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Show The Salt Lake Tribune, BYiday, July 17, 1970 Slides Explain Missile Danger.to Navajos Earnest Becenti, right, examines a model of the Pershing missiles that fly over Indian reservations in area. Information officer Vern Hunt aids. Special to The Tribune WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. - A slide presentation - in the Navajo language - has been made in hope of explaining what happens when Army or Air Force missiles are fired over the Indian reservations. Earnest Becenti made the presentation to the people of Burnham Chapter, just south of Farmington, N.M. Several years ago Mr. Becenti assisted the missile range in explaining to* the Navajos why they had to evacuate their homes when missiles were fired. Mr. Becenti was loaned to White Sands by Ft. Wingate Army Depot near Gallup, N.M.,' after a request to explain the situation to the Navajo people was made by Herbert Tsosie. Mr. Becenti, past president of the Eastern Navajo Council, is chairman of the Eastern Navajo Housing Assn., and one of four Indians who are delegates to the National Congress of Parents and Teachers. Several times a year, Pershing missiles are launched from Black Mesa, near Bland-ing, "Utah to the White Sands Missile Range. The missiles fly over the Indian lands. |