30 Dec 1968
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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1968
Page
1
The NEA reports that average per pupil spending rose from 351 to 680 dollars over ten years, the largest funding boost in history. Total elementary and secondary expenditures jumped from 14.2 to 34.7 billion, with federal aid growing but local taxpayers still covering over half of revenues.
Two Democratic senators McGovern and Proxmire questioned Alaska Governor Hickel’s fitness to be Interior Secretary. They seek clarity on his conservation views, oil quotas, shale lands and foreign free trade zones. Aiken, a Republican, also voiced doubt over a Maine free trade zone impact on heating oil. Hickel says he has an open mind.
Boston police and FBI hunted for the two ski masked bandits who masterminded Saturday night’s $800,000 Brink's Co. robbery, the 11th and largest armored car heist in Massachusetts in 19 years. Authorities probed underworld haunts as the search spread through the East.
London officials report Cunard Lines will not accept the Queen Elizabeth 1 after first sea trials showed violent engine vibrations and a water contamination leak. Sir Basil Smallpeice said the ship is not up to Cunard standards, delaying delivery into January and prompting parliamentary questions about shipbuilding reputations.
NASA released Apollo 8 lunar photographs showing a 100 foot detail of the backside and earthrise over a pale lunar horizon. Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders described the moon as a forbidding expanse while preparing maps and scientific analyses during their Christmas Eve flight and homecoming.
The United Nations Security Council condemned Israel's raid on Beirut Airport amid international calls for action under Chapter VII. The United States led in condemning the attack, while Lebanon pressed for sanctions and compensation for destroyed planes amid a tense session with numerous delegations urging accountability.
Paris reporters note a fresh clash between U S and Saigon delegates over Paris talks procedures. An announced Vance Lam meeting failed to materialize as Saigon held a Lam led staff session while North Vietnamese said no word had reached them.
Sen. Winston Prouty accuses Sec. C. R. Smith of buck passing over Maine free trade zone approval for a Machiasport oil refinery project. He backs subcommittee hearings and aims to speed Foreign Trade Board decisions to aid New England’s economy amid high fuel costs.
An editorial argues from a moon perspective that petty human and national differences appear trivial. The item notes a controversy over Sunderland school bond revote and Wilmington's move to a special election to address traffic problems.
Pope Paul VI condemned the Israeli strike on Beirut airport and warned it could worsen Middle East tensions. In a Vatican cable to Lebanese President Charles Helou, he urged Lebanon to show restraint and avoid being drawn into further violence.
The Security Council faces pressure as Soviet and Western envoys clash over Israel's raid. Wiggins condemns the action as unjustified and disproportionate, while Malik urges the council to halt the Israeli aggressors. Arab states back Lebanon and praise the raids as boosting Beirut against Israel.
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