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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1976
Page
2
Cesar Chavez praised Earl L. Butz resignation as a positive turn for farm workers. Chavez described the move as great and suggested it would aid United Farm Workers and their cause.
Earl Gordy Carter, two days old, is presumed a Democrat though ineligible to vote. Born Sunday afternoon to Sybil Spires Carter, wife of Billy and sister-in-law of presidential nominee Jimmy Carter, Earl Gordy weighed eight pounds four ounces as the second son for the Carters.
Shirley Temple Black, former ambassador to Ghana and Ford's chief of protocol, asserts American policy in Africa is morally impeccable. She voices optimism about Washington and notesElizabeth Ray arrives in Chicago to debut as a stage actress while stressing aid to end oppression and poverty in Third World Africa.
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands resigns as chairman of the Bilderberg Conference after an official report on his involvement in the Lockheed payoffs affair. The 65 year old husband of Queen Juliana hoped the steering committee would decide if the Bilderberg concept could continue. He had already stepped down from defense and business posts and from the World Wildlife Fund presidency.
Archbishop Frederick Donald Coggan 66, primate of the Church of England, suspends a planned visit to southern Sudan as an outbreak of a mysterious disease spreads in the region. The cancellation comes as he tours six Asian countries this month and is advised against travel to Sudan for now.
Eugenio Martinez explains he avoids hiding his past and uses the name E. Rolando Martinez at a Miami car dealership. He says he was known as Rolando in Cuba and uses that name here to avoid confusion.
U S Rep Harold Runnels leads Republican challenger Donald W Trubey in polls for New Mexico's Second Congressional District. Runnels emphasizes national issues and deficit reduction while Trubey cites economic policy and critique of Runnels non campaign behavior.
Gary Carruthers of Las Cruces told more than 125 at the Chaves County Farm and Ranch Bureau meeting that federal food stamp reform is impossible to administer. He noted the program consumes about 65 percent of the agriculture department budget and urged attendees to get involved beyond television watching.
The noon Dow fell 12.31 to 965.67 amid concerns over the pace of economic recovery. Losers led gainers 5-2 on the NYSE with traders awaiting third quarter earnings and Thursday wholesale price data. U S Steel dropped to 47% and Union Carbide to 60% as the NYSE composite fell to 55.14 and the AMEX index to 101. Volume reached 8.89 million shares in early trading.
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