Ramah High School Property Under Board Consideration
Gallup-McKinley County board of education discussed disposal of the Ramah High School site at its Monday meeting. Attorney John Perry said state Finance Board approval is needed before any lease sale or relinquishment. The school closed last year due to enrollment shortfalls. Board asked officials to pursue a suitable disposal plan and to respond to a DNA amended complaint about Ramah education.
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Ramah High School
Gallup-McKinley County
Perry
DNA
Ramah
W. B. FitzSimmons
School Construction Delayed by Material Shortages
The board said the administration building is slightly delayed due to material shortages and would likely be unoccupied after year’s start. Bradbury and Stamm won the Indian Hills Elementary addition bid at 303238 dollars, with completion set for July 20. Bids for Red Rock Elementary addition open December 17. Gallup Junior High addition location under study. The board approved three resignations, granted one leave, and hired seven teachers.
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Indian Hills
Bradbury & Stamm
Red Rock
FitzSimmons
Gallup Junior High School
Barney Elder
Overall Transportation Study Planned for Area
Washington announces a Four Corners Regional Commission study on a possible standard gauge rail line from Gallup to Moab and Grand Junction with ties to a D&RGW narrow gauge survey. Transportation consultant Jerry A. Fisher will lead a four week feasibility survey, examining markets and constraints for a private-financed project.
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Four Corners
Gallup
Moab
Utah
Grand Junction
Colo
Denver
Salt Lake
Beaty
Farmington
Jerry A. Fisher
Milwaukee
Wis
Fisher
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Roads Open in Gallup Despite Icy Conditions
The Gallup area roads remain open for travel as state police warn drivers to use extreme caution due to icy stretches. Overnight temperatures plunged to 17 degrees below zero after a high of 33 on Monday, with six to eight inches of snow reported and up to a foot in some areas. Drifting snow closed county roads and schools, though all schools were open today.
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Manette Jack
Rayburn E. Jack
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Gallup
Launch Set for Dual Space Missions This Week
CAPE KENNEDY FLA AP America plans a two stage launch week. The first Atlas Centaur mission will place the most complex observatory yet into orbit. European space researchers prepare a satellite for interplanetary study of Earth's magnetic field.
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Fia
America
Earth
Alaskan Air Crash Kills 39 on Flight Across Southwest Alaska
An airliner crashed into a frozen lake in southwest Alaska killing 39 aboard. Rescue teams faced 55 mph winds and 11 below zero temperatures as investigators from the Air Force FAA NTSB FBI moved to scene near Spatsy Lake. The Wien Consolidated Airlines twin engine propjet was en route from Anchorage to several small towns when it went down. No cause has been determined, and all 36 passengers and crew perished including Capt. David Stanley and stewardess Sally Lamar.
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Alaska
Wien Consolidated Airlines
Air Force
FAA
National Transportation Safety Board
FBI
George Fay
Federal Aviation Administration
Norman B. Kamhoot
Forsyth
Mont
David Stanley
Gopslot
Jerry Svengard
Sally” Lamar
Ifimna
Big Mountain
King Salmon
Dilling
Kamhoot
Senate Auto Repair Probe Highlights Dealer Pressure
Washington reports that the Senate Antitrust subcommittee heard claims that auto repair costs are inflated by manufacturer pressure on dealers to emphasize car sales over service. Hofstra economist William LeVe discusses a fragmented market, with Detroit earning mainly from car sales. Leonard’s 12,000 word statement blames franchised dealers for weak service amid growth of independents and gas stations.
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Washington
Senate Antitrust Subcommittee
William N. Leve
Hofstra University
Detroit
Leonard
Presidents Plan Border Meeting on Chamizal Ceremony
President Johnson and Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz will meet on December 13 at the El Paso Juarez border for the final Chamizal ceremony. They plan to detonate a dynamite charge to open a new channel for the Rio Grande. The Chamizal accord settled a border dispute caused by the river's shifting course over years.
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Johnson
Gustavo’ Diaz Ordaz
el Paso
Tex
Juarez
Mexico
Rio Grande
Stolen Plane Pilot Is Fished from Sea
A lone pilot stole a Piper Cherokee 140 flew from New Jersey to Kennedy Airport then to the Atlantic where fuel ran out and he ditched off Norfolk Coast Guard rescue helicopter crews recovered him in fog. The FBI to take him in custody at Elizabeth City NC. Coast Guard says he is in reasonably good condition.
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New Jersey
Kennedy Airport
Atlantic
Norfolk
Coast Guard
Danny Hemphill
Vance K. Randle
Elizabeth City
Coast’. Guard Air
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ocean County Aviation
Piper
Cherokee 140
Kennedy
Mercia
Apollo 8 Crew Receives Hong Kong Flu Inoculations
NASA reports Apollo 8 and 9 backup crews are being inoculated against the Hong Kong virus to prevent spread during Christmas moon mission flights. A NASA doctor notes limited exposure program but not total isolation for astronauts.
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Houston
Hong Kong
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
NASA Flu Shots Limit Apollo 8 Crew Immunity Plans
Ground staff and astronauts face limited flu vaccines before the Apollo 8 mission. Decisions on who receives shots hinge on keeping the lunar flight on schedule. Apollo 8, with Frank Borman Lovell Anders aboard, is set for December 21 with a 20 hour lunar orbit, while Apollo 9 targets early 1969.
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Navy
James
Moon
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