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ARIZONA DAILY SUN, Flagstaff, Arizona, Sunday, August 13, 1995 3 Winds, rain pound state Navajos block bridge access news release circulated by the group beforehand. The statement said that only people purified in accordance with Navajo rituals would be given bridge access. A superintendent with the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area said Saturday his office is attempting to negotiate with the group, but has no plans to force them off the bridge. About 1,000 visitors make their way up the lake to the monument daily, he said. Fortunately, he added, the bridge can be seen from the docks.

So far, people in this area have been tremendously understanding of the religious freedom being argued here, Alston said Saturday. At this point, weve closed the bridge officially to the public so they can avoid confrontation. PAGE (AP) National park officials said Saturday they arent going to force a group of Navajos off the Rainbow Bridge National Monument which they have blocked from the public. About a dozen Navajos quartered off the natural stone bridge Friday, which is only accessible by foot on the eastern shore of Lake Powell. Six remained there Saturday.

The Navajo group, called Protectors of the Rainbow, says tribal members can close the bridge whenever they conduct religious rites and use homemade signs and rope to block the way. Rainbow Bridge will be blockaded by tribal members against the park service and other federal officials who may attempt to arrest tribal spiritual leaders or otherwise disrupt the ceremonies, read a The blockade Friday forced a tour boat company that makes 10 runs throughout the day to halt service to the monument temporarily, Alston said. The group plans to stay four days to hold the ceremonies. The statement issued by the group said cleansing ceremonies were necessary because of the way the National Park Service has allowed Rainbow Bndge to be used. Many desecrations and defilements have been permitted by the Park Service during the 25 years in which the Navajo Nation has allowed the Park Service to conduct tours there, the statement said.

Bonnie Brown, a spokeswoman for the group, told The Albuquerque Tribune that the group is protesting Park Service plans the group says would limit access to the bridge. TUCSON (AP) Thousands of people were without power Saturday throughout the city after hurricane-force winds and pounding rain swept through the day before, killing one motorist. The violent storm Friday ripped off roofs, tumbled walls, downed utility lines as a rush-hour deluge flooded desert washes and city streets, several of which were still flowing Saturday. Street crews barricaded intersections still under water as several businesses repaired their collapsed roofs. Several telethon tapes had to be taken out of a storage warehouse for the national Muscular Dystrophy Association after a roof collapse left the place waterlogged.

Tucson is literally tom up, said Tucson police spokesman Donovan Tatman. The series of storms that were spawned as Hurricane Flossie veered past Baja California out to sea Friday swept across Arizona, circling on either side of Phoenix and setting off smaller cloudbursts in most areas of the state. Several pockets throughout the city lacked power Saturday as crews rushed to repair downed lines more than 70 of which were damaged the night before, said Jay Gonzales, spokesman for the Tucson Electric Power Co. There are small, scattered outages virtually everywhere, Gonzales said Saturday. Its a slow process and all of those small areas are adding up.

Two hospitals knocked out operated on auxiliary power, but a third was unable to help deal with storm injuries because its first floor was flooded, including the emergency rooms. Margaret Krieski, a 43-year-old mother of two, was swept to her death when she tried to drive through a flooded eastside wash. Nearby residents tried unsuccessfully to save her by jumping into the swirling water as her car crashed into a bridge. We tied a long extension cord around a tree and threw it out to her as her car floated by, said 12-year-old Anthony Dukette. We were yelling Lady, lady but she didnt get it.

We did everything we could, said his uncle, Matthew Dukette, a former lifeguard who tried to pull her from her car. But I wish we could have done more. Another car driven by Ramigio Pili, 67, also swept down the wash and slammed into the bridge. Pili reached safety with the help of the people nearby. Three people were injured, two seriously, when their mobile homes were overturned by the wind that gusted to 76 mph.

Nine motorists were trapped for a time in 5 feet of water in a flooded underpass, and fire department rescue teams reported helping many more. Eight people were injured on Interstate 19 when at least 6 miles of power lines and supporting poles snapped and set off a 5-car crash, said Corey Reed, a Rural-Metro Fire Department spokesman. Mark Clelland watched as the wind peeled nearly all the shingles off his roof in northwestern Tucson. Theres some tar left, but the roof was completely stripped, he said. Storms hit Bonita, Eloy, Coolidge and Tempe.

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