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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1973
Page
2
The Western sky may reveal Kohoutek with a better view late this month as observers note earlier difficulty spotting the comet. Astronomers report cloudy conditions and seasickness hindered sightings on ships, while January promises improved opportunities to observe the returning comet.
Roswell residents including many young children took hot air balloon flights Sunday at NMMI tethered balloons. Proceeds totaled 46 dollars from 4 dollar throws, benefiting the Louis Day Dusty Hobbs funds. Chief pilot Dick Waggoner and Head Pilot Rolla Hinkle II oversaw the event, which also included a morning balloon bath with a high hose spray.
IRS announces changes in 1973 federal income tax forms and instructions to simplify filing for about 80 million taxpayers. The agency removes the term spouse from instructions and relaxes gift deduction record requirements while urging taxpayers to keep records for audits. Former commissioner Johnnie M Walters had ordered the earlier ban to ease terminology.
The court ruled 6 3 that each claimant must meet federal rules proving at least 16000 damages to file in federal court, denying class action status for two Vermont couples against International Paper over lakefront pollution. Justices dissented saying the limit is unwarranted.
District Court Judge Joseph Ryan allows Lordsburg to appeal a state Human Rights Commission ruling that the city must rehire 17 Spanish named employees. The commission said the city discriminated in pay and promotions as the workers walked off their jobs.
Four demonstrations marked the Boston 200 event with no tea and fake Indians. A Nixon mask march, tar and feathering a Nixon effigy, and maple leaf tosses from a Beaver replica drew about 20 000 spectators. Katherine Kane praised the varied turnout and revolutionary spirit.
A Roswell man, Eddie Miller, 34, was shot in the right arm Sunday night on Sunset Avenue and hospitalized in satisfactory condition. Police also reported arrests including Marlin Mosley on a magistrate warrant for aggravated battery, two Roswell juveniles for auto theft, and multiple shoplifting incidents at Alco Discount Store and J.C. Penney's.
Santa Fe City Councilman Alex V. Padilla 42 died Friday and was buried after 10 a.m. services at St. Francis Cathedral. Padilla part owner of an office machines firm and was elected to the council last year. City offices closed half day for workers to attend services. Survivors include three children, his mother and two brothers.
Princess Anne and Capt. Mark Phillips arrived at Heathrow after their Antigua honeymoon. The couple faced a cold Britain with a fuel power crisis deepened by a coal miners' slowdown. Traffic snarls and blackout conditions greeted them as Buckingham Palace adapted to the ongoing disruptions.
New York stocks opened late as a winter storm delayed trading. The Dow fell to 814.19 at noon while the NYSE and AMEX showed mixed moves amid anticipation of Geneva Arab-Israeli talks. Ethyl Corp led volume, GM rose, and Western Union also advanced as investors awaited news.
Naomi M. White 80 of Roswell died Sunday and graveside services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. in South Park Cemetery. She operated a boarding house in Roswell in the 1920s and 1930s and was a Church of Christ member. Survivors include two daughters Wilma Dudley and Earleen Smitherman, grandsons William and Les Dudley, and five great grandchildren. Ballard Funeral Home in charge. Also noted is the death of Vernon F. Givan 75 of Houston former Roswell resident and Roswell Daily Record foreman. Masonic graveside services were held in Melrose with Steed-Tood Funeral Home in charge. He is survived by wife, a son, a daughter, a sister, three grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
Three persons died in New Mexico traffic incidents on Saturday. Albert H. Begay, 19, of Shiprock, died when his pickup left U S 550 and plunged into an embankment two miles west of Farmington. Oklahoma City women Kate Quiebarth, 75, and Sophie Butler, 70, were killed in a two car crash nine miles west of Hobbs on U S 62 180.
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