Navajo Council Approves Polling Place Changes for Navajo Nation
WINDOW ROCK The Navajo Tribal Council voted 54 to 4 to switch tribal polling places in 34 communities for the November 2 election. Voting sites move to vacant buildings, pre schools, churches and warehouses while state elections stay at chapterhouses. Viassis push cited law. tribal aide Aschenbrenner warned of lawsuits and confusion.
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Kathie Saltzstein
Viassis
Arizona
New Mexico
Conference on Navajo relocation at UNM Gallup campus
Plans for a two day conference on Navajo relocation and the former joint use area at the University of New Mexico Gallup campus. Speakers include Dr Edgar Cahn Peggy Scott Jerry Kammer Percy Deal Leon Berger and Hopi traditionalist Thomas Bengacaya with tribal leaders and officials invited. Films and videotapes will be shown and information available from Burt Shirley or Leo Morgan at the UNMG library.
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JUA
University of New Mexico-Gallup
Edgar Cahn
Peggy Scott
Navajo Community College
Jerry Kammer
Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Commission
Percy Deal
Leon Berger
Navajo-Hopi Indian Relocation Commission
Thomas Bengacaya
Peter MacDonald
Peterson Zach
McKinley County
Gallup
Eastern Navajo Agency
UNMG
Native American Student Association
Burt Shirley
Leo Morgan
Unemployment figures clash over Navajo Nation rates
Figures from Navajo agencies and Tribal Chairman Peter MacDonald diverge on unemployment on the Navajo Nation. The division cites 2 percent based on Census data, BIA, and DES, while MacDonald cites around 30 percent and dismisses higher 75 to 80 percent figures. The division warns of 72 percent currently, with projections to 80 percent if federal cuts continue, and calls for federal funding for housing health and airport facilities, education, and Indian Health Services.
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Window Rock
Tribe
Division of
U.S. Census Bureau
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Arizona Department of Economic Security
Peter MacDonald
MacDonald
Ray Brown
Division of Community Development
Federal
Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Health and Human Services
Brown
HHS
Richard Schweiker
U.S. Public Health Services
Bureau’ of Indian Affairs
Big guns in Nevada races buoy GOP hopes
The Republicans push big names Reagan Bush and Kissinger to aid Senate congressional and gubernatorial campaigns while Democrats risk victory. The piece notes opinion pages and broader political dynamics across races as readers are invited to page 2.
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Nevada
Senate
Ronald Reagan
George Bush
Henry Kissinger
Gallup council rejects liquor license transfer request
The Gallup City Council unanimously denied Thriftway Marketing Corp.’s request to transfer a Las Vegas New Mexico license to its 1233 E 66 Ave store after testimony warning that more liquor outlets would worsen local alcoholism, traffic and public safety. The council also adopted a resolution opposing any new licenses in Gallup or McKinley County.
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Lynn Bartels
Gallup
Co. Thriftway Marketing Corp
Las Vegas
N.M
McKinley County
Frank Gonzales
George Hight
Thriftway
L.A
Skeet” McCulloch
Albuquerque
McCulloch
Farmington
Olin Dodson
New Mexico
Gonzales
Boardman Drive
Aztec Avenues
66 Avenue
Santa Fe Railroad
Friendship Services, Inc
Friendship Services
Walter Dent
Paul McCollum
McCollum
Wayne Lewis
Rudy Salazar
Lewis
Solie Moya
State’ Alcoholic Beverage Control Department
Doc
Cne
James Parmelee Jr
Algo
Parmelee
Thriftway Offic
Yin
Thriftway Oppositon
Tanafer
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Peter Deswood Jr
Lukachukai
Wilbert Begay
Peggy Wiliams
Emile Schach
Tahlokal
Phillies
Steve Carlton
Braves
Joan Torre
Harvey Kuenn
Leloure
Silver City
Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers
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Florida
Lakewood
Fla
Tony Washington
Alistair Cooke
PBS
Harvard Lampoon
Newsweek Magazine
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