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Show Racial Navajo Letter Prompts Removal of Subcontractor Will Hogers Says . . . "This Japan has been kicking that wouk n't bal- had nothing to use for money, just we they did, A Colorado company was removed from Mobil Oil Corp 's list of possible subcontractors after the firms president wrote a disparaging letter about the Navajo Tribe and its demand for hiring preferences for Navajos, Mobil says. The letter from Ronald Vertrees, president of the Customs Clearing supplies firm, House, a Denver-basereferred to the Navajos as a vanquished and inferior race" which has no right to make laws on a reservation that is "ours by right of conquest. The letter also criticized the tribe for enacting Navajo hiring preference laws for work done on the reservation by outside companies. It was sent to the tribal Offical of Navajo Labor Relations and forwarded to Mobil, which is building oil rigs on the Navajo Reservation. Merrily Smith, public affairs manager for Mobils office in Denver, said Mobil heard from Customs Clearing ance, and they like - WINDOW ROCK. Ariz. (AF up a mess lately since I got here (not of course all on account of that) but they had a budget so changed d Cabinets. "Now our Secretary of the Treasury has never thought of that idea. Now as to whether these new ones in Japan can find any more money laying around is doubtful. A cockeyed budget is the downfall of more prime ministers nowadays than it used to be. January 17, 1932. Selected and edited by Bryan Sterling. All rights reserved lor the Will Rogers Memorial. House in 1985 "that they weren't going to comply with the Navajo Preference Employment Act of 1985 Mobil then removed them from our approved contract vendors list." Ms. Smith said Mobil acted because tribal laws require subcontractors to abide by Navajo law "if they wish to do business on the reservation." Given the historical facts, we consider ourselves to be members of the conquering and superior race and you to be members of the vanquished and inferior race," Vertrees letter said. "We hold your land and property to be spoils of war, ours by right of conquest. Through the generosity of our people, you have been given a reservation where you may prance and dance as you please, obeying your kings and worshiping your false gods. Contacted Monday, Vertrees said he has no regrets about sending the letter. Idaho Truck Crali Kills Utahn, Spills Chemical The Salt Lake Tribune; - A truck MERIDIAN, Idaho (AP) entry mg a solution of magnesium chloride overturned Wednesday night on Interstate 84 near Meridian, killing the driver and spilling the toxic material. Traffic in the westbound lanes of the freeway was stopped intermittently from 10 30 p m., when the accident occurred, to about 11 30 p m., after state crews formed a small dam of sand to contain the spill, about two miles east of the Meridian exit. Todd R. Turner, 21, of Bountiful, Utah, was killed in the accident, Idaho State Police dispatcher Larry Johnson said. His fiancee, Stephanie Gould, Eagle, was treated and released from St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, a nursing supervisor said The truck was owned by Clark Tank Lines, Salt Lake City, and was transporting the chemical to Amalgamated Sugar Co. in Nampa, ISP Sgt. Larry Winner said. Friday, January 17, 1986 A1 1 Denver Residents Using Cars Less In Hopes of Driving Out Bad Air duced by DENVER (AP) - Residents percent by the end of in 15 the first six drove fewer miles weeks of a Better Air Campaign, which will help the Denver area meet federal air standards by 1988 and keep about 300 million in federal funds, officials say. Independent studies indicated there was about an 8 percent drop in the number of miles driven daily bein the metropolitan area tween 1 9 million and 2.3 million in the first six weeks of miles the program that began Nov. 15, state officals said. Results from Jan. 1 through Wednesday will not be available until next month, they said. Colorado could lose about 8300 million in federal funds needed for crucial growth-relate- d projects such as highways and sewers if carbon monoxide levels are not re 1987 "We are making some progress," said Dr. Jim Lents, director of Colorados air pollution control division. 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The action at Rylands High School near Cape Town was the first time in 16 months of unrest that police and soldiers acted to make sure classes were held. Students, teachers and other witnesses said the officers stood in the classroom doorways and patrolled the halls. Boycotts have been most common in black schools since the protest of y rule, in which about 1,000 people have been killed, began in September 1984. Violent protest often starts with a core of black boycotters intimidating other students to stay away from class. The youngsters roam the streets, stoning vehicles, and police often respond with tear gas and gunfire. Students at Rylands, who have supported the boycott movement, gathered on the grounds before classes Alpine Binding Sale! Ski Boots SX-7- 1 'Z) white-minorit- Thursday. Witnesses said some balked at entering the building, then police appeared and drove them in- side. 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