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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1978
Page
2
Actor Jack Albertson, who had intestinal surgery at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, is up and walking and expected to return soon to the Grandpa Goes to Washington production. The update notes his progress and crew timetable.
William Carter Spann, nephew of President Carter, says he hopes for a pardon if President Carter grants clemency to Patricia Hearst. Spann is at California Medical Facility Vacaville serving a 10 years to life term for a San Francisco bar robbery, nearly three years into his sentence. He notes he did not rob a bank and requests mercy from his uncle.
Spann notes he has served more time than Miss Hearst and questions fairness. Dinah Shore will be presented a special award by the Academy of Pediatrics for outstanding contributions to child health programs.
In Arlington Texas Billy Martin reportedly watched the Yankees race to the American League East title by beating the Red Sox while Martin was said to be hunting in North Dakota and unreachable by phone.
Emmy award winning actress Meryl Streep married artist sculptor Donald Gummer at her parents home on Mason's Island Mystic Connecticut. The couple resides in New York City. Streep is cited as Best Actress in a Limited Series for Holocaust as Inga.
The article states Mick Jagger is unsure if he is the father of actress Marsha Hunt's daughter Karis while recognizing his daughter Jade with estranged wife Bianca. It notes NBC aired a miniseries portraying European Jewish suffering under the Nazis.
Quebec Premier Rene Levesque wrapped up a low profile goodwill tour in Los Angeles after visits to San Francisco and Chicago. He seeks American backing to help sell Quebec self-government to provincial voters.
CHICAGO AP A South Side artist, Mike Baur, 27, told police he chained two metal sculptures in his back yard and let them rust. Scrap dealers driving by mistook the heaps for junk, admiring the unexpected art.
Washington Star reports economist Peter Gutmann of Baruch College estimates the unreported underground sector at 10 percent of GNP or about $195 billion, arguing it distorts unemployment data and policy. He cites off the books cash work and tax avoidance as drivers and notes up to 2 percent of the labor force may be involved.
New York AP notes a quiet session with the Dow up 0.69 to 872.05 at noon. Gainers lead 7 to 5 on NYSE with Lucky Stores rising 16 on a 234 000-share block. Food Fair falls 1 to 2 after Chapter 11 filing. NYSE composite gains 0.16 to 58.04. Amex market index up 0.11 to 169.65. volume 4.26 million shares.
Theodore Robert Bundy, 31, accused of first degree murder in the slayings of two FSU sorority sisters at Chi Omega, faces trial in Tallahassee under heavy security and a leg brace after escaping from jails. Authorities link him to 21 suspected murders across five states and he faces another murder trial in four weeks in Lake City.
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