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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1978
Page
2
Helen Reddy files in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging Capitol Records failed to pay royalties and expenses totaling 1.7 million dollars. The suit accuses the label of withholding funds and seeks recovery and related relief.
Former Chancellor Willy Brandt, recovering from a mild heart attack, travels to Hyeres near Toulon for treatment at a heart center. He left a Bonn clinic on Christmas Eve and will stay until February 20 before moving to Lake Geneva for a working vacation.
World chess champion Anatoly Karpov was named winner of the Dame award in the Federation of Soviet Sports Journalists annual poll. He sent Brezhnev honored him with the Order of the Red Banner of Labor. High jumper Vladimir Yushchenko ranked second with world records this year.
Seton Hall University’s WSOU FM pulled Billy Joel’s Only the Good Die Young from the air citing anti Catholic lyrics. Station director Kevin Hislop noted the student run station is licensed to the university and airs with a 2000 watt signal.
Rex Harrison, famed for My Fair Lady, married Mercia Tinker a December 17 ceremony announced by his publicist. The Singapore native met the actor in Monte Carlo in 1975, and he was then starring on Broadway in The Kingfisher.
In Moscow AP report Karpov is named Soviet Sportsman of the Year with runners up including a high jumper a gymnast and a swimmer also cited in the selection.
Amid intense clashes in Tehran, Shapour Bakhtiar accepted the shah’s mandate to form a civilian government within three days as violence continued. The shah rejects abdication and seeks a constitutional monarch role once civilian rule is set. Washington weighs a Navy task force to deter foreign intervention.
New York stock prices drifted in the final session of 1978 with the Dow Jones industrial average up 69 to 806.65 at noon. Broader NYSE issues showed a slight edge for gainers, while Federal Reserve weekly money supply figures noted a $100 million rise.
The Office of Management and Budget proposes closing Roswell and Clayton weather stations among 62 nationwide, sparking a fight led by Senator Pete Domenici. NOAA counters with 22 expendable sites, eight east of the Mississippi, with the plan awaiting the President's State of the Union address.
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