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Arizona Daily Sun from Flagstaff, Arizona • 3

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rr 1 1 rrwrvrnn i wpy wrwvr v-- yr The SUN, Flagstaff, Arizona, Friday, August 9, 19853 Benefits of Paragon Resources Explored by NHIRC of negotiations involving the coal deposits and potential electric station. One involves possible taxes levied on the New Mexico utilitys electric generation. Craft said once the tribe is satisfied with the arrangements and they are approved by the Department of the Interior, Paragon will be turned over to the tribe. Service Co. of New Mexico, Bechtel Corp.

and General Electric Co. Another significant player in the Paragon scheme is Arch Minerals, of St. Joseph, Mo. The firm has a number of preferential rights lease applicatons on Paragons coal deposits. The applications are pending.

The tribe is working on a number for such facilities of $5 million to Indian Health Services and $2 million to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Total cost of infrastructural development is estimated to be much higher. Watkins said he hopes Congress will address the use of potential Paragon resources and say something about how the relocatees use the money. "My hope is this money is just a little while off, Watkins added. However, to date, the subject "has not been properly addressed, he added.

families and clans of Navajos. Through negotiations by the Bureau of Land Management, the Navajo Tribe has acquired 180,000 acres of Arizona ranches. It is allowed to acquire up to 400,000 acres of land to help accommodate displaced families. Included in that total are 35,000 acres in New Mexico known as the Paragon Resource Ranch. It includes valuable coal-bearing formations.

Fred Craft, an attorney working with the commission, said an amendment attached to a federal bill allows for the eventual transfer of all government rights and title to the BLM land to the Navajo Nation. Coal royalties and taxes on a proposed electric generating plant may be the answer to developing a new lands infrastructure for Navajos relocated off acreage awarded the Hopi Tribe. At least that is one possibility being discussed by Ralph A. Watkins chairman of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission. The commission is an independent federal executive agency charged with the task of removing Navajo families from about 900,000 acres of the former Joint Use Area awarded to the Hopi Tribe and Hopi families from about the same acreage given the Navajo Nation.

A relatively new strategy in the process has been the acquisition of new lands in the northeast Arizona and northwest New Mexico to be used for the movement of extended to the tribe. Watkins said any revenue derived from the Paragon resources "is supposed to go for relocatees. Although the subject of how relocatees will benefit from any resource extraction, Watkins said he hopes that somehow the money could be earmarked for the development of infrastructural needs on the new lands. The federal law creating the commission also requires it to assure that housing and related community facilities and services for (relocated) households shall be available. Facilities specifically mentioned in the law include water, sewer, roads, schools and health facilities.

For the upcoming federal fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, Congress is considering special appropriations Dont bo caught in the coldl Buy your wood stove Largest selection In Flagstaff Economical -UL Listed Craft estimated that an agreement between the tribe and parties interested in creating a coal-fired electric generating station on Paragon may be finished in six to eight months. Interested parties include Public They include royalties of 12.5 percent on any of the coal that is mined, he indicated. Craft said those royalties could be worth $500 million Lopi Kingsman Jotul Waterford Turbo 10 Soapstones Efel Ashley Sidney Denies Endorsement of Proposal LTERNATIVES The proposal, reached Wednesday in a meeting between Sidney, Navajo Tribal Chairman Peterson Zah and former Interior Secretary William Clark, would allow Navajos living on Hopi land to remain as tenants. Spas Portable Ingrounds KYKOTSMOVI (UPI) Hopi Tribal Chairman Ivan Sidney Thursday denied reports he had endorsed a proposal aimed at ending a century-old land dispute with the Navajo tribe.

I did not agree to anything, because I do not have that authority, he said. the Hopi Tribal Council will make a decision based on the recommendation given to it by the people. He said he did not know when the council would act. The two tribes have been given until Wednesday to agree formally to the proposal. After that, a Clark aide has said the Reagan ad-minis ration will end its attempts to settle the dispute.

Largo Soloction tribes. A federal court judge divided the land between the tribes in 1976, and thousands of Navajos who lived on what is now Hopi land were ordered to relocate. A smaller number of Hopis were told to move. A number of Navajos have resisted relocation and continue to remain on Hopi lands. Under the proposal, they would pay rent to the Hopis and would have to obey Hopi law.

Zah has indicated he would sign the agreement with minor changes. i Sidney said it is up to the Hopi people to agree to the plan. He said Phoenix Prices In Flagstaff Case May Be Retried The tribes are under a congressional mandate to complete relocation by July 1986 of members of both tribes from 1.8 million acres of land formerly shared by both 620 E. Santa Fe 779-0364 Were much more than a Solar Store design allowed water to clog the planes fuel line upon freezing, that the company provided inadequate directions for eliminating water from the fuel line and that there were no warnings on the hazards of flying the plane in freezing weather. NOW UP TO PHOENIX (UPI) The state Court of Appeals says the survivors of a Flagstaff man killed in a 1979 plane crash can retry their case against Cessna Aircraft Co.

The ruling Thursday overturned a verdict against the widow of Gary E. Schneider and his parents. Schneider, 25, and a friend, Paul Rosa, 23, died Nov. 27, 1979, when a single-engine plane flown by Schneider crashed five miles south of Pulliam Airport at Flagstaff. Schneiders family contended' during the trial that a defective In ordering the new trial, the appellate court said the trial judge made a mistake when he didnt instruct jurors on Cessnas duty to issue warnings about the potential danger of operating the aircraft in freezing weather.

Phoenix Stadium Discussed built with private funds but so far it hasnt been done. Told a group of investors headed Bay TaekdM A quarterback Bart Starr has offered to build a $90 million complex in downtown Phoenix, Shubnell said, Maybe youve got a Daddy War-bucks there. Sign em up. SEATTLE (UPI) A Maryland investment banker says cities like Phoenix are kidding themselves if they believe they can build sports stadium without a. put-lay of public funds.

Lawrence Shubnell told delegates to a legislative conference Thursday that a stadium complex could be from Jim Walter Homes Canyons Visitation Up have visited the Grand Canyon. That compares to 1,504,979 visitors to the canyon during the first seven months of 1984. The National Park Service has reported a 13 percent increase in visitors at the Grand Canyon during the month of July. It was reported that 449,120 people visited the canyon in July, 51,840 more than July 1984. Since January, 1,740,542 people The Park Service said that is an increase of 16 percent over the first seven months of 1984.

President 4 Bedrooms 2 Baths Republican Picnic Slated Sept. 14 at Fort Tuthill has announced that Rep. Bob Stump, will be the guest speaker. Other Republican elected officials will also be in attendance. The charge for the event is $6 and ticket sales have begun.

Eleanor Wren is in charge of tickets and they may be ordered by calling 774-2607 or by contacting precinct committeemen. The Republican Central Committee is planning the upcoming Republican annual picnic to be Sept. 14 at the Pima Ramada at Fort Tuthill. The menu will be barbecued beef, homemade rolls, smoked potato salad and beans. Levi Packard will cook the homecooked beans which are his specialty.

The committee Phone Book Error Noted 10 Annual Percentage Rate Fixed Mortgage Financing Well build your home. You build your discount. listed in the inside front cover of the phone book is incorrect. The correct emergency fire phone number is 286-1010. The phone number is listed correctly in the white pages.

Residents in the Pinewood-Munds Park area should take note of an error in the new phone book. The emergency phone number for the Munds Park Fire Department, Why take 30 years to pay off a mortgage you can pay in 20 years with lower monthly payments? NO DOWN PAYMENT to qualified property owners. No no "closing Pinewood Board to Meet Over 20 Models Come on in and write your own discount by the number of options you choose. As a special incentive Jim Walter Homes will discount from its standard prices a big 8 on all finishing options up to a total dollar amount of $2,400.00 maximum. So you name it we'll do it! You'll get 8 discount off of labor and materials or materials only on all options that we furnish to help finish your new home.

This discount also applies to foundation options. OF COURSE THE TOTAL DOLLAR DISCOUNT YOU CAN EARN WILL VARY WITH THE SIZE HOME YOU CHOOSE BUT THE MORE INSIDE FINISHING YOU BUY THE MORE DISCOUNT YOU'LL EARN. The board will discuss the Fair Labor Standard Act as it relates to firefighters schedules. The Pinewood Fire Department board of directors will conduct a meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the fire station.

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Address. City TEMPE, ARIZONA 85282 P.O. Box 27885 1405 W. Baseline (Take MO south to Baseline exit- go east 2 blocks) PH: 838-9112 PH: 18003521365 (Arizona Toll Free) Kingman's Mountain View Cemetery. Survivors include seven daughters, Cecilia Reyna, of California; Carman Lopez and Angie Garcia, Flagstaff; Frances Ramirez, Medford, Lucy Torrez and Isabel Gonzales, Kingman; and Josephine Esquibel.

Visalia, one son, Salvador Garcia, Phoenix; 22 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren. Flagstaff Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Jose C. Garcia, 90, died Aug. 8 at Flagstaff Medical Center.

Mr. Garcia was bom in Calientes, Mexico, March 19, 1895. He moved to Arizona in 1916 from California. He lived in Flagstaff until 1926 and was residing in Kingman at the time of his death. He worked for the Santa Fe Railway 39 years.

Rosary will be at 7 p.m., Saturday, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. The Rev. John A. Skibbie will officiate. Rosary and Funeral Mass are pending in Kingman with burial to follow in I I Telephone (or neighbors).

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