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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1974
Page
5
Public guidance emphasizes regular breast self-examinations and annual gynecological checks to catch cancer early. Betty Ford's operation is cited to illustrate how early discovery can prevent spread and improve chances of cure, while urging women to overcome fear and seek medical advice promptly.
Robert Yoakum recalls how British politeness masks growing irritability in 1970s Britain. He notes rising tempers on highways and in queues, reports on soccer hooliganism, a golf incident, a parrot bite, a cricket pavilion fire, and a strangling case. Despite flaws, he cites enduring courtesy as a defining trait.
Federal Judge Albert W. Coffrin ruled Windsor State Prison illegally suppressed the inmate newspaper The Luparar. He ordered return of all January 1973 copies and publication of future handling rules, noting inmates may receive mass mailings and that state funds did not justify ongoing censorship. The ruling is called a landmark for prisoner First Amendment rights.
CVPS said it asked the Federal Power Commission to approve a wholesale rate increase. Gov. Salmon administration plans at least 1.4 million in new budget cuts including 1 million from the Highway Department and 300 thousand from the University of Vermont, plus smaller trims from state colleges the Student Assistance Corp and other agencies.
More than 3,000 aged, blind and disabled Vermonters may receive a windfall due to federal Social Security Administration computer errors. Vermont Welfare Commissioner Paul Philbrook saidBaltimore officials indicated Vermonters may keep overpayments totaling more than $200,000 and refund money already sent back. Overpayments reached up to $100 per person, with nearly 500 people receiving extra SSI checks in August and 470 late checks issued last month. The errors were blamed on a Baltimore computer programming mistake.
A state board decree restricts malt vinous and spirituous liquor sales on Sundays and legal holidays in Vermont except in licensed clubs and where prescriptions are filled in drug stores. Other local items note elections, farm aid payments, a major department store front, a large anniversary sale, parking petitions, a Lions conference, political attitude study, water shortages, and a literary quotation.
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