U S and Romania pace talks as Brezhnev arrives
UPI reports U S Commerce Secretary Elliot L Richardson and President Ceausescu met hours before Leonid Brezhnev's Romania visit. The talks followed Richardson signing a landmark trade pact with Romania, described as the most comprehensive with an East European nation.
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Laird recalls Korea troop pullout plan stalled by Kissinger
Melvin Laird says a phased withdrawal of U S ground troops from South Korea began under his tenure but was blocked by National Security Council head Henry Kissinger who deemed it destabilizing. Laird notes he would have removed all U S ground forces by now, keeping air power, if not for Kissinger's opposition.
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Hunger striker Gilmore vows profits to victims’ families
Gary Gilmore weighs less on day four of his hunger strike in isolation as he pledges to donate much of the proceeds from his forthcoming biography. He refuses food and medicine while seeking contact with fiancée Nicole Barrett who joined a prior death pact. Gilmore’s attorney Dennis Boaz and attorney Roger Nuttall in Fresno plan to ask the Utah Supreme Court to allow phone contact with Mrs Barrett.
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Regents fire Nyquist as New York education chief
The New York State Board of Regents voted 8 to 7 to dismiss Ewald Nyquist as Education Commissioner by June 30. The meeting featured bitter accusations over policy and busing, with Nyquist teary during the proceedings and deputy Thomas Sheldon resigning in support.
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Hearst fears freedom as prison ties relatives’ security plan
Patricia Hearst, free on bail and guarded at her Nob Hill home, told fellow inmates she preferred jail to life outside unless her parents could arrange tight security. In Pleasanton she worried about living outside, while two inmates described her low spirits and self harm and said she wished for isolation.
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Border situation with Syrian troops advances in Lebanon
Lebanon marked Independence Day as Arab League forces moved into Sidon and Tripoli, halting near the Israeli border. Syrian units, after entering two seaports, face disarming militias while clashes between leftists and rightists persist. Palestinian rockets target Nahariya with no casualties.
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UNESCO votes Israel into European region
The 141 member UNESCO general conference approved Israel’s entry into Europe by acclamation 73 to 0 with three abstentions despite Soviet and Arab objections. East Germany and Syria Iraq and Cuba voiced cultural and geographic concerns while plans were endorsed to rebalance global news distribution benefiting poorer nations.
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Bennington Banner publication and service details
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sunday and legal holidays at 25 Main St Bennington Vermont 05201. It is printed by The Banner Publishing Corp and subscribes to United Press International and the New York Times News Service. Rates include 15 cent home delivery and monthly or yearly subscription options.
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Fallout cloud passes over U S safely after Chinese test
The EPA reports the leading edge of a high-altitude radioactive air mass from a Chinese hydrogen bomb has moved past the East Coast and into the Atlantic. Slightly elevated atmospheric levels may persist for weeks as the cloud circles the globe, with no dangerous readings at several stations including Seattle and Bismark.
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