Court begins House jury selection today
TAOS AP The public debates the case as attorneys quarrel and survivors grieve Gordon House faces four counts of vehicular homicide for the Christmas Eve 1992 deaths of Melanie Cravens and her daughters plus injuries to Paul Cravens and charges of driving while intoxicated and reckless driving House 35 of Thoreau was driving the wrong way on I 40 when his pickup struck the Cravens car near Albuquerque Investigators say his blood alcohol was 0 10 percent at the time New Mexico later lowered the presumed intoxication level to 0 08 percent House says migraine and several beers affected him The crash cost him his job as director of a youth shelter in Itallu He is an Air Force veteran and former Navajo Nation social worker Jury selection begins at 9 am with over 100 potential jurors The process may take two days to seat and two weeks for trial He faces up to 26 years if convicted The case has seen charges change from vehicular homicide to depraved mind murder and back See Jury Page 2
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Paul Cravens
House
Cravens
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Itallu
US Air Force
Navajo Nation
Robert Schwartz
Ray Twohigh
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Frank ‘Allen Jr
Gabaldons deny Navajo labor suit over Tse Bonito Dunkin
The Gabaldons respond to a Navajo Nation Labor Commission complaint filed by former Dunkin Donuts workers at Tse Bonito. Attorney Bruce Freyburger contends the tribe lacks jurisdiction and that the Gabaldons are not employers under the Navajo Preference in Employment Act. LeRoy Gabaldon is named as owner. former staff allege unpaid wages and Ruby Hubbard accuses Edward Gabaldon of harassment.
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Bonito
Carol
Edward Gabaldon
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Fort Wingate
Bruce W. Freyburger
Navajo ‘Nation
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Freyburger
Edward
Carol Gabaldon
LeRoy Gabaldon
McKinley County
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Dunkin’ Donuts
KFC
Gallup
Linda Benally
Ruby Hubbard
Navajos Favor Hopi Lease Talks in Land Dispute
Survey finds about 80 percent of Navajo families on government deeded land favor discussing a Hopi lease. Commission says roughly 230 forms were collected in Phoenix from nearly 300 families amid the disputed land issue."}
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Ariz
Navajo-Hopi Land Commission
Phoenix
Commission
Roman Bitsuie
Bitsuie
Navajo Hopi land dispute eyed for broader talks
Negotiations may start to resolve a 2 million acre northern Arizona rangeland quarrel lasting 112 years. A rejection would send the case back to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court, risking Navajo eviction from land allocated to Hopis in 1974. A final deal awaits 9th Circuit and Congress approval.
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Arizona
9Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Congress
9Th Circuit
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