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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1975
Page
2
District Judge Garrity grants the Boston School Committee an extra week to finalize its revised desegregation plan for next fall while dismissing hopes for a plan without court ordered busing. A Jan 27 deadline is set for approval, despite earlier talk of no compulsory busing.
Saigon announces a nationwide amnesty for all deserters and draft evaders who fled before Jan 1 1975 to swell South Vietnam's strained forces. The move aims to parole thousands into the army, while battles erupt with North Vietnamese convoys and rebel arms reach nearby Cambodia.
William T. Coleman Jr., a lawyer with transit experience, is chosen as President Ford's transportation secretary candidate. If confirmed he would be the second black Cabinet member, following Robert Weaver. Coleman led NAACP Legal Defense Fund work, oversaw transit for Philadelphia and Cincinnati, and serves as a Pan Am director who would resign if confirmed.
Israeli commandos struck across the border into southeast Lebanon. A five hour battle with Palestinian guerrillas continued for the fourth day of skirmishes. Eight Israeli soldiers were wounded in the pre dawn strike on Chouba near the border. A Palestinian spokesman in Beirut claimed about 50 Israeli dead and wounded. Egyptian President Sadat signaled disengagement talks with Israel in Sinai in exchange for returning oil fields and passes. Sadat urged withdrawal from three fronts and U.N. troops to stay only if their mandate ends in April.
Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger began talks on steps to break the Middle East impasse. Allon said he had no new Sinai withdrawal proposals, while Egypt seeks oilfield return and political concessions. Kissinger planned to meet President Ford, while officials downplayed war threat.
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