Jumpin Jubilee Energizes Western Week in Gallup Parade and Balloons
The Lion's Club kicked off Western Jubilee Week with 18 hot air balloons at Red Rock Balloon Rally. Gallup's Jubilee Week featured a Lions Club parade, a Gallup Community Theater melodrama, and Navajo Code Talkers Association marchers. Sunday included a mass ascent at Red Rock State Park, Lions Club barbecue, and a cowboy dance. Rodeo Queen contest Tuesday and rodeo events Wednesday at Red Rock State Park, with a Western dance Saturday to close the week.
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Ially
New Mexico
Nizhoni Blvd
Lion's Club
Gallup
Gallup Community Theater
Navajo Code Talkers Association
Aztec Ave
Norm Courtney
Albuquerque
Hogan
Red Rock State Park
John Tom
Emma Lee
Emma Lena
Roslyn Becenti
Twin Lakes
Ford Canyon Park
Four killed and many injured in weekend Gallup area crashes
Police report multiple traffic accidents around Gallup from Friday night into Sunday. A Gallup man lost a leg in a one vehicle wreck west of Zuni Village. Felicita Chavez 23 of Church Rock and Lance Sansiya 27 died of apparent internal injuries. Diane Bellgon 16, Adrian Cellicion 6, and Chad Jose 7 months died after being struck by a car near East 66 Avenue and Vera Drive. Keith Begaye of Gallup was jailed for driving while intoxicated. Other crashes injured Kathy Bitsilly 23 and Preston Johnson 26. One head‑on collision on NM 32 near Thoreau injured Robert McKlendon 25. driver Richard Magnum 34 and Beverly Magnum 40 of Pampa, Texas were not injured. Police noted an unlicensed trailer caused Johnson’s injuries on South Third Street.
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Felicita Chaved
Church Rock
Shirley
Lance
Sanisya
Ald
Chavez
Zuni
Begaye
Sansiya
McKlendon
N.M
Thoreau
Richard Magnum
Pampa
Texas
Magnum
Beverly Magnum
Yah-Ta-Hey
Preston Johnson
Wis
Johnson
Gallup Indian Medical Center
Ella
Mae Begay
Gandado
South Third Street
New Mexico begins fresh reapportionment after court ruling
Santa Fe AP reports the New Mexico Legislature opens to draft new district maps using official Census Bureau figures rather than the previously rejected votes-cast method. The goal is 70 House and 42 Senate districts with populations nearly equal, while preserving incumbents where possible.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
U.S. Census Bureau
House
Senate
Legislative Council Service
Council Service
Clay Buchanan
Buchanan
Escalante walkout ends at Plains Generating Station
Workers at the Plains Escalante Generating Station back on the job after a non sanctioned walkout by about 75 members of Local 412 protesting the firing of union steward Arthur Chavez. Arthur Chavez was rehired and about 800 workers were told to return to work as a tentative agreement was reached.
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Eastern Bureau Prewitt
Plains Escalante
Here
Jon Samuelson
Plains Electric Generation and Transmission Cooperative Inc
Samuelson
United Association of Plumbers
Arthur Chavez
Combustion Engineering Inc
Dallas
Plains
Havez
Rex Brasell
Albuquerque
Energy impacts shaping Navajo communities study
Four San Juan Basin communities Shiprock Burnham Crownpoint and Church Rock face energy development impacts. The Navajo Tribe Division of Community Development reports increased coal production and uranium activity, with environmental concerns common and social cultural issues prominent in Burnham.
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Neil
Thompson Eastern Bureau
Thoreau — Shiprock
Burnham
Crownpoint
Church Rock
Farmers Home Administration
San Juan Basin
New Mexico
Arizona
U.S
Sea Report
Versailles conference impact on postwar economy and stagnation outlook
Opinion notes the Versailles conference failed to end the worst postwar economic plump and did little to alter a decade of stagnation. It questions the conference's effectiveness and hints at broader economic and political consequences shaping the era.
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