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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1976
Page
2
Barbara Hutton, 63, is said to remain hidden in her Beverly Wilshire Hotel suite in Los Angeles. She has lived there unseen for over a year, with only staff and visiting doctors in contact.
Roy Acuff, famed as the king of country music, is hospitalized at Miller Hospital in Nashville for abdominal pains. Doctors report prior heart attack on April 10 and say the current visit is for an undetermined gall bladder related issue awaiting observation.
Bette Davis will be the first woman honored with the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award. The ceremony is set for March 1, 1977 in Los Angeles and will be nationally televised. Davis, 68, of Westport Connecticut, won Oscars for Dangerous and Jezebel and has eight other nominations.
Leonard Bernstein chose an all Beethoven concert to open Amnesty International’s Year of the Political Prisoner 1977 campaign in Munich. He will conduct the fundraiser without charge as the first in a series of benefit performances.
Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro announced Cuba will let the 1973 antihijacking agreement with the United States expire in six months to protest what he described as U.S. complicity in the Cubana airliner crash off Barbados killing 73. He cited alleged CIA involvement and noted Venezuelan sources supported the claim.
State Senator Bobby E. Wood of Roosevelt-Chaves says he may campaign for Senate majority whip in 1977, citing geographical balance and potential support for southeastern New Mexico. Roswell Rep. Colin McMillan hints at another bid for House minority floor leader after the election, while continuing Ford campaign work.
New York stocks were mixed as the Dow rose 1.16 to 937.08 by noon after discouraging early losses. Analysts cited a Business Council forecast predicting a continued economic upturn into 1977 and 1978 as investors reassessed with Exxon at 53 on a 149,800 share block.
The U.N. address notes Amnesty International's annual report covering human rights violations in 112 countries. It calls for signatures on a petition demanding freedom for all political prisoners to be presented at the U.N. General Assembly next autumn.
The Who drummer Keith Moon says he will marry a 20 year old Swedish model in December and that the ceremony in Los Angeles on December 15 could bring a Beatles reunion. He says Paul McCartney Ringo Starr John Lennon and George Harrison were invited and all but Harrison will attend.
Mary Welsh Hemingway widow of Ernest Hemingway says he left many unpublished manuscripts and that they are reviewing a large number of manuscripts. She notes the family is examining the material for publication and potential scholarly interest.
City police reported an argument among several men on the sixth green of the Municipal Golf Course Thursday afternoon. Officers said some began fighting after a dispute over playing through as a man trained a falcon nearby.
Roswell Daily Record lists staff roles including managing editor business director and advertising director. It provides carrier and mail subscription rates by duration for within state and out of state, with monthly and yearly options.
A guidance note explains that including the phrase time is of the essence in a sales agreement fixes a definite settlement date. Without it either party may delay closing for a reasonable period, affecting personal or business purchases.
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