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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1975
Page
2
Civil Liberties monitors a new Connecticut statute signed by Governor Ella Grasso. The measure mandates daily meditation periods in public schools, despite objections about religious significance and concerns over the impact on classroom time and student rights.
In Rhode Island a dozen maximum custody inmates join Operation Green Thumb at a century old facility, each allotted a 30 square foot plot to grow crops for themselves or others. Critics argue more inmates on a waiting list should share the program, while guards monitor the fields. Separately in Connecticut, debates over silent meditation in schools arise as a legal challenge to the prayer ban looms, with civil liberties groups warning against turning meditation into prayer.
The Senate tackles the seven month old dispute between Democrat John A. Durkin and Republican Louis C. Wyman over the Nov 5 election. Muskie yawned and Bellman stretched as debate remained sparsely attended. Durkin seeks a new election. Kennedy opposes. Durkin led by 3656 to 365? in official recounts. Wyman won by two ballots in a later review.
Thousands of teachers in at least ten states seek unemployment benefits during summer, citing a loophole in federal inflation language. California officials warn up to 100,000 could claim up to 90 dollars weekly, with federal funding pending Congress’ correction. Local officials report thousands already filed in Louisiana Missouri Arkansas Illinois and Oklahoma where disputes over eligibility arise.
Space officials report all systems go for the Apollo Soyuz launch on July 15 to rendezvous in orbit with a Soviet spacecraft. Apollo Soyuz program manager Chester Lee announced the schedule is on track as teams review Saturn 1B rocket, spacecraft, recovery, communications, and astronaut training. Brig. Gen. Thomas Stafford Vance Brand and Donald Slayton remained in Houston for training. A joint NASA Soviet Academy of Sciences report on preparations was also reviewed.
In Saigon, soldiers police and other officials of the former regime start formal re education courses expected to last over a month. All Saigon area employees are ordered to attend with punishment promised for noncompliance. Lt Gen Tran Van Tra says those who disobey will be guilty. registration rooms are crowded and access limited. Former military officers will report with funds for a month.
A government official in Washington is described as admitting he does nothing except drink coffee, drawing headlines about bureaucratic stagnation and calls for reform. The remark highlights frustration with slow processes and leadership gaps at a federal level.
A UPI report cites a newsman who described the last hours of a 41 hour prison siege in Vancouver. Hostages 15 were groggy from drugs and one captive engaged in sex with a female hostage before police intervened, a bullet killing one hostage. Recovered convicts, two wounded, were recaptured as negotiations broke and gunfire resumed.
John Netherland Heiskell led the Arkansas Gazette from 1902 until his death in 1972 at age 100. The Gazette, oldest west of the Mississippi, founded in 1819 by William E. Woodruff, won two Pulitzers for its 1957 Little Rock integration coverage.
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