Airlift Begins for Turkish Earthquake Relief Amid Massive Loss
U.S. Air Force C130s began delivering relief to eastern Turkey where a 7.6 magnitude quake killed over 3,500. Red Crescent teams and international aid, including Italy and West Germany, work as freezing conditions hinder distribution to survivors. Victims in Van region describe devastation and ongoing rescue efforts.
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Van
Turkey
UPI
Air Force
The
Red Crescent
Red Cross
U.S
Incirlik
USS
Ankara
Italy
Switzerland
West Germany
Istanbul
Ercis
Sandgate acres placed in forest foundation
A private non profit foundation gains 425 acres of Sandgate woodland through Dorothy Sullivan Scott's donation. The New England Forestry Foundation plans forestry services, tax advantages, and sustainable timber management while preserving the forest. Forester Charles Stewart notes the Scott forest may yield limited income due to rugged terrain and scarce high value timber.
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Judson Brown
Sandgate
S. Lytton Scott Memorial Forest
Charles M. Stewart
New England Forestry Foundation
Stewart
Chunk’s Brook Road
Tate Mountain Road
West Sandgate
Dorothy Sullivan Scott
New York City
Corning Glass
New York
New England
Foundation
New Scott Forest
Scotts
Klaus Hartwig
Boston
Manchester
Scott Forest
Steel price hike raises 6 percent across major firms
United States steel producers including Armco Wheeling-Pittsburgh Youngstown Sheet & Tube Inland Steel and others announced a 6 percent rise in sheet steel prices effective the coming Wednesday. The move aims to cover higher energy wage and material costs while profit margins lag. President Ford and President-elect Carter gave no immediate comment on the action.
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Ford
Camp David
Jimmy Carter
Plains
Council On
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
National Steel Corp
Armco Steel Corp
Wheeling- Pittsburgh Steel Corp
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Inland Steel Corp
United States
America
United States Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Detroit
General Motors
United Auto Workers
Council On Wage and Price Stability
Ethan opens at MAU in Bennington theatre piece
The play Ethan by David Riley opened to a good crowd at MAU auditorium. It dramatizes the life of Ethan Allen, Revolutionary hero, sponsored by the Bennington Bicentennial Committee. Performances continue tonight and Sunday at 8 p.m. at MAU by Oldcastle Theatre Company with cast members Eric Peterson and others.
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Ethan
Mau
David Riley
Ethan Allen
Bennington
No TV Tabloid Omission Delays Banner Listings
The Banner notes no television program listings this week due to missing mail subscriptions. Listings were mailed from Milford Connecticut on November 18. The paper apologizes and hopes to include daily listings next week.
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Milford
Conn
FBI accused of 69 Panther slaying in 1969 case
A civil liberties activist urged Congress to probe the FBI over the 1969 killing of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton. Morton Halperin argues FBI complicity, citing documents in a $47.5 million lawsuit by Hampton and Mark Clark relatives. He cites supposed FBI incentives and a late night raid to surprise Panthers.
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Washington
UPI
Friday
FBI
Congress
Morton Halperin
American Civil Liberties Union
Richard Sprague
House
Select Committee
Halperin
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
Fred Hampton
Chicago
Hampton
Mark Clark
J. Edgar Hoover
National Security Council
Henry Kissinger
Richard Nixon
Federal
NSC
ACLU
Peasants Threaten Invasion Over Land Expropriation
In Sinaloa 20,000 peasants threaten to invade private farms to seize nearly 500,000 acres. Government sources indicate expropriation orders may be issued before handover to President-elect Portillo. Leaders urge action despite potential mass takeovers and worker job losses.
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Culiacan
Mexico
UPI
Pacific Northwest
Sinaloa
Alfonso Garzon Santibanez
Independent Peasants’ Central
Luis Echeverria
Jose Lopez Portillo
Boston Hit With Racial Discrimination Suit Over Public Works
The United States sues Boston charging the public works department used tests and standards that disqualified minorities and created a perpetual laborer eligibility list. The filing seeks an injunction, affirmative recruitment of Black and Spanish-surnamed workers, and damages for past discrimination. The department has about 1,160 employees with 39 Black and four Spanish-origin workers.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
Boston
Public Works Department
U.S. District Court
Kevin H. White
Public Works
Joseph F. Casazza
Wallace C. Kountze
Massachusetts Civil Service Commission
Treasury Department
Office of Revenue Sharing
Weekend Showers With Mild, Windy Temperatures
Moderately windy and mild with occasional showers through Sunday. Saturday highs reach the upper 40s to 50s, lows in the 30s north and 40s south. Sunday highs stay in the 40s north and 50s south, with additional showers likely.
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Muradiye
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United Press International
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A.G. Scott
Wheeling- Pittsburgh
William Lilley III
Federal Grand Jury
Panthers
Deborah Johnson
Echeverria
Garzon
Laredo
Texas
Sonora
Karl Wallenda
Thames
London
Tower Bridge
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