McGee vows to fight Ford pay raise delay in UPI report
In Washington Sen Gale W McGee vows to seek a Senate vote overturning President Ford's decision to defer a 5.52 percent pay raise for 3.5 million federal and military workers from Oct 1 to Jan 1. Senate Democratic Leader Mansfield says tax reform and health bills are nearly dead for the year.
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Trans World Airlines
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House of Congress
UN probes Cyprus massacre reports amid island tensions
United Nations asked to investigate new massacre claims on Cyprus as Turkish Cypriots accuse Greek forces of coverups. Turkish troops buried 91 massacre victims in Maratha in a common grave with an army bulldozer and soil, while a Dohni teen said guards rounded up men near Limassol and fired at them.
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Nicosia
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Limassol
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Teacher strikes delay many school reopenings
More than 5,300 teachers struck across Michigan and scattered actions hit New England to Washington. Yonkers union rejects contract and threatens walkout of 28,000 pupils if unresolved before classes. In Detroit metro areas and other states, many students lose days as districts await settlements and possible makeups.
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Ohio
Mitchell Opposes Sequestered Jury in Watergate Trial
Former Attorney General John N. Mitchell asks Judge Sirica to rescind a sequestered jury order for the Watergate cover up trial. He argues the panel will be prejudiced and a three month trial will unfairly burden jurors. Also notes that John W. Dean III begins a one to four year jail term after pleading guilty to conspiracy to obstruct justice.
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UPI
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U.S. District Court
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Nixon
John Mitchell
White House
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John D. Ehrlichman
Gordon C. Strachan
Robert C. Marchan
Kenneth Parkinson
John W. Dean III
Ft. Holabird
Baltimore
Greek opposition forms leftist party in bid to oust civilian government
Andreas Papandreou, former cabinet minister and Berkeley professor, founded the Panhellenic Socialist Movement in Athens. He urged cleansing of state machinery and army of junta elements, pledging to curb military influence ahead of elections. Papandreou argued democracy requires such cleansing for genuine elections.
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UPI
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Andreas Papandreou
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Caramanis
Cyprus
Papandreou
Berkeley, Calif
Makarios
Turkey
Mediterranean
Caramanlis
Salonica
Lithuanian Seaman Kudirka Freed After Soviet Defection Attempt
Simas Kudirka, the Lithuanian seaman who jumped to defect to the United States off Martha's Vineyard in 1970 and was later imprisoned by the Soviets, has been released after serving 30 years of a ten year sentence. State Department officials say he is now recognized as an American citizen and back in Memel with his American-born mother, with eligibility for entry to the United States again if they obtain Soviet exit visas.
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UPI
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State Department
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Moscow
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Memel
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Soviet Union
United States
Jesuit priest dismissed over Marlboro baptism controversy
The Boston Globe reports Rev. Joseph O'Rourke, 36, was dismissed from the Jesuit order after baptizing Nathaniel Morreale on Immaculate Conception Church steps in Marlboro. Parish priests had refused the baptism amid the mother’s abortion views, and O'Rourke had been ordered not to perform it. He remains a priest but may only celebrate mass privately. restoration would require a sponsoring bishop.
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UPI
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Boston Globe
Joseph O’rourke
New York
Nathaniel Ryan Morreale
Immaculate Conception Church
Father O’rourke
The
Globe
O’rourke
Humberto Medeiros
Diplomatic Ties Open Between United States and East Germany
Washington reports that low level diplomats from the United States and East Germany will sign an agreement that begins formal diplomatic relations ending decades of Cold War hostility. Negotiations started behind the scenes a year ago with future talks on ambassador exchanges and compensation for Nazi era losses.
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UPI
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United States
State Department
Herbert Suess
East German
Foreign Ministry
U.S
Arthur Hartmann
Keel and wife welcome eighth pound girl Leslie
Singer-actor Howard Keel and his wife Judy became parents to an 8 pound 8 ounce girl named Leslie. Keel, 54, star of Show Boat Annie Get Your Gun and Kiss Me Kate, was in Seattle performing I Do I Do when the birth occurred.
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UPI
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Judy
Leslie
Keel
Kate
Seattle
Wash
Prince Charles leads mourners at New Zealand rites
Prince Charles joined thousands in pouring rain at the state funeral for New Zealand Prime Minister Norman Kirk in Wellington. Kirk died at 51 from a heart attack, and his casket was flown to Christchurch for burial in his home town of Waimate.
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Christchurch
Waimate
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Bennington Banner Contact and Subscription Rates
The Bennington Banner provides telephone and newsroom numbers, advertising contact, and mailing address. Subscription rates vary by region and term, with prices listed for Vermont and nationwide options.
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