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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1970
Page
2
Cambodian military spokesmen said a mile long gunboat convoy swept up the flood swollen Stung Sen River to break a 60 day siege of Kompong Thom. The action preceded a western south west thrust by a 4,000 man task force pushing toward Kompong Thom from the south.
UPI reports Charles H. Keating Jr. a Nixon appointee to the Presidential Commission on Pornography secured a federal court order halting release of the panel’s liberal report. Keating opposed relaxing porn laws and argued obscene material does not cause deviant behavior. The White House said it was aware but did not defend the commission in court.
Across the nation teachers walked out affecting hundreds of thousands of students. In Michigan 96,000 students and 4,500 teachers statewide were out while Philadelphia closed 270 public schools amid ongoing contract talks with the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers.
Abie J Nathan, famed for his solo peace campaign, has spent four years pursuing an Israeli Arab reconciliation with his Voice of Peace project. After 17 months abroad, he returned to Tel Aviv saying he plans new steps, despite ulcers and prior legal troubles from past peace flights and jail terms.
Two anonymous films share billing at Bennington Drive-In tonight in a mixed program rated GP. Hathaway’s Drive-In in North Hoosick resumes tomorrow with two venture-themed features starring Eastwood and Garner, including Kelly's Heroes and Marlowe, both GP. The piece also notes The Out of Towners and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls as alternatives, with commentary on Myer’s film and Nathan’s cafe project.
Washington window notes new laws across 48 states allow individuals to donate all or part of their bodies after death as anatomical gifts. Kidney transplants are well established with thousands of operations, while heart transplants remain experimental. Corneas, bone, and cartilage transplants show growing feasibility. model donor laws spread since 1968, with Massachusetts and Nebraska moving next.
Israel Prime Minister Golda Meir will meet President Nixon in Washington next Thursday to urge U S action against Egypt's Soviet missile buildup in the Suez ceasefire zone. She warned Israel will not yield on the canal and may accept U S arms cuts to push for peace, stating Israel cannot lose a war.
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