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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1977
Page
2
Washington sources say as many as 1,000 CIA agents in clandestine operations may be fired or pushed into early retirement by next year. No severance pay is offered. sacked workers receive a final paycheck and pension refunds, with many finding future employers wary of hiring former spies.
In Cairo Sadat urged Israel to soften its position or be exposed before the world as peace talks begin December 14. He warned that Israel’s refusal to withdraw from occupied lands and permit a Palestinian state could jeopardize their non aggression pact and push Cairo toward decisive action.
Congress faces four unresolved disputes blocking year end adjournment energy Social Security funding abortion funding and bomber production. Welfare funding attached to Social Security faces House Senate fights while energy tax and deregulation talks stall. A vetoed abortion language and continuing resolutions threaten to leave Labor and HEW underfunded while a bid to add B 1 bombers in a supplemental bill looks set to fail.
Washington United Mine Workers and coal operators near agreement on non wage issues as a midnight strike deadline looms for 130000 miners. Chief mediator Wayne Horvitz says hard problems remain while some miners in Ohio and West Virginia walk out early. Wages not the main issue. top pay runs 7.88 per hour.
Kuwait would support Saudi Arabia at the oil price-fixing meeting in Caracas on December 20. Maneh Said Al Otaibah, oil and mineral resources minister, said prices should be decided at the OPEC Caracas conference and that the UAE would back Saudi Arabia if she stood alone, while preserving OPEC unity.
AFL-CIO President George Meany starts a new term at 83 amid plans for a tough stance against President Carter's policy. He aims to press protectionist trade measures and critique the administration's full employment bill during the AFL-CIO convention in Los Angeles.
Two hundred combat hardened British troops have arrived in Bermuda to enforce an all night curfew ending three days of racial riots over hangings. Police said 21 people were arrested for curfew violations as shifts were cut to 12 hours. A firebombing damaged a government garbage truck and another hit near a juvenile detention home. A blaze at the Southampton Princess hotel killed two elderly Americans, contributing to more than 5 million dollars in damage.
Ugandan President Idi Amin says any American embargo on Uganda coffee would violate poor Ugandan farmers rights. He argues Americans claim to defend human rights while blocking Uganda’s sole export. The comment follows U S House plant legislation to ban trade with Uganda and notes Uganda’s coffee and cotton earnings.
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