Navajo times. [volume], October 24, 1963, Image 2

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

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Navajo Times
WL Published each Thursday
The ° fficial News P a P er of the
NAVAJO TRIBE
WINDOW ROCK - ARIZONA
Phone [phone]
MARSHALL TOME, Editor
CHESTER A. MAC RORIE, General Manager
A project of the Public Relations and Information
Department of the Navajo Tribe.
Subscription rates—s3.so per year, nine months $2.50, six
months $2.00, three months SI.OO, one month 35c. Single copies
10c each.
Second-class postage paid at Window Rock, Arizona, and
at additional mailing offices.
The Personality
Os A Newspaper
Last week was* National Newspaper Week. News
papers, like people, come in many sizes and many
personalities. Like people, some are reliable and
some are not. There are newspapers which scream
for attention and there are others on the same news
tand which whisper the news. All newspapers reflect
the character of their owner. (The Navajo Tribe).
It should not be surprising to those familiar with
news whether in the newspaper, television or over the
radio to read, see, or hear much about the national
or local leaders, as these are the people who make
important announcements and take newsworthy action.
Even the opposition newspaper will carry the story
of President Kennedy, for instance, because he is a
prominent personality in our country. It would be most
strange if these stories were not printed. The same
yardstick needs to be applied on the coverage of events
on the reservation, that is, the determination of the
news value of an event or action reported for the in
formation of our readers.
To talk about the NAVAJO TIMES’ accomplishments
may not be the thing to do, but those of us who have
worked intimately with it are quite amazed and are
very thankful for what the paper has been able to do in
the span of a couple of years. The NAVAJO TIMES was
a challenge right from the very beginning. If it had not
been for the support of the majority of the Navajo Tri
bal Council and the experienced and able journalists,
this paper would not have achieved the present status
it enjoys today.
Perhaps the fifteen members of the Navajo Tribal
Council who signed the 20-page petition: Howard W.
Gorman, Annie D. Wauneka, Harold N. Drake, Sr. ,
Roger Davis, Sr., Nat C. Curley, Sr. , Albert Tsosie,
Pete Riggs, David Skeet, Joe Domingo, Jim Sears
\TcCrae, Guy Morgan, John Mason, Chavez Coho,
Jones Van Winkle and Peter Yazza, supported the pa
per during the past administration.
One of the obstacles it had to overcome was an ap
prehensive and indifferent audience. We of the staff,
as we worked along, have had the feeling of apprehen
siveness and have asked ourselves, ’’Are we getting
through to the people?”
This, we feel, has been the underlying thought. It
made us try a little harder.
Letters of encouragement began to come in by the
hundreds - letters from people in all walks of life.
There were letters from the little people, the near
great, and the famous editors. They wrote almost u
nanimously, ’’You are doing a find job, a paper such
as yours has long been needed. ”
As we tried to work, we have been inspired by one
inherited feeling - we care for the people who we are
trying to help. --Marshall Tome
GLORIA J. KRUEGER, Long Beach, California,
writes, "Boy, thank goodness for the Navajo Times. I
don’t feel so far away from my folks (The Berlie Gard
ner’s) and ail of my new friends. I don't know what I’d
do without it.” „ . . ILENE BENALLY, Waterflow,
New Mexico, "Don’t put off until tomorrow what you
can do today—if vou like it, you can always do it again
tomorrow!”. . .INJUN JOE PROVOST, Window
Rock, "Cars are wonderful machines. First they were
responsible for the elimination of horses, and now
they T re working on people.
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Cartoon by John Chase, 1962-63 President of the Association of American
Editorial C artoonis ts , and cartoonis t for the New Orleans S tate s-Item.
We have our troubles too!
RICHARD COOLINS, Editor of the Prospector,
Marine Corp. Supply Center, Barstow, California—is
knownto the Navajo employees as the friend of the In
dians. He has been in the newspaper business for 30
years. He has worked for the following papers: Wash
ington Times-Herald; Philadelphia Evening Bulletin,
and Conshohocken Recorder in Pennsylvania.
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LEO BENALLY, Rough Rock Trading Post recent
ly graduated from Allied's Tool and Die Making pro
gram on March 25, 1963 and reported doing a good job
with Electro-Motive Corporation, a division of Gener
al Motors, Pontiac, Michigan. He also made the
Alumni Association News in the Allied Review Com
pany Magazine. . . More names on who the man was in
the Sept. 5 edition picture —MASK KE YAZZIE, by
VERL HADLEY, Kayenta, Arizona.
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RE NIO SA R LIN, E mpioy ment A s sistance BIA, Win -
dow Rock told me about the gizzled Indian Chief who
took in a hot spot in Dallas and saw the twist danced
for the first time. His comment: They'll never bring
rain, that crazy dance. It brought Hurricane Flora. ..
The pyramid in the hand circle represents the material
strength of our country. It stands for strength and
duration.
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i Letter to the Editor =
Dearest Sir: 1
We have chapter meeting ora
Sept. 30, 1963, at White Horse*
lake. We have same attendance
from Window Rock, Arizona,
Grando, Arizona and some coun
cilman too.
We have re-elected for our
vice-chairman. They elect—Bitt
ney Nez for our new vice-chair
man from now on at White Horse
lake, District #ls.
Levi j. Largo, Chapter Sec’y.
Dear Editor
Enclosed find check for $3.60
for another years’s subscription
to the Navajo Times and one extra
copy of the Sept. sth issue if you
can furnish it. I want to use the
pictures and information on a
tribal self government for a class
room unit of study and bulletin
board.
i My classroom group surely
fenjoys the paper which I share
them.
Marie Wright, Sherman Inst.
Riverside, California