New Navajo Housing Association Projects Hire Local Jobs
Eastern Navajo Housing Association forecasts at least 100 new jobs soon, up to 500 total with plants in Navajo Industrial Park near Church Rock. Currently 39 workers in pre fab housing and cement block plants. block plant to start next week. full capacity about 125 employees. Future projects include a toy factory and laundry. association aims to lower costs and provide materials locally. Papers filed with State Corporation Commission in Santa Fe. board met to elect officers and adopt bylaws.
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Mary Rushton Gallup
Eastern Navajo Housing Association
Navajo
Church Rock
Association
Ernest’ Becenti
Housing Association
Eastern
Navajo Agency General Council
State Corporation Commission
Santa Fe
Santa Fe, and the Board of Directors
Costs for Minuteman I missiles rise amid overrun claims
Washington AP reports a former Air Force consultant told Congress that primary offensive missile costs will exceed original estimates by about 3.7 billion dollars. C. Merton Tyrrell of Performance Technology Corp said 1962 estimates for 500 Minuteman II missiles would jump from 3.268 billion to about 7 billion, a claim contested by an Air Force spokesman who admitted a likely overrun near 2 billion. The testimony ties to broader concerns over defense spending and contractor practices, with lawmakers pushing to curb cost underreporting.
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Congress
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Performance Technology Corp
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Senate
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Joint
Subcommittee On
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Navy Material Division
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Ralph Yarborough
Bureau of the Budget
Texas Democrat
Defense Department
Yarborough
Philip Hughes
Surtax Proposal Faces Major Test
Washington AP Nixon seeks extension of the 10 percent income surtax facing a split House Ways and Means Committee. The panel eyed a yes or no vote as inflation and party divisions loom. Kennedy warns inflation may accelerate with policy inaction.
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Nixon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
White House
Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Hatathli Ils Named EeeM President of NCC
Hatathli Ils named president of Navajo Community College in a Regents meeting. He will become Executive Vice President after July. The move aims to involve the college early in agricultural growth on the Reservation and to set priorities for educational and vocational programs.
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Ariz
Navaa Community College
Una
Indian Control
Ronda
Hatath
Educa
Ton
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Bureau of Indian
Mesa
Aziz
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Nava Ee
Ara Aleps
Roesel
Det Nee Rock
N.M
Board “of Regents
Nixon urges Hanoi to join U S pullout for peace
Washington reports say Hanoi has yet to respond to President Nixon’s call for a North Vietnamese pullback to match the U S troop withdrawal from South Vietnam. U S sources flag a negative initial reaction amid propaganda blasts and renewed combating, with Paris talks set to resume Thursday.
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Acquittal Links Police Officer in Algiers Motel Case
An all white jury in Mason Michigan acquits Ronald August a suspended white police officer of first degree murder in the Algiers Motel incident tied to Detroit’s 1967 riots. The judge had limited options to first degree murder or acquittal prompting a political backlash and calls for investigation of the judge.
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Ronald August
Aubrey. Pollard
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Whitey
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Detroit Police Department
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Alleys Paving Plans Approved In City Dickey Ford Canyon Dust Aimed
Oilmen last night approved paving for access streets to McKinley General Hospital and the downtown alleys between U S 66 and Aztec Avenue. A temporary emulsion spray will reduce Ford Canyon dust until permanent action. The project aims to improve thoroughfares for shoppers.
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McKinley General Hospital
Ford Canyon
U.S. 66
Aztec Avenue
Chinese protest over Soviet incursion in Sinkiang border clash
Beijing charged that Soviet troops tanks and armored cars crossed into Yumin County Sinkiang Tuesday night killing a Chinese herdswoman and kidnapping a herdsman The Chinese Foreign Ministry demanded an immediate halt to encroachment and the return of the kidnapped man while reserving the right to seek compensation The report noted no immediate Soviet comment and no Tass coverage
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Red China
Sinkiang Province
New China
Chinese Foreign Ministry
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Sinkiang
China
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Eight SDS leaders jailed for 30 day contempt terms at Columbia
Eight leaders of Columbia University’s SDS chapter were jailed for 30 days for contempt of court after refusing to obey a ban on campus disruptions. Justice Charles Marks noted the protesters faced a $100 fine, with ten extra days added for nonpayment, as he underscored illegal methods cannot obtain reform. The group had aided the April 30 takeover of Fayerweather and Mathematics halls in support of Black admissions demands, despite an April 17 restraining order.
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Students For A Democratic Society
Morningside
State Supreme Court
Charles Marks
Marks
Theel
Dents
Fayerweather
Mathematics
SDS
Columbia
Isitsin
Tribal appeal cuts land taxes for major Navajo ranches
Land values on two large Navajo Nation properties in McKinley County were slashed to about one third of prior assessments after a tribal attorney appeal. The move reduces tax burdens and reflects a successful challenge to previous valuations.
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Ted Rushton
Gallup
Daxes
McKinley
Imajor Ran Ital
Ning
County assessor faces challenge over land tax hike
County Manager Gloria Milosevich warns the new assessment could set a dangerous precedent if other property owners seek tax reductions. District Attorney Louis DePauli calls the land tax raise an isolated case, while Navajo Tribe attorney Edmund Kahn argues Navajo lands are inequitable and unlawful. The county plans a public hearing on July 4.
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Gloria Milosevich
DePaull
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