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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1977
Page
2
Cheryl Ladd will join the trio already on Charlie's Angels on ABC TV. She will play the younger sister of Farrah Fawcett Majors in the new series which begins filming June 1.
Sen. John Tower of Texas and Washington attorney Lilla Burt Cummings wed in a ceremony at Southern Methodist University. Tower, 51, chairs the Senate Republican Leadership Conference. his previous marriage ended six months ago. Cummings, 48, former member of the District of Columbia zoning board of adjustment. The Rev. David Switzer performed the ceremony.
Gloria Steinem campaigned in Miami urging support for a county ordinance outlawing discrimination against homosexuals. She criticized Anita Bryant for opposing the measure and warned women who seek rights may be labeled lesbians. Voters face a repeal decision on June 7.
Doctors Hospital in Memphis files a circuit court suit to recover about $16,400 for care provided to singer Jerry Lee Lewis and his wife. The suit cites 18 hospital visits from March 1976 to May 3, 1977, for emergency and long term care, unpaid.
Stunned entertainer John Davidson said the magnitude of the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire tragedy in Southgate Ky, which claimed at least 159 lives, overwhelmed him as he was due to perform there. Lewis's doctor Hall Wor thington listed gall bladder surgery and chronic illnesses in 1976 with multiple hospital visits this year.
Television commentator Howard K. Smith received an honorary degree at Lehigh University commencement. He said graduates face a mild recession but no Watergate trauma, expressing measured optimism about their ability to handle long term problems.
A crystal chandelier bought in 1873 by Ulysses Grant currently sits in the Capitol’s Johnson Room. the Senate asks the White House to extend a loan while Carter seeks to resolve the dispute. The clash pits Capitol architects against the White House curator over the chandelier’s proper location and restoration.
Courage Leonard Woodcock, former UAW president, called on Congress on Sunday to show courage and overhaul Social Security while establishing a national health program for all Americans.
Roswell resident Ernest J. Mendoza 41 received the May employee of the month award in a City Hall ceremony. An equipment operator in the Sewer and Water Department for 19 years he and his wife Theresa live at 1411 S. Jackson Drive with eight children and three grandchildren.
Three Roswell businesses joined the Roswell Chamber of Development and Commerce in the past month per the May Roswell Report. New members include John Burson agent at 743 Petroleum Building Great Southwest Aviation Inc Roswell Industrial Air Center owners Bob Davenport Art Gatewood and Bob Johnson and Pugs Buddy Shop 906 West McGaffey Street owner Pub Garner.
In a fresh decrease, Ethiopia's Marxist government ordered 32 Americans and family members to leave Addis Ababa. The U S Embassy said the group includes 20 staff, six or seven Marines, and six military attaches, with seven days to depart.
Local Roswell newspaper lists publishing staff and multiple subscription prices for carriers and mail within and outside New Mexico. It also notes second class postage and AP ownership rights for local news and dispatches.
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