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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1976
Page
2
The Men's Fashion Association of America names actor Telly Savalas as one of eight men who exemplify how Americans see themselves and wish to be perceived, highlighting his image among peers in the fashion world.
Actress-singer Pearl Bailey pledged $6 million to U N Palestine refugee relief, boosting this year’s total to $38.7 million. Bailey, a special adviser to the U S mission at the United Nations, gave the pledge in a sealed envelope to Sir John Rennie, commissioner-general of Unrwa, and urged continued funding to offset the agency’s chronic shortages.
In Moscow AP reports Armand Hammer who chairs Occidental Petroleum and is involved in U S Soviet trade discussions. The briefing highlights ongoing talks on energy and commerce between the two powers and potential implications for oil markets and cooperation.
A Soviet American trade leader said after a 12 hour meeting with Leonid Brezhnev and Earl Butz that inroads by the news media into officials private lives hinder top government appointments. Hammer noted prospects of expanding U S Soviet trade with Brezhnev. new Occidental projects were not discussed.
Former Supreme Court Justice Arthur J. Goldberg asserts President Ford and Jimmy Carter misdirected criticism of the Warren era. He says the court’s criminal justice rulings should not be broadened or redefined as the current campaign discusses.
Ed Ray, driver of the Chowchilla California school bus abducted with 26 children last July, says hypnosis helped him give police the license number of a van used in the kidnapping. Goldberg criticized what he called the Burger court's actions.
Terence Cardinal Cooke asked the New York City Board of Education to keep five special schools for pregnant girls open beyond their February closing. Church officials said he broke with his policy of staying out of the city’s fiscal affairs after a teacher at one school appealed.
Washington AP Mitchel Kobelinski, head of the Small Business Administration and former Chicago banker, says the United States is approaching a socialist, regimented economy. He cites England as an example, claiming it is wallowing in the cesspool of socialism.
Five Roswell men and two boys were arrested in connection with a shooting in the south part of town. Two men were taken by county deputies, others by Roswell police at Deming and Main streets. One boy, 16, faces eight counts of aggravated assault with intent and one of aggravated battery, while a 17 year old is charged with eight counts of aggravated assault. Three men are charged with violent felonies, including Victor John Baca and Reynaldo Vallejos and Cirilo Lopez. Two Vallejos brothers were later arrested near Route 1 for related shootings with multiple counts.
Chaves County may begin its first property re appraisal since 1967 on January 2 1977, with taxes likely rising up to 30 percent as assessed values are updated. A county resolution will seek funds to start the re appraisal, or delay to July 1 if funds are unavailable. The change follows a state mandated update and hospital bond related tax increases.
The market opened mixed as the Dow fell 1.00 to 953.87 at noon while gainers edged losers. The Labor Department reported a 0.4 percent rise in the consumer price index for September, the smallest in five months, and NYSE volume reached 7.71 million shares in the first two hours.
Joy Rae alias Joy Riley alias Joy Coleman, 38, of Midway was bound over to District Court after a Wednesday preliminary hearing on a charge of possessing more than eight ounces of marijuana. Deputies found 30 plants at her home following a Sept. 23 arrest at a Roswell address after a search warrant.
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