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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1971
Page
2
Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky told 20 Saigon reporters that President Thieu may be steering South Vietnam toward dictatorship as the Oct 3 election (the only candidate) proceeds. Ky offered reconciliation if Thieu desires and warned of a people’s fight against dictatorship at home and abroad.
Labor Secretary Hodgson praised the policy as a turning point toward hope and confidence, while AFL-CIO President Meany condemned it as unfair burden on workers and benefiting the wealthy. Chamber of Commerce official Booth called the 90 day freeze good news for Americans across statuses. Meany warned of exemptions and lack of enforcement, and condemned the tax credit as aiding big business rather than job creation.
In Smyrna Delaware guards stormed the Delaware Correctional Institution freeing three guards held for 2 ½ hours by inmates. John Moran led the assault with tear gas driving the revolt toward its end. Prison officials said 67 inmates were subdued with only tear gas burns and bruises.
In Northern Ireland a gunman killed a Ulster Defence Regiment member near Kinawley close to the Irish border, while a sniper seriously wounded British Major Robin N Alers-Hankey in Londonderry. The IRA is blamed for the Kinawley shooting as violence mounts with 18 soldiers killed in the year. An earlier Belfast checkpoint death of gunner Clifford Loring is noted, with further injury to a senior officer in Bogside. An explosion in Enniskillen injures bystanders as police evacuate the area.
North and South Korea edge toward a limited rapprochement amid broader regional reassessment sparked by Nixon's China visit. Both sides propose consultations and mutual exchanges while insisting on their own political systems and UN supervised elections, yet share a wary hope for some accord without full unification.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis will not attend the Kennedy Center opening in Washington for personal reasons after recounting a dreadful mobbing in Warsaw. Nancy Tuckerman said Onassis fears crowds and would prefer to attend privately with her children, avoiding attention at the event.
The new management has not announced renovations including popcorn at Hathaways North Hoosick Drive-in. A nostalgic review praises Summer of 42 as a solid one dollar pick, while Hathaway’s presents Patton and M A S H as a two film block. College Cinema offers Willard about a rat, GP rated, and Cinema Theatre screens Ryan's Daughter by David Lean with Sarah Miles, though its plot is thin and overlong.
New York United Press International reports IRA leader Joe Cahill, the most wanted man in Ulster, agreed to stay in U S custody for five days as his lawyer fights a travel ban. Cahill had planned a month long U S fundraising tour to buy weapons for attacks on British troops and targets in Northern Ireland. He was detained on arrival at Kennedy International Airport.
A two wheeled trip to fantasyland unfolds as a triple feature at the Williamstown outdoor theatre headlined by Evil Knievel and The Mini Skirt Mob. Plaza Suite plays on the big screen with Walter Matthau as three Plaza Hotel characters while Cannon for Cordoba rounds out the bill. Baby Love is also shown as an R rated option. Showtimes vary by town with dusk first shows announced. In another matter, Francis J Lyons runs a brief immigration hearing on Cahill who faces visa issues and possible exclusion linked to a murder conviction and IRA ties.
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