Oil ministers split on fair price for crude oil
Saudi Arabia’s Ahmed Yamani says current prices fairly compensate producers and rejects production cuts, aiming to hold until 1976. OPEC’s Abderrahman Khene argues prices are too low and should rise about 25 percent, with a target of roughly 3 dollars per barrel from 2.50. Mexico may join OPEC as observer, deciding by June.
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United Press International
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Abderrahman Khene
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Yamani
Wirtschaftswoche of
Duesseldorf
Saudi Arabia
Khene
OPEC
Paris
Economie
Persian
Mexico City
Horacio Flores de la Pena
Mexico
Politicians praise Watergate jury amid mixed reactions
Politicians generally commended the Watergate jurors for delivering what they call justice in the cover-up trial. Some figures, including Dorothy Mardian, protested the verdict, while others praised the jury as wise and dedicated to democracy.
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United Press International
Dorothy Mardian
Robert Mardian
Bronx
Archibald Cox
Leon Jaworksi
Richard M. Nixon
CIA backing of travel guides denied by former editor
Barrett Laschever, ex managing editor of Facor Modern Guides in Litchfield, says he was unaware the firm or owner had CIA ties as claimed by E Howard Hunt Jr in a New York Times interview. Hunt alleged Eugene Fodor, former WWII intelligence agent, was CIA payroll.
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Goshen, Conn
UPI
CIA
Watergate
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Barrett Laschever
The
New York Times
Hunt
Facor Modern Guides
Litchfield
Lascherer
Fodor
Eugene Fodor
United States
Austria
Senate Watergate Committee
Laschever
Hartford
New York Herald Tribune
Hartford Times
University of Michigan
Fodor’s
Goshen
Milton
Hungary
Office of Strategic Services
Europe
David McKay Publishers Inc
New York
Watergate jury mostly black and female
The Watergate cover‑up trial jury is described as predominantly black and female with nine women, six of them Black, and two of the three men Black. Foreman is John A. Hoffar, a 57 year old retired Interior Department supervisor, and the rest include Sandra W. Young, 28, a pharmacist's assistant, and several other jurors with varied occupations. The report also notes travel editor Laschever and editor Fodor, with details on their careers and backgrounds.
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Washington
UPI
John A. Hoffar
Interior Department
Sandra W. Young
Dock Reid
Burlington Hotel
Gladys E. Carter
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Ruth W. Gould
Department of Agriculture
Vanetta N. Metoyer
Indians seize Wis. monastery in land dispute
In Keshena Wisconsin an armed band calling itself the Menominee Warrior Society seized a closed Alexian Brothers monastery on New Year’s Day claiming the land and buildings. Authorities reported shots fired but no injuries. about 10-12 Indians were present at takeover. The group, estimated to total 40-50 by authorities, demanded land return and discussed repurposing the site as a hospital. The FBI and local police investigated possible federal violations.
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Keshena
Wis
UPI
Neal Hawteross
Alexian Brothers
Hawtetoss
Menominee Warrior Society
Alexian Brothers of America
Plonka
Florian Eberle
Chicago
Alexians
Shawano County
National Guard
FBI
New York
John Wauanascum
Hawteross
Wounded Knee
S.D
New lease on life for Watergate attorney Parkinson
Kenneth W. Parkinson, once Nixon campaign lawyer, is acquitted of conspiracy and obstruction in the Watergate cover up. Neighbors held a welcoming banner and lights at his Bethesda home as former aides Mitchell and Haldeman offered quiet congratulations. Parkinson called the verdict a new lease on life.
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Parkinson
H.R. Haldeman
White House
Jeanne Ehrlichman
John D. Ehrlichman
Washington
Brezhnev Health Questioned Amid Sanatorium Reports
Moscow officials refuse comment on reports that Leonid Brezhnev is ill and confined to a Moscow sanatorium. Cairo diplomats cited a postponement of his planned Middle East trip after meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Fahmi.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Leonid Brezhnev
Cairo
Brezhnev
Soviet
Communist Party
Foreign Ministry
Supreme Soviet
U.S.S.R
Ismail Fahmi
Egypt
Syria
Iraq
Fahmi
Middle East
al Ahram
Kremlin
Paris
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Helmut Schmidt
Schmidt
Henry Kissinger
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Ford
Vladivostok
Mongolia
Ethiopia's military government nationalizes banks and insurers
Ethiopia's ruling military regime announced a socialist program taking over all banks insurers and financial institutions with the National Bank to seize shares and property. It vows compensation and says existing agreements will be honored while warning court martial for falsifying books. Workers to continue service. In San Juan Puerto Rico the city installed color TVs in two parks for outdoor viewing.
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Addis Ababa
API
Ethiopia
United States
Ethiopian National Bank
Phy
Haile Selassie
San Juan, P.R
UPI
San Juan
Old City
Classified Advertising Contact Information
The Bennington Banner lists contact and delivery details including daily publication at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont 05201 and service by The Banner Publishing Corp. It notes United Press International and The New York Times News Service subscriptions with Matthews Shannon Cullen Inc as national advertising representatives and home delivery by carrier and motor delivery.
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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
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D-N.h
Watergate Jury
Hanteross
Joe Plonka
Cpice’n Nice
Bennington Natural and Organic Foods Center
North St
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Francis Marceau
William & Theresa Grant
Eager Beavers
Belgrade
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U.S. Fibre Northeast Inc
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