Papal visit ends in triumph by John Paul I in Poland
Pope John Paul I concluded a nine day Polish pilgrimage with a farewell Mass in Krakow drawing millions who praised his call for human rights and religious liberty. He denounced Marxist views of man as production and urged courage, faith, and resilience as he asked Poles to remain steadfast. The pope stressed historic ties between Poland and Roman Catholicism and called for peace after war and tragedy.
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Victor L. Simpson
Associated Press
Vatican City
John Paul I
Vatican
Poland
Krakow
John Paul
Warsaw
Gniezno
Czestochowa
Auschwitz
Christ
Kheie
Rome
Pope John Paul I
Women seek legal aid in New Mexico rights drive
Ruth Ann Ragland reports that New Mexico women seek legal rights guidance from the Commission on the Status of Women. Director Tasia Young notes 18,000 copies of New Mexico Women and the Law distributed in two months, with demand doubling since 1977. Other publication, New Mexico Women and Credit, has 8,000 copies since last fall.
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Ruth Ann Ragland
Associated Press
New Mexico
Commission On the Status of Women
Commission
Tasia Young
Albuquerque
New Mexico Women and Credit
Strike negotiations make no progress
Eastern Bureau dispatch reports no wage talks advances in a strike by nearly 40 members of the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 611 against Continental Divide Electrical Cooperative. Union and company officials discuss options brokered by federal mediator Henry Meywes as a Sunday meeting fell through.
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JW. Schomisch
Eastern Bureau
Continental Divide Electrical Cooperative
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Continental Divide
James Krisch
Henry Meywes
Krisch
Mike Ervin
Ervin
Co-Op
Meywes
Larry Chavez
10 Percent Off On All Renue Item at Riccas Mercantile
Riccas Mercantile at 306 W Coat offers a 10 percent discount storewide. Sale runs for a limited time with prices reduced across all Renue products. Customer may inquire at 863-464 for details.
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Riccas Mercantile
County to help fund Sen. Clarke Field runway repairs
Gallup McKinley County Commissioners tentatively pledged 12,500 dollars this year and 12,500 next year from federal revenue sharing to aid Gallup city airport repairs at Sen. Clarke Field. Airport officials had sought 75,000 from the county and 75,000 from the city to leverage about 500,000 from the FAA, but the county could only commit a third of the request. Frontier Airlines reportedly plans to pull out of Gallup.
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Karen Moses
Gallup
McKinley County
Sen. Clarke Field
Commission
Federal Aviation Administration
Airport
Joe Danoff
Frontier Airlines
FAA
Danoff
Frontier
Wayne Lewis
Lewis
David Dallage
Police report 76 arrests and airport funding fears
Gallup police arrested 76 people in a 24 hour period, mostly for drinking in public, the highest single day tally Gonzales recalls. The weekend also marked 300 DWI arrests this year, with 179 people placed in protective custody. Local officials warn Frontier may pull out of Gallup airport, jeopardizing FAA funding and airport operations. The city and county face budget squeezes as they struggle to fund a juvenile center and runway repairs amid winter risk.
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Gallup
Frank Gonzales
Gonzales
City and county plan joint bond election for pool
County Commissioners unofficially approve a joint general obligation bond referendum with Gallup to fund a new indoor swimming pool. Election date and bond amount not set. city to cover election costs. Both governments aim to near-capacity bonding to qualify for state CAC funds. CAC consideration hinges on county exhausting funding sources. City challenged CAC ruling regarding central fire station funding after a 1976 tax defeat.
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Gallup
McKinley
CAC
Albuquerque
Central
Three die in weekend traffic near Gallup
Two Wichita residents, Noval Harris and Elizabeth Legier, died Sunday when their car hit a semi on Interstate 40 about 20 miles east of Gallup. In a separate crash, Zuni man Effie Quam died Saturday after a pickup overturned on N.M. 53 east of the N.M. 82 junction, with Harold Gasper in the vehicle. A third fatality remains unidentified after a separate I-40 incident near the Arizona line.
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Gallup
McKinley County
Wichita
Kansas
Interstate 40
N.M. 53
N.M. 82
Effie Quam
Quam
Harold Gasper
Zuni
Julian Ruben
Grants
Gasper
N.M
Ross Becker
Noval W. Harris
Elizabeth A. Legier
Harris
John E. Cox
Anderson
Ind
Arizona State Line
Chinle
Ariz
Gallup Indian Medical Center
Eddie
Gallup to swear in new mayor and council member
Gallup City Council schedules oaths for Wayne Lewis the new mayor and Dock Harrington to finish Lewis term. Agenda includes Gamerco incorporation study GIACC detox site search and several Planning Commission actions plus bids and contracts across city projects.
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Gallup
Wayne Lewis
Dock Harrington
Lewis
Edward Junker
Junker
City Planning Commission
Lewis Bros. Plumbing and Heating
Harrington
Gamerco
Allison
South Boardman
Danitsa Hall
GIACC
Planning Commission
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Grace Conaway
Ms. Young
Felice Espinosa
Dock Livingston
W. Coat
County
Dallago
Dallage
Gallup Public Safety Building
Cox
Lewis and Livingston
Elkins Brothers
State Health Office
Gallup Inter-Agency
Coordination Committee
Giaacc
Perea
Navajo Tribe
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Old City Detention Center
Leonard Olivar
Beverly Hills
Ford
Country Club
Hillside
Villani Drive
Eastview Court
Monterey Drive
Hillcrest Mobile Home Park
New City
T.P. Pump and Pipe Co
R. W. Beck
Hamilton Bros. Construction Co
Bohannan-Huston Inc
Wheatley & Wollesen
Public Service Co
Nielson’s Inc
Coal Avenue
Castillo- Preston & Associates
Northside Center
Goldberg-Mann and Associates
Chihuahuita
Hendrix & Associates
Commonwealth Frontier
Red Rock State Park
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