21 Nov 1970
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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1970
Page
1
A familiar Southern opossum has been spotted in Vermont near Woodford Road. The animal, seen crossing a field by Duncan A. Campbell, played dead when approached, then climbed a maple tree. Campbell photographed the creature as it pretended to die before moving on.
The U S government charged Shell Union and Continental Oil along with Humble Oil with 303 safety violations across 74 Gulf of Mexico wells. The cases stem from a past spill and allege failure to install blowout preventing devices under the Outer Continental Shell Lands Act, with the firms asserting current compliance.
Boston Evening Globe reports Daniel P. Moynihan will be named United Nations ambassador, accepting Nixon's offer. Moynihan, 43, would replace Charles W. Yost and had been considering returning to Harvard. The piece notes his welfare reform role and the controversial benign neglect memo.
Cool, cloudy pattern continues with highs in the upper 40s. Chance of rain lingers tonight but diminishing by Sunday. Lows settle in the 30s tonight and Sunday.
The official death toll from typhoon Patsy, the strongest storm to strike Manila, rose to 105 dead, 1,012 injured and 60 missing with 23,000 left homeless as winds hit about 125 miles per hour. Officials reported rapid relief efforts as conditions improved in the aftermath.
Richard W. Pendleton, a 23 year old former soldier, testified he saw two GI s open fire into a ditch with 40 to 50 South Vietnamese civilians but said neither of the shooters was Lt. William L. Calley Jr. He named the two shooters by last names Terry and Doherty and suggested some people in the ditch could have been alive. The trial paused for a weekend recess.
Vermont officials report mercury contamination in state waters and fish, with a task force unable to identify a single source. Interagency official Forest Orr says housewives may be major offenders, noting many businesses deny mercury use while citing household items and lawn products as sources. The study, begun after high mercury levels in fish, will continue with a later final report.
The Senate Finance Committee voted 10 to 6 to kill President Nixon’s welfare reform bill, a key part of his domestic agenda. Conservatives said it overreached while liberals argued it did not go far enough, as the plan aimed to provide federal aid to working poor families. The panel approved a testing plan called the Family Plan with up to five alternatives, including wage supplements for low earners, prompting White House expectations of floor votes but risking years before any overhaul. Senator Fred Harris defected, saying aid for families with a nonworking father would not be guaranteed, despite most welfare households being led by women.
S Sgt David Mitchell is found not guilty of assault with intent to murder in the My Lai massacre court martial. Seven officers on the panel deliberated nearly seven hours before delivering the ruling. Mitchell saluted after the verdict as his mother sobbed and his father, a Baptist minister from St Francisville, held him.
The Vermont Ecumenical Council was expected to grant associate status to the Burlington Diocese, making Vermont the first eastern state with Catholics connected to an ecumenical body. The change follows the two year merger forming the Ecumenical and Bible Society and will precede an ecumenical service led by clergy from several faiths.
In Detroit UPI reports the United Auto Workers approve a record three year deal with General Motors ending a 67 day strike and allowing production to resume. Local plant settlements remain to be finalized, with full output expected to ramp up across December ahead of holidays.
Demonstrators hurled smoke and stink bombs onto the Miss World stage, forcing Bob Hope to retreat and organizers to suspend the pageant briefly. Hope returned to finish his act amid applause, calling the disruption a poor stunt and condemning the protesters.
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