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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1976
Page
2
First Lady Betty Ford greets a Golden Retriever named Jerry at Avondale High School in Auburn Heights Michigan during a campaign stop. Jerry may someday guide a blind person and inherits a legacy from Liberty the Ford family dog whose litter aided Leader Dogs for the Blind in Rochester.
William Niehouse, linked to an affair with U S executive Janzuelan, faces a tense inquiry as authorities report the incident occurred in August and his wife Donna awaits news on his fate with uncertainty whether he survives or not.
Benny Goodman the 67 year old King of Swing played his first Czechoslovakia concert to an enthusiastic 4000 person crowd. The hall normally seats 2000 and Goodman compared the audience to early days when people hung from chandeliers.
Black singer Miriam Makeba addressed the United Nations General Assembly criticizing the move to recognize Transkei as a nation. She called the act a deliberate act of hostility toward her native South Africa and its people.
Miss Makeba spoke on a platform where she once sang African songs denouncing pseudo independence as part of a grand design to sustain white domination in South Africa.
Jamaica Prime Minister Michael Manley and his wife arrived in Ottawa for a three day visit. He was greeted by Prime Minister Trudeau and Mrs. Trudeau and inspected the guard of honor. No 19 gun salute occurred due to the saluting gun not arriving in time.
The AP compiled endorsements from New Mexico newspapers for the November ballot. Endorsements favor Gerald Ford for president and Harrison Schmitt for U.S. Senate, with continued support for Reps. Manuel Lujan Jr. and Harold Runnels, while Montoya faces mixed opinions across outlets.
The New Mexico Activities Association will hold an emergency referendum vote on the Belen plan that raises four class enrollment limits and may lock schools in a class for four years. Lordsburg led a petition endorsed by over 60 schools to retain the old system while Belen supporters seek to keep the change.
Governor Jerry Apodaca says it is unclear if New Mexico should tax coal and uranium as strongly as UNM professor Gerald Boyle recommends. He notes NM taxes differ from Wyoming and Montana and expects to discuss proposals with the legislature in January after evaluating Boyle's plan that could raise over 800 million annually by 1985.
New York stocks opened mixed after a two day rally with the Dow Jones Industrial Average easing. The Dow, after rising 18.12 points on Tuesday and Wednesday, fell 3.74 to 952.38 by noon today amid a cautious trading atmosphere.
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