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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1977
Page
2
Jana Carter daughter of Billy Carter plans to marry John Theus of Ellaville Georgia on May 21 1978 exactly one year after their first date. Carter says the wedding marks a full year since they began dating.
Evel Knievel's request to delay the remaining five months of his six month jail term for assault was denied. Judge Edward Rafeedie had previously allowed daytime furloughs for Knievel to attend to business after the September 1977 baseball bat attack on television executive Sheldon Saltman.
Liza Minnelli, star of The Act, is ill with flu and bronchial infection causing cancellations of today’s performances. A spokesman said she expects to return Monday after missing six performances. Earlier thefts at Harrah’s Reno saw $6,000 in gowns and accessories stolen from Connie Stevens.
President Anwar Sadat urged withdrawal of Israeli forces from the West Bank and called for Palestinian self determination after meeting Palestinians. He announced Mohamed Ibrahim Kamel as foreign minister and warned critics against undermining peace efforts as Begin prepares a Christmas summit plan offering limited self rule with continued Israeli presence.
Investigators from the Hillside Strangler Task Force were summoned after two young black women were found dead in separate locations, one near the Rose Bowl and the other in the Wilshire District. Two men were arrested for questioning, while a false lead had earlier prompted a Hollywood room-breach.
John D. Ehrlichman, ex-Nixon aide serving 1 year for conspiring to cover up Watergate crimes, was released from Swift Trail Federal Prison for a five day Christmas furlough joining 14 other inmates. Fellow detainee included former Oklahoma governor David Hall who faces four concurrent three year terms for corruption in office.
Honeymooning in Miami on Friday, 59 year old E Howard Hunt and his bride Laura Martin, a former Georgia schoolteacher, began their second marriages. Ehrlichman left reporters in a waiting crowd, with prison officials not naming the woman or the couple s destination.
The California Court of Appeal dismissed Angelina Genaro Alioto's appeal of the 1977 dissolution of her 36 year marriage to former San Francisco Mayor Joseph L Alioto, clearing the way for his marriage to Kathleen Sullivan.
Retired Air Force Col. Albert Runyan recalls Christmas 1969 in Albuquerque during his seven years as a prisoner of war after being shot down in 1966. He says mass with armed guards nearby was a rare moment of faith, and a six line letter confirmed his survival to his wife on Christmas Eve 1969.
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