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Newspaper
New Mexico Gallup Independent
Location
Gallup, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1968
Page
1
The Gallup Independent reports on Navajo Reservation dormitory schools. It details harsh conditions, crowded dorms, limited supervision, and regimentation under BIA administration. It notes low completion rates, travel barriers, and struggles adapting post school life.
United Nations Security Council weighed condemnations of Israel for the Beirut raid with no sanctions. Arab and Soviet demands for strong penalties drew little support as council members met late Monday night. Meanwhile Israeli forces reported Arab guerrillas fired rockets from Lebanon into a frontier area, causing damage but no injuries.
Casanova, a Vietnam veteran from River Edge, Philadelphia area, kept daily letters to Marianne Astegher with decorative drawings, signed DTG countdown marks. After his return, the Hackensack post office clerks invited the couple to their January wedding, expressing thanks for the thoughtful gesture.
Five Crownpoint children four daughters and a son of Floyd and Mrs Goss are recovering after an overdose of sleeping pills. They were in critical condition for days but have reached the crisis point and are now in fair condition at two Albuquerque hospitals. Their mother is being treated at Bernalillo County Medical Center and police say the source of the drugs remains unknown. Dist Atty DePauli says doctors won’t allow inquiries until she improves.
The Gallup Independent announces it will not publish on January 1 1969 and will resume regular publication on Thursday. The note extends New Year greeting.
Arizona Senator Fannin told a Senate subcommittee he favors housing Navajo children at home but urges immediate funding to improve on reservation boarding schools. He noted visits show current facilities lag public schools and must be financed promptly in Albuquerque Phoenix and the Navajo Nation.
Damaged text notes a man and a woman connected to Gallup areas, mentioning the Zia Housing Project and missing/unknown survivors. No clear event, date, or responsible organization is identifiable from the fragment.
The Department of the Interior announced the establishment of a Field Employment Assistance office to help Indians secure work in Washington D C The office has operated experimentally since last summer and is led by Mary Ellen Rawley former director of the Seattle Orientation Center of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Other offices are active in Chicago Los Angeles Oakland San Francisco and San Jose California.
Kinlichee Arizona former Navajo official blasts the Bureau of Indian Affairs over education, accusing federal staff of fear of Navajo Supervisors and calling for Navajo-led hiring and advisory reforms. He urges local chapters to gain new leadership on the tribal education committee and to involve communities in improving schools.
The Economic Development Administration approves a 160000 grant and a 96000 loan to Navajo Nation to extend the water system in Navajo, New Mexico. The Navajo Tribe will contribute 64000 toward a total project cost of 320000.
An unpublished GAO report to Sen. Proxmire cites bribe forgery and lax oversight enabling thefts of as much as 5.5 million gallons of petroleum in 1967 in Thailand where eight U S Air Force fighters were based. The study notes weak Pentagon procedures and possible losses beyond reported figures. The Defense Department says action was taken against personnel.
City Police filed final 1968 reports noting a theft from an apartment where western boots worth 42 dollars disappeared while the resident was away. A vandalism incident damaged a mortuary tractor at Sunset Memorial Park with four tires punctured lights broken and wiring stripped. no damage estimate given.
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