Virginian Opera VIP to Speak at Knife and Fork Club
Roswell announces a prominent Virginian opera figure will address the Knife and Fork Club dinner Saturday night. The event appears on the Daily Record page 3.
16 Apr 1980
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1980
Page
1
Roswell announces a prominent Virginian opera figure will address the Knife and Fork Club dinner Saturday night. The event appears on the Daily Record page 3.
President Carter negotiates possible sanctions including freezing more Iranian assets and extending trade bans to food and medicine to force release of 50 American hostages. White House officials deny a naval blockade and urge allied non military steps by mid May.
Nay Griffith of Ray Bell Oil questions a city water meter repair costing at least 400 dollars saying a 30 dollar gear would have sufficed. City official John McConvery defends the cost as 266 dollars for the meter plus labor and asphalt repairs, noting the gear change spares further issues.
A San Diego judge allows in court photographs as Ted Giannoulas aka the San Diego chicken fights for the right to wear his chicken suit. His former employer KGB radio claims copyright and introduces another chicken as the petitioner sits nearby.
Henry Garrett, a Democrat, announced his bid for Chaves County treasurer and will face Sam S. Sloan in the June 3 primary. Incumbent L. M. Hall is the Republican candidate. Garrett, 59, resident of Roswell 27 years, served 23 years in the U.S. Air Force and has worked in insurance and financial services with The Hartford. He has led local Democratic and Kiwanis groups and and lives with his wife Jane on Fulkerson Drive.
Intelligence reports indicate 125000 Soviet troops on Iran's northern border and the amphibious Ivan Ogov with 400 to 500 marines in the southern approaches. Tehran rejects invasion plans but officials warn Moscow could exploit Gulf instability. U.S. forces maintain two amphibious task forces off Iran as 28 Soviet warships operate in the Indian Ocean.
In Rainham England a double decker bus driver, described as berserk, caused half a mile of destruction killing a woman and injuring four others before crashing into a house. Police dragged the driver from the cab as he cried I am in paradise. In Bogota Amnesty International reported arbitrary arrests and torture of political prisoners by guerrillas at the Dominican embassy. In Dallas Zale Corp announced it will sell the 4 and Macca diamond to an undisclosed buyer.
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