Police chief says officers act above the law in Biko case
In Pretoria the South African police chief defended shackling Steve Biko and keeping him naked before his death, saying officers "work with our own powers" rather than the law. The Biko autopsy cited severe brain damage from the September 12 prison death after a drive from Port Elizabeth.
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Pretoria
South Africa
UPI
Steve Biko
Col
Piet Goosen
Port Elizabeth
Biko
Goosen
Sydney Kentridge
Kentridge
Goosden
Martinus Prins
Harold Snyman
Grand jury probes racial attack at Bunker Hill
A Suffolk County grand jury began hearings into the assault on Pine Forge Academy students from Pennsylvania by five white men armed with sticks near the Bunker Hill monument. Nine students testified. three suspects face assault charges, while two others remain sought as witnesses and a film from chaperone Battles may be reviewed.
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Boston
UPI
Suffolk County
Pennsylvania
Bunker Hill
Pine Forge Academy
Reading
Vincent R. Tamburello
Daniel L. Krystyn
Kenneth R. Lauderslagher
Salem
Mass
Charles Battles
MacDonald
Grand
Battles
Charlestown
Bunker Hill Monument
Michael S. Dukakis
Schubert Theater
Baldwin T. Humphrey
Academy
Humphrey
Parental Neglect Blamed For Polio Rise In 1955
United Press International reports polio cases reappear in several states due to lax immunization. Texas records one confirmed case a 23 month old boy in Eagle Pass with others suspected in McAllen and Liberty, while New York Maryland Minnesota report cases and a fear of vaccine complacency grows. Health officials warn of potential outbreak and cite immunization drives, including Detroit's classroom ban with thousands vaccinated after notices to 12,000 children.
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New York
Texas
Maryland
Minnesota
Charles R. Webb Jr
Health Department
Jonathon Mann
New Mexico Health Department
Manhattan
Wayne Bobbitt
Diane Peterson
Minnesota Health Department
House retreats kill push for nationwide power rate reform
Negotiators say a dispute over federal intervention in state rate setting is mostly resolved. The House dropped mandatory rate reforms, aligning with Senate concerns about federal standards and leaving 11 guidelines acceptable to states. Final agreement expected after resolving federal powers to appeal state retail decisions.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Energy Conference Committee
Carter
Bennett Johnston
Helms Starts Safeer Firm to Seek Iranian Business
Former CIA Director Richard Helms opens an international consulting firm named Safeer to pursue Iranian business opportunities in the United States. Helms, 64, says the venture is not lobbying and aims to improve the balance of payments, after a 2004 fine and suspended sentence over testimony at a Senate committee hearing in 1973. The piece also notes polio cases in New York and Maryland, vaccine-related concerns, and related health comments.
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Washington
UPI
CIA
Iran
Richard Helms
United States
Helms
Washington Post
Senate
Salvador Allende
Safeer
Bennington Banner Advertising Rates Noted
Local rate card lists telephone contact 447-7567 and pricing for 1 month 3 months 6 months and annual options. Rates shown include $5.10 for one month $15.30 for three months $30.60 for six months and yearlong at ayear amount.
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Bennington Banner Telephone
Food costs to rise up to six percent in 1978
Washington reports Agriculture Department forecast a 1978 grocery price increase of as much as 6 percent due to higher middleman charges and import costs. Farmers receive the same $56 billion for feeding America as in recent years while labor and energy costs push retail prices higher.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Kenneth Farrell
Agency
Economic Research Service
America
Farrell
Department
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Salk
Detroit
Harley Staggers
Dw.va
Haynes
Kane, Inc
Bennington
Eaith
Stereos
Lo Maron
Corner Park & Scott Sts., Bennington
Frigidaire
Furniture CO
Main Street
Fienberg
Main ST
Bennington, VT
Bennington Banner
The
Banner Publishing Corp
New York Times
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Ayear
U.S
Andrich Studio
Church Street
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North Street
RED Shield Group
Air Step
Ynamic Duo
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