Local Officers Return From Wounded Knee Coverage
Two Flagstaff officers Lt E T James Jr and Investigator Richard A Smith returned from Wounded Knee South Dakota after a week of intelligence briefings with law enforcement. They described the besieged village as tense and typical Midwestern town with easy access for capture. The report notes AIM holdout presence and prior 1972 pow wow unrest in Flagstaff. The piece also covers a Supreme Court 4-4 decision on residency and registration requirements for voters up to 50 days and related cases from Arizona and Georgia.
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Wounded Knee
Flagstaff
E.T. James Jr
Richard A. Smith
Coconino County
South
James
Smith
Scottsbluff
Neb
Middle West
Senttschluff
AIM
Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
Arizona
Georgia
Weekend highway deaths across three crashes in Arizona
The Department of Public Safety reports eight weekend fatalities on Northern Arizona highways in three crashes. Names include Donald Ray Epperson of Arleta California who died on Interstate 17 near Cordes Junction when his Jeep overturned. Dolly Mae Benally and Mary Lou Begay of Grand Canyon died in a Route 64 crash involving a tractor-trailer. Five killed on Highway North in a fiery collision, including Albert Alonzo Moore of Phoenix and the Allen family from Utah and Williams.
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Arizona
Department of Public Safety
Donald Ray Epperson
Arleta
Calif
Cordes Junction
Robert E. Pearson
Pearson
Cottonwood Hospital
Dolly Mae Benally
Mary Lou Begay
Grand Canyon
Walter J. Arkie
Flooding unlikely in Flagstaff unless warm rains occur
National Weather Service foresees minimal runoff in Flagstaff as winter snow mostly soaks in or evaporates. Chief meteorologist Paul Serenson notes nights remain freezing and daytime thaws would freeze, with flood risk only if a prolonged warm rain lasts up to a week. Phoenix area may see similar runoff patterns while Salt River Project releases water to preempt sudden floods.
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Flagstaff
Paul Serenson
National Weather Service
Flagstafr Municipal
Sorenson
Salt River
MIA Search Force Agreement Near In Vietnam Pact
The United States and both Vietnams plus the Viet Cong near a multi nation plan for a joint search for missing Americans. A 16 member team from all four parties would operate from Thailand base to search Cambodia and Laos, with 1 800 servicemen listed as missing. Final deal hinges on security, liaison and POW lists. Banks lift prime lending rate to 6 3 4 percent in a two bank move effective immediately.
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Saigon
United States
South Vietnam
Vietnam
U.S
Nakhom Phanom Air Base
Thailand
Cambodia
Laos
Indochina
Joint Military Commission
New York
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Banking and Trust Co
Regents agree to premeeting agendas and bond plans
The Arizona Board of Regents voted unanimously in Tucson to release meeting agendas to the press a day early and to make each university's agenda available on Fridays before Saturdays meetings. Dissenting Regent Norman Sharber opposed a revenue bond backed student fee increase of 27 million dollars, citing lack of itemized projects and concerns over funding. The board also praised NAU leadership on transfer credits and approved a storage building project and two campus facilities plus a temporary scoreboard contract with ownership reverting after five years.
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Arizona Board of Regents
Tucson
Phoenix
Flagstaff
Norman Sharber
Sharer
Larry Woodall
Margaret Christy
Kenneth G. Kentson
NAU
J. Lawrence Walkup
Arizona Community Colleges
James Elliott Dunseath
Regent
NAT South
Business Administration
General Indicator Corp
The
Valley National Bank
600 Youths Served in '72 Flagstaff Program Canceled
The report states that 600 youths were served in the 1972 Neighborhood Youth Corps in Flagstaff, but there will be no summer program for 1973. The decision ends local participation and affects planned youth activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flagstaff
City Summer NYC Program Canceled in Arizona
Northern Arizona Council of Governments reports the City Summer NYC program was canceled due to funding cuts from the U S Department of Labor. About 60 youths in four northern counties and roughly 200 placed at training sites in Flagstar Williams and Fredonia faced disruption.
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Nyc
Arizona
Mel Hannah
Flagstar
Williams
Fredonia
Cocadina
Northern
Arizona Council of Governments
U.S. Department of Labor Manpower Administration
Reserve Dinner Honors Moon Walker Schmitt at Flagstaff
Almost 100 reservations have been made for a 7 p.m. dinner honoring Harrison Schmitt, last man to walk on the moon, sponsored by the Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce at Continental Country Club. County Atty J Michael Flournoy handles arrangements. social hour starts at 6 p.m. Tickets are $6. The program features crew plaques, gold tie clasps, and Kachina dolls from USGS. Schmitt, who once worked at USGS Center of Astrogeology, will present a moon walk film and take questions.
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Harrison “Dack" Schmitt
Wlagstaff Chamber of Commerce
Continental Country Club
Flagstaff
United States Geological Service
Schmitt
Eugene Cerman
Ron Evans
Usgs Center of Astrogeology
Museum Receives NEA Grant for Photo Restoration Project
The Museum of Northern Arizona will obtain a 7 10.00 matching NEA grant to reproduce nitrate negatives on safety film. Marc Gaede leads the effort to preserve about 12 000 photos from 1910 to 1930s, including archaeological, Indian life, and Monument Valley expeditions.
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Edward B. Danson
Museum of Northern Arizona
National Endowment For the Arts
Marc Gaede
Monument Valley-Nampow Bridge
Arizona
NEA
Barton Wright
Bor Ws
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Northland
Oak Creek Canyon
Deserts
Tennessee
Thurgood Marshall
Willard ©. Douglas
William J. Brennan
Minnesota
Communist Party of
Indiana
Missouri
Thal
Apreed T
Arkie
Mary Jones
Harrison
Albert Alonzo Moore
Moore
Joe L. Allen
Barbara V. Allen
Shirley Adele van Natter
Ogden
Utah
James L. Allen
National Weather Sevice
Robert Ingram
MIA
Vufficials
Aso
Hannah
Coconine County
LOO
Flournoy
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