03 Oct 1978
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Newspaper
New Mexico Gallup Independent
Location
Gallup, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1978
Page
1
A jumbled note references Arizona law and a related request but provides few explicit details. The fragment mentions law, a request, and the word Arizona without clear actions, dates, or names to anchor a full summary.
A Bell helicopter used in a deer tagging project on the Zuni Reservation crashed about 4:15 PM ten miles east of Zuni Pueblo in the Pescado area, injuring three aboard. Pilot Vern Mundt, Joe Jojola, and De an Romancito sustained minor injuries. all were treated and released from Black Rock hospital. Investigators list engine trouble as a possible cause after a valve issue and power loss.
Gallup-McKinley County School Board president Karen Foutz announced a contract for 8,756,969 with Chuska Development to build a new Tohatchi High School and 21 teachers' homes funded by HEW program 81-815. Cuts reduced the bid from 9.2 million, with evaporative cooling and cheaper railings replacing costly features. Completion expected in two years amid ongoing site prep and housing plans to curb staff turnover.
J W Schomisch reports from Albuquerque that Karen Shane of Sandia Laboratories explains solar energy tests to a Gulf Oil Corp group touring the site. The delegation then plans tours Tuesday of Pittsburg and Midway coal mine north of Gallup and Gulf’s Mount Taylor uranium mine.
WINDOW ROCK Ariz Dine Bureau Hunters on the Navajo reservation need only tribal permits for hunting not state licenses, says Edward Olson of the tribe Division of Fish and Wildlife. He argues Navajo sovereignty gives the tribe control within reservation boundaries amid state tribal law conflicts.
Navajo police seek identity of a badly decomposed woman found two miles east of Lupton on the frontage road. Age about 45 to 50, 5'4", 150 to 180 pounds, wearing a red blouse, purple pants, black shoes. Cause and date of death undetermined. Police also report a stabbing of Norman Tully, 19, of Navajo, and a traffic death of Hal Councelman near Chinle.
The Navajo Supreme Judicial Council met in executive session instead of a public hearing to discuss its organization and proposed rules. The writ of prohibition sought to bar district judges from election cases, aiming to let the council handle such cases, while questions about jurisdiction, procedure, and potential conflicts of interest dominated the session.
Navajo police order eight electronic breath analyzers to improve evidence in drunken driving cases. The CMI Breath Intoxilyzers use infrared absorption to measure alcohol in breath, are automatic and tamper proof, and require no calibration. Training starts this month with one unit per district and backups in reserve.
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