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11 Jun 1966
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Newspaper
New Mexico Gallup Independent
Location
Gallup, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1966
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text offers few readable details about a local event or notice. Key names, places, and dates are unreadable, obstructing a clear summary of what occurred or who is involved.
Two brief items note calendar coincidences from Zuni PHS and golf club events in Gallup. A Republican county convention at the Shalimar includes Ed Foreman as guest speaker. The column also reproduces a press release on rising milk costs and cites state tree farms and a traffic fatality statistic.
Tropical storm Alma, downgraded from hurricane, batters South and North Carolina coast with gale winds and heavy rain. Four inches of rain in Wilmington, 47 deaths attributed to Alma, gale warnings from Virginia to Savannah as it moves seaward.
The Gallup forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Sunday. Sunday highs near 88 with a low around 45. Yesterday recorded a high of 80 and a low of 48.
U S paratroopers regroup for fresh assaults on entrenched North Vietnamese regulars in the central highlands where nearly 400 enemy troops have fallen. B 52 bombers pound a troop area 10 miles north while the 101st Airborne engages at least two battalions. Capt Bill Carpenter is noted as a hero amid ongoing combat reports.
Jay Olive and Denise Woodman, both 18, were arrested Friday and charged in Municipal Court with aid to offense connected to cross burnings on May 30 and 31. Eight others had been charged earlier. some juveniles were turned over to a Juvenile Officer.
C Joy Davis formerly of Gallup died June 2 in Phoenix from injuries from May 31 accident on the St Johns highway. High winds blew his car off course injuring three grandsons. Davis and family were en route to Ramah for a four day reunion of nine Davis siblings. Surviving: wife Eulla Merrill Davis. three daughters. eleven grandchildren. eight siblings. Davis lived in Phoenix 30 years and ran iron fixture business. active in LDS church as bishop and missionary for Teas ish pintake mission ary.
The Gallup Lions Club rodeo parade is scheduled for June 18 at 10 a.m. Entries from businesses bands and riding groups are planned with no entry fee. Prizes include trophies for commercial floats and cash prizes for other categories. Registration occurs at the Santa Fe depot before the parade.
A Greyhound bus carrying servicemen collided with a southbound pickup camper near Port Royal Virginia. Five people died including the two drivers and 11 others injured. The pickup occupants were Paul Crum Patty Crum and Mary Kalmink. Bus victims included operator Robert Baine and Douglas Josue an 8 serviceman aboard the Forrestal.
Three year old Bennie Lee Waikaniwa of Zuni died after being struck by a car driven by Harrington Paquin 19 of Zuni east of town on State Road 53. A second unnamed child nearby was not hit. Waikaniwa was thrown 34 feet. death occurred en route to PHS Hospital in Gallup. State Police and Bureau of Indian Affairs investigated.
Reports say a paratrooper led survivors to safety 30 miles northwest of Kontum City as North Vietnamese forces attacked. The battle near the depot on U.S. 66 to Coal valley area left 385 enemy dead, with ARVN and U.S. troops holding positions amid rugged, bamboo clad terrain.
In Ketchikan Alaska two men identified as Larry Cres 26 and James Harkenson 27 of Everett Washington chartered a plane and flew to Sitka where they robbed the Pioneer Bar taking 2500. Police caught them in the woods 15 miles north of Ketchikan Friday night they were charged with armed robbery and bail set at 10000 each.
Joseph Mathews, 43, superintendent of Chinle schools, suffered head lacerations when his car left the road and struck a rocky bank three miles west of the U.S. 666 and SR 68 junction. He was taken to St Mary’s Hospital in not serious condition. The state owned the car, and officials say the crash is under investigation with no charges filed. Mathews had been drinking.
Police report a mattress in Ugo Rainaldi’s garage at 604 McKee burned on Friday afternoon. Burnt match books were found inside and outside the open garage, which was left unsecured.
J B Tanner reports a deep well near Yah-Ta-Hey eight miles north of Gallup yields 864 000 gallons daily with 98 degree soft water and no treatment. A second well adds 200 000 gallons daily, forming a lake and prompting plans to develop Indian centered tourism tied to Ceremonial relocation possibilities and Navajo Nation attractions.
Samuel H. Sheppard will be retried in Ohio for a second degree murder charge in the bludgeon killing of his first wife Marilyn. Prosecutor Corrigan announced the fall plan after the US Supreme Court ruled his 1954 trial was unfair.
Dining event at GMORGASBORO runs Saturday from 5 to 9 PM with dancing to The Three K s. The advertisement lists sewing machines by P Vidal Co dealer at 208 West Coal and phone 863 4261.
Ray mond Abeyta, a former Crownpoint janitor, won a personal injury verdict for 60 000 against Robert K Burns Construction Hanna Plumbing and Heating and Millington Lugton Architects. He sought 155 643 49 claiming negligence after a September 8 1961 explosion during a Crownpoint teacherage fire light. Suburban Gas Utility was dismissed as defendant after affidavits showed no negligence by the gas company.
Public invited notice for BPO Elks Lodge 1440 to convene Tuesday at 8 00 p m with officials and members awaiting attendance.
An Indian health official said grievances at the U S Public Health Service Hospital at Ft Defiance Arizona have been settled after an investigation by four civil service workers. Dr Robert Zobel noted the issues arose from a personality clash between a supervisor and a small group of about 184 employees. Annie Wauneka of the Navajo Tribal Council had been accused earlier of ignoring personnel problems.
Help wanted for a bookkeeping clerk position. Requires a high school diploma and some bookkeeping training or experience. Permanent full time posting from the Gallup Independent.
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