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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1978
Page
2
After a 14 year absence Alice Ghostley will return to Broadway next Tuesday to play Miss Hannigan in Annie replacing Dorothy Loudon. Ghostley won a Tony for The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window in 1964 and has since worked in film and television from California.
David M. Hamlin executive director of the ACLU Illinois division resigns after four years. He cites fatigue and says the move is not a repudiation of his work. He hints at writing about the group’s Supreme Court challenges to Skokie ordinances.
Four years after Nixon left office the last two Watergate figures still in prison will appeal to the full United States Parole Commission to advance their parole dates. Mitchell and Haldeman seek earlier release due to health and other urgent factors.
White House press secretary Jody Powell returns from a nine day break in Vienna Georgia and reporters note he has given up heavy cigarette smoking and now uses cigars He declines to say if he has sworn off smoking for good or when he quit.
Vatican and Italian authorities prepared a security ring as Pope Paul VI lay in state at Castel Gandolfo. About 60,000 mourners viewed the body, then a 13 mile motorcade to St. Peter's Basilica was guarded by 4,500 police amid concern over terrorist threats.
Peter MacDonald scored 59.2 percent of the vote in the Navajo primary, with 15,593 of 26,298 total votes and 76 of 104 precincts counted. Raymond Nakai trailed, while Dr. Taylor MacKenzie and Wilson Skeet also polled strongly as the race narrows for the November chairman contest. The election saw about 60,000 voters, and officials praised turnout and orderly tabulation amid transportation challenges.
President Carter told 13 city mayors that parts of his urban program risk failing in Congress after returning from New York where he signed a 1.65 billion loan guarantee for the city. He urged action on the proposed 1 billion dollars annually in aid to distressed cities, noting it had been set aside by a House subcommittee. Detroit Mayor Coleman Young led the delegation and affirmed ongoing support.
The Roswell newspaper lists circulation and contact details with pricing for carrier, mail, and out of state subscriptions. It provides editor names, offices at 2301 N Main St, Roswell NM, and notes AP membership and reproduction rights.
New York stocks rose broadly with heavy volume as traders kept in rally mode. At noon the Dow gained 8.23 to 897.44 while NYSE volume reached 22.17 million shares. Ramada Inns led active list. Boeing and McDonnell Douglas advanced. Norton Simon and RCA mixed. IBM rose 3 to 292.
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