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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1978
Page
2
Actor John Wayne, noticeably 35 pounds lighter and sounding decades younger, enjoys sunning on his yacht the Wild Goose and says he feels better than in years.
Senator Alan Cranston and Norma Weintraub married at the Torrance home of Los Angeles Superior Court Judge John Shidler. The 63 year old senator and 58 year old Weintraub, co chairwoman of Women For a Los Angeles, each have two sons. After a weekend honeymoon they will return to Washington.
The Shah of Iran and Empress Farah visit Budapest for a four day state tour. They receive honorary degrees from Eotvos Lorand University praised for reforms and cultural cooperation. Hungarian leaders attend the gala as the couple plans provincial tours before returning home.
Vice President Walter Mondale said Carter’s comments on doctors and lawyers were an appeal not an attack. He noted Carter asked lawyers to help provide affordable legal services for modest incomes during a West Coast trip, speaking at Minneapolis-St Paul Airport.
Garland Grant, 27, pleads guilty to threatening the Milwaukee to Havana flight crew. He says Cuban guards tormented him, losing an eye in a prison fight and suffering chest bayonet wounds. He notes Americans no longer hijack to Cuba, cites harsher punishment. Sentencing set for June 6.
The Conquistador Council Boy Scouts invite guests to a 2 to 4 p.m. open house at the Scout Service Center 2603 N. Aspen Ave. in Roswell to view the remodeled center with a self service area. New carpeting and paneling, a work room, storage and filing space improve access to manuals badges camping gear and literature. Maynard Shearer and local leaders will conduct opening ceremonies.
City police reported vandalism at the Dodge dealership lot and Frontier Motors at 1401 S Main St. Ten tires were found flattened and several private vehicles nearby were damaged on Saturday.
An APA delegation of about 20 US physicists planned to attend the US Soviet Symposium on Condensed Matter Theory near Moscow but canceled the trip in protest of dissident Yuri Orlov receiving seven years in a labor camp and five years’ exile for anti-Soviet agitation based on documents he distributed to Western reporters and embassies.
Two Soviet UN officials were arrested on espionage charges in New Jersey for allegedly obtaining classified anti submarine warfare data. A third Soviet UN mission official with diplomatic immunity was named as co conspirator.
Police report details a Roswell incident where Charles B John forgot his coat and hat at the Roswell Industrial Air Center and found them missing upon return. Other Friday thefts include tools from a storage shed, a stolen billfold at Durb's Fruit Market, and a ransacked home of John Lewis with the back door open.
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