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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1978
Page
2
The former counterculture figure Abbie Hoffman, wanted for cocaine selling charges, is reportedly planning to surface under an assumed identity after more than four years underground, according to Newsweek.
The Canadian Bar Association proposes a constitutional shift to replace the monarch with an elected Canadian head of state chosen by a House of Commons majority for a six year term. President Jacques Viau stresses personal neutrality toward monarchy amid discussions with premiers including Rene Levesque.
President Carter, greeting Missouri football players in Columbia, nearly makes his aide cough up the national security football. He then passes the ball to the aide who carries the black box containing codes used to launch a nuclear attack.
Geneva AP reports Jeremy Thorpe, former leader of Britain's Liberal Party, steps away amid ongoing political and legal troubles. The ex-leader faces past controversies while seeking renewed public life.
A British spokesman says an unnamed individual sought respite by making a private visit to Switzerland as legal troubles continue. Details remain undisclosed.
Mission said Thorpe 49 and Marion arrived Monday for a brief Swiss stay before tours. Thorpe and three others were charged 11 days earlier with conspiring to murder former model Norman Scott. He resigned Liberal leadership in May 1976 after Scott alleged a 1960s relationship and persecution claims which Thorpe denies.
Lillian Carter, mother of the president, turned 80 with a surprise party in Plains. Maxine Reese recalled the lively mood as about 200 guests greeted her at the Plains railroad depot after a return trip from Chicago.
Three leading pathologists examined bullet fragments and tissue from Martin Luther King Jr. as the House committee probes the Memphis assassination. Dr. Michael Baden, Dr. John Coe, and Dr. Joseph Davis aim to trace the bullet’s path and whether it came from a source other than the bathroom window across from King's motel.
Gen Alfredo Stroessner starts his sixth term in Paraguay as opposition groups boycott the inauguration. President Carter snubs the event, and while the regime touts stability, calls for reforms and greater press freedom rise among dissidents. About 24 prisoners remain jailed from a 1976 crackdown.
Lynn Pierson, 27, a leukemia patient who helped NM lawmakers legalize marijuana for medical purposes, died at the VA Hospital in Albuquerque. He had been in critical condition with internal bleeding and respiratory arrest. Pierson lobbied the 1978 Legislature for the program allowing low cost marijuana for glaucoma and cancer patients. He said he used marijuana to ease chemotherapy symptoms and was approved by a state board on July 10. He claimed to smoke up to five cigarettes daily.
New York stocks fell at midday with the Dow down 4.42 to 883.75 as the dollar sank to record lows against the Swiss franc, German mark and yen. Gold prices climbed to new highs while Texaco led active trades at 26.5.
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