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The Gallup Independent from Gallup, New Mexico • Page 1

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Empty Beet Cans Are Big Problem Page 8 Weotficr Clearing and co'det tonight; fa" tomonow, High ycsierdoy 74, low losl night 54. High tomorrow' low tonight 44, 3 fast i jand her jver avy' joni a '(lie fhls She i do tual ass- ndi- she in- the 1 lisa the ists tin- has I of (old im- WO- vell. ers 216 VOLUME 81 Anoelaltd Fieit Fall ttiitt wire GALLUP, NEW MEXICO 87301, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,1970 PHONE (505) 863-6811 IXON HAIL Fort Wingate Cuts Blasted AHHS N'lXOn Fd'lls Opening of Ramah High School The Country foreman Campaigns By BILL SCHNEIDER dared. i By BILL SCHNEIDER clared. Staff Writer "They're bringing in top' GALLUP man is Her- gladiators from Washington loi bert Hoover reincarnated only tell you Montoya's no good, but put different make-up on don't believe them," lie said.

running, (1'outlnucri 03 Six) Sen. Joseph M. Montoya About 700 people said of the Nixon Administra- yesterday's rally. economic policies yesler- Monloy.a runni day afternoon at a Democratic Rally. Montoya was Gallup yesterday as part of a caravan of candidates presently touring the stale.

The rally barbeque was held in Ford Canyon. Monloya made several remarks in regard to the job at Fort Wingale Depot and said, "I'm going to continue to fight for the people of Wingate." He said the govenrmcnl should find jobs for the people laid off at Fort Wingate and that the Department of Defense should set up a factory here as a way of re-employing the people they lay off. "The propsperity we had under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson went down the drain 18 months under the Nixon Administration," Montoya de- News Digest ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. A (Richard Brown, 21, Albuquerque, died Sunday, apparently eating a poisonous plant, 'Bernalillo County coroner I Franklin said. State lice said Brown died as his wife drove him to Cuba in Sandoval i from a cabin about 10, Y' hlilcs away.

Franklin said he! 'jtedn't determined what the 'jilant was, but that Brown apparently had died from eating plant. RAMAH (Staff)-- wilh opening a Mot of the Armex tennis shoe that has been mnile for reelection here'" Saturday as he participated in Pleased At Example' By Jon Barrel, Staff Writer HAMAH The Ramah Navajo High School was (dedicated here Saturday In ceremonies attended by (several hundred Ramah area residents and a large number of officials from federal and private agenc- lies, which have supported the creation cf the first ilndinn controlled high school in the country. Highlighting the event was a telegram to the attended the dedication of (lie Ramah as an in- Nava 'S School. 1 Foreman, who has been ere- Ramah Navajo at Mexican Springs and Ihe vo- -by and for Indian people in a a Navajo School Board from President Richard School Board in Washington cational training center at years. Nixon reiterating his commitment to Indian control of Indian schools.

The telegram read as follows: when they were seeking funds as lepicsenhtues of the' to open the school, presented (Conllnutrt an Six) BRUCE KING, the Democratic candidate for Governor, was one of the Democratic Caravan participants who spoke in Gallup yesterday. (Slaff) Demos Promise School Assistance ALBUQUERQUE, (AP) --Maria Laughlin, 12, Albuquerque, was rescued Sunday after GALLUP (AP)- Democratic candidates promised assistance school and highway construction as they loured McKinlcy County Sunday. The Democratic caravan end- Hood waters swept her' about C(1 a weekend campaign swing a U.S. flag to School a president Juan Marline. I lie noted that the dedicntion marked the second lime in three months that a first for Indian people hod taken place in New Mexico.

He referred to the Zuni Tribe's takeover of Bureau of Indian Affairs operations on July 1st as the first, such instance. Foreman spoke out against pence niks and other demonstrators noting that lie feels that efforts such as the creation of the Ramah school will 'serve better to affect change i in tlic country. "This is the kind of self-initiative that people can be proud of," he said. "Im just moved by this kind of accomplishment." He also rioted developments such as the General Dynamics plant at Forl Defiance, Senior Citizens Forum Set WASHINGTON' (Staff) i Rep. Ed Foreman announced i today (hat a Senior Citizens Foj has been scheduled for Gallup on Sept.

2Cth to advise arc residents of the programs available on slate and federal levels to assisl the elderly. I Foreman slated, "This at jvonr service program will fea- Also speaking" at the Gallupjture knowledgeable government, rally was Sfnte Sen. Harold 'officials and agencies represen- Runnels, D-Lea, who seeks who ivill be available loi tion to Congress in the second visit and counsel citizens con- congressional district. Runnels jccrning their questions and or continued his crilicism of his i problems with the federal gov- opponcnt, incumbent Rep. Ed eminent and is planned as a three-fourths of a mile down an through north west N'cw bmexico Foreman, whom he called one-direct result of the most suc- a barbecue-rally in Gallup.

the most inefficient congress-icessful senior forum held on PJIE Sli) A -100 persons attended the! men in Washington. Mate afternoon gathering. Runnels said Foreman 1 Bruce King, candidate forthe only man in history jgovernor, tnld the crowd ever booed by his Koswcll, Las Cruces, Belen, wasjand Farminglon earlier." who The Gallup meeting is sehed- col-juled for 2 p.m. on Sept. 26 nt CUTTING ONE OF FIVE RIBBONS, Ramah Navojo School Board member Bessie Begay was one of the officials participating in the formal opening of the school on Saturday.

Ed Foreman (R-NM), left, cut the last ribbon and presented the school with a flag that has flown over the Capitol Building in Washington. (Staff) Agnew 'Stalking Railway governor he would assisl in leagues on the House floor. John F. Kennedy i "vicars of vaci tho road to Window also said he was escorted i School. above all, the tribal floor in the past "becausej Congressman Foreman slat- sivo radical liberals.

Tonight PALM SPRINGS, Calif, the vice president makes a cam- Vice President Spire T. sl in Las Vc 8 as cv new resumes his political safari (primarily in behalf of William today, stalking such quarry a si WO, at; "the troubadors of trouble," "covey of confused congress- i it nn chalenging Democratic I OWflHI W. ing." lie refused to say whether This is a welcome opportunity to send greetings to the Ramah Navajo School Board and express to you my hope for the success of your community establishment of this school as the first Indian con- I roiled junior-senior high school in the country represents an important new direction in Indian education which my administration will actively encourage. "As 1 said In my July 9 message to Congress, I firmly adhere to the principle that 'every Indian community wishing to do so should be able to control its own Indian "The lime has come to extend locnl Indian control in (CflnllflUfrt on Fix) 'Copter Crashes HAMAH (Staff)- A liolicopl- cr carrying Deputy Associate BIA Commissioner for Educational Program, Anthony Lincoln crashed into a cornfield here Saturday following the dc- dicatlon of the new Ramah Navajo High School. N'o one was injured in crnsh which occurred directly after take-off about 200 yards from the school.

Jerry Johnston, owner of the field, said of the aircraft's pilot, "As far as I'm concerned his license ought to be jerked." Johnston noted that while his suffered little economic (loss, he has filed a complaint against the pilot with the Federal Aviation Administration at Blackrock for the pilot's refusal to shut down his engines after the crash, which Johnston ass tdi- 000 be- m't ell. or- he or his traveling speecnwril- ers-two have been assigned by the White House--coin such phrases. said, endangered the life of his daughter. His daughter was sleeping under a tree adjacent to the field tol, and other highways in the'he tried to enter slanderous re-Jed, CO'jnty. i (Continued on THJC Sli) i Earlier Sunday, Son.

Joseph Montoya, lold a group of Thoreau residents he I would get federal funding for WASHINGTON (AP) of an addition to i I'np Tflfnl crhnrtl Thn Thnv, 'All citizens are welcom- i en After taping a television appearance in San Diego today, Midnight Against GM was reported today ini school. The Thoreau v'f avert a meeting was held at the iSrsilrnad strike hv TM ctl "35 about 550 a a railroad strike threatened nas aDK 55U a i AFL-CIO unions as of among its (00 students. a.m. Tuesday. Labor Department spokesmen appeared glum as they fought Montoya said he attempt to obtain a special appro-', Strike 'Certain' The administration urged i clu-ifiaggio to make that race, and Agnew himself was one of the recruiters.

Two days of congressional! campaigning in Ihrcc slates i (have produced a stream of pllit-' icralivc phrases describing the! politicians the vice president isi FUKTYW Mm Virtually all, of course, arc Kennedy" Democrals. But Agnew war MmM at the lime of the crash. 11 doesn't make any differ- It was not clear II the fail- on Six) CCoimnutd on Sl1 Kennedy Agnew' Blasts for tte Bureau of I DETRL 'T (AP) A strike. Negotiations at VPTM npmttations movino to- dlan Atfalrs construction of against General Motors seemed scheduled lo resume at 10 a.m. Keep negOUdUUIls Iliuviuf, iu- i a nn a i I I i i ward a settlement of the wage dispute.

the addition. la ccrtain.y today, as negotiators EST, just 14 hours before the Similar assistance already for both the mammoth 'corpora- midnight strike deadline. has gone for schools at Laguna, and the United Aulo Work. Assistant Secretary of Labor W. J.

Usery, the Nixon adminis- Mid tration's top mediator, met over 1 01110 saul the weekend with officials from! Siva tei 0 ns anSin a roads bM No wms Yet for of Remaining Hostages "Everybody is conscious of the deadline," one Labor De-j partment official said. "But I'm afraid there's not been much progress. "There's always hope. Bui at this time there has not been as much action as would have been preferred." At the least, however, both parlies agreed to more talks today. As a last-ditch effort to keep the fralns moving, President Nixon could Invoke a 60-day strike delay under the Railway Labor Act.

nil CM two hours Sunday and each side said there may be a Republican or Iwo among the members of Con- Igress he calls radical liberals. has made politicians in that a special larget of lies of force and destruction on campus" are making easy the task of "politicians of panic." The Massachusetts Democrat, Sen. Ed- forms of political rhetoric. The kind of demagoguery we hear from our vice president and others provides a thick smoke screen behind which sorns elements in our society can hide in a speech Sunday night in.iu- what they themselves are really gurating the new academic 1 doing to this nation, Distinguished Lecture! "For those who pander to live." They said there was plcn- 1 Agnew has ei -j cs a Boston emotion and perplexity at GM was chosen by the L'AW ty of time lo reach a settlement pessimists a i events on campus are also those ers claimed the other side wasjSunday as its strike target if a but each insisted the olh-' a i' 1 nabobs of negativism "Turmoil on the campus lends who allow Ihe war to continue, inflexible. reached.

on SID pusillanimous to the wildest and basest and who disorder our national priorities so that we invest in SST's and ABMs instead of teachers and health earn for our sick. "And so, in large part be- cmise mainstream America is preoccupied wilh concern about campus, we all suffer." Kennedy lold his student audi- Arab Guerrillas Still Hold 5 5 Hostages By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Fifly-five British, Swiss, West German, Israeli and U.S. citizens remained hostages of Arab guerrillas today, and their captors said nothing short of their governments' "uncondiiional surrender" to ransom demands will gain their release. The other 257 hostages held (or as long as a week by the Popuiar Front for the Libcra-idcered last Wednesday. Theisaid the demands have been than three hours today 1 tion of Palestine reached had demanded the (communicated to the govern- with the four-nation hijack cri- sia Sunday.

Many IKen left for release of stvcn Arab prisoners menls involved Zurich and London, while others spent their first night of freedom on Cyprus. They were passengers in a Swissair DC3 and a Trans World sis committee. The Swiss For- of Britain, West German Negotiations between the cign Ministry then announced Switzerland as the price of i Palestinians and a commitlee of i that the organization had a hostages' freedom. jlhc International fled Cross However, the seven remained were suspended Sunday and the imprisoned and a Populac Front Airlines Boeing 707 that the! statement Sunday night did not Popular Front hijacked Sept. (ilspcll out terms for the release and a BOAC VC10 comman-lof Ihe remaining hostages.

It Red Cross negotiators flew back lo Geneva. mandate to work for release of all the hoslagei. With the absence from Am- 'man of the lied Cross team, Officials of the lied Cross and i Vatican emissary Msgr. Jean the Swiss government met for'Khodain, met tor 30 minutes a top Popular Front leaders said the lalks were "very rfc TM nw 1 onr.iBinfi.» rs are to with and encouraging, He said another meeting scheduled today. Sources In Tripoli said the Libyan government had volunteered to mediate between Ihe' Palestinians and the Western governments.

(CQQllnucd on Ski) rights of oth- elimlnatcd from 'then you your- selves, the vast majority of students, will have to take the i Funcfcrfs Shillingburg, page 6.

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