House not facing murder charges in Taos trial
Gordon House will face vehicular homicide and drunken driving charges in Taos for the crash that killed Melanie Cravens and her three daughters. Judge Frank Allen denied a motion to reinstate depraved mind murder and declined lifting a gag order on briefs. Juror questions include alcohol and migraine considerations, and potential prejudices against American Indians. House appeared anxious as family supported him. trial moved from Albuquerque to Taos for fairness.
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Taos
Gordon House
State District Court
Frank Allen
District Attorney's Office
Alten
House
Melanie Cravens
Albuquerque
Cravens
Allen
Albuquerque Journal
William Dixon
Car show clash fuels dispute over city power
Gallup residents clash with city officials over power for a car show at the downtown transportation center. Southwest Creations Car and Truck Club founder Joe Rodriguez says the city moved the event and denied electricity days before May 22, despite a permit. City officials deny miscommunication and say space and power were not guaranteed.
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Gallup
Joe Rodriguez
Southwest Creations
Rodriguez
Buck Monday
Gallup Joint Utilities
Ruth Ruiz
Ruiz
Rick Murphy
Murphy Builders
Murphy
Gallup Holds 7000-Strong Downtown Barbecue Night
About 7,000 people gathered in Gallup for a downtown barbecue kicking off Native American Appreciation Day. Mayor George Galanis called the event the city’s way of thanking Native American friends. Secretary Brenda Lee served barbecued beef, corn, beans and rolls while families watched time with family at Ellis Tanner's Trading Post.
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Gallup
Ellis Tanner
George Galanis
Tamara Viles
Brenda Lee
Pinedale
Lilly Lee
Rock Point
Ariz
April Lee
Watchman cites politics in 1985 Navajo bar suspension
Leonard Watchman a Gallup area attorney says his 1985 suspension from the Navajo Nation bar stemmed from political retribution after he worked on a case involving a high ranking Navajo Nation official. He asserts tribal rivals targeted him, while Navajo Nation Bar Association officials say he must repay $2,055 for six clients and that some work was done on the main case. He was reinstated in April after returning the money.
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Gallup
Leonard Watchman
Navajo Nation
Watchman
Mason
Lee Watchman
D-Day account from Navajo serviceman Canyon Chronicle
Mary Wicoff details Jefferson Canyon from Tuba City, a Navajo soldier who fought at Utah Beach on D-Day with the 82nd Airborne. He later wrote a two page account, recalling seasickness, cannon fire, the wall breach, crawling ashore, and the perilous hours on Normandy Beach as he and a partner planted dynamite to breach the concrete barrier.
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Tuba City
Ariz
Jefferson Canyon
Cameron
Sam
Canyon
Normandy
Utah
Sainte-Merc-Eglis
Leona Canor
May Stevens
Voy
English Channel
Normandy Beach
Suspect Arrested in Kidnapping and Extortion Case
Andrew Richard Cummings, 45, of Camp Verde Arizona, was arrested Thursday evening at a local motel on charges of kidnapping aggravated assault extortion and possession of a firearm by a felon. Shirley Bernice Hatch 63 of Sun Valley Arizona said she was abducted at gunpoint in Holbrook Arizona and released after buying a 40 bus ticket in Gallup. Protective Custody Officer Toby Tafoya saw Cummings at the Lexington Hotel and alerted authorities matching Hatchs description.
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Gallup
Verde, Ariz
Andrew Richard Cummings
Harvey
Coal Ave
Shirley Bernice Hatch
Sun Valley
Ariz
Sanders
Holbrook
Hatch
Toby Tafoya
Cummings
Lexington Hotel
66Th Ave
Carters Needed At Multiple Parks In Red Hills Area
Immediate help needed for families at South 4th Street locations including Red Hills Mobile Home Park Chamisal Trailer Park Orleans Manor Coyote Canyon Chuska and Tohotchi. Call 863-4811 after 3:30 and ask for Kimberly Piano then Verlynne.
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Carters
South 4Th St
Red Hills Mobile Home Park
Chamisal Trailer Park
Orleans Manor
Coyote Canyon
Chuska
Tohotchi
Kimberly
Verlynne
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Robert Schwartz
Schwartz
Sue
John Hamilton
David Ruiz
David
Andrea Egger
Mary Wicoff
82Nd Infantry ‘Division
England
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