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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1975
Page
1
MONTPELIER UPI ACLU officials released a 15 page report critiquing unconstitutional police actions and officials who looked away as the Lawrence case exposed widespread issues in drug enforcement. They say Lawrence made over 600 drug arrests during eight years and that many related arrests led to civil suits. They urge reforms and accountability, accusing officials of inaction and bias in enforcement.
Mt Anthony Union School Board committees voted unanimously to approve major shifts in organizing and administering the districts two alternative programs for girls and boys. The plan, heated by debate over diploma versus GED options, moves to the full board for final approval next Monday.
Mao Tse tung hosted President Ford at his Forbidden City residence in Peking for an unusually long one hour fifty minute discussion described as significant and earnest. Officials noted wide ranging topics likely included detente Korea and U S support for Taiwan as Ford and aides met with Chinese leaders amid hopes of steadying Washington Beijing ties.
At a Peking banquet, the Chinese band played the Michigan State fight song instead of Michigan's. White House aides said 27 pieces were provided to the band and suggested the MSU tune may have been listed under another name.
John Ehrlichman testified that Nixon ordered sensitive wiretap files moved to a White House safe to keep them out of J Edgar Hoover s reach. He said the action aimed to secure the records from the FBI director and prevent leaks amid Kissinger concerns. The documents were not destroyed.
Israeli warplanes bombed guerrilla camps in northern and southern Lebanon in large raids. About 30 Israeli aircraft took part, Lebanese officials said, with antiaircraft fire as planes reportedly returned safely. The bombings followed Israel's rejection of a UN invitation to the PLO to participate in a Middle East debate next month.
Gary Rowe, ex informant now living under an assumed name in California, testified before a Senate committee that he quit the FBI because agents did nothing to prevent a beating of black freedom riders in Birmingham. He recalled being told the FBI was not a law enforcement agency and said police planned no intervention for 15 minutes while Ku Klux Klan members with bats and pistols lined the street. Rowe said he was part of a counterintelligence program and instructed to disrupt the Klan, even by spreading gossip and attempting to sleep with members’ wives. He described his tenure from 1959 to 1965 and the coercive aims of COINTELPRO. He also noted Hoover aide statements about destroyed Hoover files containing unofficial material, while another former associate blasted those files as a “bucket of worms.”
A Bennington College futures report crisis draws major media to the campus in New York as trustees hold a meeting. The campus receives calls from The New York Times NBC and others while faculty publish a supplement to oppose the report. The note questions the report’s claimed defects and the committee’s makeup.
Inside Local notes MAU freshmen prepare to welcome parents Thursday with a Park McCullough House preview in Bennington. The Shires of Bennington set for Sunday preview while Tom Braden discusses tenure in a college scene.
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