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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1973
Page
2
Soviet police stormed a Moscow airport airliner after a five hour standoff with four hijackers aiming to fly to Sweden. Two hijackers were killed, two surrendered. One crewman and one passenger injured. Ransom demanded between 500000 and 1000000 dollars.
Martha Mitchell tells UPI in New York she believes Nixon will be forced from the White House by spring after speaking with people in Washington and staying in touch with the country. She cites wide opposition and says she has endured “the throes of hell” since her husband John Mitchell joined the administration.
United Press International reports energy expert John A. Love, former Colorado governor, says a cold winter could trigger blackouts and brownouts in the Midwest and on both coasts due to fuel shortages, and that the only immediate fix is to slow demand. In Beirut, Arab oil sources say Saudi Arabia will halt crude shipments to several countries supplying the United States.
In California the UPI report says a fatal bus crash near Sacramento resulted in 13 deaths and an autopsy ruled out the driver as the cause. Police say investigation continues into the crash location and circumstances.
Investigators believe smoke from an electrical compartment fire entered the cockpit of a Pan American Boeing 707, possibly knocking out radios and flight data gear as the crew attempted an unscheduled landing near Boston. All three aboard died, including captain John R. Zammett, First Officer Gene Ritter, and Flight Engineer David Melvin.
Syndicated cartoonist Bill Mauldin was wounded in a high speed pursuit on an interstate when police cars rammed two stopped vehicles. The suspect fled after a chaotic chase that began with a trouble call and ended in a dirt fence crash with multiple officers involved. Mauldin, in Santa Fe, blamed police for heavy handed tactics as the fugitive escaped.
Harte Theatre presents Little Big Man and A Man Called Horse with Dustin Hoffman and Richard Harris in action packed westerns rated PG. Twin Cinemas screens Jesus Christ Superstar a controversial but legitimate music film rated G, and Fritz the Cat with The Cheerleaders in an X rated double bill. Cinema Theatre shows 40 Carats starring Liv Ullmann and Edward Albert rated PG with a failing comedy.
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