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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1976
Page
2
Twenty two bodies were recovered from the ferry George Prince before refloating. Dozens may be entombed in cars at the river bottom. Officials fear as many as 100 dead with 56 still missing. Only 18 survived the collision with a Norwegian tanker. Coast Guard hearings begin tonight into the cause.
Two planes collided near Santa Monica airport scattering burning wreckage over 250 locations. Pilots Donald Bolt and Erich Baldwin survived while authorities reported theft of aircraft parts and body fragments by souvenir hunters as residents and students watched debris rained on a Christian school yard.
Richard Picariello, 28, on the FBI ten most wanted list for July Fourth bombings, was arrested in Fall River and arraigned in Boston on interstate transportation of explosives and assault charges. Bail set at 1 million yes, with 75 thousand on assault related to resisting arrest. Other suspect Robert Mutrum held on harboring a fugitive.
The official Xinhua report in Hong Kong said Mao Zedong's widow Chiang Ching and three radical leaders were liquidated after a failed bid to seize power. It named Hua Kuo Feng as new CCP chairman and claimed the counterrevolutionary clique was crushed, though others doubted the fate of the four.
In Soweto and other black townships near Johannesburg and Pretoria violence flares as youths stone vehicles and set fire to a school and a policeman's home. Police fire warning shots to disperse a group in Naledi while a bread truck driver in Gugulethu is injured in an arson attack.
The Bennington Banner lists contact numbers 947 7567 and 447 0332. It notes daily publication excluding Sundays and holidays, mailing address at 425 Main St Bennington VT 05201, and subscription rates by mail within Vermont and nationwide.
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