15 Feb 1971
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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1971
Page
1
A plywood figure at Molly Stark Elementary School playground featured a black top hat mounted on a spring hinge. A snowball hurler knocked the hat off, but a tree grew back in its place as the hat was rebuilt by students under the Title III program.
Israel ignores United Nations envoy Gunnar V. Jarring and rejects Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's latest Suez Canal reopening ideas. Prime Minister Golda Meir's cabinet says talks will follow Israel's own proposals, framing Jarring as a go-between, not a mediator. US backs Jarring role while Israeli officials privately doubt Sadat's terms, citing Sinai withdrawal and Sharm el Sheikh fortress as deal breakers.
Williams College biologist Henry Art and a team tested 13 Battenkill River sites from source to New York border finding sodium chloride rose from under one to about five parts per million. Pollution deemed not significant, delaying Harvey Carter Jr. injunction against Vermont Highway Dept. May continue salt-source inventory and study with Robert Cassidy Jr. Public hearing planned in June under the Water Quality Act.
U S Air Force sergeant James Finley 25 of Fort Worth Texas was overpowered and abducted by four Turks in suburban Ankara as he sat in a U S military jeep four suspects fled in a truck found wrecked at a cliff base Police and Turkish security officials say the assailants may be extremist leftist students who have threatened the American community Finley armed but unable to fire his weapon before capture and run to ground Finley serves with detachment 30 of Tusloy assisting American units in Turkey
Senator Frank Church says Nixon’s plan to remove troops from Vietnam is flawed without a clear policy to win prisoner of war releases. He argues for a national goal of total withdrawal tied to negotiated POW freedom, urging the president to set a final withdrawal date.
The Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks, a 180,000 member union, reached a tentative contract with carriers early Sunday. The agreement reduces the number of unions threatening a nationwide railroad strike to one unresolved dispute, with the Nixon administration hoping for a quick settlement.
The General Accounting Office opened a detailed review of U S aid in Cambodia following a Jan 28 request by Sen. J William Fulbright. The $220 million in Cambodian aid, mainly military, is under scrutiny along with Korea Taiwan and Indonesia.
James Reston analyzes the Laos incursion coverage and questions the news blackout while noting the broader implications for public understanding and government transparency across pages of the edition. The column frames press access as a central issue in wartime reporting.
UVM professor Dr. Jerry L. McIntosh returns from Vietnam with a hopeful view of the war era agriculture. He notes that 1969 harvests will meet local needs and 1970 could see Vietnam resume rice exports, aided by miracle rice from IRRI and American advisory support. Multiple cropping may further boost food security and diet while tractors appear across the delta. The expert, working as a Federal Extension Service consultant, cites better land use, ongoing farm modernization, and growing signs of stability in Vietnam despite the conflict.
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