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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1978
Page
2
Ella Fitzgerald sent a $2000 donation to the Ibis orphanage in Ostend Belgium, received by mail as a complete surprise. The singer had performed at a gala last July to raise about $5000 for the same orphanage.
The American Guild of Variety Artists named Totie Fields Entertainer of the Year and female comedy star of the year in Las Vegas. The 8,000 member guild has presented awards for eight years and announced other 1977 honors earlier. The ceremony was hosted by Jackie Gleason.
Pianist Vladimir Horowitz performed at Carnegie Hall with the New York Philharmonic led by Eugene Ormandy in a benefit for the orchestra. The concert marked Horowitzs 50 year American debut milestone and raised $168000, with $250 per box seat.
Donald Woods, the exiled editor of East London Daily Dispatch, predicts a 24 million strong black uprising against the white South African government within three years unless racial policies change. He says blacks could overtake whites in up to 20 years, and urges Western/Western aid reconsideration, with possible shifts toward Moscow and Beijing if aid stops. He spoke with ABC-TV in London.
A Roswell man, Ray Contreras, was shot in the arm when several bullets struck his home early Sunday. He was treated and released from St. Mary’s Hospital. Police report multiple weekend property damage incidents including windows shot with an air gun and a broken windshield.
Wayne Scott 62, longtime New Mexico newsman and state official, died at St. Vincent Hospital Santa Fe from a cerebral hemorrhage after a brief illness. He served as executive assistant in charge of public affairs for the Health and Social Services Department since June 14 1976 and spent 38 years at the Albuquerque Journal. He is survived by his wife Faye daughter Jeannine Jinks sister Evelyn Nohrn and brothers. Governor Apodaca called him a man of integrity noting his work to improve public reputation of the agency and state government.
The Chaves County Commissioners will hold a regular business meeting at 1 30 p m Tuesday in the commissioners room of the Chaves County Courthouse They will discuss the Southeastern New Mexico Economic Development District board members for 1978 and a resolution transferring ownership of furniture and assets to the District Court clerk offices chambers and courtrooms.
A correction to the Senior Events Calendar notes that the Hi Neighbors Bus Tour on January 25 at 8 30 a m now reads Charge is 11 per person not including lunch.
The New York market extended its January decline with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping 10.31 to 783.18 by noon as rates rise and investors flee to bonds. The NYSE composite index fell to 50.14, while the Fed boosted the discount rate to 62 percent and banks lifted prime rates to 8 percent, signaling tighter liquidity and a wary outlook for equities.
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