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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1972
Page
4
The piece cites a fictional Kremlin minutes scenario claiming Khrushchev plotted to bury the United States with wheat. It alleges a revived Brezhnev era plan and cites CIA briefings to President Nixon, framing a satirical anti Cold War warning about grain as weaponry.
Justice Powell urged business leaders to press the courts, especially the Supreme Court, as a social economic and political tool. The confidential memo circulated by the US Chamber of Commerce calls for a militant political program and amicus support, targeting critics and shaping campus views.
The memo argues for a continuing program to strengthen academic balance across economics political science and sociology. It calls for a competent staff of speakers to articulate scholarly results and urges university leaders to address faculty imbalances despite long challenges. It warns against pressure, aiming to bolster academic freedom and free enterprise values. Powell drafted for Eugene B Sydnor Jr, a Chamber director concerned by the memo copy.
National Associated Businessmen cite U.S. Representative Harold Runnels for economy and fiscal responsibility. The award honors his first term as part of 165 Congressmen and 21 Senators praised for the 92nd Congress.
Les Cooper a part time preacher and boatyard worker from Miami sails to Cuba to preach but is jailed and interrogated repeatedly. He loses his boat, is returned home by undisclosed means and vows not to return, calling Castro era reception shocking and naive. Lois Purvis notes the broader political warnings.
Thomas Gutierrez won the final round of the Roswell Soap Box Derby held yesterday. A birthday party for Anita and James Morris was hosted by their mother at 1412 S Missouri Ave. Roswell Rebekah Lodge No Two met at IOOF Hall with Mrs Jessie Pendergrass presiding. Members Emma Miller and Fred Hefner were admitted. The Catholic Daughters of America represented at a leadership institute in Albuquerque by Misses Coyne Guilford Reagan and Behnke. John R Eliett was chosen to represent the New Mexico A and M senior class on the student commission. Gerald Tully competes for the Bob Crosby trophy in Albuquerque next Saturday. Pecos Valley Lumber Co at 200 S Main is Roswell’s oldest business, established in 1902.
On this date in 1924 two U.S. Army planes landed in Seattle marking the finishing of the first round-the-world flight. The Associated Press notes the date as September 28, 1972 marks the anniversary with 94 days remaining in the year.
Santa Fe reports Republican President Richard Nixon poised for a decisive victory over Democrat George McGovern in New Mexico with surveys predicting margins of 50 000 to 90 000 votes. Party officials project strong turnout, while McGovern supporters push voter registration and one on one canvassing across cities including Albuquerque Hobbs Clovis Santa Fe Carlsbad Portales Las Cruces.
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