Navajo reapportionment plan aims 37 districts 74 seats
Navajo Tribal Council faces a 37 district plan approved by Chairman Peter MacDonald. Each district would elect one to five council members, averaging 1 651 people per seat, keeping total at 74 while preserving current boundaries. Shiprock and Gallup areas gain seats. Arizona loses.
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Bill Donovan
Window Rock
Ariz
Dine Bureau
Navajo Tribal Council
Navajo Tribal
Peter MacDonald
Ben Hanley
Tribe
Board of Election Supervisors
LeChee
Shiprock
Gallup
New Mexico
Arizona
Canoncito
Alamos
Ramah
Hanley
Election Board
Coun
Indian Jewelry King Plans Two Books On His Life
Gilbert Ortega known as the king of Indian jewelry says he will spend months writing two books about his life in jewelry dealing and the craft. He sold most of his stores for about 5 million to Joe Atkinson and will keep two Gallup shops while continuing wholesale on a smaller scale.
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Gallup
Gilbert Ortega
Ortega
Joe Atkinson
Atkinson
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Joe
Airport site discussed as potential Gallup move
Airport commissioners say Carbon Coal site may suit a new airport but no decision is final. A Zuni Cibola Trails picnic is planned at El Morro National Monument with tours of Inscription Rock from Red Rock State Park.
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Gallup
Airport Commission
Carbon’Coal
Ford
Zuni Cibola Trails Association
el Morro National Monument
Inscription Rock
Red Rock K State Park
Albert
Lebeck
Tribal Prosecutor Files Appeal In Tuba City Arizona
Tuba City Tribal Court Judge Robert Walters withdrew the bench warrant for acting tribal prosecutor Raymond Tso. Walters issued the warrant May 18 and Navajo police tried to serve it for about two weeks, but Tso was not on the reservation. Walters said Tso was to answer questions about why he had not appointed a prosecutor for the Tuba City district.
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Tuba City, Ariz
Cine Bureau
Tuba City
Robert Walters
Raymond Tso
Walters
Tso
Wal
Walter
Joe Ray Jr
DNA Legal Services
Pricing Gas By Altitude Proposed
Gas Co of New Mexico will present a plan to switch from cubic feet to therms as the base unit, with rates rising 19% to 33% by location due to altitude. The plan argues heating value varies by elevation, so billing by therms could reflect actual gas value more fairly.
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Gas Co
Jack Hertz
Santa Fe
Congress curbs energy secretary powers in price control plan
The House approved an amendment to strip the energy secretary of authority over natural gas prices while preserving a proposed five member energy regulatory commission. Senate consideration lacks the veto power provision, signaling a partisan clash over a national energy policy and pricing authority.
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Washington
Congress
Carter Administration
Department of Energy
House
Senate
Energy
John Moss
Calif
Bil
Jack Bi
Texas
Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Power Commission
Admin
Fragmentary text on secession and states
Fragmentary OCR mentions Texas Louisiana and Oklahoma secession from the Union with Grahaim's statement. The text is garbled and lacks clear event, date, or full names for a reliable narrative.
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Inghana
Grahaim
Texas
Louisiana
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