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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1975
Page
2
A Hungarian Tupolev 154 jet from Budapest to Beirut crashed into the Mediterranean during approach near Beirut. All 64 aboard were killed. bodies recovered were mangled and naked, with rescue teams unsure of exact cause possibly an explosion.
Supporters of Francisco Franco push back against international condemnation after five urban guerrillas were executed. Madrid officials urge a mass demonstration while protests flare across Spain and in Europe and Latin America. Basque strikes disrupt northern cities as police quell rallies.
Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako landed in Anchorage on the first leg of their U.S. state visit. Security was heightened in Tokyo prior to departure. the couple will proceed to Williamsburg and Washington to meet President Ford.
FBI inventory from two Symbionese Liberation Army safe houses links Patricia Hearst Wendy Yoshimura and the Harrises to the Carmichael bank robbery and San Francisco bombings. Items include a 9mm pistol 31 rounds cash green scarf bomb components and explosive books.
In Boston, a six day teachers strike ends with a tentative contract granting a 6 percent across the board raise, extra benefits, and a $50,000 scholarship fund. Union president Henry Robinson says language issues were resolved after talks Monday night. About half of 4000 striking teachers return. attendances drop previously under desegregation busing plan.
The House approved restoring fiscal responsibility for the deficit ridden Postal Service to Congress by a 267 to 123 vote. Rep. Bill Alexander said the measure would force annual congressional authorization and appropriations with revenues paid to the Treasury while operations and rate making for the year remain unchanged.
UPI reports Thailand will force out last American combat troops by March while allowing continued U S monitoring of Soviet and Chinese communications. Key sites remain at Ramasun near the Laotian border and the Ko Kha radar station, with staff from Air Force Navy Army and likely NSA personnel.
James Earl Ray states he did not shoot Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and was a mile from the scene when King was killed in Memphis on April 4, 1968. He previously pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 99 years, and now questions the conviction while urging further investigation.
Patricia Hearst’s parents William and Emily Harris accuse Hearst defense of brainwashing her into an “upper class woman” and say the Hearst fortune backs a strategy painting her as a victim. They demand presence at grand jury hearings while Hearst undergoes psychiatric exams in San Francisco.
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