Navajo lawmakers fault lawyers over tribe’s legal work
Navajo legislators accuse law firms representing the tribe of overlap and inefficiency. Budget and Finance votes to pay 30 000 dollars to Fried Frank for defense in a possible federal lawsuit tied to a land dispute and owed fees for general counsel Norman Littell. Councilman Raymond Smith urges unifying legal counsel under one roof, questioning the Bureau of Indian Affairs role.
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Raymond Smith
Houck
Smith
George P. Vlassis
Phoenix
Gefer
Washington, D.C
W. Richard West
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Kampelman
Norman Littell
West
Littell
Washington
Arizona
John Boyden
Boyden
Judges Linked to Ticket Fix Probe in Albuquerque
AP reports an internal affairs review cites a local judge and a former district judge turned attorney suspected of tampering with public records in two traffic tickets involving James McBride. The probe, unnamed in the file, could be confirmed via a police blotter.
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Albuquerque
AlbUquerque Police Department Internal Affairs Division
Robert McBride
Reginald Garcia
District Attorney's Office
Iee
Lucius Powell
James McBride
Powell
New Mexico Prison Strike Seen as Group Pressure Issue
Warden Clyde Malley and Corrections Secretary Mike Hanrahan said 287 striking inmates had returned to work by mid afternoon after talks. About 700 inmates stayed away from breakfast and work Tuesday morning following petition circulation at the prison. Hanrahan announced Malley’s appointment as warden before addressing the strike.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Clyde Malley
Malley
Corrections
Mike Hanrahan
Hanrahan
Hobbs Attorney C. Fincher Neal Appointed Judge
Gov. Apodaca named C. Fincher Neal of Hobbs to the Fifth Judicial District bench succeeding Mack Easley who moves to the state Supreme Court on July 1. Neal, 52, former state senator, longtime Carlsbad resident, and Lea County Democratic chair, noted his family judicial legacy. His appointment runs through year end 1978 with a Democratic committee to pick a general election candidate later this summer.
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Santa FE
Hobbs
C. Fincher Neal
Fifth Judicial District
Jerry Apodaca
Neal
Mack Easley
Supreme Court
Podaca Nas Easley
Donnan Stephenson
Eddy County
Lea County
Democratic Party
Carlsbad
Caswell S. Neal
Fifth
Tom W. Neal
New Mexico Supreme Court
Fincher Neal
State Senate
Senate
State Court of Appeals
Magistrate
University of Oklahoma Law School
J.W. Neal
Democratic State Central Committee
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N.M
Daily Record
SEARS
America
Sears Service
Sears Price
Kenmore Vacuum Cleaner
Americas
Kenmore
Sears, Roebuck and Co
S. Main
Roswell, N.M
Window Rock, Ariz
Ticket Fix
State Water Quality Control Commission
Environmental Improvement Agency
S Santa FE
Tosey Anaya
Mapas
Kathy Stell Berry
Dist. Atty
J. Lee Cathey
Anaya
Farmington
San Juan Hospital
Bill Reeves
John Schumann
Kirtland
Ballard Funeral Home
South Main
Winchester
Iverness
Hagerman
Chaves County
Joe Lucas
Ray Carpenter
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