Miner hospital fund plea over Richardson race funds
A man aiming to unseat Rep Bill Richardson in New Mexico's 3rd District urges that the $2,000 he received from a Virginia coal company be given to the Miners Hospital in Raton. David Cargo says Richardson should donate or return the money to the Virginia firm.
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Bill Richardson
Dn.m
3Rd
Congressional District
Richardson
Virginia Coal Company
Raton
David Cargo
Virginia Company
Ford audit accuses government of misleading public
A House consumer protection panel head says an audit shows the government reassured the public about the safety of millions of Ford cars from 1970 to 1979. The cars allegedly could slip from park to reverse, Ford Motor Co. being a central focus of the findings.
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Fords
Ford Motor,Co
Consumer Protection
Baptist President Urges More Love Toward Conservatives
A Tennessee preacher who was swept into the presidency of the Southern Baptist Convention calls for more love within the denomination and less liberal influence as fundamentalists gain control. He argues for unity amid rising conservative leadership and internal tensions.
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Southern Baptist Convention
Tennessee
Movie Index and Opinion Overview from Southwest Section
The Gallup Independent presents a two section 16 page issue for 1986 with the Southwest and Sports j.4, listing films and opinion pieces alongside television notes and advertising inserts.
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Southwest
Molestation case expands to 20 counts
Wesley Daniels 62, of Mentmore, arraigned in Gallup Magistrate Court on 20 felony counts for alleged sexual abuse of four children aged 9 to 11. Charges include three first degree criminal sexual penetration counts, three attempted criminal sexual penetration counts, 13 counts of criminal contact with a minor, one contributing to the delinquency of a minor count, and related offenses. Arrested June 2 after investigation by Gallup detectives and the FBI. Abuses occurred between May of last year and May this year.
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Gallup
Mentmore
Wesley Daniels
Daniels
FBI
Swimmer backs tribal control of BIA funds in New Mexico
Deputy Interior Secretary Ross Swimmer urged tribal governments to contract for more BIA programs amid a 934 million dollar budget, arguing tribes could run education, trust, and community services with federal oversight limited. He cited payroll costs, law enforcement, and the need for an Indian BUSINESS center to spur job creation and site development.
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Albuquerque
Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs
Ross Swimmer
New Mexico
Tives
Ramah Navajo
All Indian Pueblo Council
BIA
Swimmer
Congress
Holiday Inn
Washington D.C
National Indian Business Development Center
Navajo Hopi relocation suit seeks halt to moves
Navajo Hopi Legal Services Program filed a class action in Phoenix federal court to stop further relocations of Navajos. It alleges the Navajo Hopi Relocation Commission and BIA moved people to Sanders lands without required planning and in violation of the Navajo Hopi Land Settlement Act and related laws. The suit seeks to halt spending and construction on relocation projects until federal laws are followed.
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Kim Oriole
Dine Bureau
Tuba City
Ariz
Phoenix Federal District Court
Donald Hodel
Ross Swimmer
Swimmer
Dan Jackson
Hodel
Jackson
Independent
Commission
Ralph Watkins
BIA
Bureau
Congress
Osetek
Murder plea in Gallup case links ex girlfriend’s death
Melvin Escamilla 20 pleaded innocent in district court to first degree murder and related charges over the May 7 shooting death of Regina Dehozy 21 and wounding neighbor Jimmy Samuels 24. Prosecutors say he broke into Samuels’ apartment, stole a rifle, fired about 15 shots, and pursued Dehozy outside. He faces a life sentence on the capital murder count with no parole for at least 30 years. bond remained at 100000 and a jury trial is set within six months. Escamilla was tearful after visiting his 18 month old son under jail visitor restrictions.
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Jean-Pierre Carmela
Gallup
State District
Melvin Escamilla
Regina Dehozy
Jimmy Samuels
S. Logan Ave
Escamilla
DePauli
McKinley County
Grant Foutz
Samuels
Miss Dehozy
Gallup bank exec resigns from United New Mexico Bank
Wesley Green vice chairman at United New Mexico Bank in Gallup has resigned effective last Friday after since October 1984 tenure. The resignation follows a prior departure this year by former president David Ruiz, leaving the bank without an official president.
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Gallup
Wesley Green
United New Mexico Bank
Aztec Ave
Green
David Ruiz
United New Mexico
Ruiz
Navajo chapters pick council hopefuls
Navajo Tribal Council nominations pour in from 108 chapters as Elections Director Harry Were reports 243 candidates nominated by 5 p.m. June 11 with 16 women among them. Incumbents renominated total 57. 31 did not. Recounts and disputes loom from several chapters including Kayenta Many Farms Navajo Mountain and Rock Point.
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Catherine Elston-Feder Dine
Window Rock
Ariz
Navajo Tribal Council
Harry Were
Vero
Wero
Navajo Mountain
Kayenta
Budgeters seek fund release in Window Rock
In Window Rock Arizona the Budget and Finance Committee urged the Bureau of Indian Affairs to release 1.2 million dollars from the IMPL escrow fund for economic and industrial development vocational education and attorneys fees. The money stems from land sale funds BIA previously held and a court ruling favored the tribe. Allocation proposed: 636800 to economic and industrial development 500000 to vocational education and 126300 for attorneys fees. The committee also discussed the 1987 budget in executive session and adjusted the alcohol program budget reallocating 1000 to Health and Human Services and Education programs.
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Window Rock
Ariz
Budget and Finance Committee
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Wilfred Bowman
BIA
Bowman
B&f Committee
Tribal Council
Health and Human Services Committee
Navajo voter rolls rise as registration tops eighty thousand
Navajo Elections Director Harry Wero notes steady growth in tribal, state, and federal registration since 1978, with about 80 000 registered now and expectations that turnout could reach 200 000 in the upcoming election as youths register.
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