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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1972
Page
10
In San Francisco a nine women and three men all white panel failed to reach a verdict in the Soledad Brothers trial after 12 hours of discussion. Judge S Lee Vavuris ordered the jurors to resume deliberations as security guards and other inmates remained linked to the case.
The state outlines a circumstantial case that Angela Davis, a UCLA philosophy former assistant professor and black Communist, aided a kidnap plot linked to the 1970 San Rafael courthouse killings. Prosecutor Albert Harris plans to prove a conspiracy with eight white jurors.
The Boston Globe alleges Central Tow Go Inc of Boston, owned by James J. Gannon, won city towing business without bidding and may have kickbacks to police. It cites a 1954 report and notes a police lieutenant shares an apartment with the firm's VP, with a patrolman assigned to the firm and seen handling calls.
Rep. Shirley Chisholm starts her presidential bid in Massachusetts with an emotional appeal to unite poor people of all colors against the current power structure. She notes six delegates won from Georgia and urges voters to back a black woman in the April 25 primary while criticizing price boards and taxpayer burdens.
Mrs. Ethel Kennedy widow of Senator Robert F. Kennedy fell and broke her leg while skiing on Mt. Tecumseh in the White Mountains. Doctors set the leg at Waterville Ski Area and she was taken to Sheva Speare Memorial Hospital in Plymouth where she was reported resting comfortably. She and seven of her 11 children had been skiing in the area for a week.
In Springfield two people died in separate crashes on Saturday. Esther M. Young, 59, of Perkinsville, died near head on Route 106 in North Springfield. Jeffrey A. Hosack, 18, of Toledo, Ohio, died in a one car crash on Interstate 91 at noon. Herman Young, 70, suffered a concussion. Thomas W. Ebert, 30, was hospitalized in Hanover with injuries. Edward T. Artin Jr., 18, of Youngstown, Ohio, was held for careless driving after the rollover death.
Police hunt a man in his 20s with long hair and sideburns after a failed drive in robbery at the Howard National Bank Essex Junction branch. A Burlington cab driver was forced to drive the teller to the drive-in window and the robber threatened explosives but the teller activated a panic alarm and the suspect fled.
Scot Skinner, a Connecticut lawyer and Columbia Law School graduate, has been named director of the newly formed Vermont Public Interest Research Group with student support from Vermont colleges. The group expects a $30,000 first year budget to fund Skinner and two staffers, formed on Ralph Nader’s suggestion. Herbert K. Shannon of Burlington asks the Legislature to fully fund the Vermont Human Rights Commission at $10,000, saying current funding will render it ineffective without paid staff. Funeral services are set Tuesday for former U.S. Attorney Joseph McNamara who died at a Burlington hospital at age 78, survived by his widow and three daughters. he practiced in Burlington after Harvard Law School graduation in 1918 and service in World War I.
New York state grants final green light to 5 135 acre agricultural district in Schoharie County marking the first use of enabling legislation to protect farm land and boost environmental quality. Local final approval lies with the county legislative body. Troy officials report 20 resumes and many inquiries for city manager post as city advertises vacancy.
In North Adams the First Baptist Church considers new offers to purchase the wedge shaped flatiron building slated for demolition. Voting on bids set for April 9 follows a prior rejected $1,000 offer to save the structure tied to Eagle Street restoration plans. Meanwhile in Pittsfield a Saturday fire at 93 100 Circular Ave left 33 people temporarily homeless after a three story seven apartment frame building burned for about three and a half hours. no injuries reported.
The city license commission approved a hotel liquor license for the proposed North Adams Inn and postponed action on Harriman Airport restaurant license due to a legal problem. Construction for the inn is planned to begin next month.
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