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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Oct 10, 1974

Page

1

Riot police massed in Boston as schools desegregate

In racially tense Boston, 450 riot-trained state and metropolitan police surrounded South Boston schools and escorted buses under a court ordered integration plan. Police maintained security, with reinforcements in Fenway and Roxbury as clashes and looting feared.

Boston UPI MDC South Boston Old Colony Housing Project Fenway Roxbury U.S W. Arthur Garrity Kevin H. White Cambridge Bayside Mall Dorchester

Yankee plant to shut eight weeks for repairs testing

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp will shut down for eight weeks for repairs and testing starting Friday. Corporation President James Griffin cites urgency after the New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution petitioned to halt replacement of defective fuel rods. He warns delays would harm New England power supply this December. The plant, up to 540,000 kilowatts, has run at 80 percent capacity due to faulty rods.

Griffin New England Vermont Yankee

Poised Ford predicts quick inflation drop

President Ford expresses confidence in a meaningful reduction in inflation soon, saying his program should produce faster relief and that the economy will improve within a short time frame. Agency notes and public statements frame the goal as a swift decline in price pressures.

Ford Washington UPI

Ford touches several bases in conference

President Ford reviews the 5 per cent surtax on corporations and upper earners as a tool to curb inflation. He argues a family of four with 20 000 dollars income would pay 42 dollars yearly, 12 cents daily, while those earning 15 000 dollars pay nothing. Ford calls for voluntary public action to lower inflation by early 1975 and stresses tax plan to reduce federal borrowing and aid home loans, while addressing Boston busing and political questions about 1976 candidacy.

Washington UPI Ford Congress Boston Mike Mansfield Senate White House Rose Garden

Bomb scare disrupts Liberal HQ amid British election

London police evacuated the Liberal party headquarters near the Strand after a bomb hoax call at 12 45 PM. The building was cleared for 35 minutes while investigators searched and found no device. Officials termed the incident burglary on election eve. polls pointed toward a Labour victory in the 635 seat Parliament.

London UPI Liberal Party The Strand Penny Sander Liberal Harold Wilson Labor Party Britain Labor Edward Heath Conservative Marplan

Court refuses to drop libel suits in Sleeman case

Superior Court Judge Franklin S. Billings Jr denies a motion to dismiss two $75,000 libel suits filed by Richard A. Sleeman Bennington School District Board Chairman. He cites conflicting affidavits and says issues of fact prevent dismissal. Trial set for early next year. Sleeman accuses VEA of defamatory statements in a school conditions report.

Franklin S. Billings Jr Vermont Education Association Bennington Richard A. Sleeman Bennington Superior Court Billings Sleeman VEA George A. Sleeman U.S. Supreme Court

Mills car stop near Jefferson Memorial shocks nation

Police say Rep. Wilbur Mills appeared intoxicated with facial injuries after a speeding car with lights out was halted near the Jefferson Memorial early Monday. A woman passenger jumped into the Tidal Basin and was taken to a mental hospital while Mills was driven home. Park Police Deputy Arthur said others in the car also drank. Mills did not submit to a sobriety test. The incident was labeled closed by authorities, with Mills denying involvement on Capitol Hill and an opponent offering no comment.

Park Franklin K. Arthur Mills House Ways and Means Committee Arkansas Democrat Capitol Hill Arthur Federal Parklands Monument Jefferson Memorial Anabella Battistella Arlington, Va Larry Brent Brent Little Rock Ark Judy Petty

Bennington man dies in Walloomsac motorcycle crash

Gary E. Hine 25 of Petersburg New York died at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a Route 67 crash near Flynn's Farm. He lost control, hit a guard rail and suffered massive brain damage. Born 1949 he was a son of Charles R. and Marie Hine and had studied at Clarkson Hudson Valley and Roger Williams Junior College. He leaves a sister Mrs Donald Beers and others.

Gary E. Hine Bennington Pownal Road Petersburg N.Y Putnam Memorial Hospital Walloomsac G.H. Gundrum Hine Flynn Charles R Marie (Sheldon) Hine Berlin Central High School Clarkson College Hudson Valley Community College Roger Williams Junior College Donald Beers Gary

Kissinger Opens First Day of Middle East Peace Talks

Kissinger began a five nation tour in Cairo advancing the US push for new Arab Israeli talks. He plans meetings with Ismail Fahmi and President Anwar Sadat and hopes to set a firm start date for talks while avoiding a full Geneva conference. The tour may include Syria Jordan Israel Saudi Arabia Algeria and Morocco with potential ministerial or lower level sessions in Washington.

Kissinger Mideast Cairo UPI Henry A. Kissinger Middle East Ford United States U.S Syria Jordan Israel Saudi Arabia Algeria Morocco Geneva Washington

Three scientists share 1974 Nobel Prize in Medicine

The prize goes to Christian de Duve, George Palade, and Albert Claude for cancer research on cells. De Duve, Belgian born in Britain, has worked at Rockefeller University. Palade, Romanian-born American, chairs cell biology at Yale. his wife Marilyn Farquhar assists him. Claude, Belgian by birth in Luxembourg, led Jules Bordet Institute after Rockefeller tenure. They share 123000 dollar prize.

Stockholm UPI United States Christian de Duve Britain Rockefeller University Catholic University Leuvien Belgium George Emil Palade Romania Medicine Yale University Marilyn Farquhar Albert Claude Luxembourg New York Jules Bordet Institute Brussels Alfred Nobel

Inside The Inside Headlines and Page References

A compact note lists feature sections and page numbers including Santo Domingo, a health Q&A on eating hazards, Ford economic plan discussion, a nostalgic look at North Pownal School, and Earl Weaver’s remarks with series outcome hints across pages 4 6 7 8 14.

Kit Foster Ford North Pownal Earl Weaver

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