Navajo trade fair argues for new business laws in reservation
Navajo Tribal Chairman Peterson Zah urged changes to the current rules governing reservation businesses at the First National Indian Industrial Trade Fair in Albuquerque. He criticized the laws as lacking teeth and said a reform proposal, now in the Justice Department, must gain Tribal Council support.
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Albuquerque
Peterson Zah
Zah
Albuquerque Convention Center
Zach
Vivian Tapahe
Tribe
Justice Department
Tribal Council
Hopi
Ivan Sidney
Convention Center
Sidney
Child Eloy Seeks Help Amid Crossed Eyes and Fragile Health
Six year old Eloy, described as frail and prone to falls, wears a helmet while moving around a crowded kitchen. Shirley Mendoza recalls his troubled family history, noting siblings who were nonverbal and nonwalking. The piece portrays a fragile child seeking care in a tough home environment.
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Eloy
Shirley Mendoza
Councilors OK recommendations for dealing with alcohol problems
Gallup council accepts the force’s recommendations to address area alcohol abuse while 3-2 voting to reject Red Rock State Park as the site for a New Mexico National Guard Armory. Mayor Colaianni and Councilor Gutierrez opposed the rejection, citing community benefit and park compatibility concerns.
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Tim Knowles
Gallup
Red Rock State Park
New Mexico National Guard
Red Rock
Frank Colaianni
Dan Gutierrez
Colaianni
NMNG
Fort Wingate
Doc Livingston
Livingston
Andre Trottier
State Parks Board
Trottier
Sharon Richards
Inter-Tribal Ceremonial Board
Joint Powers Commission
Richards
New Mexico
Inmate pleas by copper strikers face eviction suit in Greenlee
Twenty four copper strikers in Morenci are set to depart after pleading innocent in civil proceedings brought by Phelps Dodge Corp. in Greenlee County. The Tuesday filings mark another chapter in the eviction dispute.
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Phelps Dodge, Corp
Morénci
Greenlee County
Severe storms rage across Midwest with tornadoes and floods
Across five states more than two dozen tornadoes powered through the Midwest as heavy rain swelled rivers and caused widespread flooding. In the East residents faced renewed heat and high humidity as heat waves returned to near record levels.
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Midwest
Group fights deadline to save tiny blind salamander home
A Texas Hill Country group battles a year end deadline to protect a 1,600 acre ranch and its habitat for a tiny blind salamander found in a cave. Action centers on safeguarding this species and preserving the cave ecosystem amid regulatory and conservation pressures.
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Texas
1964 Gallup Independent masthead note
The Gallup Independent presents a two section 18 page issue with 17 Nation and 16 Opinion items and advertising supplements. The record lists World and Southwest sections in this era newspaper format.
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Sevneneaads Wit
Forest blaze near Grants brought under control after hours
A three acre forest fire 15 miles northwest of Grants was contained after about five hours of effort by roughly a dozen firefighters. Beginning around 1 p.m. in the Zuni Mountains near Polo Canyon, the fire scorched dry ponderosa pines and grass and is believed to be man made due to lack of recent lightning.
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Grants
U.S. Forest Service
Zuni Mountains
Polo Canyon
Cindy Clark
Forest Service
Ms. Clark
Indian Leaders to Attend Native Development Conference
Gov Toney Anaya and former Navajo chairman Peter MacDonald will join Indian leaders at a three day Native American Development Conference in Albuquerque. Bobby Garcia of Acoma Pueblo says the event is the first of its kind with panels on health, criminal justice, education, culture and economic base led by notable figures including Lt. Gov. Mike Runnels and Sam Arquero.
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Toney Anaya
Peter MacDonald
Acoma Pueblo
Acoma
Bobby Garcia
Anaya
Alex Mercure
Mike Runnels
Judy Pratt
MacDonald
State Office of Indian Affairs
Sam Arquero
Joe Jaramillo
The
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Congressmen demand Interior officials fired over leak probe
Two House Interior subcommittee chairs say the inspector general and assistant inspector general inadequately investigated confidential coal lease data leaks and should lose their jobs. GAO faulted the rushed probe into the Powder River Basin sale, amid pressure from ex-Interior Secretary Watt to conclude quickly.
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Washington
House Interior
Interior Department
Department
General Accounting Office
Richard Mulberry
James Yohe
Powder River
Wyoming
Montana
GAO
Interior
James Watt
American People
Edward J. Markey
D-Mass
Markey
Tee
James Weaver
D-Ore
Mulberry
Yohe
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
Interior Committee
Watt
Appropriations Committee
Powder River Basin
Congressional
Government steps up mine safety training in Appalachia
Federal MSHA officials visit underground coal mines across Alabama Kentucky Tennessee Virginia and West Virginia to raise safety awareness and reduce fatalities this year. They suspend regular operations to dispatch inspectors and drill home the dangers of undersupported roof explosions and improper blasting. The year has seen 48 coal mining deaths so far, with two thirds in the five targeted states.
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Washington
Appalachian
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Alabama
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Joseph A. Lamonica
Coal Safety and Health
Noel Milan
Milan
District Nine bingo license to be revoked this week
A state ABC official says an order to revoke the District Nine Intergroup Office Inc bingo license will be issued this week, effectively closing the Second Street operation. The action cites failure to exist for three years and noncompliant incorporation details, with a potential appeal in Santa Fe District Court.
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Tim Knowles
Gallup
District Nine Intergroup Office Inc
Jake Martinez
ABC
District Nine Inc
Cathedral School
Gallup Community Service Center
Jim Ellis
Ellis
District Nine Intergroup Inc
Martinez
District Nine Intergroup
Raymond Aguayo
Deborah Ann Sellers
District Nine
Santa Fe
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Celtics
Children’s Haven
New Armory
Pige
Gallup Independent Co
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Joey
Now N Honastent Ladies Happy Hour
Gilbert Alonzo Jr
Task Force
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