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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1978
Page
2
Miss America Kylene Barker says she opposes marijuana legalization and immigration ERA expansion, plans to be careful with tough questions. The Virginia native, 22, the shortest Miss America since 1926, wins 20 000 scholarship and 50 000 in appearance bookings.
Pope John Paul I told 80 000 at St Peters Square that all men seek peace and he prays for the success of Camp David talks. He noted the poor bear the heaviest burden from wars and troubles as Egyptian President Anwar Sadat attended Moslem prayer services at the Maryland retreat.
Wayne Osmond and wife Kathy welcome son Steven Wayne at the University of Utah Medical Center. The six pound eleven ounce infant is 19 inches long. Family spokesman Ron Clark says Wayne celebrated by buying baseball and football gear. Kathy is a former Miss Utah and married Wayne in 1975. they also have daughter Amy.
West Germany's high tech manhunt enters year two with 14 fugitives still at large. Willy Peter Stoll was killed in Düsseldorf after a pursuit at a Chinese restaurant, while three women on the list may have slipped back into the country. Police warn terrorists may still return despite intensified surveillance and multi‑million mark resources.
A Conrail freight train derailed in Miamisburg causing a two story house collapse. Three people died including a month old boy Michael Joseph Call and two women Kathy Barkalow and Linda Hamerick. Seven others suffered minor injuries and were treated at Grandview Ambulatory Center. Police continued to search debris for additional victims and accounted for those in the house.
The notice lists circulation rates for Roswell and out of state mail deliveries, weekday and Sunday publication details, and staff roles including Editor Jerry McCormack Managing Editor R M Higginbotham Advertising Director Christine Floyd and Production Director Tom J Borovina. It notes subscription prices and class mailing status and AP affiliation.
The Dow Jones average rose 3.04 to 910.78 at noon as advances outweighed declines 10-3 on the New York Stock Exchange. The NYSE composite index climbed 0.25 to 60.49 and the American exchange value index gained 1.03 to 176.16 amid 19.14 million shares traded. Pan American World Airways led volume, trading a 346,000-share block at 10.
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