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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1975
Page
2
In Hutchinson Kansas an 85 year old widow Hilda Popejoy crippled with poverty lost her home after a tax sale. Local residents raised funds exceeding 800 dollars to return the house to her, with $692 already collected by Saturday.
New York based UPI report states American Telephone and Telegraph Co. expects a record 13.7 million interstate calls on Christmas Day with 3,200 additional circuits and thousands of workers to handle the load. About 500,000 calls will reach overseas locations as 3,000 overseas operators operate from six centers. Customers are urged to place calls before 6 p.m. Christmas Eve or on Christmas Day afternoon to avoid peak traffic.
For 27 years Ed Clinch has received a mysterious gift coconut each December. This year a WIRL radio DJ delivered it after a masked sender arranged pickup at 4 a.m. Clinch, 60, suspects wartime buddies may be behind the long running prank but has never traced the donor.
A young man jumped the White House fence during President Ford’s news conference and hid from guards nearly two hours before his arrest near the south portico. Ten days later he broke into the White House grounds again and was jailed. The man, a former UNC student, sought a pardon for his father, an Air Force sergeant convicted on drug charges. Station WMAL cited the reports. officials offered limited corroboration.
In Fort Lauderdale Florida police say 80 year old landlord Mario DiProspero killed his wife and two others after a rent dispute with tenant James Doyle. Doyle survived after fleeing to a neighbor's duplex but was shot again and died. Wentworth died in the attack. DiProspero then shot himself.
Senatorial grilling over George Bush bid to lead the CIA as he returns from China service. He insists political experience is an asset, vows to resign politics if confirmed, and says he would refuse and report any order to assassinate a foreign leader. Goldwater notes VP uncertainty.
Washington reports Congress approved a 2.3 billion loan package to help New York City stay solvent. The bill awaits President Ford’s signature. first loans may total about 150 million, covering 30 months of revenue shortfalls and repayment by June 30 each year.
A dozen presidential candidates await the Supreme Court decision on the federal matching funds law, hoping for funds after the first of the year. The case challenges limits on contributions and spending and a provision granting matching money to Democratic and Republican contenders only, with lower courts upholding the reform.
UPI reports U.S. auto executives say a second round of price increases on 1976 models will not derail a strong December sales rebound. GM led gains with 63 percent more sales than last year, while American Motors rose 60 percent and Ford nearly 19 percent. Ford also raised average car prices by about 360 dollars, with larger increases on trucks and newer safety features.
Ernest Badeaux, 33, was driving home with a four point buck when another motorist demanded his possessions at gunpoint. After Badeaux exited to trade numbers, the assailant demanded money, the rifle, ammunition, and the buck, prompting a police report on the Houston incident.
South Moluccan terrorists hold about 25 hostages in the Indonesian consulate for 12 days as mediator Rev. Semol Mellary enters the siege after a 90 minute meeting with police. He aims to persuade the gunmen to surrender amid criticism of the government’s handling of related hijacking events.
UPI reports U.S. District Judge Samuel Conti will hold a hearing to consider Sara Jane Moore's guilty plea to the Ford assassination attempt. A panel of four government witnesses will testify as Moore, 45, speaks to the court after mental competency was established by a psychiatrist.
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