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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1977
Page
8
Riot state troopers ring Essex International Corp plant in Elwood Indiana after a three month labor dispute. A woman picket was shot Monday as gunfire marked the latest escalation. Police guarded the site through the night to enforce a tense truce.
Cambridge reports say National Highway Traffic Safety Administration head Joan Claybrook urged tougher safety rules for vans and light trucks. She warned market growth could raise deaths and injuries unless passive restraints and similar standards to cars are applied. An Indianapolis plant shooting led to state trooper deployment and resumed talks between union and management as injuries occurred.
London jury convicts Gay News and editor Denis Lemon of blasphemous libel in Britain's first such trial in 56 years. Verdict 10-2 after five hours of deliberation. sentencing set for Tuesday. The case centered on a controversial illustrated poem deemed vile and blasphemous against Christ.
In Winchester Tennessee UPI reports Victoria Price Street, widow of a tobacco farmer, seeks 6 million dollars from NBC over a film she says portrays her as a scarlet woman in Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys. Judge Neese ordered her attorneys to prove negligence after dismissing two complaints alleging invasion of privacy and slander. Jurors were not noted as seated in the excerpt.
Alameda Superior Court hears motions to suppress evidence from the 1976 Chowchilla bus kidnapping. Defense argues illegal warrants and flawed investigation may force reliance on testimony from the 26 children and driver if key items are excluded. Proceedings to scrutinize hundreds of items continue over several weeks as lawyers seek fair trial.
In Tokyo the Liberal Democratic Party lost a majority in the upper house for the first time in 22 years but gained three independents to keep control. Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda framed the results as stability, while coalition-leaning shifts indicated a move toward multi party governance and potential changes in Tokyo local races.
The antinuclear Clamshell Alliance said the Seabrook 2300 megawatt plant would cost at least 3 billion if completed, revising higher from 850 million in 1972 and 2 billion last October. Spokeswoman Cathy Wolff cited rising costs and disputes over figures, noting PSC toll free figures show 2.5 billion while NRC data suggests 2.08 billion. The PSC says a 20 percent rate hike is needed to continue construction and urges dropping the project.
Springfield police policy allowing officers to shoot fleeing suspects in nonviolent felonies is under renewed criticism. The Division of Urban Ministry of the Council of Churches of Greater Springfield urged a change to restrict shooting to cases where life is endangered, a serious crime occurs, or imminent threat to others exists. Groups including the Hampden County ACLU, the local NAACP, and the Springfield Urban League have also pressed for revision. A hearing is set for Wednesday with a final decision planned for July 20.
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