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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1976
Page
2
Actor Fred MacMurray, 68, was admitted to Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, Oregon earlier this week with acute bronchitis, hospital officials said Wednesday.
Sam Houston Johnson, 62, brother of the late President Lyndon B Johnson, was in stable condition in intensive care after Monday surgery for a lung tumor at St. David's Community Hospital in Austin.
Carl Bernstein announced his resignation from the Washington Post to focus on writing after January 1. Nora Ephron, senior editor at Esquire, told a Brown University audience the feminist movement lacks leadership and has failed to help women define their roles in society.
Johnny Cash announced plans to tape another Christmas show next year after previously calling his CBS Christmas special the worst in TV history. He said he is not through with television and noted the program was the No 1 show in its time slot.
Former astronaut James Lovell is named president of Fisk Telephone Systems in Houston effective January 1. Rex Grey board chairman and Lloyd Davis announces the appointment with Davis moving to chairman of the executive committee.
In Ndjamena Bokassa declares court etiquette new rule requiring anyone who meets him to bow from six paces away. Respondents must say Yes Imperial Majesty when answering affirmatively and avoid a brutal no if answering negatively.
Roswell police report a December uptick in burglaries while advising neighbors to watch each other’s homes. Readily available items stolen include a gold jewelry box, a color TV, two rifles, a portable radio, lamps, a clock, two chairs, and a white 1970 Plymouth Duster. Many losses exceed $100.
Dusty Davis of New Mexico Military Institute earns 1976 National Junior College Athletic Association First Team All American honors for a 3 7 Broncos season. Davis, center and utility lineman from Muleshoe Texas, joins Ricky Smallwood as a Bronco All American and signed to play four year school football at Missouri.
Senator Pete Domenici criticizes a House Democratic vote to strip the Joint Atomic Energy Committee of bill writing power. The move dissolves JAEC authority, shifting duties to four other panels and browns NM energy influence. Representative Manuel Lujan, a JAEC member, vows to pursue other committees. Environmentalists have long challenged the JAEC as pro nuclear.
The noon Dow rose 5.82 to 969.08 as gainers outpaced losers by more than two to one on the NYSE. Investors, buoyed by Carter economic plans, awaited a meeting with 14 corporate executives to discuss stimulus ideas. Occidental Petroleum led activity, trading 214 with 14.17 million shares in two hours.
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