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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Oct 05, 1970

Page

5

Viet Cong Attacks Kill 27 Civilians and 25 Troops

Viet Cong terrorists killed 27 civilians in attacks on a funeral procession a restaurant and a house outside Saigon and 25 South Vietnamese troops were killed and 25 wounded in a Communist attack on a combat base allied military sources said. Fighting flared along Cambodia highways as authorities reported heavy fighting near Phnom Penh. The U.S. considered increasing air strikes over Cambodia amid shifting support and battlefield updates from Saigon and Phnom Penh.

Saigon UPI Cambodia Phu Yen United States Popular Force Thu Duc U.S John S. McCain Jr U.S. Pacific McCain Phnom Penh Lon Nol Highway 6 Highway 4 Sre Klong Kyoichi Sawada Tang Kauk

UAW Ends Strikes At Two GM Plants In Detroit Area

About 7,000 UAW workers begin returning to two Detroit area GM plants marking a partial end to a 21 day strike. Nationwide, 400,000 workers remain on picket lines as talks at both national and local levels stall with only 16 of 155 local units having new agreements.

Detroit UPI United Auto General Motors United States Canada UAW GMM Detroit Diesel-Allison Detroit Diesel Wayne GM Foundry Bedford Ind

NSM National Selected Morticians Spotlight

NSM National Selected Morticians lists firms coast to coast that pass a thorough practices review and uphold the NSM Code of Good Funeral Practice. Continued NSM recognition depends on maintaining high standards daily as part of the leading funeral director network. An informative series appears in Time, Newsweek, U.S. News World Report, National Observer, and Maclean's in Canada. Watch for them.

NSM Time Newsweek U.S

Missouri clairvoyant claims kidnaped girl in Vermont

New York police review leads with Manhattan detectives after a Missouri clairvoyant, Judy Morrison, claimed 5 year old Leah Sarachik is in the Shelburne Charlotte area of Vermont. Officials say abandoned homes and cottages yield no solid clues and caution against treating information as hoaxy.

Missouri Vermont New York UPI George Ellwood Shelburne, Vt Manhattan Leah Sarachik New York City Ellwood Leah Liberty Judy Morrison Shelburne- Charlotte Anna Frohlich

Vermont Yankee plant may trigger 25 percent power cut

Albert A. Cree, president of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp, warned that if delays push back the Atomic Energy Commission license, Vermont could face a 25 percent power reduction. The Vernon plant aims to produce 283 million kilowatts to help meet a projected 720 million kilowatts peak load, with 181 million kilowatts short without it. The company seeks state approval for licensing and recently secured PSB financing of 80 million dollars amid conservationist concerns. The Southern Vermont Conservation Society plans to announce whether it will appeal the PSB decision and, if so, present its stance Tuesday after polling.

Connecticut River Vernon Cree Vermont Yankee Vermont Water Resources Board Public Service Board Stevens

Vermont highway toll rises with three Fatal crashes

In Groton Vermont Diane Darling 20 dies from injuries after a car left U S 302 and rolled down an embankment another Groton woman 42 Eldora Eastman dies later from injuries after attempting to aid Darling A third death in St Johnsbury VT Arlene Payette 22 dies when her car struck a tree in a curve Vermont toll reaches 94 Richard Cutting 56 dies in Williston after crutch slips while he works at Vermont Industrial Workshop

Arlene Payette St. Johnsbury U.S. 5 Vermont Burlington UPI Richard W. Cutting Westford Williston

New York bans DDT and dozens of pests under new rules

Albany Amended regulations by Environmental Conservation Commissioner Henry L. Diamond ban ten pesticides including DDT in New York State. Gov Rockefeller calls the controls the nation’s strictest for persistent toxic pesticides. The state imposes strict limits on about 60 other pesticides amid farmer and manufacturer protests.

Albany New York State Lan. L Environmental Conservation Henry L. Diamond Rockefeller

Plane crash in Berkshire injures two. pilot and owner injured

A light Aeronca Chief crashed on Bailey Road as it attempted takeoff near Geoffrion home. Owner Charles Geoffrion and pilot Albert Lindenschmidt, both from Bailey Road, sustained minor injuries. Plane damaged by telephone line but repairable. Separate Berkshire items include elderly housing project near approval in North Adams and a fatal stabbing in Gainesville, Va involving Pittsfield residents, plus a missing child case linked to a Queens pair visiting the Berkshires.

Lanesboro Bailey Road Aeronca Charles Geoffrion Albert Lindenschmidt Geoffrion Lindenschmidt North Adams Department of Housing and Urban Development City Housing Authority

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