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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1976
Page
2
In Los Angeles a court clerk announced the fight over billionaire Howard Hughes estate. Eight lawyers stepped forward as relatives, including distant kin, contested the California holdings in a sprawling probate case.
The Marine Corps disbanded the motivation platoon after the death of Pvt. Lynn McClure from brain injuries suffered in a pugil stick match. McClure, 20, from Lufkin Texas, died months later in a Houston VA hospital. Recruits now receive counseling within regular units. Three officers and three sergeants were suspended and a 15 day hearing followed the incident.
U.S. Court of Appeals Judge J. Shelly Wright, speaking at Brown University, rebuked the Supreme Court decision lifting campaign spending ceilings. He warned that equating money with speech undermines democratic principles and favors elaborate mass media over ideas or grassroots support.
The renewed civil war violence in Beirut kills 45 and wounds 75 as shelling and machine gun fire erupt across Muslim Christian lines. The fighting forces postponement of Saturday's presidential election, delaying the selection to replace Suleiman Franjieh. Leaders Kamal Jumblatt Camille Chamoun Saeb Salam and Raymond Edde urged delay, threatening broader political upheaval under Lebanon's sectarian power-sharing system.
Armed Forces Journal corrected a UPI sourced item claiming Lyndon B. Johnson flew to Fort Bragg on February 12 1968 to bid farewell to Vietnam bound troops. The Journal says the ceremony involved returning troops and the actual Vietnam unit was at a beer party. Publisher Benjamin F. Schemmer acknowledged the misattribution.
Police Chief Charles Gain says the San Francisco Police Department has 20 homosexual officers who should come out to prove gays can be good cops. He notes none openly admit their orientation despite support from the chief and mayor.
Two white youths found guilty of assaulting black attorney Theodore Landsmark in a Boston anti housing demonstration agreed to issue a public apology. They were charged with delinquency by assault with a dangerous weapon and sentenced to DYS custody until 18, suspended. The boys from South Boston and Charlestown issued spontaneous apologies in open court. Landsmark was attacked April 5 in City Hall Plaza.
San Francisco police stand by to prevent a threatened escalation of a four week city workers strike. Mayor Moscone vows police ready to guard sewer and water facilities as URW and Firestone negotiate a pattern making contract amid little progress.
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