. Boettcher's grandfather built sugar beet cement and stockyard businesses in Colorado.
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San Francisco
Charles Boettcher
Colorado
Boettcher
Om Plush Nob Hill
Hawaii
Senator Douglas to probe steel prices next week
Senator Paul H. Douglas announced a Senate Economic Committee inquiry into steel prices profits and production problems. He cited price hikes by Wheeling Steel and Lukens Steel and said full hearings will examine costs labor raw materials and foreign competition as Kennedy weighs public interest criteria. Kennedy in Palm Beach consulted advisers by phone as Lukens announced price increases.
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Washington
Paul H. Douglas
DJL
Senate House Economic Committee
Wheeling Steel Corp
Lukens Steel Co
Kennedy
Lukens
Douglas
Palm Beach
Fla
Wall Street Journal
Republic Steel Boosts Prices Amid Strong Demand
Cleveland based Republic Steel Corp the nations third largest producer announced selective price increases averaging 33 1 3 dollars per ton on carbon steel products shipments will begin Tuesday with rises ranging from about 1 4 to 14 cents a pound the move affects about 26 percent of its total steel mill product sales in 1962 billionaire.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
Republic
First Session Of New Navajo Tribal Government Opens
The Navajo Nation begins a new era as 74 council members and Chairman Nakai take oaths from Judge Ling. The new body plans to appoint committees on budget public works and education while tackling a $19.8 million operating budget and a multiweek session with daily subsistence stipends.
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Paul Swinceze
Window Rock
Chi Man
Raymond Nakai
Charlaan Nelson Damon
Dave W. Ling
Nakai
Damon
Paul Jones
Scnn Preston
Makai
Sword
Billie Sol Estes Receives 15 Year Prison Sentence
EE, PASO, Tex. Promoter Billie Sol Estes was sentenced to 13 years in prison for mail fraud and conspiracy in manipulating fertilizer bank mortgages involving 24 million. U.S. District Judge Thomason called him “the most gigantic swindler in history” after Estes was convicted March 28 by a federal jury in El Paso.
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Paso
Tex
API
Billie Sol Estes
U.S. Bish
RE. Thomason
Ono Lime
Estes
el Paso
Thomason
Tes
Youths Cleared Of Coed Slaying
Four youths from Navajo County were cleared in the sex slaying of Fort Worth coed Jane Langdon near Phoenix. Investigators found no connection. luggage did not match the missing suitcases. Langdon, 21, a Texas Christian University student, disappeared March 2 and was found March 23 shot and sexually assaulted.
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Holbrook
Fort Worth
Tex
Jane Langdon
Batesville
Ark
Arizona
Lynn Norton
Larry Baker
Gary Rogers
Bob Turkey
Navajo County
Ian Arkansas
Maricopa County
Miss Langdon
Tero
Langdon
Texas Christian University
Phoenix
Texas
Jack Langdon
Albert Boutwell sworn Birmingham mayor amid unrest
Albert Boutwell aged 93, attorney and former Alabama lieutenant governor, was sworn in as Birmingham mayor today as racial tensions roiled the city. A chaotic backdrop marked by protests and unrest surrounded the ceremony.
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Birmingham
Ala
Albert Boutwell
Alabama
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