Inside Today Sunny Warm Saturday
The report notes a sunny warm Saturday with yesterday’s high reaching 90 degrees at 3 30 p m. No further details on location or event are provided.
14 Jun 1985
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Newspaper
New Mexico Gallup Independent
Location
Gallup, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1985
Page
1
The report notes a sunny warm Saturday with yesterday’s high reaching 90 degrees at 3 30 p m. No further details on location or event are provided.
The 60 day regular session of the 1985 Legislature produced 171 new laws that took effect at midnight Thursday. The bulk of the measures were enacted early this year and now stand as official statutes. See page 8.
A report notes that the American dream of Korean immigrants running family stores in U.S. cities has soured in many black neighborhoods. Cultural clashes have intensified racial tension between Korean shopkeepers and black customers, prompting discussions of community impact and responses.
The Gallup Independent 1985 edition outlines 16 pages across two sections with ads. It lists Classifieds Movies Comics Opinion Deaths Southwest Leisure Sports Living Television and other content as part of the USPS published issue.
The Plains Escalante Generating Station, a $400 million coal-fired plant, tripped offline late Saturday night due to a minor protection circuit. Plant Manager Dave Richards said there was no danger, and the plant may still have set a world record for continuous operation by about two days, depending on confirmation.
The Navajo Tribal Council Advisory Committee passed a two page resolution urging Chief Justice Nelson J. McCabe’s removal. It sets June 24 as the special session date to consider nine grounds, notes his March 11 charges of fraud theft and altering vouchers, and asserts his actions threaten judicial independence.
Dr Ram Kinkar Lal Das, Navajo Tribe auditor general for four years, resigns effective June 21 to take a higher paying post in Window Rock High School's financial office. Das, 42, says he was not pressured and will begin June 24 to help improve Navajo education finances.
After nearly two years of meetings a finalized Navajo Preference Law was unanimously approved by the Advisory Committee and will be presented to the Tribal Council in July. The measure prioritizes on reservation Navajo owned businesses and introduces a maximum feasible price concept to limit competition to 100 percent Navajo firms first, then those with at least 51 percent Navajo ownership.
Santa Fe reports the New Mexico State Police will begin Sobriety Checkpoints in McKinley County this weekend with Las Cruces operations 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. The program aims to deter drunk driving statewide by late July or early August, pending equipment and logistics, and will be governed by strict guidelines including officer counts, lighting, and advance management.
Local advert lists bulbs half price at The LampHouse 3100 B East Aztec phone 722-9647. Also notes entertainment by Native Custom Band performing tonight at Round-Up Saloon 400 North Third.
Navajo-Hopi Indian Relocation Commission executive director Stephen Goodrich plans to resign after 30 years. He has applied for a transfer to the Interior Department and will stay until a new position is secured, with July 1 as the official departure. The agency oversees the relocation of about 2,500 Navajo families from Hopi land, the largest compulsory Indian relocation in U.S. history.
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