Rodeo results and church shooting terror haunt Daingerfield
Rodeo action at local meet saw Kenny Chadburn win top money with a two point ride as the Uons Club hosted a Saturday night event. In Daingerfield Texas a former math teacher opened fire at a Baptist Church killing five and wounding ten before shooting himself, but survives.
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Kenny Chadburn
Uons ‘Club
Chadburn
Daingerfield
Texas
Alvin King
Southwest
Book dream fulfilled with new children and adults bookstore
A Gallup couple opened a bookstore to fulfill a long time dream offering a wide range of reading for children and adults amid business activity on page 9.
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Gallup
Priceless Indian jewelry stolen from Red Rock State Park
Gallup reports an irreplaceable collection of Navajo jewelry stolen from Red Rock State Park over the weekend. The uninsurable pieces include a pre 1920 hammer-work necklace and hammered pesos, with about 60 to 70 items missing. Museum curator Dr. Caroline Davis noted no insurance and doubts of recovery, as the theft occurred after 7 30 a.m. Friday.
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Red Rock State Park
Bonnie Meyer
Gallup
Caroline Davis
Davis
Gallup’ Lions Club
Joint Powers, Development Commission
M. L. Woodard
Phil
Martin Link
Woman's husband bootlegging victim on Navajo Reservation
Eva Showa of Ganado campaigns against bootlegging after her husband froze to death near Riverside while liquor sales thrived on the Navajo Reservation. She recalls a chapter push to press Navajo Police, calls bootleggers heartless, and notes losses to families, theft, and rising threats as crime and poverty grow.
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Kathie Saltzstein
Showa
Vietnam
Riverside
Soiméone
Pata
Shona
Chinle
Eva Showa
Hazel Lincoln
Lincoln
Public Service Company plan advances for New Mexico line
U S Interior released a draft Environmental Impact Statement advancing a 173 mile 500 kilovolt transmission line from the San Juan Generating Station to Ambrosia Lake and Albuquerque. The line aims to meet rising demand from coal and uranium mining and urban growth with a July 1 public hearing at the Albuquerque Convention Center and written comments invited.
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Albuquerque
Public Service. Co
New Mexico
Ling i
U.S. Department of Interior
San Juan
Ambrosia Lake
Department of Interior
Oni
New ’Mexico
New Indian Affairs official named WASHINGTON AB
A Colorado attorney named Thomas W. Fredericks has been selected as Assistant Interior Secretary for Indian affairs. Fredericks, a member of the Mandan Hidatsa tribe, served as the Interior Department chief legal officer from July 1977 to November 1979 before resigning. He earned a Colorado law degree in 1972 and is linked with the Native American Rights Fund.
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Washington
Colorado
Betty President Carter
Frederick, Atnesses Othe
Bootlegger defends actions and criticizes enforcement
Grace Monroe of Ganado argues bootlegging isn’t at fault and claims police rough handling after they say 111 bottles of wine were found at her home. She cites poverty and transportation issues, contends open legalization would benefit the Navajo Nation, and says she began selling wine after her band died in 1970.
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Kathie Saltzstein
Cine Bureau Ganado
Grace Monroe
Idg
Monroe
Chinle
Chambers
Fihi
Gallup
Gonzales Ends Gallup Police Career With Notable Incident
Manuel Gonzales retires after 32 years with Gallup city government. As police chief he cites a 1973 mayoral abduction and gunfight at Stearns Sporting Goods as a defining moment, where officers faced gunfire, a fatal suspect, and a chaotic rescue.
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Gonazles
Fort Wingate Army Depot
Gallup
Nzales
Pat Lucero
Tony Sanchez
Cathedral High School
U.S. Army
University of New Mexico
FBI Academy
Dunsworth
Chi
Thale
Ermmett Garcia
Savane Nea
Larry Casuee
Stearn's Sporting Goods
Chamber of Commerce
Casaso
Mexican Springs
First Base
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Iva Showa
Grandaughter
Karen Tso
Manis Gorizales
Stalt Phiota
Jett Renegar
U.W. Schomisch Eastern Bureau
Fp Bureau of
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Indian Affairs
Gallia
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Creas
Arizona
Nancy Mueller
Manuel Gonzales
Galup
Air Force
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Bob Read
Fort Defiance Ariz
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