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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1977
Page
2
Actress Celeste Holm and six others took oaths to serve on the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Development Commission, joining a slate of new appointees shaping state film policy and support.
Kevin Kvale and his brother Chris, both of Minneapolis, broke the federation cross country record by riding 2 972 miles from Santa Monica to New York City in 14 days 9 hours 19 minutes. They arrived at City Hall at 5 45 p m on Friday and beat the previous record of 17 days 6 hours 18 minutes.
The Rev. Clennon King, a black minister who sought to join President Carter's Plains church last fall, said he would attend services at the church in Plains Georgia.
Billy Carter plans to relinquish daily management of the family peanut business on September 1. The article notes tensions with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr who sought to join Plains Baptist Church, accusing Carter of hindering his efforts and refusing to meet during a Plains vacation. The dispute contributed to the church split and the resignation of Pastor Rev. Bruce Edwards.
President Spencer W. Kimball of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will visit church members in East Germany and Poland. Don LeFevre said he left to install a new Swiss Temple president in Berne and to visit church officials in London Rome Berlin and other areas. The church has about 5 000 members in Poland.
Singer Tiny Tim travels to Nashville to record four country tracks including I'm Gonna Be A Country Queen about Dolly Parton. World Wide Music executive LeWayne Satterfield calls him highly knowledgeable about country music.
Six Roswell firefighters Henry DeHose Brian Hecht Elmer Lansford Eloy Ramirez Charles Reese and Paul Sorenson will attend the 22nd annual Fire Marshal's Firefighters Training School at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces for four days this week. Ramirez pursues emergency medical refresher training while all participants receive state sponsored instruction on firemanship equipment testing fire field investigation rescue procedures and public education. The firefighters will be paid their regular salaries plus a 24 per diem. shifts will be covered by coworkers on a volunteer basis and the program is funded by a state training fund. The New Mexico Highway Commission will hold two days of public meetings in Roswell Wednesday and Thursday at the Roswell Inn to discuss highway projects including Main Street repairs estimated at 75 000 to 100 000 dollars using recycled materials and a 1 inch overlay via Roto-Mills Profiler process. State Highway Engineer James A. Bird will brief commissioners and formal business will occur Thursday.
Rose Villareal announces a two day cheer clinic at Goddard High School from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. The event is for Roswell area middle and high school girls with a $2.50 entry fee and lunch sold each day.
Eddy County Agent Dan Liesner reports record sales at the Artesia fair and junior livestock auction. Total receipts reached 48 418 dollars from 82 transactions involving FFA and 4 H members. The three day event featured rodeo make ups after a rainout and crowned grand champions including Bobby Hunlick and Eugene Rogers.
The Friendship Force plans an organizational meeting at 10 a.m. Monday in the Civic Room of Pioneer Savings and Trust on Fourth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Ray Campbell, the area chairman, invites people of all ages to join the volunteer program that arranges exchanges between U.S. residents and foreign city residents. Each international trip costs 250 dollars.
The Roswell Daily Record invites readers to submit hot news tips for a weekly $10 reward. Call 622-7710 or mail tips to Roswell Daily Record P O Box 1897 Roswell NM 88201.
Ruidoso couple Ron D. Britton and his wife were jailed on 50 000 bond and scheduled to appear before Judge James Wheeler in Magistrate Court on charges of criminal child abuse connected to the death of their 17 month old daughter Raquel. The infant died after a Friday afternoon emergency room visit with head injuries cited by the Albuquerque Medical Investigator’s office as the cause.
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