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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1976
Page
2
White House sources say President Ford may settle in the Palm Springs area after leaving the presidency with a firm location decision due within about ten days. He will not stay in Washington and attended a social event with Betty at a desert resort.
Outgoing Police Commissioner Robert diGrazia said a departmental report on corruption and incompetence in Boston's police force was distorted by reporters. He asserted the document was an assessment of department functions, not evidence for prosecution.
In Paris the United States and Vietnam resumed talks for the first time in three years. Officials cautioned progress would be limited and that only one session may be held initially to set terms for later discussions on normalizing relations.
Illinois Massachusetts and New York go to court to block FAA proposals they deem inadequate for international noise rules. Judge Barrington Parker granted an expedited hearing as John McLucas leads the U S delegation to a Montreal conference focusing on Concorde and jet noise standards.
Ex major factor in some violent incidents but not sole cause. Ellinwood, scheduled leadoff witness, testifies in monopoly subcommittee hearings on cases where amphetamine use occurred. He notes other factors contributed to violence including predisposed personality, environmental conditions, and use of other drugs.
Britain nears a compromise on a target date for majority rule in Rhodesia. Officials said a date would let the conference address an interim government, with Rhodesian Foreign Minister Pieter van der Byl and Ivor Richard pressing Nkomo and Mugabe for a consensus. A proposed plan envisions independence within a year if legal procedures extend longer.
Jimmy Carter ends a five day secluded island vacation and heads back to Plains Georgia to choose his new administration and face a church integration dispute. A black Albany minister may be allowed to worship at Plains Baptist Church and Pastor Bruce Edwards could be fired over segregation. Carter plans a Sunday church meeting to decide. He will receive CIA briefings and review transition materials on foreign and defense policy.
President elect Jimmy Carter announces appointment of Jack Watson as transition chief and adds several newly named members to the transition staff. The move shapes the early White House team as Carter prepares to take office.
The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia says it will close next Thursday after 72 years in business due to economic damage from adverse publicity linked to Legionnaires disease. The 750-room center, tied to a July Legion convention, suffered about $1 million in losses over 90 days despite no proven hotel link.
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