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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1969
Page
7
Murray J Brown outlines basic safety steps to reduce highway deaths during holiday weekends. He cites National Safety Council figures, urges pretrip car checks, seat belt use, and cautious driving practices. The piece advises gradual driving, avoiding tailgating, regular breaks, and staying alert for other drivers errors.
London United Press International reports Patrick Mackenton a hall stone cleaner, sang from the roof of Royal Albert Hall for the first time drawing an extended crowd cheer. Afternoon audience lined the street outside the hall and applauded His performance for about fifteen minutes after the regular concert ended.
A column notes how television collapses cultural distance by exposing city fashion to rural life. It recalls a nephew in new civilian clothes and contrasts past suspicion of outsiders with today’s normalization. The piece links TV, instant replays, and NYC fashion shows to local shop trends.
AUGUSTA Maine UPI reports the Pass ing Aid System PAS under development by the U S Bureau of Public Roads uses roadside wire loops and a central computer to display passing permissions on a dashboard device The system which tests in Maine plans a 16 mile stretch of Route 2 at a cost of about 1.5 million dollars and an estimated motorist price of 35 dollars It seeks to increase capacity on two lane roads while requiring driver acceptance and faith in its signals.
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