Gallup Candidates Back Airport Bonds in Forum
At a League of Women Voters forum in Gallup two county commission hopefuls backed airport expansion as the top issue. George Hight Jr. and incumbent David Dallage supported expansion while Richard Vanderwagen remained undedicated. The event also touched on state legislature pay reforms and water funding, with candidates outlining views on federal aid and local water plans.
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Gallup
McKinley County
County Commission
League of Women Voters Forum
George Hight, Jr
David Dallage
Richard Vanderwagen
Edward Begay
Frank Whig
Inn
Kennedy
Gallup-McKinley County
New Mexico
League of Women Voters
League
Mary Lou Sullenberger
Commission
Vanderwagen
Washington, D.C
Brass
Hight
Dallage
Dailago
Navajo Dam
Navajo
the Inn
March to Flagstaff Ends in Protest Route
About 70 foot weary Indiana protesters arrived in Flagstaff after a rain soaked four day trek of nearly 200 miles. They aimed to reach Fort Tuthill fairgrounds to meet state and national leaders. The march protested relocations of Navajo residents in the 1.8 million acre joint use area. Larry Anderson led the group with11 starters and others joined along the way as drums and chanting accompanied marching and a few vehicles.
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Flagstaff
Indiana
Big Mountain
Fort Tuthill Fairgrounds
Divi
Larry Anderson
Wir
Mountain
New Mexico Airlines Seek Expanded Regional Service
State official Bob White touts a regulatory reform act to boost small airline services in New Mexico energy growth areas. He cites Crownpoint Gallup Farmington as areas facing growing access problems while urging local governments to fund airport expansions including Clarke Field in Gallup and new fields at Crownpoint and Cuba.
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Clarke Field
Gallup
Crownpoint
Cuba
Navajo Supreme Council Postpones Benally Hearing
The Navajo Supreme Judicial Council postpones the Donald Benally case hearing for one week to Thursday Nov 2 due to concurrent Advisory Committee meetings. Panels on law and Navajo custom are to be formed. no appointments yet. Benally, a Shiprock candidate, was disqualified by age 30. the Navajo Court of Appeals ruled the election board lacked authority. Critics call the council a kangaroo court amid election pressure.
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John Orr
Window Rock. Ariz
Dine Bureau
Navajo Supreme Judicial Council
Donald Benally
Tribal Council
George Vlassis
Tribe
Benally
Navajro Board of Election Supervisors
Shiprock
Election Board
Navajo Court of Appeals
Rip Council
Supreme Judicial Council
Merwin Lynch
Judicial Council
Dine Professionals Association
Public hearing on 1979 New Mexico health plan held in Gallup
Health Systems Agency hearin g on the 1979 plan drew few attendees at Gallup city hall with two McKinley San Juan council members one staffer and two health professionals present. Comments due by November 7 include concerns over plan copies and broader chiropractor participation while goals target rural health access and hospital manpower in Gallup Northside. Copies available at the local hospital and HSA district office.
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Gallup
New Mexico
Gallup City Hall
Health Systems Agency
HSA
McKinley
San Juan Counties
C. Joseph Runyon
Gigi Carricades
McKinley General Hospital
Ernest Doyon
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Dallas
Farmington
Doyon
Health planning roles in health service areas discussed
Planning officials described the structure of Health Service Areas HSAs formed under federal law to curb costs and widen care. Local committees review equipment and facility proposals, with final approval by the State Health Planning and Development Bureau. Public hearings are scheduled as the five year plan evolves.
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Council of Governments Office
HSA
Hsas
Doyon
State Health Planning and Development Bureau
The Reluctant Debutante at Elks Lodge
English comedy by William Douglas Home runs Thursday through Saturday November 2 to 3 at the Elks Lodge building. The show features venues Foaling Flower World and Janel’s Restaurant alongside the Elks Club as part of the event circuit.
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William Douglas
Elks'Lodge
Elks Lodge
Flower World
Janel's
Elks Club
Navajo Court Reverses Drunk Driving Conviction Over Dirty Clothes
The Navajo Court of Appeals overturned Alex Carty’s conviction for driving while intoxicated, ruling that dirty clothes and the smell of alcohol do not prove intoxication without a sobriety test. The panel ordered the fines refunded and vacated related charges.
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Window Rock
Ariz
Cine Bureau
Navajo Court of Appeals
Alex Carty
Chinte
Carlier
Wayne Cadman
Carty
Court of Appeals
Chiehlusting
Marie Neawond
Tudges Chanliv
John Sal Vorwhy Lyne
NSO Justions
Four die as Beechcraft Queenair crashes near Torreon New Mexico
FAA investigators sift wreckage of a twin-engine air ambulance that went down two miles south of Torreon Trading Post killing four aboard. Victims: pilot Don Zimmerman Oberlin Kansas. Less Cathcart 57 Danbury Nebraska. Evan Olson 27 Oberlin Kansas. Marla Olson 49 Phoenix Arizona. Weather and icing suspected. beacon transmitted on impact.
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Torreon, N.M
Federal Aviation Administration
Torreon
New Mexico
Don .Zimmerman
Oberlin
Kan
Less Cathcart
Danbury
Neb
Evan Olson
Marla Olson
Phoenix
Ariz
Olson
Zimmerman
Civil Air Patrol
Air Force
Farmington
Aztec
Arizonan Killed In Gallup Traffic Crash
State police seek driver of blue and white Ford pickup after a head on collision on U S 66 near N M 264 left Thomas Atkinson of Phoenix dead and Dallas Hendrix Howard Jr. injured. Atkinson died from massive head and internal injuries. Howard lightly hurt. Both wore seat belts. Another minor accident in Gallup left Pete Garcia and Emily Bekay involved.
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Gallup
Thomas Atkinson
Phoenix
John Lloyd
Gallup Indian Medical Center
Dallas Hen
Drix Howard Jr
Atkinson
U.S. 66
N.M
Howard
Pete Garcia
Emily Bekay
Collision on Third Street Ends in Citation
In Pinon Arizona Garcia traveling south on Third Street collided with Bekay on Maloney Avenue. Bekay was cited for running a red light, lacking valid registration and a missing license. Police logged vandalism at Western Skies Trailer Park with red paint on the recreation building street sign and mailboxes. A back windshield on a car on Second Street was shattered. Since early Wednesday Gallup police arrested two and placed 62 in protective custody.
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Pinon
Ariz
Garcia
Third Street
Bekay
Maloney Avenue
Trailer Park Recreation
Second Street
Gallup
Arraignment Set for De lgado and Co defendants in marijuana case
Gilbert Delgado of Albuquerque joins former McKinley County sheriff Harold Bass and Albert Marsh in an arraignment Monday after a Valencia County grand jury indicted them on charges of distributing more than 100 pounds of marijuana and conspiracy. The case traces to a May 13 1978 seizure near Thoreau of 600 pounds of marijuana a Beechcraft plane and two trucks.
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Albuquerque
Eastern Bureau
Gilbert Delgado
McKinley County
Harold R
Bob) Bass
Albert Marsh
Valencia County
Bass
Marsh
George Perez
Delgado
Attorney General's Office
Perez
Thoreau
U.S
Forft
Customs Service
Marsh Flying Service
Gallup
John Bass
U.S. Attorney's Office
New Mexico Narcotics Strike Force
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Ladge
Cecelia Rosalés
Steven Kennedy
Sava Fe
Ms. Rosales
Louis Romero
Romero
March
New’Mexico
Albuquerque International Airport
Clyde Sharrer
Aviation Department
Firestone
Owen
Sai
Dnstance
Glenn Goering
Marvin S. Cohen
Tucson, Ariz
Carter
Civil Aeronautics Board
Cohen
Alfred E. Kahn
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