Navajo times. [volume], April 26, 1961, Page Page 7, Image 7

About Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984

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A’sst Stc’y Staffs ladliaas
Badly Treatad By Aaierieaas
Assistant Interior Secretary
John A. Carver Jr., said Ameri
cans are treating the Indian more
shamefully than the pioneers did
during the bloody frontier days.
Overseer of the Bureau of In
dian Affairs, Carver, said that in
some cases the government is
carrying on basically discrimina
tory practices.
"Why are Americans who have
fought the hardest to erase this
pattern from the fabric of Ameri
can life for Negroes, Jews and
other minority groups quite often
found in the vanguard of those de
manding special treatment for the
Indians?" he asked.
These remarks were included in
a speech at the annual meeting of
the Association on American In
dian Affairs.
Carver cited discrimination
near Indian reservations, com
mercial exploitation of arts and
crafts, segregated hospitals and
schools, and a general attitude of
treating Indians in a special way
simply because they are Indians.
"Is it possible that we are
beating our breasts and wearing
the hairshirt for the way the
k pioneers drove the Indians from the
lands and herded them to the re
servations so that we won’t have
to face the more stark shame of
the way we are treating Indians
today?" he asked.
This list was suggested by Car
ver for the government’s conduct
< of Indian affairs:
---Special services provided to
Indians simply because they are
Indians will tend to "isolate the
Indians more and more from
the mainstream of American life.
—lndian la rid should be managed
at the tribal level because allot
ment of land to individual Indians
*is "a cruel and misguided hoax
based on a premise of an agrarian
Indian society unrealistic at the
outset and archaic today.**
—The so-called termination
'policy of cutting off government
help to certain Indians on a spe
cific date is unfair and has caused
hardships.
-—Government programs must
"Ibe tailored to the needs of indi
vidual tribes.
—We must get far away from
paternalism. We have the duty of
promoting self-government under
, tribal constitutions. To my way
of thinking, freedom of self
government includes freedom to
make mistakes. We must get out
of tribal politics and stay out of
tribal politics.
Easy to Build Roof
Boos to Lonbernei
Sawmill and yard operators
-who air-dry lumber can liter
ally put the roof on losses
caused by warpage, staining,
and uneven drying, changing
losses to profits, according to
recent tests conducted by the
¥ Central States Forest Experi
* mental Station in southern
Illinois.
! ' Tests in this case employed
flat roofs of galvanized steel
sheets which offered strength,
economy, and long life. The re
sults show that warpage, which
caused serious losses in the
upper tiers of non-roofed piles,
was practically non-existent in
roofed piles, and that staining
v r as heavier in non-roofed
lumber.
Drying proceeded at a more
,■* uniform rate with the roofed
lumber, which reached the fiber
saturation point 12 days sooner
* than the non-roofed lumber.
A sturdy, flat, rain-tight roof
«f corrosion-resistant galvan
ized steel sheets can be built
for about $25 and placed on
piles by one forklift operator.
Construction of this portable
roof is extremely easy. It con
sists simply of corrugated
’ sheets of galvanized steel nailed
to a rectangular frame of 2
*jy 6’s, which rests on the top
- tier of lumber in the pile. The
galvanized steel should extend
beyond the pile by at least a
foot, with more overhang for
* higher piles
Gallup Overpass
Stated "Definite"
The highway commissioner for
the Gallup area advised Gallup
Mayor Edward that primary funds
covering construction of a Gallup
overpass have been allocated by the
commission for expenditure during
the 1962-63 budget of the commis
sion.
A petition bearing 734 names
had been accepted by the town
board. This petition requested an
overpass over the Santa Fe Rail
road tracks in Gallup.
Munoz said, "The problem of
obtaining an overpass has been full
of pitfalls and discouragements,
However, during the past three
years tremendous progress has
been made toward making this
dream for Gallup a reality.**
A plan set up two years ago
to construct the overpass as a
part of Interstate 40 through Gal
lup was outlined by Munoz.
"This would mean, ’* Munoz
said, "a large amount of the ex
New Advance in Sight Restoration
A woman, blind for a decade,
sees her young chiidren for the
first time. A man who has al
ways lived in darkness is given
sight and cannot get over the
wonder of color. A youngster
runs freely after years of grop
ing and hesitating.
Miracles? Such cures would
have been so defined a decade
or two ago. Today, they are
more commonplace but still
miracles to those who benefit
from them.
These cases of sight restored
are the result of a delicate op
eration known as ‘corneal trans
plant.’ They are brought about
by a truly priceless gift the
donation of sight from those
who have died to those who
still live. Not all cases of blind
ness can be cured in this way.
But, where conditions are right,
the results are 90% successful.
The operation is well-known
today; many famous and dis
tinguished people are part of
its program. But it has faced
two major problems in the past.
The first involved a misunder
standing. People ‘willed’ their
eyes. This, in spite of their ex
cellent intentions, was useless.
A will is read several days,
or weeks, after death. Cor
nea must be transplanted with
in a few hours. Today doctors
and hospitals have release
forms available, and those who
have signed them make sure
that friends and family know
of their intention.
The second problem was one
of skill. This operation is so
delicate that few surgeons
even expert ophthalmolgists
were qualified to perform it.
This led to the tragedy of sight
donated, a blind person eagerly
awaiting it, but no surgeon
available to perform the trans
fer in the time limit. Obviously,
the only solution was to fur
nish surgeons with a more ac
curate instrument.
In the past few years, a
giant step in this direction has
been taken through the efforts
of one of the leading surgeons
in the field.
He felt that the operation
could be performed more quick
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penditure to be paid would be from
92 per cent federal participation.**
Two years ago Herkenhoff and
Associates of Albuquerque was re
tained to design the overpass. The
money is available and committed
to this design work.
According to Munoz the design
work should be completed by fall.
Alignment for the Interstate Route
and the overpass have been deter
mined and established.
". . .1 thank the petitioners
for the petition presented,** Munoz
said, "and I am particularly grati
fied that they recognize that this
is a government problem, and one
which should be, and is being faced
up to by the town of Gallup and
McKinley County.**
"Unfortunately, this vast pro
ject cannot be planned, designed
and completed within a short per
iod of time. I do feel, however,
that if the present course is con
tinued without interruption or in
terference and left to those charged
zith the responsibility of obtaining
it for the town, that before too
long the town of Gallup will, in
fact, have its overpass.**
i ly. more precisely, and by more
surgeons if it employed a
motor - driven surgical knife.
The ‘transfer’ is such a delicate
process that it calls for the ul-
I timate in precision. But, when
I a motor-driven instrument is
used, it becomes an operation
• that hundreds of surgeons can
j perform. The motor adds price
less precision.
i The problem then was to find,
or develop, the perfect motor.
| It had to be small, easy to
I hold, free of vibration. Fur
ther, it must not heat up in
the hand, even when used for
lengthy periods of time.
Working with a surgical in
strument firm, the doctor ex
perimented with many motors
and found what he wanted in
a most surprising place an
electric shaver. Norelco’s rotary
action, which eliminates vibra
tion and is designed for shav
ing comfort, proved to give the
smooth performance he was
looking for. In order to make
sure that the instrument was
easy to hold, he selected a
woman’s model the Coquette,
because of its easily-held cylin
drical shape.
In using this new device (cre
ated by removing shaving head
and inserting a surgical knife),
the doctor found another boon:
the operation could be per
formed in less time. A cut
of 75% to 80% in operating
time is vital to both doctor
and patient.
Today, the selected cases
where corneal transplants work
are infinitely more certain of
success thanks to three things:
more donors, the development
of a new instrument, and the
discovery of the proper motor
i in a lady’s shaver.
APRIL 26, 1961—THE NAVAJO TIMES—!
Plans Made for Coconino Caverns
The Coconino Caverns, found in
northern Arizona, could very well
rival the famed Carlsbad Caverns,
in New Mexico, in size and beauty,
according to two of the world’s
foremost authorities on cave ex
ploration.
These speculations were made
by Charles H. Dunning of Phoenix,
Arizona, former director of the
Arizona Department of Mineral
Resources and the contractor who
sank the first elevator shaft at
Carlsbad Caverns and Thomas C.
Miller, Carlsbad, assistant super
intendent of the Carlsbad Caverns.
This statement was made by the
men after inspecting spcimens
of selenite crystals unearthed last
week by miners digging in the shaft
for the new elevator at the Co
conino Caverns. The crystals were
discovered by the miners as they
hit the 180 foot level of the pro
posed 200 foot shaft.
The selenite crystals are asso
ciated with caverns of a deeper
level than Coconino Caverns. They
are found at a depth of 300 feet
in the Carlsbad Caverns. Both
Carlsbad and Coconino are in the
same Mississippian geologic for
mation. The upper levels of the
Carlsbad Caverns greatly re
semble the explored levels of Co
conino Caverns.
During the last month's visit to
Coconino, Dunning noted the sim
ilarity of the formations to those
of Carlsbad. There were definite
indications that lower levels in all
probability exist below the pre
sently explored chambers.
Dunning’s feelings about the ex
istence of a lower lever were
verified by Miller two weeks later.
A widely known expert on develop
ment of caves for the last 35 years,
Miller looked over the crystals af
ter exploring the caverns.
"There’s definitely something
down there,** Miller said. "It*s
(Coconino Caverns) hardly been
scratched."
Arizona-New Mexico Develop
ment Corporation has retained the
two men as advisors in develop
ment of the Caverns. The two
men, according to William M. Lid
don, president, are among the most
qualified men in their field.
The corporation intends to con
tinue exploration for lower levels
and develop them as they are found.
The extent of lower levels at this
time is undetermined, he added, but
said they could go for miles and
exist as far down as 1,500 feet.
The indication of deeper cav
erns was a hole drilled 100 yards
from the entrance of the caverns,
A Tribal Owaed iatarprisa To
Perpetuate The Makiag Os Fiae
Handicrafts For
Discriminating Bayers.
Navajo Arts
And Crafts
Guild
FAIR GROUNDS
Window Rock, Arizona
SOON TO MOVE TO A NEW HOME
ON HIGHWAY 68
which hit a void of some kind at
150 feet. The updraft of air here
is strong enough to keep paper
bounding over the hole. This hole
apparently goes to an unexplored
room which at the present is not
accessible from the mail 18,000
square foot chamber.
Location of Coconino Caverns is
25 miles west of Seligman, Ari
zona, a half mile off U. S. Highway
66. $93,000 has already been spent
by the Arizona-New Mexico De
velopment Corporation in the de
velopment of the caverns and plan
to spend an additional $200,000
this year and 1962.
Window Rock Bowlers
In Winners Spotlight
Simons Wearing Apparel, a team
composed of bowlers living in Win
dow Rock, are in FIRST place in
the commercial bowling League at
K and S Lanes in Gallup. This
league is composed of 11 teams.
The teams are Simons, Navajo.
Shopping Center, Turpen Traders,
A and J Produce, CreamlandDairy
Commercial Club, Farmers Insur
ance, Coco-Cola, Hughes Texaco,
Charles Humble Oil, and Califor
nia Supermarket #l. Members of
the front running Simons Team in
clude; Silas Bohanan, Charles
Meyers, Pat Nelson, Roger Davis
Jr., Dick Clark, Reno Sarlin and
Daryl Long.
Education Group Moats
A four-day conference on Nava
jo education was conducted by the
Navajo tribes* committee, with
Dillon Platero as chairman.
Main topics under discussion
were the high rate of absenteeism
and truancy in reservation school.
Another topic of importance is the
problem of corporal punishment
in schools and the Tribe's stand
on the subject.
All mission, public and Bureau
of Indian Affairs schools on the
reservation were covered by the
conference.
Tribal chapter officer from
Kinlichee and member of the edu
cation committee, Samuel Billison,
led the discussion on April 20.
Billison has pushed education in
his own community and was in
strumental in getting the new
school there.
Billison, an educator himself,
has been in both teaching and school
administrative jobs. He holds a
master's degree in education.
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