FBI Agents Shot Dead on Pine Ridge Reservation
Two FBI agents were killed near Oglala South Dakota while serving warrants on a house on Pine Ridge Reservation. An Indian in the house also died in the exchange, and authorities hunted occupants as FBI and Bureau of Indian Affairs agents searched the scene. A separate blast hit a Mt Rushmore visitors center and Alameda BIA offices with no injuries reported.
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Terry -Woster
Associated Press
Pine Ridge
South Dakota
William Janklow
FBI
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Federal
Joseph Trimbach
Alameda
Calif
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
San Francisco Chronicle
Chronicle
New World Liberation Front
California
Mt. Rushmore National Memorial
Pine Ridge Reservation
Jack R. Coler
Ronald A. Williams
Oglala
Wounded Knee
Washington
Iday
Coler
Denver
Williams
Rapid City
S.C
Minneapolis Tribune
Little Joe Killsright
Porcupine
Joe Robert
Wounded Knee Legal Offense Defense Committee
Robert
American Indian Movement
Pierre
Richard Kneip
Kneip
Janklow
BIA
Toby Moran
Moran
American Heritage Display Features Unique Articles
A Grant County Bank exhibit titled American Heritage showcases 19th century treasures from 1855. Highlights include a bound 1873 Silver City Tribune with William Rynerson endorsements, a Fostoria glass ash tray donated by Manny Lujan Jr., a hand carved ivory fan from Mrs. Wesley Little, and assorted relics from donors like Mrs. Molly Wells and Mrs. Hal Cooley. The auction proceeds from the July 4 sale follow the Frontier Days Parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kristen McMurray
Grant County Bank
Frontier Days
Grant County Republic Women
Grant County Republican
Silver City Tribune
New Mexico
William Rynerson
Mesilla
Supreme Court
la Fonda
Santa Fe
Santa Rita Mines
Kennecott
Molly Wells
Fostoria
U.S. House of Representatives
Manuel Lujan, Jr
Jace
Wesley Little
George Travis
Tyrone
Hal Cooley
Max Carroll
Joe Haymes
Substitutes may qualify for unemployment benefits
Washington AP report notes substitutes without fall contracts can qualify for unemployment benefits if they meet general state rules. Fulltime laid off teachers or those not under fall contracts also may be eligible, despite a summer exclusion in a special law.
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Washington
Labor Department
Manpower Administration
Milwaukee beer license clash between churches and taverns
In Milwaukee eight Roman Catholic churches sought unlimited beer licenses stirring ire from the Wisconsin Tavernkeepers Association. The tavernkeepers filed a Circuit Court suit against the city churches and Milwaukee Archbishop William Cousins to block the licenses.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin Tavernkeepers Association
William Cousins
Thankless Task Faces Health Post Policy Nominee
Dr. F David Mathews 39 year old president of the University of Alabama says the health education and welfare post is a hard thankless task after President Ford named him for Senate confirmation. He would succeed Caspar Weinberger who resigned to return to California for his wife’s health.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
F. David Mathews
Health, Education and Welfare
Mathews
University of Alabama
Ford
Senate
Caspar W. Weinberger
California
Regents Approve 1.5 Million for Western New Mexico University Upgrades
The Board of Regents approved 1.5 million dollars from the State Bureau of Education Finance for WNMU to fund a new heating plant finish a Lab Office Building wall add a room at the Fine Arts Center for Arts and Crafts and upgrade the physical education facilities. Dr John Snedeker praised Chambers and Cambell as architect of record and a North Central Association report praised the university while noting some areas for improvement. Dan Tressler was named University Housing Director and Wayne Reed became acting head of the physical plant with Sparks leaving the role after six years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western New Mexico University
Board of Regents
Western
State Bureau of Education Finance
John Snedeker
WNMU
Lab
12Th Street
Fine Arts
Snedeker
Chambers and Cambell
Albuquerque
Chambers
Cambell
Lola Upton
Draclos
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
North Central
Business Administration
Daily Press
Guedeker
Regents
Dan Tressler
Tressler
Ken Sparks
Sparks
Wayne Reed
Reed
FBI Arrests Two Russian Spy Suspects In US
FBI agents arrested Sarkis O Paskalian 36 of New York and Sahag K Dedeyan 41 of Rockville Maryland on spy charges. Paskalian faces conspiracy to gather classified national defense information with possible death penalty. Dedeyan charged with failing to report illegal photographing of defense data with up to 10 years and $10,000 fine. Dedeyan, a Johns Hopkins associate mathematician, worked with ORI and had a top secret clearance. Paskalian contacted Dedeyan, a distant relative, while he was at Johns Hopkins. Arraignments set before U.S magistrates in New York and Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
FBI
Soviet Union
Sarkis Opaskalian
New York
Sahag K. Dedeyan
Rockville
Lebanon
Paskalian
United States
Dedeyan
Operations Research Inc
Silver Spring
Applied Physics Laboratory
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins
U.S
NATO
Silver City Hams Set For Field Day Practice
Silver City Radio Amateurs Jim Stowe WS5SHJ and Richard Peterson WNSNEN will participate in ARRL Field Day to practice emergency communications for Grant County. Tens of thousands of hams nationwide join the event using battery power, Morse code, and multiple shifts to maximize contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Radio Relay League
Grant County
Silver City
Jim Stowe
Richard Peterson
United States
Peterson
ARRL
Gulf Coast
Stone
Stowe
Hams
Weekend Heat Wave Forecast for Silver City Area
Weather outlook predicts 88 degree Saturday with a 58 degree night. Mostly fair conditions through Saturday with isolated afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Thursday's high in Silver City reached percent with a 55 degree overnight low.
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Silver City
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Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Silver City Daily Press
Silver City, New Mexico
Gila Wilderness
6Ree Co
James Abourezk
D.D
Abourezk
Mary K. Ryan
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Bureau of Compliance
Commission
Florida
Kenneth Donaldson
York
Wheat Ridge
Colo
Prohibition Party
Earl F. Dodge
Lady Hermit
Issaquah
Wash
Meda Porter
Cougar Mountain
Baltimore
Communications Commission
Earth
ATV
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