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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1978
Page
2
President Tito of Yugoslavia will pay an official visit to the United States this week at the invitation of President Jimmy Carter. The trip underscores ongoing U S Yugoslavia ties amid Cold War diplomacy.
Peter Ustinov has joined Danny Kaye and Professor Robert Debr of France as the UN Children's Fund distinguished service award recipients. Secretary General Kurt Waldheim presented the gilded statuette at ceremonies Friday. The actor playwright quipped about his mixed heritage, saying he feels at home with UNICEF.
In Paris the Association for the Promotion of Humor in International Affairs named John Kenneth Galbraith a noble prize winner for his humor in economics and foreign policy. William Proxmire received a booby prize, with a clay feet statue prepared for him though he was absent.
Anita Ekberg, 46, says she returned to show business for fun but ends a Munich nightclub engagement after only three performances at Moulin Rouge. The Swedish star, famed from La Dolce Vita, was booked for five nights at 4000 dollars per appearance amid mixed German press reaction.
Dick Cavett urged a New York Senate panel to financially assist public broadcasting. He testified at Lincoln Center that public TV boosts arts attendance, tourism, and revenue from out of state buyers, citing examples from a Montauk fisherman and a New York City cab driver who were drawn to a television ballet program.
The Federal Election Commission figures show the two major parties raised 24.1 million and spent 22.9 million in 1977. Republicans led with 18.5 million raised and 18 million spent, while Democrats raised 5.6 million and spent 4.9 million, with debt and cash on hand noted for each side.
About 2000 striking farm workers blocked the Rio Grande bridge at Hidalgo amid rising arrivals from across the nation. A notarized pact led to a 30 minute token protest and a peaceful dispersal as police, including Sheriff Brig Marmelejo, watched.
Forty American prisoners in Mexican jails will be flown to San Diego Monday under the prisoner exchange agreement between the United States and Mexico. Eight more were moved from Tijuana to San Diego Friday. 36 Mexicans in U.S. jails will return on the same flight.
Gas Co of New Mexico defends its 4.4 percent rate hike as covering an $8.6 million deficiency with costs tied to a 30-year weather average. Company officials say winter temperatures are averaged, not cited as a direct cause, while inflation and higher operating costs also drive the request. The PSC notes milder weather has reduced revenues, but weather is averaged over 30 years.
US District Judge Willis W. Ritter, the nation's oldest chief federal judge, died of heart failure at 5 p.m. after a year marked by illness and bid to retire him. His death ends a 29 year federal tenure amid Justice Department and Utah challenges to remove him from certain cases. Private funeral plans pending.
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