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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1977
Page
1
Governor Richard Snelling announced Vermont will stop providing Medicaid funds for elective abortions. The Human Services Agency will follow HEW directives prohibiting public funds for abortions, effective immediately and ending Oct. 1. Exceptions apply only to rape, incest, or danger to the mother’s life. future funding is up to Congress or state legislatures.
Mt Anthony Union School Board accepted Supt Sleeman's recommendation and named Donald Banchik principal of both Mt Anthony Junior High and Mt Anthony Senior High. Banchik, already principal of the senior high, cited curriculum improvements and smoother junior senior transition as reasons. One board member opposed citing pace and overlap schedule concerns. The plan adds two assistants at the senior high and hires for junior high, with two general supervisors to be created, costing about 10 000 more than budgeted but fundable this year. Banchik announced a rewritten student handbook focusing on discipline and a new policy to reduce detentions and class cutting, with a smoking area designated outside the cafeteria.
Roll Call Report notes local firemen receive a trophy for participation in the Hoosick Falls parade as editors mark a community event on Page 3.
Vice President Mondale told the American Bar Association that the Carter administration plans tighter limits on intelligence agencies. He urged court orders for wiretaps in espionage cases, requiring proof a crime is imminent or occurred before warrants. He cited past abuses and called for statutory charters and congressional oversight while affirming anti crime goals.
In Roanoke Rapids North Carolina workers from J P Stevens testified before a House subcommittee seeking a federal reform bill to bolster labor organizing in the South. Union officials said the measure would crack down on anti union abuses by employers and protect 3500 J P Stevens employees.
Gunmen killed a British soldier outside Moyard base amid riots in Belfast linked to the IRA retaliation for the killing of 16 year old Paul McWilliams during a patrol near west Belfast. Demonstrations, hijackings and arson followed as police said the youth was shot after throwing petrol bombs.
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance arrived in Tel Aviv from Saudi Arabia to discuss reconvening the Geneva peace conference and the possible inclusion of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Israel opposes substantive talks with the PLO but may tolerate Palestinian participation via a Jordanian delegation as Washington seeks an honest broker role. President Carter acknowledged indirect PLO contacts through Arab states.
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