Drought Actions Stretch Across Navajo Reservation
The Navajo Nation and federal agencies mobilize to feed and water stock on a 25000 square mile range amid one of the driest Southwest years. About 300000 sheep and goats, 64000 cattle, and 18000 horses rely on emergency grain and water shipped to 22 locations, with plans for long term drought relief and permanent water systems.
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Window Rock
Ariz
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Southwest
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
U.S. Department of Agriculure Commodity Credit Corporation
Tata City
Navajo Trate
Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIA
Anthony P. Tineatn
Associated Press
USDA
Washington
Rural Environmental Assistance Program
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Lincoln
Navas
Department of Agriculture
Sawmill
Peter MacDonald
Navajo Tribal Council
Jury rules in Walker case hanging death ruled suicide
In a Flagstaff inquest, Nathan E. Walker, 28, of Reno, was ruled to have died by his own action. Pathologist Dr. Eugene Roansville testified the death resulted from compression of the neck, with no signs of homicide. Sheriff’s Investigator Walter Hinson said Walker, a transient, tied himself to a tree using military belts and died suspended near Camp Townsend, before a six-man jury quickly verdicted death by own action.
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Flagstaff Justice
Nathane. Walker
Reno
Walker
Argentina Walker
Los Angeles
Flagstaff
Joseph Garcia
Roansville
Offer
Walter Hinson
Grand Canyon
Yuma
Ilison
Hinson
Garcia
Meg
Safety Town Aims To Teach Young Pedestrian Skills
The Pitot Club, Flagstaff City agencies, and Flagstaff Public Schools launch Safety Town for kindergartners and first graders. Four city grounds will become mock streets with traffic signs while police direct crossings. Parents urged to donate bicycles and tricycles. two hour daily sessions run ten days with film strips and trained supervision.
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Pitot Club
Flagstaff
City Traffic Com
City Parks and Recreation Department
Marshall
Sechrist
Thomas
Weltecl
Ested
Apel
Ingals
Northlands Sunset Weather Briefing Summary
The report covers temperatures across Arizona locales like Cottonwood Williams Prescott Flagstaff Winslow and Holbrook with highs mostly in the 80s to 100s and lows in the 40s to 70s. It notes precipitation totals this month and year, safety program history in Prescott, and forecasted conditions including showers in mountains and deserts with highs 80-95 and lows 50s to 60s.
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Cottonwood
Williams
Grand Canyon
Payson
Secon
Winston
Kingman
Mansfield
Ohio
Prescott
Phoenix
Tucson
Safety Town
Stark Coconino Sub
Sia
Chicago
L.A
N.Y
Sedona
Flagstaff
Arizona
Pilot Club
Co Npers
Successul Endeavor
Winslow and Holbrook
Lake Powell
High
Low
Hospital Admissions Friday July 9 Report
Friday admissions list includes Joanie Mayorga Janice Nar majo and Nancy Spriggs MMSCHARGES. Also noted are Margaret Welch and Laura Couch as admissions for Friday July 9.
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Joanie Mayorga
Janice Narmajo
Nancy Spriggs
Mmscharges
Margaret Welch
Laura Couch
Anderson Rites Held In Holbrook
Peggy Anderson 69 born Spencer West Virginia died Thursday at her Holbrook home Graveside services were in Holbrook Cemetery She moved to Holbrook in 1923 after marrying A W Anderson Worked at Holbrook post office retired 1966 from Western States Telephone Co She belonged to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and the American Legion Auxiliary Survived by three daughters one half brother two half sisters six grandchildren and two great grandchildren Memorial donations suggested to the Holbrook LDS Church Building Fund care of Bishop LaMarr Farr Holbrook
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Peggy Anderson
Bor
Spencer
W. Va
Arizona
Holbrook
Anderson
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Western States Telephone Co
The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - Day Saints
American Legion Auxiliary
W.P. Jon Howard
Yuma
Ben P. Ashby
Phoenix
J.J. Ray
Los Angeles
Tio. ° Brook
LDS Church Building Fund
LaMarr Farr
Ellsberg accuses McNamara of misleading Congress on Gulf of Tonkin
Daniel Ellsberg, facing federal charges over classified documents, claims former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara misled Congress about the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident. He cites taped conversations showing officers’ uncertainty and says a Pentagon study was withheld from McNamara. Ellsberg also notes published accounts and argues the evidence was less certain than McNamara indicated.
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Tel Ellsberg
Pentagon
Secretary of Defense
Robert 3. McNamara
Congress
Gulf of Tonkin
Elisberg
MIT
McNamara
U.S
Lyndon B. Johnson
Southeast Asia
Washington Post
Evening Star
Ellsberg
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wren Delegates at ABA Meet in New York
Supreme Court Judge Laurence Wren of Arizona attended the American Bar Association meeting in New York City as a delegate. The gathering included National Councils of State Trial Judges and Appellate Court Judges and featured talks by U S Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger and New York Mayor John Lindsey. Wren discussed revised proposed standards of criminal procedures endorsed by the Arizona Supreme Court aimed at protecting the accused while speeding up justice.
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American Bar Association
Supreme Court
Laurence Wren
Wren
Arizona
American Hotel
New York City
National Council of State Trail
National Council of Appellate Court
Conference Board
U.S. Supreme Court
Warren Berger
New York
John Lindsey
Parker
Great Britain
Rites Held Today For Brother Of Local Resident
FAGAR SNS Gilbert S. Lund 52 a disabled World War I veteran died Wednesday at his home in Eagar He was a lifelong Eagar citizen and worked as a painter Services were held this afternoon in the Second Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with burial in Eagar Cemetery He is survived by two sons William and Richard both of Eagar his mother Mrs Margaret Lund of Mesa seven brothers including Melvin of Flagstaff and five sisters
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Fagar
SNS
Gilbert S. Lund
Eagar
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - Day Saints
Lund
William
Richard
Macegaret Lund
Mesa
Drosthers
Melvin
Flagstaff
Three Escapees Recaptured Near Jerome Arizona
FLORENCE APThree Arizona State Prison inmates trusted as escapees were recaptured within hours after fleeing Thursday night by cutting a chain link fence and stealing a station wagon. Identified as Charles Hart 30 Edward Davis 38 and Robert Mileham 40 all Phoenix residents. Hart and Davis had murder sentences while Mileham faced burglary charges in 1964. They had lived and worked outside the prison walls for years before capture near Jerome Clarkdale and Sedona areas by deputies and bloodhounds.
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Florence
Arizona State
Jerome
Tigttak
Yavapai County
Charles Hart
Edward Davis
Robert Mileham
Phoenix
Aifleham
Hart
Davis
Mart
Arizona Highway Patrol
Mileham
Clarkdale
Coconino Superior Court
Sedona
Coconino
Forest Funds Due for 70 71 Receipts Drop Forecast
The Coronino County area within the Coronino National Forest expects receipts for 1971-72 to fall about 4000 below the 153,791 received in the current year. Projected declines in commercial use predict lower income for the Carolina National Forest across all uses, with 821,594 anticipated for 1970-71. A SUN Friday report misstated 1969-70 as 1970-71 in claiming the 153,791 income.
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Coronino National Forest
Coronino County
National Forest
Carolina National Forest
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