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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1977
Page
2
Ingmar Bergman plans a return to Sweden next summer to direct August Strindberg's The Dance of Death at the Royal Dramatic Theater, marking his first post exile project.
Harold Hughes, ex Iowa governor and senator, will portray himself in a movie adaptation of Born Again. The film covers Charles Colson's prison conversion and is directed by Irving Rapper with Dean Jones as Colson. Colson credits Hughes with helping awaken his faith and persuaded him to take the role.
Shirley Temple Black, former U.S. ambassador to Ghana, faults the Carter administration on SALT talks Cuba policy and women diplomats. She notes cruise missile limits and Soviet backfire bomber access while Cuba’s moves in Africa draw concern. Mondale says new duties shift to his office.
The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions elected Maurice B. Mitchell, chancellor of the University of Denver, to succeed the late Robert M. Hutchins as its president. The board of directors announced the Friday decision in Santa Barbara.
Mit chell, in Santa Barbara for appointment confirmation, was expected to assume the new post after January 1. The former Encyclopedia Britannica president helped set up joint research projects with Hutchins when the center opened in 1959.
Los Angeles police question Bennett Merrett a 26 year old clothing salesman from Hesperia in connection with the Hillside Strangler killings Merrett is held on a 20000 bail on separate robbery and rape charges He will be in a lineup next week as investigators pursue the case alongside the discovery of new victims and linked evidence including a Cadillac with women’s clothing found in the suspect’s car
Four people died when two small planes collided in flight near Freeway Airport northwest of Tucson. Victims were Robert Hoadley and Mary and Paul Putnam of Mesa and Charles Doaks Jr. of Tucson. Hoadley piloted one plane. Doaks was flying a Blue Yonder Aviation plane.
Former President Gerald R. Ford says the 1974 War Powers Act was a serious mistake that will come back to haunt the nation. He criticizes constitutional overreach, impracticality, and notes Congress failed to be reachable during a Vietnam evacuation.
Roswell sculptor Rogers Aston will present an eight figure bronze titled Rio Grande Heritage to Gov. Jerry Apodaca at 2 p.m. Thursday in the New Mexico Capitol Santa Fe. The piece honors Apache Comanche Conquistador Mexican and Anglo contributions to state heritage. Aston previously showcased The Final Moment at the West Point Museum and Fort Riley. He also earned the Service to Freedom Award for The Revolutionary Soldier.
Irish Republican Army commander Seamus Twomey, a top wanted guerrilla, was captured after a Dublin suburb car chase. In Northern Ireland a bombing wounded 22 in Dungannon and gunmen ambushed a police patrol, causing a shootout with no injuries.
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