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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1977
Page
2
John Mitchell aged 63 was fingerprinted and photographed at Maxwell AFB prison camp Alabama becoming the first U.S. attorney general to be imprisoned. H.R. Haldeman surrendered early and is held at Lompoc prison camp near his Los Angeles home.
Morris Plains, N J. Mr and Mrs Joseph Quinlan remained at the bedside of their daughter Karen Ann 23 in a Morris View Nursing Home coma for over a year The couple faced an apparent worsening of her condition but details were not disclosed The Rev Thomas J Trapasso accompanied the parents and administered the anointment of the sick last rites Monday
Indianapolis report notes Earl Cornwell handling a vast estate sale for Marjorie V. Jackson heiress killed May 7 with items from gold inlaid dentures to secretive cash caches. Fort Lauderdale laundromat adds topless go go dancers to lure customers, offering beer and wine as the show runs with no cover charge and drink prices rising during performances.
Boston report cites UPI that New England FDA regional director Richard Davis said physicians must certify terminal illness and commitment to using Laetrile with standard cancer therapy. A Scituate woman won court permission after a physician affidavit, reflecting recent federal rulings on patient access to the drug derived from apricot pits.
The U S House voted to block for a year the FDA plan to ban saccharin amid pressure from saccharin friendly constituents. The measure adds a prohibition on funding enforcement of any saccharin ban through Sept 30 1978. The bill moves to the Senate with the delay potentially reversible if new evidence confirms a cancer link.
US lawmakers split on federally funded abortions with the House proposing a total ban in its $61 billion Labor-HEW bill. The Senate Appropriations Committee would bar funds except in cases involving danger to the mother, serious fetal deformity, ectopic pregnancy, rape, or incest under Medicaid.
Long Island Lighting Co will transport interested employees from Hicksville Roslyn Shoreham and Brentwood to Seabrook New Hampshire for a Sunday pro nuclear energy rally box lunches and possibly a fast food stop on return two to four buses will be provided with funds from Shareowners not ratepayers The plan follows ongoing protests at Seabrook as construction of a nuclear plant progresses.
Maine lawmakers accuse three large utilities including New England Telephone Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydroelectric of collecting and deferring more than 47 million in unpaid state and federal taxes. The House approved an order to study the issue as regulators note deferrals may never be paid.
Ancel D. Lesley of Santa Paula, 43, dropped a $3 million malpractice suit after accepting $9,000 from three physicians from the Santa Paula Medical Group. He claimed an abcess skin graft procedure nicked his penis, leading to gangrene and amputation. Superior Court Judge Robert Willard approved the settlement and dismissed the case.
Uganda and Kenya reports describe Idi Amin’s secret police allegedly killing suspects in an assassination plot purge. Amin’s status remained uncertain with conflicting accounts of injury and captivity while refugees flee to Kenya. Diplomatic sources say a mass purge is under way as Ugandan officers seek asylum.
A seven year study by UC San Diego sociologist Professor David R Phillips shows that reports of death by own action trigger imitative personal crisis reports and temporarily raise motor vehicle deaths. In San Francisco and Los Angeles the week after such reports auto deaths rise 9.12 percent on average and 18.84 percent after heavily publicized deaths.
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