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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1978
Page
2
Lillian Carter says she will remember how to pronounce Alex Seith after a Chicago brunch when she kept calling him Syth until an aide offered a rhyming peg. The Illinois Democratic Senate hopeful joke and her son Jimmy are mentioned as context.
French actress Brigitte Bardot wrote to Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda condemning Japan as a major seal fur importer and asking if Japanese women must wear such furs. She also denounced the dolphin slaughter by tuna fishermen.
Britain's treasury will raise civil list payments to the royal family by about 10 percent, including Queen Elizabeth II's tax-free annual 3.524 million. Details on who gets increases were not disclosed, while Willie Hamilton cites the fortune at well over 200 million.
The Justice Department asks the Supreme Court to deny Patricia Hearst's bid for a hearing on alleged rights violations during her 1974 Hibernia Bank robbery trial. It notes she waived self incrimination when she testified and remains free on bond while appealing.
Former Soviet army major general Pyotr Grigorenko, who has applied for asylum in the United States, says he hopes to return to his homeland but fears prison or a psychiatric ward if he goes back. He had his citizenship stripped three weeks ago for criticizing Soviet human rights repression.
Former Representative Otto E. Passman of Louisiana was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy bribery and illegal gratuity in a probe into South Korean influence buying on Capitol Hill.
Defense attorney Ken Wilson abruptly ended his case after calling only 2 of 20 subpoenaed witnesses. District Attorney Michael McCormick presented a rebuttal psychologist. Judge John B. Walker recessed after two hours of testimony as experts debated Davis mental state and ability to form criminal intent.
In a Carlsbad District Court trial of Charles B. Davis, 20, prosecutors cited Roswell lawyer Ronald Higginbotham and Virgil Beagles as alleged co partners in crime. Davis faces multiple counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery, extortion and kidnapping related to a botched kidnap at Bottomless Lakes State Park and subsequent shooting. The defense questioned the veracity of a statement by Arthur Lacey, with Beagles threatening a slander suit over claims of a contract on Tessier’s life.
New York AP reports a second straight market drop as the noon Dow falls 2.86 points to 756.76 amid news of a record 21st consecutive monthly US trade deficit. Imports exceed exports by 4.5 billion dollars, the dollar weakens, and analysts anticipate anti inflation steps from President Carter. Volume reaches 8.49 million shares at the Big Board.
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