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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1973
Page
2
United Press International reports that the Cost of Living Council approved monthly increases in gasoline prices after a months-long campaign by gas station operators. Director John T. Dunlop said hikes would pass on wholesale cost rises in production, applying across the petroleum industry.
A Tel Aviv spokesman reported Israeli forces killed six Egyptians on the Suez Cairo periphery during truce violations. In Washington Golda Meir pressed Nixon Kissinger for clarity and prisoner exchange terms before withdrawal to October lines. Guerrilla sources in Beirut suggested a split among Palestinian groups over ceasefire talks, with the leftist Popular Democratic Front favoring a Soviet Egyptian invitation.
Watergate committee staff testified that more than 25 paid agents funded by about 110000 in Nixon campaign money carried out dirty tricks against Democrats in 1972. The total Nixon spending on such activities nears the 1 million mark when including break in and legal costs.
U S officials say East West talks on military cuts in Europe will push for rapid reductions by both the United States and Soviet forces. Delegates from NATO and the Warsaw Pact began detailed talks, planning phased negotiations beginning next Tuesday focusing first on Central Europe and then broader East West troop reductions.
In a dramatic Dublin incident a helicopter swooped into Mountjoy prison yard and picked up Seamus Twomey Joe O Hagan and Kevin Mallon. A bogus American filmmaker Leonard rented the craft and aided the breakout as police launched a nationwide manhunt.
In Savannah Georgia Mrs Wilkes Boarding House serves a noon meal to about 250 guests daily at 1130 am with fried chicken cherry cobbler and lemon pie. The dining room features five large wooden tables and a No Smoking sign. Mrs Wilkes, a former railroad man wife, greets patrons and oversees service while guests from diverse professions share tables. Inflation raised prices from 175 to 250, publicity has brought more tourists crowding locals out, and age and privacy become sensitive issues for her.
The House Commerce Committee approved a 1.4 billion dollar bill to create a profitable system from six bankrupt northeastern railroads. It would form the Federal National Railroad Association with a billion in loan guarantees to run the new network and prevent liquidation or nationalization. The plan could affect thousands of miles of track and reshaped industrial and population patterns.
Harte Theatre features Little Big Man and A Man Called Horse with Dustin Hoffman and Richard Harris, both PG westerns. Jesus Christ Superstar is a G hit with mixed church reaction. Fritz the Cat paired with The Cheerleaders for an X double bill. Oklahoma Crude with George C. Scott PG at Cinema. Times in ads. planning period outlines rail labor relief funding and a proposed national rail plan.
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