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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1971
Page
5
Egyptian Prime Minister Mah moud Fawzi on a visit to Suez front-line troops warned the Middle East is headed for a fresh war. He said there will be no peace settlement and no alternative to confrontation and victory, stressing readiness to fight and sacrifice.
Senator Edmund S. Muskie criticizes the Nixon administration for refusing to sell Phantom jets to Israel, saying the move harms Middle East peace efforts. He urges reversing the policy to pressure Cairo instead, while commenting on Vietnam troop withdrawals and the Phase II price controls. He also weighs a potential black vice presidential candidate in 1972, noting Edward Brooke’s visibility and proximity to black equality goals.
Dr. Mary Daly became the first woman to preach at Memorial Church in Cambridge and led nearly 100 women to walk out after her sermon. Daly, a theology professor and women’s rights leader, criticized male dominance in institutional religion and urged women to challenge patriarchy.
Boston Catholic leaders from Massachusetts Vermont New Hampshire and Maine urge government support calling aid for private parochial schools plain justice. They warn funding is essential as parish schools close and teacher staffing shifts threaten future education.
About 150 veterans from American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, Knights of Columbus and VFW staged a late Veterans Day parade in South Boston. They gathered at VFW Hall, raised a flag, then marched to protest changing the holiday date from November 11 and to condemn officials who did not attend. Boston police sergeant Walter Clark called the event both a remembrance of war dead and a political protest against government action.
UPI reports Sen John Alden R Windsor County files a campaign expense statement showing about 23000 spent so far with total expected around 25000. He accuses Richard Mallory of bankrolling ads while a primary looms with advertising, printing and postage items listed.
The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board schedules the next evidentiary session for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation license to operate the Vernon plant. The hearing resumes at 2 p.m. Monday Nov. 29 on the first floor at the Vermont National Guard Armory 207 Main Street Brattleboro.
James R. White, 24, of Claremont New Hampshire died when his single car left Vermont Route 103 and struck a tree early Saturday. Two other New Hampshire residents Beverly Hager, 36, of Newport and Ernest LeBlanc, 32, of Claremont were injured but in satisfactory condition at Rutland Hospital.
Authorities said Emile Mercier 37 of Wolcott fled the Vermont State mental Hospital Friday and remains dangerous after a court appearance on an assault with a deadly weapon charge. In Vermont deer season opened three people were wounded in hunting mishaps Sharon Bushey 17 of Richmond Alan Aldag 13 of Island Pond and Samuel Wolcott 22 of Burlington were injured when firearms discharged accidentally.
John A S McGlennon regional administrator of the Federal Environmental Conservation Agency was to meet later today with Gov Deane C Davis after touring pollution abatement projects in central Vermont.
In New York two fires left three dead including 17 month old Richard Ayotte who perished in a second story apartment blaze on Clifton Street Waterford. Josephine Shaw 63 and Glenna Aldrich 17 died in a West Lebanon home fire. Police say cause under investigation. Rensselaer Mayor John H. Warden 68 died suddenly at a Syracuse urban renewal conference. He leaves wife Florence Woods two sons and a sister.
Berkshire air officials plan a ten day investigation of the Hoosac River in Williamstown after repeated complaints of a summertime to fall odor. Widen tannery blamed by locals, though the exact source has not yet been determined.
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