Navajo dormitory life contrasts with open landscape
This nine month series on Navajo Reservation dormitory schools analyzes privacy shortages and living conditions in Bureau of Indian Affairs facilities. Descriptions contrast old Gallup dormitories at Manuelito and Hail with newer Wingate Many Farms and Chuska setups, noting long bunk halls, cubicle layouts, sparse furnishings, and harsh wind driven practicality.
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Gallup Independent Co
Gallup Independent
Bureau’of * Indian Affairs
Navajo Reservation
Manuelito
Gallup
Chuska
Wingate Elementary
Cavalry
U.S. Calvary
Man arrested after firing eight shots on Maloney Avenue
Police arrested 41 year old Bernard Berg of 712 W Maloney after he fired eight shots from a .22 caliber pistol at two men on Maloney Avenue. Berg faces four counts discharging firearms in city limits assault with a deadly weapon resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. Police say he reloaded as officers arrived. In related cases a child neglect charge, a vehicle break in and a petty theft were investigated.
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Maloney Avenue
Bernard Berg
W. Maloney
Bezy
Kee Thomas
Curley
Woodrow
First Street
Larry Murphy
S. Third St
Strong Drive
Coal Avenue
Murphy
Billie Pucket
Burke
the. Elk’s., Lodge
Car engine missing after theft in Grand Junction
Grand Junction Colorado AP report notes Donnie Pittsinger found his car immobilized as thieves had removed the engine while he was away. The incident highlights a bold auto theft tactic and leaves investigators searching for clues on the motive and suspects.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Donnie Pittsinger
Apollo 8 Heads Toward Lunar Orbit Climax
Apollo 8 races toward a historic lunar orbit as the spacecraft nears the moon’s gravity. Astronauts Lovell Anders and Borman will enter an 69 mile high orbit after an engine burn at 5 01 am Tuesday. The crew plans to spend about 20 hours in orbit on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
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Borman
Lovell
Anders
Earth
Moon
Mitchell Wins First Round in Civil Rights Suit on Reservation
In Phoenix federal court, Judge Walter Craig refused to dismiss Ted Mitchell’s suit against Navajo tribal officials. Mitchell, head of a poverty funded legal aid service, alleges his civil rights were violated after being ousted from the reservation on August 8 following a council member’s claim he laughed at the Navajos. The 1968 Civil Rights Act was argued not to apply to white men on reservations, but the judge ruled otherwise bringing the case toward trial.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Walter Craig
Ted ‘Mitchell
Legal .Aid Service
Phoenix
Mitchell
Annie Wauneka
Raymond Nakai
Pueblo Crew Freed After 11 Months in Captivity
Cmdr. Lloyd M. Bucher described brutal beatings and solitary confinement during 11 months in North Korean captivity. He and 81 surviving crewmen, recently released to a hospital near Seoul, face medical checks before joining families for Christmas in San Diego.
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Seoul
Pueblo
Lloyd M. Bucher
South Korea
U.S
Bucher
San Diego
Calif
Gallup Man's Mother Dies in Colorado Springs
Mrs Emily P MacRorie 70 mother of Chester A MacRorie of Gallup dies Saturday in Colorado Springs Colo Funeral service and burial set for Tuesday in Colorado Springs She survived by husband two other sons five daughters and eighteen grandchildren.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Emily P. MacRorie
Chester
MacRorie
Gallup Independent
Advertising Department
Navajo Christmas Without Candles For Santa In Desolate Hogan
An Associated Press team spends days on a Navajo reservation near Chinle Arizona inspecting a winter scene where hogans lack windows doors and chimneys. Families sleep on dirt floors as few decorations or gifts exist. A Navajo mother notes hospitality with coffee and fried bread despite poverty.
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Associated Press
Hogan
Luther. Scott
Hogan’s. Roughthwen
Death of McCarthy County Treasurer on Sunday in Gallup
Frank J. McCarthy 63 of 406 S Puerco Gallup longtime McKinley County treasurer died Sunday in St Marys Hospital Funeral services set for Thursday at 11 a m in the Church of the Holy Spirit with burial in Sunset Memorial He had served as speaker of the New Mexico House 1941 42 and held multiple local offices including chair of the Democratic county committee and county treasurer He was a pharmacist businessman and community leader with ties to the Knights of Pythias Masons Elks Shriner Templars and the Episcopal Church He is survived by his widow Helen a daughter a sister three brothers and two grandchildren.
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Frank J. McCarthy
S. Puerco
McKinley County
St. Mary's Hospital
Church of the Holy Spirit
Sunset Memorial
A. Randent
Gallup
McCarthy
Illinois
New Mexico
Deming
Hagerman
House of Representatives
Chavez County
Banner Drug Store
Morris
Democratic Central Committee
National War Fund
Pharmaceutical, Association
Kiwanis Club
Gallup-McKit~ley
Masonic Lodge
Elks. Club
Thrifty Drug Co
Helen
David Gilmore
Fire Claims 3 Children in NM
In Ruidoso a family home fire killed three children named Rick age 5 Shawn age 2 and Rhonda 10 months. The fire occurred Saturday while a caregiver was away across town to fetch a baby-sitter. Police officer George Escalante and driver Yockey reported hearing of the blaze on the radio. المس
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Ruidoso
Rowife
Yockey
Rick
Shawn
Rhonda
George Escalante
Escalante
Ieriveds
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James A. Lovell Jr
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Frank Borman
Navy
Gallup Man
Santa
Howard Graves
Chinle
Ariz
Hogani
Wade '¢ Penney, CO
New, Mexico
Philip Benally
Roc Benally
Eugene
Benally
Large
Tucson
Mexico
Bank
Elise
Tobe ‘Turpen
Frank McCarthy
City Hospital
Loretta Hassman
Floyd
Lovington
George McCarthy
Hurley
Dave’ McCarthy
Breckinridge
Tex
Mary’ Gallup
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