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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1971
Page
2
Senate subcommittee reports substantial evidence of improper union fund use in W. A. Boyle's 1969 United Mine Workers reelection. Investigators cite a campaign financing pattern funded from the UMW treasury and seek possible Justice Department action.
The Christian Science Monitor, citing Pentagon papers, reports eight direct appeals by Ho Chi Minh for US aid from Oct 1945 to Feb 1946 were ignored by the United States and Britain, amid postwar Indochina tensions. It notes Ho sought autonomous Vietnam with US protection, while Washington favored France and feared a Moscow-aligned state in Southeast Asia.
Washington reports the 1971 fiscal year ended with spending about 20 billion dollars more than income. Treasury Secretary Connally said the deficit would run substantially above the January forecast, nearing the 1968 record. The next year’s budget predicts an 11.6 billion shortfall amid rising expectations.
The Williams town venues present a mix of racy and family fare. Ginger stars as a private eye in Dean’s Wife and Dandy, while Bennington Drive-in screens Support Your Local Gunfighter and The McKenzie Break. Manchester and Hathaway showcases include A New Leaf Airport and Two Mules for Sister Sara plus Ryan's Daughter at Harte Theatre with showtimes 7 to 9 evenings.
Sen. Edmund Muskie of Maine condemned President Nixon's veto of the accelerated public works bill as ill advised and ill timed. He argued the act would create tens of thousands of jobs within a year and contrast with Nixon’s depreciation changes.
The Senate defeated a proposal to cap the Defense Department budget at 68 billion dollars for the next fiscal year from a 76.7 billion dollar base by a 63 to 24 vote. New England senators split along party lines with Democrats Kennedy Muskie Ribicoff for and McIntyre Pastore Pell against. Aiken Cotton Smith Weicker opposed. Brooke and Prouty absent.
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