State Agency Plans Water Monitoring for Grants Mineral Belt
EIA officials say a water monitoring system will be in place by summer end across the Grants mineral belt. The study, to be funded by uranium firms, could take two years and expand as mining and milling grow. Dudley warns the EPA data is inconclusive and new wells will be built to assess groundwater pollution risks.
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Babbitt Outlines Funding Plan for Indian Reservations
Arizona Attorney General Bruce Babbitt proposes federal grants to states to cover reservation expenditures not offset by tax income. He calls for a federal commission to study state costs and reservation tax income, then fund the difference via block grants while states maintain equal services for Indians and non Indians.
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Dine Bureau
Arizona
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Babbitt
Window Rock Press
Legislature Fails To Split Apache Navajo Counties
The 1977 Arizona legislative session ended without floor passage of bills to split Apache and Navajo counties or to restrict Navajo taxation. sponsor Frank Kelley says the aims would give Navajo to manage county governments and fund tribal revenue, but tribal leaders call it futile and fear racial gerrymandering.
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Ariz
Arizona
Apache County
Frank Kelley
Kelley
Navajo County
Board of Supervisors
Peter McDonald
U.S. Justice Department
Wastewater embezzlement funds to be recovered in New Mexico
Attorney General Toney Anaya says New Mexico will recover the full 395,500 dollars from 1974 wastewater construction embezzlement. Convicted Wright and Gray must repay remaining amounts. bonding company Western Casualty and Surety may be pursued. Recovery expected to fund future sewage grants. The May 16 cashier's check ties to Wright's arrest. bond set near 225,000 dollars.
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John Wright
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Western Casualty and Surety
Kansas City
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Albuquerque
Attorney General
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Tex
Juarez
Mexico
Carlsbad Nuclear Waste Facility Plans Revealed
About 2000 trucks and 1500 railroad cars would serve a proposed underground nuclear waste facility seven miles east of Carlsbad. Construction could start in 1979 with waste shipments slated for 1983, under a Sandia National Laboratories study for the Energy Research and Development Administration.
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City Parking Meters May Be Removed Downtown
City Parking Commission plans a resolution for City Council to remove downtown meters. City Manager Paul McCollum notes other communities are taking similar steps. Edward Junker also supports the plan.
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Gallup
City Parking Commission
Paul McCollum
Edward Junker
Golf Rates Increased at Gallup City Course
In a special city council session, Gallup voters approved higher golf fees, raising weekday rates to 3.50 and weekend holiday fees to 5.00. The increases take effect Wednesday morning at the nine hole municipal course in Gallup.
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Diplomats To Cuba Reach Tentative Exchange Agreement
Washington reports a tentative deal to exchange diplomats with Cuba for the first time since 1961. Negotiators in New York outlined details as an announcement nears, marking a step by the Carter administration toward restoring formal ties amid Cuban military activity abroad.
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