Ethiopian rebels surround Asmara in northern push
Ethiopian military junta rushes 50 tanks and troops to Asmara to break a rebel ring around the capital as fighting enters a third day. Air strikes, casualties, and looting reported. refugee flows surge with 100 dead and several hundred wounded. Junta moves to nationalize large firms including Pepsi Cola and Coca Cola. Eritrea’s status highlighted amid ongoing independence war.
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Addis Ababa
API
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Asmara
Haile Selassie
Pepsi Cola
Coca Cola
Udall Calls for Change in Leadership Amid Economic Woes
Rep. Morris K. Udall told a Massachusetts political action group that the nation faces a leadership crisis fueling economic and energy problems. He urged fresh, courageous leadership and criticized Ford’s energy program as inadequate, calling for a Congress plan to reduce energy use and ease hardship on citizens.
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Cambridge, Mass
UPI
Morris K. Udall
D-Ariz
Udall
Massachusetts
Ford Administration
Congress
Delegates clash over world sea law access and 200 mile limit
At an international law conference in Boston delegates debated free access to rich fishing grounds and the 200 mile zone, with Japan urging unrestricted access to feed its population while accepting a 12 mile territorial limit. Peru's envoy warned that unresolved sea bed internationalization could stall the whole treaty effort. A lawyer urged a separate pollution conference, and some scientists warned pollution could doom ocean life within 15 years.
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Boston
UPI
Japan
U.N
Takeo Iguchi
American Society of International Law
Iguchi
Caracas
Aries Alvardo de Soto
United Nations
deSoto
Oil tanker wreckage still burns on river
MARCUS HOOK Pa UPI The wreckage of an oil tanker burned on the Delaware River today with at least three dead and up to 28 possibly dead. A 15 mile slick threatened 30 000 ducks as millions of gallons of crude spilled after the Corinthos was rammed by the Edgar M Queeny. Coast Guard planned to let the fire burn to reduce oil. About 400 birds were in immediate danger and 12 000 diving Ruddy and Scoop ducks were monitored. Birds were collected and taken to four centers before cleaning at Woodbury New Jersey with a chemical solvent. The Corinthos carried 315 000 barrels of crude and a crew of 44.
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Marcus Hook
UPI
Delaware
Corinthos
Coast Guard
Ken Chitwood
Fish and Wildlife Service
Chitwood
Woodbury
N.J
Edgar M. Queeny
Joint space venture moves a step closer
Eleven Russian engineers test Soviet gear aboard the Apollo docking module at Cape Canaveral to ensure compatibility with U.S. systems. Cosmonauts Kubasov and Leonov will use Soviet television cameras and radio headsets aboard Apollo while U.S. tests include American range finding gear on Soyuz.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
UPI
U.S
Valery Kubasov
Alexei Leonov
Moscow
Dick Bohlmann
Kennedy Space Center
Bohlmann
Classified Advertising Rates and Delivery Details
The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sunday and holidays at 425 Main St Bennington VT 05201. It is a United Press International and New York Times News Service subscriber with Matthews Shannon Cullen as national reps. Home delivery costs 15 cents daily. Subscription rates: within 30 mile Vermont 3 months 9, 6 months 18, 1 year 36. elsewhere in US 3 months 9.75, 6 months 19.50, 1 year 39.00. Second class postage paid at Bennington VT.
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
The
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times News Service
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen Inc
Vermont
U.S
Ford budget seeks Corps projects in New England for 1976
President Ford asked Congress to approve 34.6 million dollars for U S Army Corps of Engineers public works in New England for fiscal 1976. Massachusetts leads with 20.1 million including 11 million for Charles River Dam flood control. Connecticut gets 8.1 million for Danbury flood control and other projects. Maine New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont sum to the rest with multiple harbor, flood control, and navigation allocations.
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