27 Aug 1981
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Newspaper
New Mexico Gallup Independent
Location
Gallup, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1981
Page
1
Fragmentary text notes Namibia as a mineral rich territory under a League of Nations mandate after World War I, with references to its administration withdrawals and a 1966 change. It mentions Africans, local populations, and implied disruption or conflict affecting bags and purses, but lacks clear events or dates.
Archaeologists report a shipwreck off the Mongolian coast containing ceramic cups, stone pots, a bronze Buddha seal, steel swords, clay wares, anchors, and possible gunpowder items. Researchers note copper seal inscribed in phonetic script and 12th century connections.
The Radiation Protection Bureau outlines criteria to eliminate areas from low level waste disposal plans in New Mexico, naming Santa Fe and Albuquerque sites, Decontamination Service as key players, and marking agricultural lands and shallow groundwater as prohibited zones. Funeral services are planned in Ixican Springs for senior Tom Upshaw, with burial at Hillcrest Cemetery. Upshaw, born 1692 in Springs, leaves multiple relatives and a large family.
Dan Freeland, director of Friendship House, discusses a live-in rehab program in Gallup focused on responsibility and self rule. The center supports 17 clients, with stays from 30 to 90 days, emphasizing sobriety first then life rehabilitation, job and family reintegration, and ongoing follow-up needs.
Former Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus, once central to the 1950s Little Rock school integration crisis, is back in the public eye after being named to a key state position. The notice appears in the morning edition’s pages.
Gallup investigators probe the death of 40 year old Joe Long after he exchanged gunfire with three McKinley County deputies at Navajo Motors while serving a rape conviction warrant. Long was pronounced dead at the scene. autopsy pending. The investigation is led by Gallup Police with district attorney review forthcoming.
Crownpoint area would see state control over in situ uranium mining as EPA delegate authority. EID plans to mirror federal underground injection rules, proposing amendments to New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission regulations. Public comment ends September 2 with a hearing planned October 13. Under proposed rules, all in situ operations would need a discharge plan.
Shell Pipeline Corporation faces a $1,000 yearly permit fee for its planned carbon dioxide pipeline crossing the southeastern corner of Santa Fe County. Ed Paul and Michael Allen called the fee unfair as the project aims to move gas from Cortez Colorado to Denver City Texas for oil recovery in the Permian Basin. Construction is slated to begin in 1962, with routes through multiple New Mexico counties including San Juan and Lea.
Gallup city officials heard PNM annual report from Public Service Co of New Mexico. Director Robert Noe said major western area construction and new transmission lines were tentatively planned. He noted expansion is stalled until uranium industry direction is clear. Basbard and city officials delivered the report.
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