16 Oct 1972
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1972
Page
1
Wool Bowl Committee member Ivan Watson shows Tillie Loeppke samples of 80 blankets on sale at the ACDC office to promote the 1972 Wool Bowl game. Eighty blankets will be presented to teams in the game scheduled Thanksgiving night.
David Ben-Gurion, Israel's founding prime minister, marks his 86th birthday alone at Sde Boqer in the Negev. He speaks of expanding Jewish settlement, writing Israel’s pioneering history, and hopes for peace with Arabs while jets strike guerrilla bases nearby.
Baltimore Colts owner announced the firing of Don McCafferty, who led the team to a 1970 Super Bowl title as rookie head coach, after a fourth straight loss at home. Big Sur grapples with renewed rains and mud as residents return. In Utah, booms guarding Lake Powell hold against an oil slick amid heavy overnight rains.
Congress faces long debates to finish two major bills the Social Security reform and a spending power measure for Nixon. Byrd warned of extended sessions as conferees deliver a compromise expanding benefits, raising payroll taxes, and tightening controls on spending while preserving key programs and extending Medicare to disabled retirees.
Sen George McGovern charged the Nixon White House with hiring 50 operatives to conduct covert political sabotage while only 13 of 2.7 million federal workers focus on peacetime jobs. He cited a Washington Post report about Dwight Chapin and warned of a White House contact at Nixon's elbow as he campaigned in Texas and California.
President Nixon arrived unannounced at the League of Families of POWs MIAs convention in Washington addressing about 1,500 delegates. He vowed never to let them down and warned draft dodgers and deserters would pay a price, while avoiding comment on ongoing peace talks.
Mudslides and heavy rain left about 12 homes flooded and 300 people homeless in Big Sur. Coast Highway 1 reopened after crews cleared tons of mud while water and power service were restored to the three mile long affected area.
In Santiago hundreds protest antigovernment amid a state of emergency across 17 of 25 provinces tied to a crippling truckers strike. Riot police fire tear gas on Calle Ahumada as officials threaten store requisitions for noncompliance while business groups push to sustain the sympathy strike.
Gen Creighton W. Abrams assumes Army leadership after swearing in as chief of staff and is ordered to Saigon for an on the scene Viet namization assessment. He will return in a week then go to Europe to review NATO related Army matters.
The Justice Department urged in New York federal court that International Business Machines be divided into several separate entities to curb its computer industry dominance. The proposal accompanies a position paper on tentative remedies in the ongoing antitrust case begun in 1969.
Partly cloudy today and tonight with a chance of thundershowers in the afternoon and evening. Warmer conditions persist with a high near 80 today and a high around 81 on Tuesday, with a low near 49 tonight.
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