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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1977

Page

2

Arafat hails Soviet talks as great success in Moscow

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat praised his five and a half hour meetings with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in Moscow as frank and successful. He accused the United States of trying to keep the USSR out of any Middle East peace settlement and urged Soviet participation in Geneva talks.

Moscow UPI Yasser Arafat Andrei Gromyko United States Soviet Union Middle East Arafat Tass Palestinian Liberation Organization Crimea Leonid Brezhnev Gromyko Israel Lebanon Tel Aviv PLO Central Committee Abu lIyad Kremlin WAFA Cyrus Vance

Carter to act in Mid-East peace search

President Carter will assume a personal role in accelerating Middle East peace talks with Israel Egypt Syria and Jordan ministers visiting Washington soon after mid September to meet Carter and Secretary Vance individually The plan avoids direct Arab Israeli ministerial talks while the PLO refuses to accept UN Resolution 242 complicating negotiations U.S. state aims to include PLO participation but remains bound not to talk with the group until it accepts the resolution

Washington UPI Carter Middle East Israel Egypt Syria Jordan Cyrus Vance Vance New York U.N. General Assembly United States Geneva Conference On White House Palestine Liberation Organization U.N. Security Council PLO

No negotiations seen in British air strike

Striking air traffic control assistants returned to work in the London area today and the Civil Aviation Authority suspended 40 who refused to pledge to work normally. The union planned to maintain a slowdown, threatening further disruption as about half of all flights in British airports were already canceled.

London APS Civil Aviation Authority Aviation Authority

Voyager II computer regains control after rebel action

In Pasadena California UPI reports scientists have retaken command of Voyager II after its emergency system briefly countermanded ground orders. They aim to eject a dust cover from the television cameras and perform a roll while confirming the extended boom deployment following the Cape Canaveral launch on August 20.

Pasadena Calif UPI Jet Propulsion Laboratory Cape Canaveral Kennedy Space Center Fla

Coffee producers plan steps to stabilize price

In Nairobi at the International Coffee Organization meeting, producers urge stabilizing measures including a cartel model and a fund to buy coffee when prices fall. Eleven Latin American nations backing a price stabilization plan seek to curb oversupply and prop up prices, amid talks for a broader producers’ cartel.

Nairobi Kenya UPI The International Coffee Organization Mexico City Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Mexico

Peace team fails in bid for South African backing

Johannesburg officials will not endorse the Anglo U S plan for a peaceful transition to black rule in Rhodesia. A source close to U N Ambassador Andrew Young and British Foreign Secretary David Owen said the snag centers on who would control key aspects of the plan as it reached Prime Minister John Vorster.

Johannesburg South Africa UPI Rhodesia U.N Andrew Young David Owen John Vorster Vorster Young Owen Roelof Botha Tanzania Julius Nyerere Washington London Ian Smith Salisbury Smith Pretoria Union

Oil firms in antitrust standoff in Connecticut

Connecticut Attorney General Carl Ajello says 18 major oil firms drag out a four year antitrust suit hoping states will abandon the case due to expense. He vows to continue the suit with possible extra state funding, noting it was filed in 1973 and now before a U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.

Hartford, Conn UPI Carl Ajello Connecticut Ajello Robert K. Killian US S Los Angeles

Berkowitz Found Fit to Stand Trial

Kings County Hospital psychiatrists reportedly found David Berkowitz mentally competent to stand trial for the Son of Sam killings. A judge will hear the report at a Brooklyn court session. defense plans insanity if competency is confirmed.

New York UPI Kings County Hospital Sam David Berkowitz Wpix-Tv Berkowitz Mark Jay Heller Brooklyn Held Daniel Schwartz Schwartz Chamber of Administrative Justice Charles Ruben

New ODRINIL Diet Aid Aims To Reduce Pre Menstrual Bloat

New ODRINIL is a gentle diuretic claimed to remove water retention before periods. The tablet uses natural herbs and promises fast acting relief from uncomfortable bloating with a money back guarantee.

Liddy Gains Parole Ahead of Sept. Release

G. Gordon Liddy, convicted Watergate burglar, will be released September 7 if he pays a 40000 dollar fine in installments or takes a pauper's oath. Parole official Joseph A. Nardoza said Liddy earned a top rating for parole citing no other crimes, stable home life, and professional education. He noted the prison hunger strike and possession of a club and pipe did not delay parole.

Washington UPI G. Gordon Liddy Joseph A. Nardoza Philadelphia Liddy Nardoza

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