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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1975
Page
2
A battered convoy reached Phnom Penh with 2000 tons of rice amid a rebel siege. Six vessels docked at dawn unloading supplies as two other ships were sunk. The arrival reduces the risk of an airlift and prolongs a dire food shortage in the capital.
President Ford hosts a White House meeting with Democrat and Republican leaders to bridge gaps on his economy energy plan. In attendance is House Speaker Carl Albert as talks aim to resolve deep split over policy.
In Belfast a 20-year-old Catholic plant worker, Robert McCullough, was shot during a luncheon chess game by three masked gunmen. Police fear renewed sectarian violence as British troops boost patrols between Catholic and Protestant neighborhoods. The killings come after a Protestant youth’s booby trap death and end the IRA truce, risking a new phase of Northern Ireland conflict.
Robert Elmer Kleason, 42, faced capital murder charges in the killings of Gary Smith Darley and Mark J. Fischer. Police say he killed them during a robbery at his trailer home behind a taxidermy shop, cut the bodies into pieces on a band saw, then dumped remains in a storage bin. Bodies were not recovered. inquest declared them dead. Doctors found him mentally incompetent on firearms charges and may have been at the time of the killings.
Three oil barges and an empty freighter collided on the Mississippi River near Chalmette Louisiana, igniting a wall of flame that halted 15 miles of inland waterway traffic. No one on the freighter or tug was hurt. crude oil leaks and flames forced Coast Guard to suspend traffic until barges were contained.
At Twin Cinemas in the area The Longest Yard with Burt Reynolds is in an over run at Cinema I rated R. Cinema II features Law and Disorder with Carroll O Conn or Ernest Borgnine and has sparked NYC cops uproar. The Little Prince plays in Manchester at Dubrows Cinema with mixed reviews. The Seduction of Mimi screens at Nickelodeon Williamstown with Italian dialogue and subtitles. The Groove Tube at Harte Main Street is rated R and praised as trans eningly silly.
Venezuelan officials say the United States treats oil producing friends badly at a three day cabinet conference in Boston. They urged Congress to extend favored nation status to Venezuela while assuring continued oil flow. Senators Kennedy and Bentsen pressed for change to the 1974 trade act amid U S concerns over OPEC ties.
Officials indicate President Ford may extend the conditional amnesty and clemency program beyond its Friday expiration. Press Secretary Ron Nessen said Ford would likely decide today on the fate of the clemency board, which grants pardons or conditional pardons to those who evaded the draft or deserted during the Vietnam era. Some aides say the extension is likely due to a surge in applications, with the board urging continued operation as many eligible men learn of the program. Ford could extend again if application rates stay high next month.
The Bennington Banner lists daily publication details and contact numbers. It provides subscription rates for Vermont and U S audiences including 3 months 9 dollars, 6 months 18 dollars, and 1 year 36 dollars for Vermont, with U S rates 9 75 for 3 months, 19 50 for 6 months, and 39 00 for 1 year.
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