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Dennis DeConcini (D-Ariz.) commented just hours after President Bush insisted that "not one" senator had first-hand evidence that Tower had a drinking problem...
...improve the Navajos' economy by demanding better prices for the tribe's oil, coal and natural-gas reserves. Along the way, say his critics, the Chairman spent tribal funds profusely. He reportedly hired a public relations firm for $1.5 million. He had his office in Window Rock, Ariz., remodeled for $600,000, of which $4,800 alone went to pay for carved office doors. He chartered a jet for more than $18,000 to take him and his family to the 1988 Orange Bowl...
...most serious allegation facing MacDonald -- who has yet to respond to a committee subpoena -- concerns a tawdry kickback scam. In July 1987 MacDonald arranged for the Navajos to buy the 491,000-acre Big Boquillas ranch near Seligman, Ariz. The tribe paid $33.4 million for the place, which only two days earlier had been purchased by an oil company for $26.2 million. Real estate broker Byron ("Bud") Brown testified that when he was fixing the deal with MacDonald, the Navajo leader smiled and said, "I assume I'll be taken care of." Replied Brown: "Certainly...
...president held early morning meetings with Sens. John Breaux (D-La.), Bennett Johnson, (D-La.) and Dennis DeConcini, (D-Ariz...
...model-airplane building and flying a hobby or a sport? That is a chicken- and-egg question endlessly debated by zealous practitioners and uncomprehending outsiders. There is little question in the mind of Chip Hyde, 16, of Yuma, Ariz. Three times he has been champion of the open class of radio-controlled aerobatic flying. That means he has beaten all comers with his skill and his pink-and-blue Conquest, driven by an alcohol-fueled engine the size of a human fist. He must practice continuously to keep up his skill, sometimes four days a week for an hour...