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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1972
Page
2
Malta Prime Minister Dom Mintoff vows to summon foreign armies if needed to force British evacuation from the island. He defends a January fifteenth deadline for withdrawal amid Labor Party discontent and job fears for about 7,000 workers. Mintoff cites Libya as a potential ally but offers no details on foreign forces or sources of troops.
Mrs. Richard Nixon represented the American delegation at Liberia's presidential inauguration in Monrovia. She sat beside President Tolbert at the banquet, toured the army training center, and received Liberia's Grandon Cordon decoration before continuing on to Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
The AFL-CIO plans two nationwide price monitoring efforts led by 30,000 volunteers who check rent and retail price increases and refer them to IRS for Phase II justification. A second program sets 34 city monitoring committees to weekly compare costs of typical consumer goods.
Perlis outlined two monitoring programs to track price hikes. The first uses store managers and a union screening committee to file complaints with IRS offices when needed. A second program, likened to a consumer price index, will weekly review rents, food, clothing and other living costs in 34 cities, with a national conference set for April in Washington to assess results.
Andy Horusko a Chase Michigan hermit finished a 12000 mile trek from Anchorage Alaska to Ushuaia Argentina to protest pollution. He wrote from Ushuaia December 23 describing his journey meeting the mayor and awaiting TV and governor events. He started in 1970 and wore 12 pairs of kangaroo boots to ease the miles. His brother in law says he lived as a loner cutting pulp wood near his 80 acre farm.
UPI reports that American ambulance helicopters have carried M60 machine guns for 10 years while retaining Red Cross markings. Spokesmen cited defense of crews and patients. Amid heavy fighting 4 helicopters were shot down as medevac teams responded to an attack near Saigon.
The government plans trimming as much as 11 million from the 37 million sky marshal program starting July 1. Since 1970 about 1,500 marshals trained, but none have thwarted a hijacking. Officials say many marshals will shift to airport security and Customs. FAA urges stronger gate measures and criticizes program effectiveness.
Williamstown College Cinema stages a gentle romantic pair with Love Story starring Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal and Sterile Cuckoo featuring Lisa Minnelli and Wendall Burton. The program, in Williamstown, runs at 6:30 and 8:15 p.m. plus an X-rated Cry Uncle.
In Kannapolis North Carolina Harry J Sides built a living castle over 18 years on 1134 acres from condemned building debris and new-site leftovers including bricks and brickbats costing about 6000 dollars He began July 10 1953 with help from family and carved artistic features like shells chalices and wildlife etchings into the structure Now a perpetual work in progress the castle sits near his white frame birthplace and reflects his mix of craftsmanship rebellion and humor with a parade of unfinished projects and a quirky heating system
A Boston based poll funded by the American Trial Lawyers Association reports 62 percent of Massachusetts accident victims view no fault as unfair and 77 percent support a comparative negligence system. The 502 respondents show 28 percent saw higher insurance costs, 6 percent lower, while 44 percent saw no change. The system limits suing after minor crashes and pays expenses from the driver’s own insurer.
Charles E. Wilson, 85, former General Electric Co. president and member of wartime mobilization boards, died after a brief illness in Bronxville. He led GE from 1940 to 1942 before joining the War Production Board, returned to GE in 1944, and later served as defense mobilization director during the Korea War. Survivors include daughter Margaret Wilson Pierce of New York. A memorial service is planned for Thursday.
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