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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1977
Page
2
Soviet authorities hunt a terrorist after a Moscow subway blast reportedly killing five to seven and injuring about 20. Tass confirmed an explosion occurred on the metro last Saturday with victims but gave no cause. Viktor Louis, a journalist with Cossack contacts, cited a bomb as the likely cause.
Federal investigators launch a two month probe into why the private jet carrying Frank Sinatra’s mother failed to turn and struck San Gorgonio Mountain in a snowstorm. Natalie Dolly Sinatra, a friend, two pilots, and others were killed. Autopsies and funeral plans followed as tapes from Palmdale ATC were impounded for review.
Top AFL-CIO leaders denounce President-elect Carter's plan as too small and slow to lift the economy, calling it a retreat from campaign promises to cut joblessness. They say unemployment will not drop to 7 percent, issuing the statement before inauguration day amid rising tensions with Carter.
UPI reports James Baker, who steered Ford's campaign, withdrew from consideration for GOP chairman as the party eyes a former senator and insiders for the post. The GOP committee meets Friday and Saturday to replace retiring Mary Louise Smith, with William Brock contending after Howard Baker's endorsement. In Hartford, Conn., a separate push to ban discrimination against homosexuals gains fresh momentum after previous House defeats.
Federal support for public television rose in 1976-77 but critics say the funding increases mainly grease bureaucratic wheels. Only 13.3 million of 103 million for this year goes to national programming, while 15.4 million supports NPR and local stations. Leaders warn that flagship efforts like Visions may end due to insufficient national funds. Calls grow to shrink duplication between PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to free money for programs.
In Paris, a four judge panel rejected West German and Israeli extradition requests for Abu Daoud, a Palestinian Liberation Organization official linked to the 1972 Munich massacre, and ordered his immediate release from La Sante prison. Daoud claimed diplomatic immunity and demanded release, saying politics drove the arrest while insisting he is not a killer.
The Supreme Court will hear Hugo Zacchini’s payload of issues including the right to control his cannon act filmed at the Geauga County Fair Ohio and whether a broadcaster infringed his property. The term also covers obscenity standards Ohio church school funding access and other rulings.
The tanker Chester A. Poling broke up off Cape Ann amid 25 foot seas and gale winds. One man, Joao Carosa, 41, of Pawtucket, R. I., died after panicking and falling into the sea while rescuers tried to save six crewmen clinging to the wreckage. Five guardsmen from five vessels were injured. none serious.
crewman John Gilmore of Jersey City recounts the near miss when the Chester Poling sank after breaking apart in 40 degree Atlantic waters. Coast Guard cutters arrived as the fast-sinking bow collapsed, rescuing six survivors identified as Gilmore and five others.
A United Press International chronology lists twelve tanker incidents since December, detailing groundings explosions and spills from Argo Merchant near Nantucket to Grand Zenith near Cape Sable. Incidents include Sansinena in Los Angeles harbor with nine dead, and Olympic Games spillages along the Delaware and Thames rivers.
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