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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1976
Page
2
J Capone Construction wins a 50000 grant to install a solar heating and hot water system at Cheshire Elderly Village, part of HUD solar project. Groundbreaking for 50 of 150 units soon, Sunworks solar units to heat water and provide heat, with 60 percent winter coverage.
The Federal Election Commission authorised an additional 35623 dollars in matching funds for four Democratic hopefuls, raising total federal payments to 24,223,291.24 dollars for 15 candidates across parties. Udall Brown Bayh and Church share the grants.
Suffolk County District Attorney Garret Byrne seeks assurance from federal authorities that Susan Saxe will be returned to Massachusetts for a second trial next year after a hung jury ended her armed robbery felon y murder trial. Local officials plan for retry while she awaits federal sentencing in Philadelphia for bank robbery and theft charges.
Soviet scientist Alexei Zolotov told Tass that the 1908 Tunguska explosion in central Siberia could be a nuclear event caused by an alien spacecraft. He cites soil and tree samples, suggesting a nuclear explosion and noting the unlikely but not improbable idea of visitors from other worlds.
WHO ties the bleeding fever to a bullet shaped virus carried by green monkeys native to Uganda and Kenya. The outbreak in Zaire and Sudan has caused hundreds of deaths with reports of up to 800 in Zaire, while no vaccine exists. Authorities urge traveler checks from affected regions.
More than a million Canadians joined a one day general strike and mass demonstrations in over 150 cities from Nova Scotia to Vancouver Island. Effigies of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and the wage policy administrator Jean Juc Pepin were hung from Ontario’s legislature. Labor Minister John Munro rejected abandoning controls and urged continued talks as the Canadian Labor Congress organized the action dubbed the birth of the Canadian labor movement.
London reports show a September trade gap of 610 million dollars, the pound near all time lows, and inflation projected to stay around 13 to 14 percent. Prime Minister Callaghan’s government abandons near term inflation targets while stock markets slide. Calls for import controls rise, but the government favors selective limits. An AB Chamber letter urges radical policy change, saying current policies will worsen matters.
Sir John Kendrew announced that the International Council of Scientific Unions will form a committee of scientists from 65 nations to promote safe and productive genetic research. The panel will monitor experiments that combine hereditary material from different organisms, share benefits and risks, and push for laboratory safeguards worldwide.
The FDA cracks down on Syntex for withholding rat study findings on Naprosyn. Tests showed some rats developed tumors and many autopsied animals were in advanced decomposition, making evaluations unreliable. Naprosyn sales surged from 3,000 prescriptions in March to about 100,000 per month later.
The Bennington Banner is a daily except Sunday and holidays newspaper located at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont 05201. It is published by The Banner Publishing Corp and subscribes to United Press International and the New York Times News Service. Advertising is handled nationally by Matthews Shannon Cullen Inc. Home delivery costs 15 cents per copy or 4.40 per month. Mail subscriptions within a 50 mile radius and across Vermont are 3 months 9.00, 6 months 18.00, and 1 year 36.00.
MIT researchers project rising demand for solar water heaters in New England with up to 158000 units sold to homeowners over 12 years. Dr. Gary L. Lilien cites regional viability and potential nationwide use if costs stay between 500 and 1000 dollars per system.
Bruno Kaminskas 74, living in Hartford, is accused of aiding atrocities against 600 Jews in Lithuania in 1941. Israel witnesses will testify at deportation hearings set for November 15 in New Britain, with INS pursuing removal and potential appeals to higher courts.
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