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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1977
Page
2
Billy Carter will throw the first ball at Cleveland Indians versus Detroit Tigers. He will tap the first keg for Beer Night and be paid an estimated 5 000 to 10 000 dollars. The team will distribute free Virginia peanuts, not from Plains, Georgia.
UPI report from Macon Georgia says United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young and Coretta Scott King were on location for the filming of King a television movie based on Martin Luther King Jr life. Young plays himself in the NBC film starring Paul Winfield and Cicely Tyson. Filmways Production Co shoots the film about King's leadership in the 1960s civil rights era.
Spokane. Mrs. John Bruce Dodd, 95, founder of Father’s Day, will observe the occasion this weekend in the nursing home where she has lived for years. She lobbied for congressional approval in 1910 to honor her father and all hardworking fathers.
Rep Barbara Jordan of Texas told 4300 Harvard graduates at the 326th commencement that government will become a spectator sport unless citizens participate. She said the people must ensure representatives work to make them feel they count, warning the price is too high for apathy.
The Senate passed a resolution honoring First Lady Rosalynn Carter for a brilliant display of knowledge about sensitive issues during her Latin America tour. Senator Harrison Williams said spouses of public figures are often limited to ceremonial roles, but Carter has broken that with effective and tactful communication of U.S. concerns.
In Narragansett Rhode Island a new 51 000 square foot two story extension to the Environmental Research Laboratory opens as part of Marine Environmental Education Week. The $4 million facility houses advanced ocean research equipment including high hazard chemistry and biology labs and a flowing seawater system. The addition is the first since 1966, evolving from a federal shellfish study center and later a drinking water research lab from 1969 to 1973.
United Merchants & Manufacturers announced a phaseout of its Robert Hall national retail clothing operation and negotiations to sell United Factors. The move follows the removal of George L. Staff as operating head with no successor named. The company warned of a major balance sheet writedown and substantial cash losses, but gave no totals. The Robert Hall Division runs 359 stores and about 5,000 employees, with the phaseout to be carried out vigorously and expeditiously.
Brezhnev said his election to the presidency marks a deep political shift and signals the growing role of the Communist party in Soviet affairs. The Supreme Soviet voted to retire Nikolai Podgorny and merge the posts of party general secretary and president, elevating Brezhnev’s status among world leaders.
Former Gulf Oil executives were ordered to testify in a Congressional investigation after the company admitted membership in a secret cartel to raise world uranium prices. Subpoenas were issued for a second round of testimony, with L. T. Gregg among those called.
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance says he has heightened Latin American leaders' sensitivity to President Carter's human rights message. He spent days at the OAS conference in Grenada and Trinidad visiting foreign ministers, proposing a strengthened OAS human rights commission, and stressing no deadline for a durable SALT accord. Reactions ranged from support by democracies like Colombia and Venezuela to mistrust from military regimes.
Five years after the Watergate break in and the ensuing prosecutions, Haldeman and Mitchell prepare to join the federal prison population as the era closes. The piece lists major convictions, indictments, and the sweeping reforms that followed including campaign finance limits and sunshine laws.
The New York Court of Appeals ruled that a Citizens Band radio operator cannot be arrested for warning motorists of a speed trap. Judge Lawrence Cooke noted Smokey slang does not obstruct police work and requires more than intimidation or interference to constitute obstruction. The decision, in an Alexandria Bay man’s appeal, may modestly affect speed control efforts.
Federal prosecutors sought to bring South Korean lobbyist Tongsun Park to the United States to testify in a joint bribery inquiry by the Justice Department FBI and IRS. An immunity deal was offered but declined through Park's attorney. The probe targets U S congressmen who took money or gifts from Park and associates. The government says it has pursued testimony from witnesses abroad and plans to use methods such as letters rogatory if needed.
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