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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1976
Page
2
Raymond Avrutis of Washington DC hands out calling cards offering a $100 reward for information leading to full time employment. He has been jobless 32 years and authored a book titled How to Collect Unemployment Benefits.
Jack Ford will visit the University of Illinois in Champaign on Tuesday to bolster his father President Ford's Republican presidential bid. A Ford campaign committee says he will hold a news conference and speak in a campus residence hall followed by a Q and A.
An Acapulco Princess Hotel mystery guest, reportedly Howard Hughes, sent eight aides to Honolulu in a private plane to buy a cake. He plans a campaign on a ten speed bicycle in April, aiming to raise 500 dollars and win roughly 10 000 votes to stir public thought.
Frank Perkins 19 of Weiser Idaho is perched atop a flagpole in San Jose for 274 days claiming a record. He plans to stay until the Fourth of July as a contribution to the nation's bicentennial celebration.
Georgia State University archaeologist Roy Dickens digs through Atlanta trash with construction crews to uncover daily life of past residents. He highlights a 19th century dump yielding bottles and chicken bones as key artifacts showing how ordinary workers shaped the city.
Rep Wilbur Mills of Arkansas announces retirement from Congress saying a re election bid would trigger a relapse into drinking. He cites private polls suggesting he cannot be renominated and plans to announce by March 9 when filings open.
Jimmy Arrowood, 43, one of 97 presidential candidates filed with the FEC, advocates a new campaigning method by bicycle. Arrowood works as a house painter and filling-station attendant and says he plans to ride to meetings to reach voters.
Federal and local police ran a covert fencing ring at a warehouse named The Sting. The operation netted 2.4 million dollars in five months with 60 guests arrested at a warehouse party. Assistant U.S. Attorney Donald E. Robinson Jr. faced bribery charges and was dismissed. Loot included 1,500 stolen credit cards 460 HUD checks 225 typewriters and calculators 700 savings bonds 18 vehicles and other items. HUD checks valued at 1.2 million were sold for 750 thousand.
New York investors see stocks retreat after an early rally fizzles. The Dow Jones average falls to 940.01 at midday as concern grows over rising interest rates after Citibank lifts its prime rate to 6.5 percent and whispers of a 7 percent loan charge surface. Merrill Lynch leads activity on the Big Board with a sharp gain from a double rise since New Year’s.
The Chaves County Commission will meet at 1 30 p m Tuesday in the County Courthouse for its regular monthly session. Items on the agenda include possibly setting a date for the Eastern New Mexico Medical Center improvement bond issue.
The Roswell NWS says February set a record average temperature of 53.3 degrees, the highest since 1905, about 10.4 degrees above normal. Roswell also logged a record 18 days with highs at or above 70 degrees.
The Roswell Independent School District to hold a regular monthly meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday at Monterrey Elementary School 910 W Gayle St. Items include bid approvals for cafeteria foods and supplies drapes for the ESC and PE supplies. The board will discuss CD investments totaling 459 000 across four banks. A separate session will convene Wednesday at 9 a m in the Roswell administration board room 200 E Chisum St.
Roswell resident Richard Wollard aged 18 is held in Chaves County Jail awaiting arraignment after Orange County California authorities arrested him Thursday for burglary and larceny over 2500 dollars in Roswell. Police have not released the date of the alleged crimes. He was transferred to Roswell Friday night by sheriff’s officials.
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