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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1978
Page
2
Princess Margaret arrives in Barbados for a short holiday from Mustique where she owns a villa. She travels solo this time and it is unclear when she will return to London.
Washington Post executive editor Benjamin Bradlee married Friday in a ceremony witnessed by Katharine Graham and Art Buchwald. Judge David Bazelon performed the vows and Edward Bennett Williams attended. The marriage, Bradlee’s third, was announced in the Style section.
Evangelist Billy Graham says it is too early to tell if the election of Pope John Paul II will improve East West relations. He notes surprise at religious freedom in Poland after an 11 day crusade and says Christians are seen as good workers and citizens.
Actor James Drury faces a Calhoun County grand jury indictment on stock fraud charges tied to a plan to raise earthworms. Authorities say nine people are charged in the scheme, with Drury and Marshall Renfroe the only names released so far. Sale agents for Town and Country Sales Inc. allegedly solicited $600 investments for worm starter kits, bedding, a franchise and a license to raise earthworms.
Las Cruces Sun-News claims daily General Excellence while Taos News tops weekly division at New Mexico Press Association awards. Albuquerque Tribune wins community service daily. Taos News also leads weekly in that category. Other victors include Albuquerque Journal and The New Mexican across multiple categories.
New Mexico Disabled American Veterans protested Governor Jerry Apodaca at a dinner in Ingalls Memorial Hall, demanding restoration of the Veterans Service Commission to its former status. DAV leaders urged voters to push Bruce King and Joe Sheen on the issue, criticizing the reorganization that placed the agency under the Welfare Department and noting 136,000 veterans in the state. The group, led by Stan Gertie and Ray Eldridge, also denounced medical access barriers for veterans and outlined two days of outreach and training in Roswell.
Sara Jane Moore says she is living in an open setting at Alderson federal women's prison less than a day after leaving Davis Hall. She describes walking paths benches and a tree near cottages where remaining inmates reside and notes the contrast with the former maximum security unit.
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