Inside Today Inside today fair weather should continue
The weather page notes continuing fair conditions with mild temperatures across the region. No significant storms or changes expected. sunshine and light winds praised by forecasters.
25 Oct 1985
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Newspaper
New Mexico Gallup Independent
Location
Gallup, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1985
Page
1
The weather page notes continuing fair conditions with mild temperatures across the region. No significant storms or changes expected. sunshine and light winds praised by forecasters.
The report notes yesterday's high of 72 degrees at 4 00 p.m and a low of 30 degrees at 6 15 a.m recorded at the Gallup Independent office located at 500 N Ninth Street.
A federal judge criticized for remarks in the alien smuggling trial of 11 sanctuary workers reserved the right to comment from the bench with jurors told to disregard him. U S District Court Judge Earl H. Carroll denied a mistrial motion and added nine more jurors to a 32 member panel as attorneys prepare challenges.
President Reagan winds up three days of talks as Secretary Shultz weighs a Moscow trip and a Soviet proposal for principled talks at Geneva. Reagan in a U.N. speech links Moscow to wars in Afghanistan, Angola, Cambodia, Ethiopia and Nicaragua while preparations for a November 19-20 summit with Mikhail Gorbachev accelerate.
The Gallup Independent for 1985 presents its classifieds, nation and world briefs, leisure notes, and sports in a two-section, 20-page layout. It outlines sections including Deaths Leisure and Southwest, along with TV, Movies, and world coverage.
Washington AP report says Indians have a alcoholism rate 451 percent higher than national levels and that government agencies have failed to address the problem. Witnesses before the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee urged $5 million yearly for an Indian youth alcohol program and a four year, 1.5 million plan creating an Office of Indian Juvenile Alcohol and Drug Abuse. IHS officials cite 219 prevention programs with a 24.6 million cost amid BIA’s opposition as duplicative but well intentioned.
The two month struggle over a 110000 loan to refinance an Albuquerque home pits the Advisory and Central Loan committees against each other. Advisory actions and a Justice Department memo prompted the conflict, with hopes to settle at the fall session starting Tuesday. Eldon and Melvina McCabe receive the loan despite earlier disapproval, while Frank Bradley accuses the Advisory Committee of overreach and seeks to limit its involvement in loan decisions.
After a Shiprock forum on relocation Navajo protesters plan a noon Monday march in Santa Fe during the Inter American Indian Congress. About 200 people from the former Joint Use and Big Mountain areas will join led by Larry Anderson of the American Indian Movement and Fort Defiance Chapter president. The Navajo relocation stems from the 1974 Navajo Hopi Indian Settlement Act and July 7 1986 deadline for move or risk eviction. forums in Red Rock Fort Defiance Tuba City and Shiprock inform on land rights and possible resistance.
Kee Chee Begay Ella Mae Begay and 11 children return to their Flagstaff house after an out of court settlement ending a four year dispute. Under terms they repay a $25,000 loan at 12 percent over ten years with monthly payments of $250 while staying in the home. The 1981 loan from Metro Home Loan Scottsdale carried high rates and the house was foreclosed for $70,452 to investors Leon and Sophia Karandreas and Peter and Johanna Rons of Phoenix.
Washington reports the shift back to standard time occurs at 2 a.m. Sunday across most of the United States except Hawaii Arizona and parts of Indiana. Clocks go from 2 a.m. to 1 a.m. as daylight evenings give way to earlier mornings. Proponents of year-round daylight say it could save energy, a policy briefly tried in the 1970s but met with limited savings and rural complaints.
Gallup McKinley County schools and students scored an A on a first test by a drug-sniffing dog. The dog checked locker areas at Gallup Thoreau Tohatchi and Crownpoint high schools, with future tours of parking lots. Superintendent Ramon Vigil praised the professional handling and noted some lockers yielded non illicit items. The board previously approved hiring a firm to patrol campuses with trained dogs to maintain a drug free environment.
Gallup reports design work on converting New Mexico 264 to a four lane highway to the Arizona border will wrap by year end with initial construction funding sought in the 1986 Legislature. About $15 million is earmarked for the project with $6 million planned for 1986, plus possible federal support.
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