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Show Explain Pershing to Navajos White Sands Missile Range, N. M. , July 9 How do you the explain to Navajo Indians what really goes on when the Army or the Air Force fires missiles over their reservation from launch points in southeast Utah? This question hopefully was answered Saturday when Earnest Becenti made a slide presentation in the Navajo langto the people of Burnuage ham chapter south of Farming -- One range official had a happy thought. Earnest Becenti years ago had assisted the range, in the days before the over- land launches began, to exsome plain to the Navajos why from evacuate to had of them their homes, for safety reasons, when the missiles are fired Becenti was loaned to White Sands by Ft. Wingate Army Depot near Gallup, N. M. where he is employed, to narrate the script of the movie, "Pershing Joins the Ranks, " in Navajo. Saturday, he gave a briefing and slide presentation four Indians who are delegates to the National Congress of Parents and Teachers. Mr. Becenti is a 12 --year veteran of ' the New Mexico Mounted Pa- trol. When he is not working at his job handling ammunition at Ft. Wingate, he devotes a great deal of his time in projects designed to better the welfare of the Navajo people. Earnest was bom 44 years ago at Church Rock, N. M. , graduated from high school ton, N.M. at Shiprock, and entered World The request was made in a War II service in 1943. Folletter to White Sands Missile lowing basic training at Ft. on Pershing missile operations Range officials from Herbert Bliss and field artillery school during Burham's seventh annual at Ft. Sill, he spent his entire Tsosie, general manager of the chapter. "The only contact Field Day and Rodeo. military stint as a forward obHe had to field such questions server with the 134th Artillery we have, " he said, "is when as "why do these missiles dethe missile personnel is movBattalion in Europe. ing through the Reservation stroy my crops?", but Earnest Becenti was wounded four and not knowing what goes on. Becenti is a pretty capable man. times and captured twice. Each For the past seven years, he Some assume theyre going time he was captured he manhas been president of the Eastover seas to the Asian War. " aged to get away and return ern Navajo Council which com- to Tsosie originally wanted a his own lines before the dry run firing at Burnham of prises 30 chapters and 27,000 Germans missed him. a missile (the Pershing misIndians in an area north and Earnest and his wife, Mary, which is sile east of Gallup. launched from have two girls and one boy. near Blanding, Utah. ) HowHe also is chairman of the With 25 years federal employEastern Navajo Housing Assocever, it was explained to him ment behind him, he is lookthat there are no "practice" iation; secretary, for the past ing forward to the day when Board of the of seven ones the live years, Pershings only he can retire and devote full which impact on the missile Education; and is one of only time to serving the Navajos. range and are never seen VernHunt, White Sands Missile Range Information Office, shows Earest Becenti, left, one of the preselected impact areas for missiles fired from the Utah Launch Complex overland to the missile range. Mr. Becenti is showin Navajo ing a film and making a photo slide presentation to the Burnham, N. M. , chapter of the tribe Saturday, IMPACT AREA (July 11). a-g- ain. The San Juan Record amroe EFdsDd siudgO SPAWNING OPERATIONS UNDERWAY " Spawning operations at Strawberry Reservior and Sheep Creek Lake are underway. Fish are moving into traps at both waters and early estimates indicate a good spawning run in both areas. Sheep Creek Lake, in Daggett County is closed to fishing; it is managed as a brood fish lake to provide a sonsistant source of cutthroat and rainbow trout spawners. The firii are, returned to the reservior after spawn has been taken, and the eggs are transferred to State hatcheries Fish produced from the eggs are used to stock Strawberry reservior and other waters throughout the State. i UTAH TRAILS Utah trails, popular Division of the Fish and Game television show, will resume regular programming June 15, For the past six months, time for the show has been taken for the annual Safety Show. Utah Trails appears on Channel 7, KUED, Monday nights from 7 30 p, m, to 8:00 p, m. The program is hosted by Lee Robertson of the Utah Division of Fish and ' Game; it covers a variety of subjects and activities of the Division. The June 15 show will feature fishing hotspots, an up to date report on fishing fishing season. On June 22. Utah Trails feature will be a filmed report on biological studies at Fish Lake. This show will reveal some of the interesting and vital studies being made on this popular Utah water. On june 29, cameras will follow game biologists as they band geese on Utah marshes. Goose banding is an annual affair on water fowl deter- -' mining migrations and harvest. ONE FOR THE BOOKS Ducks unlimited magazine reports a true tale about a Utah duck hunter that should f qualify for the next volume of "Beleive It Or Not". Ducks unlimited members Stephen G. Denker of Ogden was shooting at the Ogden Duck Club. On October 23, he shot a pintail drake wearA band--numb- er 746-782- 1- - Registration and Fee Schedule entrails whenever possible, 2- Deposit dead fish and entrails in the garbage can, if you find one available, Utah law prohibits littering, 3- - Boat Fishermen may clean fish in waters of the State that are not used for culinary purposes, provided they are 100 feet from the who beleive they can 1 FEES Students will be required to pay the following fees: $3. 00 (Grades 9-only) Registration Books $6. 00 (Grades 9-- 12 only) $7. 50 (Grades 2) Activity P. E. 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