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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1978
Page
2
The Detroit City Council votes to honor ex boxing champion Joe Louis by naming the new sports arena after the “Brown Bomber.” The move elevates Louis’s legacy in the city’s athletic landscape.
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend daughter of Robert F. Kennedy joined about 40 demonstrators outside a Santa Fe home where Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza was entertained by a local judge and his wife during Somoza five day visit to New Mexico.
The smuggling trial of Carlo Ponti and Sophia Loren is postponed to October with trial in absentia. Defense lawyers secured more time to study the case as Loren remains abroad after customs detained art in her luggage and alleged illegal export charges surface.
Amy Carter was onboard a Southern Railway passenger train that struck and killed a 15 year old boy who ran across the tracks early Saturday in High Point North Carolina. White House aide Jim Parks said Amy was asleep at the time.
Reported plans for Princess Caroline to wed Phillipe Junet on June 28, expected crowd around 300, with 4 600 guests invited to the reception. A separate accident near High Point station involved a train on the Washington to Atlanta route, delaying 48 minutes. The deceased is Elijah Earl Dingle of High Point, struck while following companions who crossed ahead of the unlit tracks.
Actress Elizabeth Taylor, 46, is hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles for treatment of a viral infection. She contracted the illness while filming a Hallmark Hall of Fame television special, a program spokesman said.
Charlene Ashcraft, drum majorette, says a petition circulated among Roswell High School band members after WD Bill Maxey left as band director. She reports about 7 percent of roughly 120 band members had signed within days, signaling discord over the transfer.
National crime statistics show drops in large cities with over a million and evolving trends in smaller centers. In Manhattan and Detroit, 1977–78 data indicate substantial declines in robberies, burglaries, and assaults, with officials attributing gains partly to shifting demographics and renewed downtown development.
Aimed at youths 10 to 17, the Junior Humane Society invites attendance Tuesday at 6 30 p m at 808 W 8th. The group will promote animal care through shelter work pet shows hospital visits and educational projects with details via 622 8950.
Roswell police and the New Mexico MVD launched a STEP program funded by a 20000 grant to target drunk drivers. Extra patrols, focused hours, and aggressive observation reduced February 1978 accidents to 87 from 118 in 1977, with nine fewer accidents in March 1978.
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