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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1977
Page
2
Washington officials circulate draft rules requiring public explanation of study portions used in decisions and cap environmental impact statements at 300 pages. A UPI source says the effort should make EIS documents usable and readable for decision makers.
A Worldwatch Institute study led by Kathleen Newland argues that slowing global population requires attractive alternatives to motherhood. It says in many countries women gain social and economic rewards from childbearing, and women need independent status, income, security and personal satisfaction not tied to bearing children.
Ian Gregory MacDonald, a Peace Corps agronomist from Orlando, Florida, pleaded guilty to possession of 8.4 grams of cannabis and was jailed a week from December 11, fined 400 dollars. He was attached to the Landang Kelantan agriculture station in Malaysia and deported to the United States after conviction.
UPI reporting from Nairobi says Eritrean secessionists say their forces killed and wounded about 2,000 Ethiopian troops in a major battle near Asmara. Fighting also centered on Massawa as Addis Ababa airlifted thousands of troops. Asmara remains one of Eritrea's last Ethiopian-held centers.
United Press International reports striking farmers press federal action for parity at 60 percent of past prices. A Agriculture group plans further shutdowns in Texas Kansas Illinois and Georgia with picketing at packing plants and food warehouses. Georgia locals block entrances to a Swift & Co plant while Nash-Finch deliveries resume in Liberal Kansas. Illinois groups threaten to halt grain and barge flows. Nebraska and Indiana notes show mixed impact on hog and livestock receipts. Weekend actions disrupted Bunge Cairo as farmers plan escalated closures next week.
United Mine Workers members in Ohio and Kentucky held weekend meetings to organize expanded peaceful picketing of non-UMW coal operations as contract talks with the Bituminous Coal Operators Association stall. District 6 leaders urged disciplined action and warned against violence while pressing for health benefits and a limited right to strike.
OPEC ministers arrive in Venezuela for talks to set 1978 oil prices amid tight security. Saudi Arabia and Iran are seen as likely to win a freeze, with Middle East players pushing for a moratorium around current levels as factions argue over the final terms.
Cyril Ritchard, famed for portraying Captain Hook in television Peter Pan, died at Northwestern Hospital Chicago at 79 from cardiac arrest after a monthlong hospitalization begun November 25 following a heart attack during a matinee at Drury Lane Theater Water Tower Place. His adopted son David Beame called his passing magnificent to depart with his boots on.
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