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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1969
Page
13
Hollywood interview highlights Fonda's insistence he is his own man. He recalls facing script rejections, forming Easy Rider with Hopper, and critics wary of its drug themes. He notes some studio support yet warns against generalizing his generation.
The parcel post weight limit will increase to 40 pounds for shipments between first class post offices after July 1. The maximum between larger post offices rises from 30 to 40 pounds in the third through eighth parcel post zones. Local and zone one two shipments stay at 40 pounds with 72 inch length girth limit for all first class offices remains 72 inches. Smaller offices and rural or star routes keep 70 pounds with 100 inch combined length and girth. The July 1 1970 and 1971 increases will lift length and girth to 78 and 84 inches for shipments between first class post offices.
TV Time previews list NBC and ABC programming for 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. including I Dream of Jeannie The Case of My Vanishing Master rerun, The Avengers The Living Dead, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In guest Flip Wilson, Monday Night at the Movies Banning starring Robert Wagner, The Outcasts The Man From Bennington rerun, and Carol Burnett Presents the Jimmie Rodgers Show with Kay Stevens. The guide notes color broadcasts and reruns.
Sgt Calvin L Spangler of Ormond Beach Fla serves in the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing at Beale AFB Calif. His unit earned the U S Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for proficiency during the final SR-71 evaluation. He is a Mainland High School graduate. his wife Patricia is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Shaw of Roswell.
Quotable quotes from women last week include Mrs Nixon denying nagging, Mrs Graham about competition, Elaine Donovan on being only woman in crowds, Naomi Sims on black models, Patricia Carbine on women's interests, and Mrs Kemper Campbell on aging Gracefully.
William R. Campbell of Roswell, a University of Arizona student pursuing government and German, has been initiated into the UA chapter of Delta Phi Alpha, the national German honorary. He also belongs to Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Eta Sigma, and is a 1965 Roswell High School graduate, son of Mr and Mrs William W Campbell of Roswell.
Midshipman Third Class Gary R. Rogers of Roswell reports aboard the USS McKean in Long Beach California for an eight week summer cruise with the Pacific Midshipman Training Squadron. He will train as a potential line officer aboard the destroyer and stand watches in Operations Weapons and Engineering. The squadron will visit San Diego Long Beach San Francisco Vancouver and Pearl Harbor.
Chief Petty Officer Wayne Crenshaw, son of Mrs. Margaret Crenshaw of 1015 S Lea, serves on the USS Yorktown and has relatives in Tulsa and Prairie Grove. His wife Barbara and sons are in San Antonio. In other news, 70 delegates to New Mexico's constitutional convention are slated for a pre-convention briefing in Santa Fe on July 15, with Gov. David Cargo chairing the planning commission and experts on constitutional revision expected to participate.
AP article notes Nielsen study on summer and winter viewing shows rerun audiences shrink but not as sole factor. It cites costs of production, limited year round work for creative teams, and estimates per show costs. Also mentions average TV use time rose in winter and fell in summer. ending with a live ABC broadcast of the U S Women's Open final moments during a storm.
Bardstown Kentucky mourns as four members of Battery C 138th Artillery are killed in a Vietnam attack. Names include David Collins Ronald Simpson James Moore and Joseph Mellvoy all from Bardstown or Willisburg. A mourning period is set through July 4 with a memorial service planned at a high school auditorium.
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