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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1971
Page
5
Communist guerrillas infiltrated Di An eight miles northeast of Saigon and set satchel charges in five UH1 Hueys. Explosions wrecked two choppers and damaged the other three, with guards unable to fire. Di An had hosted President Nixon during a Vietnam visit.
The U S Supreme Court held the government responsible for cleanup costs after a 1963 Casco Bay oil spill caused by an inaccurately placed Coast Guard buoy. The case centered on the Northern Gulf supertanker wreck near Portland, with 261 429 barrels spilled and extensive shoreline damage.
New England and other regions could see inadequate power if the AEC delays licensing after the Calvert Cliffs court order. EEI president W Denham Crawford warned a one year delay threatens near-term supply during winter and summer peaks, while two years could endanger the regional power pool with increased load curtailment.
Police Chief Lewis W. Coffey ends a 33 year police career to take a teaching role. He will exchange his badge for a blackboard next month at a Cleveland school, marking a transition from law enforcement to education in a public service career.
Mississippi gubernatorial candidate Charles Evers supported Senator Edmund Muskie's remark that a black could not be elected vice president. He clarified he does not endorse Muskie for president, citing realism about racial barriers while noting his own bid and the challenge of becoming governor.
Seven Windsor State Prison inmates were to enter pleas in Vermont District Court today on kidnapping or assault counts from a prison demonstration on Sept. 29 and the following day work stoppage. Four inmates previously pleaded innocent. David Robroy, 21, faces three kidnapping counts alongside six others charged with striking officers.
The Senate Judiciary Committee in Montpelier heard four advocates urging liberalization of Vermont divorce law. Attorney Peter Langrock of Middlebury supported adopting a model statute allowing divorce on irretrievable breakdown, arguing current rules compel suit, require fault or two years separation, invite perjury, encourage shopping for judges and foster blackmail.
Albany police arrested five individuals on Hamilton Street in a late night narcotics raid. Matthew Bell, Henry Vinson, Cristine Parsons, John West, and John Hamilton face heroin possession charges and were jailed awaiting Oct. 20 hearings. A large quantity of heroin was seized.
Donald B. and Lawrence K. Miller heirs contest plans to take Springside Park land for a community school. They note the park was donated to remain parkland forever and recall a 1951 agreement for North Junior High School with added park acreage later. They demand firm opposition to any park land appropriation for nonpark use.
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