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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1979
Page
2
Critics and backers form competing committees ABC and NBC mocking Franklin Church as the 1980 campaign approaches. The article notes a media heavy battleground with networks tipped to play a major role.
Waclaw Olejniczak a 73 year old from Husum West Germany drifted for three days and nights in a tiny lifeboat with only water after his yacht Challenger sank off Denmark. He survived despite cramps from kneeling and was hospitalized then cared for at a seamen's home. The young West Berlin passenger and the dog perished.
Glynn Wolfe of Blythe California, famed as the Most Married Man in the World, wed Maria Chavez Wolfe in a brief civil ceremony renewing vows for wife number 23. He has fathered about 40 children and lists his age as 71. The ceremony took place at the marriage commissioner Winfield Rush office after she arrived at his Blythe home two months earlier claiming pregnancy.
Gregory calls for jail reform in Georgia as he recounts a seven day hunger strike in a south Georgia jail. He says prisons tend to create criminals rather than rehabilitate and urges officials to address the larger system problem beyond Reidsville. His 20 day sentence for defying a court order was commuted by a Tattnall County judge.
President Carter sails down the Mississippi aboard the Delta Queen avoiding questions on U N Ambassador Andrew Young's criticism of U S policy toward the PLO. Young, who resigned after an unauthorized meeting with a PLO representative, challenges administration policy and presses for change.
The Albuquerque Journal asks the U.S. Supreme Court to limit an attorney’s access to confidential sources in a 1975 libel suit tied to editorials during Gov. Apodaca’s race. The case involves claims of false links to organized crime and seeks source names from the newspaper.
Intelligence experts praise Israeli capabilities while questioning if Israel bugged the July 26 meeting between Andrew Young and a PLO representative. The State Department denies a detailed account existed, and Young resigns from the U.N. post as inquiries proceed.
Special Judge Fussell orders two women convicted of loitering for prostitution to report to jail from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. for 21 nights, with 30-day suspended sentences and a warning of 60 days in jail for future violations. Police reported the women waved at cars and offered dates.
New York traders pushed stocks higher amid a month long rally. Profit taking appeared limited as high interest rates and double digit inflation weighed on sentiment. Trading remained active across major indices.
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