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APRIL 26, 1961—THE NAVAJO TIMES—]
New Estimates on G McK School Bonds
New estimates by consulting
architects increase thecostsof the
proposed school project as planned
by the Gal 1 up-McKinleyCou n t y
Board of Education. The proposed
increases make it necessary for
the Board to delete the adminis
trative center from their plans.
Gallup-McKinley County’s voters
have requested that theßoardpre
sent a $1,000,000 bond issue for
their approval on Tuesday, May 23.
More than 750 patrons have signed
such a petition, and the Board at
its April 10th meeting formally
made a request for the election to
be held May 23. The present esti
mates for grading, leveling, build
ing and equipping the proposed pro
jects will exceed earlier estimates.
The Board in light of these possible
increases is assigning additional
funds from the issue to each of the
six projects that will house stud
ents. The increases will lea v ea
balance of $50,000 to be used in fut
ure planning. The school projects
are listed below with the latest es
timates after conference with con
sulting architects.
•1. Washington Elementary School
—The proposal at this school
is for tw e 1 v e classrooms, an
all-purpose room and cafeteria,
health room , storage space,
toilet space and office housing.
This project is designed to re
place the old facility now in use
and to add three classrooms now
needed. The project has been
much in demand by the citizen
ship ofthatarea. Estimatedcost
2. Sunnyside Elementary School—
This project will be a simple ad
dition of a small all-purpose
room with kitchen facilities.
This project was deleted sever
al years ago when the building
was built, and the children in
that area have been bused to Sky
City for their meals for several
years. The all-purpose room
will not only serve as a lunch
Youth Group Work Plan Under Study
Senator Clinton P. Anderson, D
NM, has lauded a plan—now under
study by the Kennedy administra
tion—to set up a youth work group
resembling the old CCC.
The youths would be recruited
for work with such agencies as the
National Park Service, Forest Ser
vice and the Bureau of Reclama
tion.
“As a supporter of a similar
proposal before the Senate in 1959,
1 like the sound of this plan,*' An
derson added. “It would be a use
ful tool for dealing with the serious
problem of school ‘drop-outs, *
youngsters who quit school before
graduation and thereby handicap
themselves for employment in an
age when higher levels of training
are demanded. Some 7,500,000
school ‘drop-outs’ are expected in
the 19605"
Approximately 7 per cent of New
Mexico's students drop out during
the school year.
• This is the group that suffers
the highest unemployment rates.
Often they are involved in delin-
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room but a small recreation
room and a school-community
room. Estimatedcost... 50,000
3. Ambrosia Lake—This project
will probably consist of 4-6
classrooms with an all-purpose
room, office space and other ap
purtances. Justification: we now
have four permanent class
rooms at Ambrosia Lake, three
quonset huts are in use and two
additional temporary rooms
will be pr e s se d into use next
year. This is a dire need. Es
timated cost 175,000
4. Lincoln Elementary School—
four classrooms. Justification:
We know we will need these
classrooms in this area. At
least one quonset hut will be in
use inis next year. Estimated
cost 75,000
5. Jefferson Elementary School—
Next year there will be a need
for four additional classrooms
in this area. Two quonset huts
will be used next year. This is
reason enough to make any
motiier or father want addition
al housing. Estimated cost . . .
. . . 75,000
6. Junior High School (the present
Gallup High School) —in order to
accomodate the Bth and 9th
grades only in that area, we will
need a new all-purpose room
with facilities for serving meals
and for offering girls’ health
physical education. In addition
to this facility we will need a
home economics department
and at least two additional
classrooms. Actually this
building has been a need at the
Gallup High School for several
years. We have simply not been
in a position to build the build
ing. Parents, who are familiar
with the situation, know that this
need exists. Estimated cost .. .
7. Balance for land and
planning 50,000
TOTAL $1,000,000
quency. Many of these young people
could be put to gainful work on a
$3 billion backlog of forest, water,
conservation and park projects.
He also pointed out that New
Mexico is still reaping benefits of
the CCC which from 1933 to 1942
put 3,000,000 young men to work
replenishing forests, halting eros
ion and building recreation facil
ities and other useful public pro
jects.
Keaaedy’s idacatioa Ploa
To be Pat iato Orbit
As one answerto Russia's man
in-space achievement, the House
Education and Labor Committee
started its own countdown to launch
President Kennedy's education
program.
Chairman Adam Clayton Pow
ell, D-NY., urged his colleagues
to get cracking on bills to carry
out Kennedy's $4.7 billion pro
posal to upgrade American edu
cation.
The Negro congressman took a
personal pledge not to introduce
proposals to bar federal aid to
racially segregated schools. Pow
ell declared that the challenge po
sed to Americans by the Soviet
cosmonaut overrode all other con
siderations and said he would spon
sor no amendment that could kill
school aid.
In the past, Powell has spon
sored anti-discrimination amend
ments to school biils and invariably
they have resulted in the death
of the legislation.
In the past, Powell had kept
his amendment hanging over Ken-
World’s Week
Copley News Service
Russia’s orbiting of the first
man into space last week dwarfed
other news developments around
the world. Indeed, it perhaps was
the most significant story of the
decade and certainly of the space
age, for the Soviet feat of rocketry
showed clearly that man is on the
threshhold ot the ionosphere and
some day may unlock its myster
ies.
Still, there we r e other events
last week which cannot be over
looked. President Kennedy asked
Congress to approve nearly sl2
billion for new arms—mostly
planes, missiles and ships.
It was the largest military auth
orization request ever sent to Con
gress in a singlepackage. Included
in the enabling bill dropped in the
House hopper by Chairman Carl
Vinson P -Ga. ) of the House Armed
Services Committee was provision
for 10 additional Polaris submar
ines
West German Chancellor Con
rad Adenauer visited Washington
and received new assurances that
the United States intends to take
whatever action is necessary to
meet any threat to its obligations
and rights in West Berlin.
Audenauer was reassired by
Secy, of State Dean Rusk during a
90 -minute huddle. He held a series
of conferences, too, with President
Kennedy. During these meetings,
the chiefs of state were flanked by
their advisers, Kennedy by Rusk
and Adenauer by West Germany’s
foreign minister, Heinrich von
Bretano.
The trial of Adolf Eichmanngot
under way in Jerusalem, but soon
became involved in arguments over
whether Israel has the legal right
to try the former Gestapo chief ac
cused of ordering the slaughter of
millions of Jews.
In two statements last week the
President said he would oppose the
mounting of an anti-Castro invas
ions of Cuba from U.S. soil and
pledged that the United States will
strengthen its torces in Western
Europe. Kennedy told his news con
ference this government will do all
it can to make sure no Americans
are involved in any military foray
against the regime of Cuban Pre
mier Fidel Castro. Headvised mil
itary leadtx s of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization, meeting in
Washington, of U.S. determination
to reinforce its military posture in
Europe.
While U.S. leaders praised the
Soviet feat of spinning a man into
space and bringing him back alive,
the President emphasized the Rus
sian space “first” should not be
interpreted as a sign of free world
weakness. The Russians have a
head-start of many years on the
U.S. in the space race. We have not
caught up but that doesn’t mean we
won’t, Kennedy indicated.
Meanwhile there literally was
Grazing Oatlook Good
The spring grazing outlook in
New Mexico is much above aver
age, according to the New Mexico
Crop and Livestock Reporting Ser
vice.
Soil moisture is adequate in
most areas. New growth of grass
has started on all except high
summer ranges.
Rainfall on the east side of the
state has been more than double
the normal amounts during the last
nine months. Ranges are rated
at 81 per cent compared with 79
per cent last month and the 10
year average of 73 per cent.
Livestock is in good and above
average condition. Supplemental
feeding has about ended.
nedy’s program, saying he would
decide whether to offer it when
he saw how Kennedy was dealing
with civil rights.
Powell, in addition to removing
his own threat of an anti-segre
gation amendment, announced he
would lead the fight against any
one else who tried to put the same
kind of provision into the school
bills.
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Wianers In Gallup Indian Commanity
Center Arts and Craft Contest
The following is a list of the
winners of awards in the Annual
Arts and Crafts Exhibit sponsored
by Gallup Indian Community Cen
ter. The New Mexico Federation
Adnlt Education Program
Adult Education students, from
the Twin Lakes area, were guests
on April 6th, at the Navajo Tri
bal Training Session held for Chap
ter Officers and Delegates, from
Districts 14, 15, 16 and from
Canoncito, Alamo, and Ramah.
The Twin Lakes group gave a
demonstration of some of their
adult education activities, a pro
gram sponsored by the Bureau of
Indian affairs. Taking part in the
oral reading were: Mrs. Louise
Yazzie and Mrs. Marie Moore.
Mrs. Adeline Sherman demon
strated how to run a movie pro
jector. Mrs. Joanna Miller pointed
out the months of the year in En
glish and Navajo using an audio
visual electric board to shew the
correct matching.
Mrs. Katherine Sherman lead
the group in an English conver
sation dialogue. Miss Dorothy
Sherman demonstrated newly for
med typing skills. Mrs. Ruby Be
gay and Mrs. Shirley Begay, from
Tohlakai, helped with the displays.
These included samples of reading
materials, work-books, writing
and audio visual materials used in
the adult education literacy pro
gram.
Tom Sherman, chapter dele
gate, Tom Lee, president, and
Frank Jones, vice-president, each
spoke on the value of adult edu
cation and what it is doing for the
people at Twin Lakes.
This meeting was sponsored by
the Navajo Tribal Community Ser
vices, at Window Rock, with Grant
Benally, Jr. presiding.
Twin Lakes teachers taking part
were; Virginia Jackson and Kath
ryn Polacca.
dancing in the streets of Moscow as
word went out that Russian Air
Force Maj. Yuri Gagarin had en
circled the globe at speeds of 25,-
000 miles per hour.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev
congratulated Gagarin and com
mented: “Let the capitalist coun
tries try to catch up.”
U. S. leaders were more con
cerned with the possible dam age to
U. S. prestige around the world in
the wake of the Russian spaceflight
than they were with being
"scooped” by the Communists.
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of Women’s Clubs; The Navajo Arts
and Crafts Guild; Dunn Mercantile;
Penney*s Store; Canyon DeChelley
Trading Post; Black Mountain
Trading Post; Griswold’s Trading
Post; Outlaw Trading Post; Gallup
Indian Jewelry; Tandy Leather
Company; George Hight’s Photo
and Art Shops.
Painting and Drawing: STUD
ENT DIVISION, First: Angela John;
Second: Deswocd Yazzie; Third:
Ruth E. Morris.. AMATEUR DIV
ISION, First: Mrs. R. C. Hasler;
Second: Mrs. R. F. Moe; Third:
Clyde Smith.
Leathercraft: STUDENT DIV
ISION, First: Ray Ross; Second:
Ray Hastings; Third: Trudy Es
pinosa; Honorable Mention: Wil
lard Larviso. AMATEUR DIVIS
ION, First Sarrah H. Begay; Sec
ond: Susie Kahn; Third: Sarrah
H. Begay; Honorable Mention:
Sarrah H. Begay. SEMI-PRO
FESSIONAL, First: Jim T. Chee;
Second: Joseph Paisano Jr.;Third:
Arthur Bia; Honorable Mention;
Mendez.
Jewelry: AMATEUR DIVISION,
First: Maggie Martinez. SEMI
PROFESSIONAL, First: Tom Mus
icct
Metalcraft: STUDENT DIVIS
ION, First: Ernest Williams; Sec
ond: Priscilla Hinckley; Third:
Mary Louise Natan; Ho no rahi e
Mention: J. Wilson.
Sewing: STUDENT DIVISION,
First: 7th Grade Girls, Rehoboth
Mission; Second: Virginia Jones;
Third: Bth Grade Girls, Rehoboth
Mission; Honorable Mention: Group
from Toadlena School. SEMI-PRO
FESSIONAL First: Nellie Arviso;
Second: Alice Bitsie; Third: Ethel
Mae Smith.
Woodwork: STUDENT DIV
ISION, First: David Herford; Sec
ond: Joseph Jeans; Third: Jimmie
Nez; Honorable Mention: Pete
Start. AMATEUR DIVISION, First:
Joe Paisano Jr.
Ceramics and Pottery: STUD
ENT DIVISION, First: Sarrah R
Begay; Second: Annie M. Tsosie.
Basketry: STUDENT DIVISION,
Second: W. Tekala; Honorable
M ention: A Natachee.
Miscellaneous: STUDENT DIV
ISION, First: Ernest Williams,
Second: Jones Ranch School; Third:
Helen Pino; Honorable Mention: F.
Hoskie.
Weaving: AMATEUR DIVISION,
First: Marian Pino; Second Susie
Kahn; Third: Florence Yazzie.
SEMI-PROFESSIONAL, First:
Mary H. Begay; Second: Nellie F.
Begay; Third: Julian George.