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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1976
Page
2
A Stockholm municipal tax court rejected Cinematograph. The film production company, once owned by Ingmar Bergman, faced retroactive tax on its 1971 income. Bergman had left Sweden in April amid harassment claims against tax authorities.
Helmut Schmidt led a German television man of the year survey with 20 percent of 2,000 respondents naming him the most important personality of 1976. Henry Kissinger followed with 15 percent while Mao Tse tung received 14 percent. Ford trailed Mao and Carter ranked eighth behind Brezhnev.
Poet and novelist James Dickey 53 wed Deborah Dodson 25, a former student, in a Columbia civil ceremony. Dodson recently earned her undergraduate degree at the University of South Carolina where Dickey is poet in residence. Dickey plans a California honeymoon.
Arthur Fletcher, deputy assistant to President Ford on urban affairs, predicted at a Topeka press conference that he will win the national Republican chairmanship when the GOP National Committee votes January 14. Fletcher, 52, is the highest ranking black official in the Nixon era administration and eyes Richard as his closest rival.
Utah State Republican chairman says neither he nor Richards currently hold the 75 votes needed for election. The stalled leadership race leaves the party awaiting a breakthrough at the convention.
The House Committee on Assassinations seeks a 6.5 million dollar budget for 1977 as it prepares a 26 page report on King and Kennedy killings. James Earl Ray claims in a letter he would testify that he was framed by the FBI and local police and coerced by his lawyer to plead guilty. Ray’s Washington attorney says he may bar committee access to his client in prison.
Southwestern Public Service Co will invest over 500 million dollars in new equipment and improvements over five years. Expenditures in 1977 run about 84.5 million with 84.5 to 116.5 million yearly through 1981. Two coal fired Harrington units add 700,000 kilowatts, boosting capacity near 3.5 million kilowatts.
Federal tax revisions loom large as new rates and exemptions kick in on January 1 1977. Heirs must value estates as of December 31 1976 and capital gains rules change. Seniors gain higher residence sale exemptions, IRAs offer spouse benefits, Social Security taxes rise for high earners, and elderly workers get a higher earnings threshold before benefits are cut. Veterans education benefits and CB radio channel expansion also arrive with the new year.
Deputies continued the search for a husband and wife believed to be involved in the robbery and beating of Riley Skinner near Roswell. They may be traveling in a 1971 gray Ford Torino with NM plate BRN-038, though the license number was later corrected.
The notice urges pricing properties within five percent of fair market value to attract buyers and maximize sale price. It warns overpricing harms sale prospects and time. invites readers to visit the office for guidance. In Roswell there were multiple police reports of window damage and theft with losses above one hundred dollars.
Eastwood High School basketball ran away with an 80 35 win over Roswell High. Darold Molix led Eastwood with 21 points while Roswell’s Steve Carlton had 14 and Pat Harris 10. Roswell falls to 8 4 with next game Tuesday in Artesia.
The New York market rose broadly with the Dow at 1,002.24, up 3.15, in active trading. Gainers outpaced losers about two to one on the NYSE, led by Bandag with a 95,000 share block traded at 17.
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