Navajo Monument Center Dedicated
A new 500000 visitor center was dedicated near Navajo, Ariz, with about 1000 in attendance including Barry Goldwater and Navajo Tribal Council Chairman Raymond Nakai. He highlighted democracy’s future and praised archaeologists Cummings and Judd who preserved Betatakin and other cliff dwellings dating to around 1200. Judd joined the ceremony as guest, as Mission 66 plans guide a decade of park-area development.
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Barry Goldwater
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Tonalea
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Raymond Nakai
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Neal M. Judd
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Betatakin
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John Wetherill
Neil M.judd
Smithsonian Institution
National Park Service
National Park System
Texas Hit By Rain Triggers Floods And Violent Winds
Violent weather swept Minnesota and Montana with 86 mph gusts in Miles City. A second disturbance drenched Texas with two inches of rain in Belton within thirty minutes, flooding streets and knocking out power while other plains regions saw rising morning temperatures.
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Associated Press
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Texas
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Ore
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Calif
Stolen Items Recovered After Gallup Burglary
Gallup police found stolen merchandise from Lentes Dry Goods at 112 W 66 behind 109 E Sullivan. Items wrapped in an orange jacket and tin covered were left under a tree by Gilbert Shorty and Michael Benally. No arrests.
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Shorty
Benally
Marcelino Carrillo
Fairway
D & D Furniture
Maurice Christensen
Fire line placed on milelong mountain fire near Santa Barbara
Fire crews announced containment of a week-old blaze that blackened 92 000 acres of brush in Los Padres National Forest. The fire started June 11 when a light plane crashed, killing two Air Force enlisted men and injuring two others. Fifteen were hurt overall in the rugged terrain, and one firefighter suffered a broken leg when a truck overturned.
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Hue siege tightens as Tri Quang hunger strike ends
Premier Ky’s regime tightened control in Hue sealing off the hospital room of dissident monk Thich Tri Quang who continued a hunger strike. U.S. forces battled Viet Cong near Tuy Hoa while B52s bombed Viet Cong areas. The government set Sept 11 for elections and a 108 seat assembly to draft a constitution.
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Tri Quang
De Gaulle Arrives in Moscow for 11 Day State Visit
Charles de Gaulle flew to Moscow for an 11 day state visit aimed at closer East West cooperation. He will not sign treaties but may reach cultural and technical agreements. He planned a major speech at a Kremlin dinner and discussed Germany’s role in European security.
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Bonn
Navajo Tribal Race Fight Over Voting Rights Rhetoric
Billison accuses incumbent Raymond Nakai of blocking Navajo voter registration and injecting religion into the campaign. He cites a U S Voting Rights Act finding and warns the issue could deny voting rights for thousands in Apache Coconino and Navajo counties. A special tribal council session in Window Rock may intervene to safeguard registration and voting.
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Navajo
Coconino
Arizona
Raymond Nakai
Navajo Tribal Council
Billison
Nakai
Bullison
Bodies found near Gallup investigated for possible autopsies
Two decomposed bodies found near Gallup over the weekend are under review for autopsies. Nelson Lee 30 was located Saturday about 25 miles southeast of Gallup and had likely convulsions before death. A second, unidentified Anglo male body was found Sunday near Mentmore coal mine eight miles west and three miles north of Gallup. The Lee corpse lies at Lee Mortuary. the other body was taken to Albuquerque for examination.
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District Attorney’s Office
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Jesus Macias
Lee
Zuni Reservation
Navajo Land
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Earl Duncan
Arthur Lee
Highway suit ends with $30,000 award to Doris Alger
District Court Judge Frank B. Zinn awarded Doris M. Alger thirty thousand dollars for three Gallup north side lots to be used for Interstate 40 construction. The State Highway Commission valued the land at twenty four thousand while Alger contended forty five thousand, marking the first north side condemnation suit tried.
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Doris M. Alger
Frank B. Zinn
Gallup
Kennedy Backs Johnson for 1968 Presidential Race
Senator Robert F. Kennedy declared support for President Johnson in 1968 and said he will seek re election to the Senate in 1970. He spoke at Kennedy Airport after a two week overseas trip with his wife Ethel, noting Africa’s concern over U.S. policy and criticizing racial segregation while opposing trade cuts.
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Senate
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East Africa
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Rome
Ethel
New York Democrat
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Viet Nam
Africa
United State
Gallup Forecast Clouds and Showers Trackweek
Gallup predicts considerable cloudiness tonight with possible thunderstorms or showers. Tuesday will be partly cloudy with a chance of afternoon thundershowers and little temperature change. High near 83, low around 54. Yesterday's high 86, low 9.
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Gallup
Hospitals decline to join federal medicare program
Lincoln County Hospital at Carrizozo and Ruidoso Hondo Valley General Hospital at Ruidoso will not participate in the federal medicare plan starting July 1. Administrators J. T. Clegg and Truett Ball said their facilities lack adequate personnel and facilities to meet the program requirements.
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Ruidoso
J. T. Clegg
Truett Ball
Dodd Ethics Probe Opens in Closed Senate Hearings
The Senate ethics committee begins secret hearings on charges of misconduct against Sen. Thomas J. Dodd. The probe centers on Dodd's ties to Julius Klein, ghostwritten speeches, and a 1964 West Germany trip linked to Klein’s clients, with public sessions possible later.
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Senate Ethics Committee
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Dodd
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Julius Klein
Chicago
Pearson and Anderson
Connecticut
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Hi‘bel
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Anderson
Klein
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Germany
Senate
Internal Security
Carder International, Inc
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Thess
17 Face Rights Charges in Civil Rights Slayings Case
Meridian Mississippi AP The federal government will prosecute 17 men in U S District Court on September 26 for the 1964 slayings of civil rights workers Michael Schwerner Andrew Goodman and James Chaney. The case relies on laws from 1866 and 1870.
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Meridian
Miss
U.S
Harold Cox
U.S. Supreme Court
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
James Chaney
Gallup McKinley boards to appoint new school superintendent
The Gallup McKinley County board of education will hold a special session tonight at 7 at Wilson Elementary School to name a replacement for Dr. George Young who resigned after two years to take a similar post in Ohio. The sole agenda item is the superintendent selection.
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