28 Jun 1985
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Newspaper
New Mexico Gallup Independent
Location
Gallup, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1985
Page
1
A brief local weather note records Thursday highs at 62 degrees by 4 30 p m and a low of 36 at 5 a m. Data comes from the Gallup independent office located at 500 N Ninth St.
The largest non-nuclear explosive test in the non-communist world occurred at White Sands Missile Range. The blast sent a sand mushroom cloud nearly three miles high, with coverage directing readers to page 9.
The government's principal indicator of economic activity climbed sharply in May signaling stronger momentum. In the same report the nation posted its second largest trade deficit on record highlighting persistent external gaps.
The Gallup Independent reports across 18 pages divided into two sections as per USPS 213 to 300 for the year 1985, outlining newspaper content layout, pagination, and distribution details.
The Jicarilla Apache Tribe of New Mexico sold 30.2 million dollars of tax-exempt revenue bonds aimed at funding essential government functions. Placed privately with eight institutional investors at a 9.53 percent yield, the bonds mature in 1997 and 2005 and are secured by the tribe’s oil and gas revenues. Proceeds will buy 55,000 acres to expand the reservation.
Kaye Wilson of PACESETTERS will hold an open house at 416 Escalante on Saturday from 1 to 4 P.M. The event invites potential buyers to view the property and discuss details with the agent.
Four agencies met in Gallup to speed land acquisition and construction of federally funded Navajo housing. About 20 representatives from the Navajo Housing Authority Bureau of Indian Affairs Indian Health Service Navajo Tribal Utility Authority and Navajo Tribe discussed coordination problems delaying built houses and the tribe losing its 1985 allocation of about 200 homes. They planned a task force to meet regularly to improve communication and streamline the approval process.
McKinley County Board of Commissioners reviewed Fire Tax Advisory Committee recommendations. The fire tax yields about $500,000 yearly for county fire districts and ambulance services. An emergency communications system proposal from Motorola faced tabled decisions pending county city coordination. The board approved disability insurance for volunteers and funded lease payoffs for Thoreau and Vanderwagen fire trucks and land purchase for a Ramah fire station near the Ramah Cafe. Decisions on Vanderwagen station construction and ambulance contract extensions were tabled.
Almost 80 Navajo families from across the reservation were named homeowners at an official Inn ceremony in Gallup. They have fully paid mortgages on homes built under the federal mutual help housing program, representing 38 percent of 210 Navajo participants in seven projects. Vice Chairman Edward T. Begay praised them and noted funding cuts to the programs this year. The families reside in Shiprock Crownpoint Mexican Springs Kayenta St Michaels and Fort Defiance.
United Cable Television of Gallup won county approval to lay cable lines on county land. The board also funded a State Highway Bridge Replacement Program with 80 percent state and 20 percent county costs, identifying a Defiance Road bridge as top priority at a $300,000 price tag. A remodel contract for the Social Services Group Home was approved at $82,104 with a bank letter of credit requirement. Additional items included road work funding and a Public See COUNTY note.
Beirut sources say Syria has agreed in principle to take 39 American hostages and release them within 48 hours after a Lebanon related deal is reached. envoy Aime has traveled between Beirut Jerusalem and Damascus and met Nabih Berri who oversees the Amal militia.
At Utah State University Milton Bluehouse a Navajo BIA official says the tribe faces a clash between traditional values and a technological society. Anthropologist Robert Delany argues Navajos stress group decisions and harmony with nature, contrasting Western emphasis on individualism and knowledge.
The New Mexico attorney general accuses Rae Lea's GAM Inc and Turquoise Carvings Inc of selling imitation Indian style jewelry as authentic. The suits allege violations of the Indian Arts and Crafts Sales Act and Unfair Practices Act, seeking stoppage, civil penalties, and customer restitution. Defendants named are Ray Gomez and David Freeland and David Freeland Jr.
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