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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1977
Page
2
UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim says a UN mission verified human rights concerns in Uganda and Amin consents to a second investigative team. Officials cite mass killings linked to Amin since 1971, with refugees describing 200 to 300 killed in a purge after an assassination attempt.
Virginia Price Street, 70, testified in a federal libel case against NBC over the TV film Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys, claiming she was raped by nine youths in 1931 and showing a scar as proof. She denied allegations of adultery and contested transcript details while recalling her assault on a Chattanooga to Huntsville freight train.
Former Speaker Carl Albert used his influence in 1972 to help a white owned business enter the SBA 8A program. An ex-SBA official called it blatant political pressure while Albert argued it was aiding a struggling town. The case involved Oklahoma Aero tronics in Hartshorn and a request to declare a firm disadvantaged.
Senate investigators charged six white run business groups created twenty six minority fronts to secure nearly fifty million dollars in noncompetitive government contracts via Small Business Administration loans. Senator Lawton Chiles and Representative Parren Mitchell cited prior probes and alleged SBA inaction while detailing abuses and large returns on invested capital.
North Slope crude resumed flowing through Alyeska's Arctic pipeline after a three day shutdown caused by a nitrogen leak near Pump Station No 8 north of Fairbanks. Engineers found several cracks in an elbow likely from liquid nitrogen at minus 290 degrees. No oil spill occurred and pumping was back on schedule. The line should reach Valdez storage tanks by late July with the first tanker loading late this month or early August.
President Carter moves toward normal relations with the People's Republic of China and sends Leonard Woodcock as the new U S envoy to Peking to gauge Chinese leadership attitudes. He stresses preparing for Vance's August trip while denying any plan to drop Taiwan or sever relations with its government. The Shanghai communique frames Washington’s stance.
Four miners died and fourteen others escaped after a powerful explosion at a southwestern Virginia mine near St. Charles. The bodies were recovered around 2 a.m. in an area full of methane gas, while the Mine Safety Administration opened an investigation. Names of the deceased were Bill Perkins, Harold Johnson, Harold Wells, and Danny Tester.
British reinforcements patrolled the Belize Guatemala border amid fears of invasion. Diplomats in Washington issued an upbeat communique promising steps to ease tensions. Ted Rowlands will visit Guatemala to continue talks as Guatemala warns it could degenerate into armed conflict. Belize, Guatemala, Britain, Belize City, Belmopan, Benque Viejo del Carmen, Harrier jets, Achill es frigate.
In Minneapolis UPI report, Roger Caldwell a 43 year old Colorado rancher is charged with two counts of first degree murder in the deaths of Elisabeth Congdon 83 and nurse Velma Pietila 65 at Glenshene on Lake Superior. Investigators say Caldwell and his wife stood to inherit over 2 million and jewelry stolen from the Congdon estate was found in their motel room. Police requested Colorado authorities search Caldwell's hotel rooms.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey votes unanimously to extend its 16 month ban on Concorde SST operations at Kennedy Airport pending more noise studies. The board cites low frequency energy and possible house vibrations as concerns while preparing a Vibration Battle Index. Court action is planned next Tuesday with Air France and British Airways noncommittal.
Washington UPI reports the National Institute on Drug Abuse calls cocaine a serious drug of abuse with about 8 million Americans having used it and 1 million in the past month. The $4 million four year study notes cocaine price, high street status, and rising recreational use since the last century, with 9 percent of 1975 and 9.8 percent of 1976 high school seniors trying it.
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