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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1971
Page
2
The Senate approved a $2.6 billion raise to boost basic pay for recruits to $301.50 monthly and annual earnings to $5,328.43, aimed at attracting volunteers and ending the draft. House action mirrors the price tag but divides gains differently for lower grades.
Congress signs a bipartisan letter urging voluntary contributions to a gift for Tricia Nixon on her wedding day. Leaders note similar past gestures, citing Luci Nugent and Lynda Bird Robb weddings, but no Capitol Hill present was given in those cases. The collection aims to fund Steuben glassware, with a deadline set for donations.
UPI reports Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana has not yet decided to enter the Democratic presidential race. He says if he runs, he will focus more on Florida’s early primary than New Hampshire’s, weighing Muskie and McGovern as benchmarks while planning a fall decision. Bayh sees strong Florida support but warns campaigns there will be challenging.
In Santiago the government imposed a curfew and partial military rule after the assassination of the former vice president. Security forces tightened controls as authorities pursued suspects and pledged stability amid unrest.
UPI notes rising tolerance for long hair and beards across business and society, boosting hair care demand while potentially reducing razor sales. It cites advertising spend, lender attitudes, and recruiter behavior from Boston to Tennessee, with mixed reactions in creative fields and ongoing cinema notes. It also covers Chilean politics after the Perez Zujovic killing, including a state of emergency and suspect details.
Foreign analysis notes Indonesia will hold its first general election in 16 years on July 3. The government-backed Golkar confederation appears poised to win, aided by army support and public sector backing. The Nationalists of Sukarno face apathy, with campaign rules curbing criticism of Suharto and the government. A new dissident bloc, the Golput or White Group, emerges urging abstention as a protest.
Soviet cosmonauts Georgy Dobrovolsky Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev aboard the Salyut space station report a steady second day of flight. They slept eight hours in shifts and exercised to combat weightlessness while Tass frames the project as a long term space city experiment.
President Nixon, in an hour long talk with Southern editors, argued a changing world offers chances to manage rivalries that have lasted 25 years while warning America may retreat inward if burdens of leadership push it away. He cited U S Soviet and Chinese relations, nuclear limits talks, and progress with China as steps toward normal relations. A nine month Middle East truce was cited as progress.
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