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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1975
Page
2
UPI reports Cambodia's Lon Nol government orders all airlifted rice to military use despite rising starvation. Social workers say refugees are denied rice as prices soar, while rebels attack Phnom Penh and its airport. Food markets see closures and jeeps scarce gasoline limits travel.
In New Hampshire the fight over economy versus ecology intensifies as Parsons and Whittemore touts a 600 ton a day pulp mill plan near the Connecticut River. Environmental concerns and local opposition echo last year’s Seabrook refinery debate, with several towns weighing rejection or acceptance and the firm signaling it would relocate if unwelcome.
OPEC leaders from major oil exporters gather in Algiers for a three day summit aimed at defending profits amid slumping demand and dollar erosion. The draft declaration emphasizes cartel solidarity and possible output cuts or shifting price linkages away from the dollar.
In Cordoba Argentina John Egan a U S consular official shot by leftist Montoneros was buried as two jeeps guarded the gates of San Geronimo cemetery Police patrolled the grounds while mourners including his Bolivian born wife Cirila watched the dark coffin placed in a tomb Wreaths from Henry Kissinger President Ford and U S Ambassador Robert Hill marked the tomb Egan had been kidnapped warned to be freed if four Montoneros were alive News reports say he was killed before a firing squad and his body found Saturday morning along a road in Cordoba The 62 year old retired Perma Montana native served as consular agent since 1973 and had worked for Kaiser for 30 years In Buenos Aires another labor leader Eustaquio Tolosa was shot in a separate attack the second on a union leader in three days
West Germany released five imprisoned anarchists in exchange for a pledge that urban guerrillas would free 52 year old Peter Lorenz the CDU mayoral candidate of West Berlin. The Lufthansa jet carrying the freed prisoners headed toward an unknown destination as authorities weighed ransom and political fallout from the kidnapping.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists stated Dr. Kenneth Edelin acted in line with professional principles after his manslaughter conviction. The group urged clearer legal and ethical guidelines for abortion decisions and noted the adversary system may not suit developing such guidelines.
An eight member U.S. congressional group returned to Washington after a tense IndoChina mission. They pressed for more action from Kissinger and the State Department to locate missing American servicemen. In meetings with North Vietnamese officials and Viet Cong leaders they urged clarification on bodies reportedly held by the communists and pressed for military aid to Saigon.
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