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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1977
Page
2
Billy Carter will judge a belly flop and cannonball diving contest in Vancouver next month. The event is billed as the World Belly Flop and Cannonball Diving Championships, promoted by Tom Butler for July 23. Butler did not disclose Carter's pay.
Rev Bruce Edwards, who sparked a 1970s Georgia church furor by pushing for black members, will lead Makakilo Baptist Church in Hawaii after resigning Plains congregation in February. He departs in July and says no grudges remain about the earlier resistance.
American stars Dustin Hoffman for Marathon Man and Sylvester Stallone for Rocky were named best foreign actors. Faye Dunaway won best actress for Network. Jody Foster received a special award as leading promising actress. ceremony set for Taormina on July 23.
Former Georgia governor Lester Maddox, once a segregationist, is signed by NBC for a September guest appearance in a comedy special. He will perform with Bobby Lee Fears, whom Maddox pardoned as governor, in an act titled The Governor and the Dishwasher.
London leaders opened an eight day Commonwealth summit condemning white minority regimes in southern Africa. All eyes on Uganda's Idi Amin and Seychelles leader James Mancham, absent amid a coup. Callaghan urged black majorities gain political power, warning gun use will be judged right if reforms stall.
South Moluccan gunmen holding 53 hostages on a hijacked Dutch train agreed to reengage mediators Josina Soumakil and Dr Hassan Tan after five hours of cabinet talks in The Hague. One hostage, Theo van Hattem, was released for medical care.
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved annexing 30 acres at the northwest corner of Kentucky Avenue and Mescalero Road, requested by Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Marshall of Roswell, with City Council final approval set for July. It also barred new commercial permits on the east side of Sunset Avenue south of Hendricks Street to protect the residential area. The commission allowed Floyd Beagles Jr. to run his trailer business at 2600 W. Second St. through 1977.
A 6:30 p.m. workshop at the Poe Corn Recreation Center educates on permanent damage from spray paint abuse. Teatro de Chihuahuila presents Los Sniffers with media, discussions, and literature. contact Milo Garcia at 623-1828 for details.
The notice lists monthly and longer term mail rates for within state and out of state subscriptions. It notes second class postage paid at Roswell New Mexico and states the Associated Press right to reproduce local news and AP dispatches.
Prices advanced on the New York Stock Exchange led by gainers over losers by 2 to 1. The Dow Jones average rose 1.35 to 910.02 at noon as Federal National Mortgage stayed at 15. The NYSE composite gained .11 to 53.48 and the American exchange index rose .30 to 113.64.
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