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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1971
Page
1
Mt Anthony school board heard a report from the curriculum subcommittee detailing alternatives to overcrowding including voucher plans using outside facilities extended year four day week open campus and double sessions. The board will discuss these at upcoming public meetings with the first outside facilities report scheduled Oct 4 at 7 30 pm.
Mt Anthony school board heard from math and science staff on NEACSS evaluations. Overcrowding in low ability math classes mainly at junior high requires another teacher to reduce class sizes. Science faces crowded junior high, limited facilities, and overworked teachers, cutting experiments and demos.
Cardinal Mindszenty ended 15 years in the U S Embassy in Budapest and flew to Rome. He left Budapest at 8 30 am aided by Vatican officials and was greeted in Rome by Cardinal Villot. The Vatican had pressed for his departure while Hungary cited a deal with the Vatican. He had been imprisoned for treason and black marketeering in 1949 and sought asylum in 1956.
Washington based UPI report notes New York Times official Harding Bancroft testifying at a Senate subcommittee on press freedom amid government efforts to halt publication of the Pentagon papers. The hearing explores whether journalistic timidity or self censorship has followed the case and discusses the role of the Times, Washington Post and Boston Globe in publishing the secret Vietnam study.
In Atlanta Texas a massive nine story water tank burst during a test, killing six workers and injuring ten others. The million gallon structure toppled onto a pit, with families naming victims including George Sanders and Burl Brown. Investigations seek cause while the International Paper Co plant remains under construction.
Senator George D. Aiken a Republican from Vermont says he will back a six month withdrawal deadline for U.S. troops in Vietnam after passage. Senate leaders seek to reintroduce the timetable and attach it to draft extension legislation. Aiken, a longtime critic, also expresses concern that results may not be achieved.
Greek army court found Lady Amalia Fleming guilty of conspiracy and sentenced her to 16 months in prison. Four defendants, including Fleming and Constantine Androutsopoulos, faced combined terms totaling 42 months after a 90 minute trial. Fleming, widow of the penicillin discoverer, vowed not to accept deportation as she addressed reporters and defended her actions as aiding a suffering fellow human.
Vermont politics report notes Sen. Fred Westphal may run for Congress, potentially drawing conservative votes from Mallory. Democrats field William O'Brien Bernard O Shea and Dennis Morrisseau for the nomination while Rep Randolph Major weighs a Senate bid to challenge interim Sen. Robert Stafford. Other figures include William Reger Luke Crispe and T Garry Buckley in advisory or independent party histories.
The article reports gun battles and the IRA attempting bazookas in Belfast, highlighting intensified violence and security concerns on the ground. It outlines the broader impact on civilians and regional stability as authorities respond with measures to curb the insurgency.
Washington dispatch notes a pattern of prison uprisings from 1952 to Attica in 1971. It highlights early riots at Jackson Michigan and Trenton New Jersey, links overcrowding and aging facilities to violence, and cites cases from Tombs Utah State Prison and Attica as part of a broader trend.
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